RealCentralVA is on Alltop
Hooray. What is Alltop? You can think of an Alltop site as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points—they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading…
Very Funny – “Housing Prices Only Go “UP!”
We have to take in the humor where ever we can find it. Take four minutes and watch this.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
I just upgraded this blog to the newest version of Wordpress, the brilliant software that makes my blogging life possible. If you notice anything odd, please let me know. I am very proud of myself for waiting two entire days to upgrade (I tested it…
Short Sales in Charlottesville – What Realtors (and Consumers) Need to Know
Know this - there is more to learn about Short Sales, Foreclosures, Loan Modifications, Pre-foreclosures, Bankruptcies and Repayment Plans than can possibly be covered in a blog post. Consider this a starting point. This post is derived from a Short Sale luncheon held last week…
Friday Links – 12-11-08
Erica Howsare at C-Ville thinks that - LEED should be not a voluntary program that you get to sign up for only if you think it will make selling houses easier. It should be code. For years, developers have been gobbling open space, silting streams,…
Upcoming Stories
To be posted in no particular order: - Market update - Market Projections for 2009 - Walkable Neighborhoods - where are they in Charlottesville and Albemarle? - Building communities - why the recession is good for neighborhoods and communities - Dwellicious - End of the…
I Heart Woot
If you haven't heard of Woot.com, take a minute and visit their site. Not only can you buy one thing a day, they have some wonderfully sarcastic wit on staff. Woot.com sums it up with their first "official recession-era newsletter" - Welcome to Woot's first…
Interview With Chris Schooley
Brant Meyer interviews Chris Schooley, former Development Manager of the Belvedere Development for Stonehaus.
Charlottesville Builders – Local is Good (and Bad)
Editor's note - Guest post from a local citizen whom I agreed to keep anonymous. I can personally attest to what these guys gave back to the community. Whenever I called and asked for a few bucks for charities, they gladly gave. This isn't an…