Comments on: What will the shift do to real estate consumers’ psychology? http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/08/27/what-will-the-shift-do-to-real-estate-consumers-psychology/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/08/27/what-will-the-shift-do-to-real-estate-consumers-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-8661 Mark Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:40:52 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/08/26/what-will-the-shift-do-to-real-estate-consumers-psychology/#comment-8661 Or maybe that real estate is not an investment at all. At best it's a source of income, although I have seen few properties in Charlottesville that I could buy and collect enough rent upon to cover the mortgage. Real estate is a place to live. It was an investment from 2000-2005. If you're looking for an investment, your money is better off in dozens of other vehicles. Or maybe that real estate is not an investment at all. At best it’s a source of income, although I have seen few properties in Charlottesville that I could buy and collect enough rent upon to cover the mortgage.
Real estate is a place to live. It was an investment from 2000-2005. If you’re looking for an investment, your money is better off in dozens of other vehicles.

]]> By: Charles Woodall http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/08/27/what-will-the-shift-do-to-real-estate-consumers-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-8660 Charles Woodall Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:09:50 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/08/26/what-will-the-shift-do-to-real-estate-consumers-psychology/#comment-8660 As usual Jim, you hit the nail on the head. Especially your reminder to your audience that real estate is, and always will be, a long term investment. We as real estate professionals are the ones that have to educate consumers about our local market and let them know what they see on the national drive-by media doesn't necessarily apply. As usual Jim, you hit the nail on the head. Especially your reminder to your audience that real estate is, and always will be, a long term investment.

We as real estate professionals are the ones that have to educate consumers about our local market and let them know what they see on the national drive-by media doesn’t necessarily apply.

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