Category Archives: Video
Buying a Home in Charlottesville – Title Insurance
Big thanks to Tim Kelsey with Boyle, Bain, Reback and Slayton in Charlottesville for dropping some title insurance knowledge and advice. I tell my clients that title insurance may seem to be worthless, but … if you end up having a claim against your property, the cost of title insurance will be far outweighed by the cost of hiring an attorney. Continue reading
Feedback on Showing Homes – Video
I’m doing a video test …
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Hey, it’s Jim Duncan with Nest Realty and RealCentralVA.com here finishing up an afternoon of showing houses in Charlottesville, in western Albemarle County. A couple of thoughts after looking at a number of houses and trying to look at a number more: if you’re a seller and your house is on the market now, be as accommodating as possible to let buyers/agents in because if I’m calling one, two, three times and you keep either not returning my call or refusing to let us in … Continue reading…
It’s About PRICE
The more I think about it, if a house is not priced right from Day One, and under contract in the first thirty days, that seller’s prospects of selling are greatly diminished.
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Hey, Jim Duncan, Nest Realty, RealCentralVA.com here. Clearly, desperately in need of a hair cut. Talking about price. It’s all about price in the Charlottesville market, in any market, but again I’m specifically speaking about Charlottesville, Virginia and the surrounding counties. I wrote two offers yesterday on Monday, June the 1st , both of which were in competitive offer situations. One was in the sub … Continue reading…
Property Videos – What do Buyers Want?
Michael at FlexMLS wrote a few months ago that:
70% of consumers would be more likely to list with an agent if they used video as part of their marketing effort. In contrast, only .33% (that’s one-third of one percent) of agents use video.
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When looking at Property Videos, What do you see?
Hey Jim Duncan with Nest Realty and RealCentralVA.com here. I have a question for people who are searching for homes on the Internet. What do you want to see? We have the point of diminishing returns with photographs. Our local MLS allows up to … Continue reading…
First Wednesdays – Video
Reflecting on last night’s First Wednesdays gathering at South Street Brewery in downtown Charlottesville.
… It’s about community and building friendships, not self-serving extraction of something from others. Continue reading
