Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) First, a request: if you have a friend you think would like or benefit from reading this note, please forward to them. Local lenders I've written about the need to use local lenders countless times. Here's one more story for … [Read more...]
Market, Trump, Great Customer Service | Monthly Note, November 2016
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) The Market The end of 2016 is near We're closing out 2016, and I'm going to do a full wrap-up in next month's note (as full as possible, for December). For now, a few points, and a few data points for perspective. Not … [Read more...]
Easy Realtors, Pushing Through, Nest County Fair | Note from Jim, October 2016
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) Some months, you have it. Some you don't. This month is one of those "don't" months. Next month's note will be complete. Apologies for the "meh" note. What are you going to do? A mantra I adopted years ago - "what are you … [Read more...]
September 2016 Note – Slacking, Innovating, Coaching
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) The Charlottesville Market, using Slack, coaching soccer, innovation in real estate. Like this note? Forward it to a friend! Quick Charlottesville Market thoughts I'll be doing a full market insight next month, but for now, … [Read more...]
Monthly Note: Market, Storytime, & a Few Thousand Dollars
I write this monthly note for real estate consumers, those with a real estate interest, and specifically *not* for real estate professionals (there's enough of that stuff out there). Interested? Two clicks (one to subscribe, one to confirm, and the note is yours). … [Read more...]
Charlottesville Tomorrow Roundup
Charlottesville Tomorrow put out a lot of good, useful, relevant stories - relevant to me, as I live here, and relevant to how I practice real estate (as in, I need to know more than my clients!) A few stories from Charlottesville Tomorrow over the past few weeks Albemarle development areas to receive equal neighborhood improvements funding Doling out money to the Community Advisory Committees ... Albemarle eyes public-private partnership for new government complex If Albemarle moves the courts out of the City … [Read more...]
Comfortable Price Point + What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This is the advice I give buyer clients, in this or any market Buy a home where the monthly payment + operating costs is comfortable. And be prepared to live there for at least 4-5 years. A client of mine defined "comfortable price point" as well as I've heard "I want to buy a home where, if I'm out to dinner with five or six friends and feel like picking up the tab, I can, without really thinking about it." Perfect. And then there's this via Mortgage News Daily: Fannie Mae has announced changes in underwriting for loans submitted to … [Read more...]
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