Fluvanna County building permits are down (no longer available), YoY, but assessments are way up (archived: 2008).
Blogging for listing feedback (archived: 2012) (courtesy of real/diaBlog). Similar to ShackYack (archived: 2017), but focused strictly on listing feedback, my greatest question remains – what is the potential liability to the blog provider if damaging (true or untrue) comments are made?
What does a $250k house get you? A write up in the NYTimes.
Real Estate pictures – 12 tips.
Building Green (Part 2) (no longer available)
This is why I am obsessed with correct spelling (via Seth Godin):
Few things demonstrate one’s dedication to “attention to detail” as spelling. Spelling is a simple, and often quite public way to show your true colors.
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5 Real Estate What If’s That Make Me Lose Sleep
What if: 1 - The government forces all delinquent/underwater mortgages to be modified? Those of us who do pay our mortgages look like suckers. 2 - Retirees cannot retire. 3 - The 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage goes away? 4a - QRM becomes law -…
Unbelievable.
“Effective immediately FannieMae will no longer accept electronic signatures.” Why? Why???? This is the sort of thing I'd like to see Congress and the National Association of Realtors address. The inefficiencies created by needing wet signatures are tremendous. Printing, signing, scanning/faxing. Only to be told…
The “No-Spam” Policy for RealCentralVA.com
Search for homes to your heart's content. I'll never spam you. For real. Simple. I don't spam. Never have. But some people still use bogus names when registering for the home search tool on RealCentralVA.com. And then someone said to me - you know what…
Taking Vacation. And Stock.
I'm taking a vacation soon. I tell my clients that I am "grudgingly" going; but ... after reading my friends' Kris' and Jay's posts, I'm striving to readjust my priorities. I have systems in place, an extraordinarily competent agent poised to cover for me while…