There is a flip side to everything
Smoking is bad and may be banned in Virginia restaurants, among other places. Solution? A smokeless tobacco push. There is a market in everything. Accepting and adapting to change is how successes are made. Witness the shift to FHA loans (more).
Google down?
Yesterday blogspot was down. Now Google and Google Apps.?! Shame I run my jduncanrealestate.com email through them. Update: They're back up. What's the backup strategy if Google goes away? They've already lied about "unlimited storage". Does Yahoo offer a similar solution? They offer "unlimited storage".
Go to hell, relo company
Seen in a new listing's agent remarks: The (Relocation Company's) Addendum to contract of sale and Inspection Acknowledgement are an integral part of said contract. Primacy prefers the same closing agent represent both the Seller and Buyer (Title company's name removed)and ask that thew [sic]…
There are no little deals
There are no little deals. Every transaction is a huge transaction for the buyer, and usually the seller, too. Dismissing the "little" deals as such is detrimental to everybody involved. We were all, at some point, a "little deal" ourselves.
Notes from the frontline
Writing about the Charlottesville real estate market requires a "boots on the ground" viewpoint. For the past week, I have shown most of the inventory in the $300k-$550k price range in the City of Charlottesville and the urban ring. 1) Appraisals from four, six, eight…
Tuesday links 21 August 2007
If you don't think the tax code is screwy, read this. Making a low offer - more on this later this week. How the media missed the signs of the mortgage meltdown How real estate commissions work - an outstanding and enlightening post (hat tip:…
Blog Action Day – 15 October 2007
Normally I don't buy into these things, but this one seems worthwhile and credible: Blog Action Day (and their blog) On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind - the environment. Every blogger will post…
Light blogging this week
I need to recover from the past several days of intense showing and inventory analysis, so this week will be a bit light.
Something all Realtors and sellers should read
Part of an email from a buyer client who is searching for homes in Charlottesville: We overlooked this home because it only had a photo of the outside, but the home next door to it was for sale and I found a virtual tour through…