Without a Part 107 you are the average consumer. So yes, you can fly willy nilly, with out a "freaking" pilot's license, too. You just can't do it professionally for business.
What if its not my business, but just something i use for it now and then (again, real estate)???
Just seems pretty drastic to require that when one could also go out and get rc planes and heli's and fly em faster and higher with, afaik, no requirement for a license and the heli's I've seen (friends) could do some VERY serious damage in the wrong hands and are not easy to fly, yet again, afaik do not require any licensing. So it just doesn't make sense to me why drones, with all the built-in safety's, are so much more restricted?
Maybe I'm missing something?