Tag Archives: Blogging
New Reader Poll – Who Reads RealCentralVA?
It’s been a long time since I’ve run a poll. In late 2006 : – 49% of readers identified themselves as “Curious Consumers.” – 7% were “active buyers or sellers” – Nearly 30% were “real estate professionals or related fields” I’m curious – who reads this blog now? Continue reading
Thank You Bluehost
In attempting to clean up the back end, I deleted an FTP account (and all the files) of someone who did some back-end work for me. … Lessons learned – 1) Work with a host who backs up frequently 2) Work with a host who knows how to restore a backu 3) Backup youself. Continue reading
Charlottesville Has a Ton of Great Blogs
I found this blog, titled Discovering Urbanism , last week with this genesis, which shares a lot of my interests which focus on Charlottesville’s real estate and real estate market (location, location, location and “how do I get around?)… I discovered what should have been obvious all along: issues like transportation and zoning are pretty boring unless they are about the particular roads and lands that real people use. Continue reading
Thank you to the commenters on RealCentralVA
You make this blog so much better, and I am grateful for the time the time, energy, thought and insight you provide here. The knowledge I gain from your comments istremendous, and I sincerely appreciate every one of you.
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Duplicate content in the RE.NET
One of the key concepts of the real estate blogging space has been the original content and unique voices found at each different site; this originality seems to be waning a bit this year as the medium grows and the same content is published at different sites. … For example, and I’m not alone in my writing responsibilities, I write at a couple of places – – RealCentralVA – a blog focused on the Charlottesville/Central Virginia real estate market and trends affecting same. Continue reading
Social Media Explained and Expanded
| View | Upload your own For example – I can be contacted here in a variety of ways; below are a couple of the many. (the closest thing to a resume I have to offer) 
…A few of the topics we plan to discuss are – -owners being upside-down when trying sell their house -being uncomfortable buying in these times, even though it may be the best time around -how much should a seller lower the sales price? Continue reading
Friday Links – 06-27-2008
“Basically what we all do now is go home, get out of our cars, close the garage door, and most people, if they’re lucky, know who’s beside them, but they don’t know who’s two houses up. … An automatically-generated analysis (via the Charlottesville MLS) of six representative properties in Albemarle County looks only at the difference between the Final Listing Price and the selling price, not the difference between the Original Listing Price and the selling price:
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Coming up this week on RealCentralVA – 16 June 2008
– One thing that didn’t make it in last week’s Daily Progress story – (Hopefully) more on homeowner’s insurance and vacant houses – about 33% of the houses currently on the market in Central Virginia are vacant – so this is a very pertinent issue. – A breakdown of the state of the Central Virginia (including Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson – not Louisa ) real estate market by price range. Continue reading
