Does community involvement matter to consumers?
Well, does it? One of the (many) points of discussion at the Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon this week was community involvement by Realtors. The consensus in the room was generally that Realtors who are involved in their communities likely are better Realtors. One perspective is…
Top Real estate bloggers named by Inman
It's all over the RE.net. Inman News has named the 25 most Influential Real Estate Bloggers. If you're not reading these blogs and you're a Realtor and/or in a leadership position within the real estate profession, you need to be. If you're a real estate…
Realtors working against themselves
Look no further than this, on the Virginia Association of Realtors' page (I didn't see it yesterday because I use Adblock Plus on Firefox). Homegain charges a 35% referral fee for every "lead" that turns into a transaction. I've used Homegain on and off for…
Growth issues abound in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Free Enterprise Forum's October newsletter - they attend more meetings than most people know exist. Bless them. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Program still seeking traction Ah, the "greater good" argument: The request creates a conundrum for the Board, a conundrum most succinctly spelled out…
Light blogging this week
Next week I'll return to normal posting. I am in the midst of attending the VAR convention, and balancing all other responsibilities. Thanks for your patience.
Collaborating in real time
Remember when you worked on a document or presentation with somebody and you would email it back and forth with the changes? That is so last month. In working on this presentation on blogging for the past week or ten days, we used Google's Presentation…
And you wonder why NAR is suffering a credibility problem?
Look no further than this analysis. It was great theater. Each month the NAR could be counted on for denial, cheerleading, and blind stupidity. When the NAR ended up with a new, somewhat less-hallucinogenic chief economist, I was actually a bit disappointed.
Hop on the bus, gus
Thanks to Paul Simon for the headline. Bus rides in Charlottesville are free this month. Let's hope ridership goes up. Now, if we can just get the busses from stopping rush hour traffic for five minutes on South-bound Emmet Street ... they would do wonders…