Search for an agent instead of a house (no longer available). I couldn’t agree more. Sometimes, the first agent you meet might not be the best one for you.
Wolf Net seems to have a pretty good mapping solution (archived: 2012).
Shopping for houses isn’t like shopping at Nordstrom’s
Another post describing why blogging is good for real estate agents. By far the most important reason is this (and I’ve said this before, many times)
Agents that write blogs perform more research to keep up with their local markets than Realtors who don’t blog. This greater knowledge base becomes a significant competitive advantage over non-blogging Realtors…
And if the Realtor demonstrates his incompetence, more the better.
I love this post about “Appliance Realtors. (archived: 2007)”
The Daily Reckoning provides good analysis on the national housing market (archived: 2009).
What will be (no longer available) written about if there (no longer available) is no development (no longer available) in Charlottesville (no longer available)?
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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…