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Month: January 2009

EDUCATION

Real Estate Brokers can Stop Learning After 15 Years

This bill in the General Assembly makes no sense. Or ... get away with it for fifteen years and you're good to go. Or ... after fifteen years, there's nothing left to learn. Can't teach old dogs new tricks? I've been assured that the Virginia…

SIDEBLOG

Wednesday Morning Video

Thanks for bearing with me in this experiment. It's not good ... yet. Notes: - The Flip video camera I used this time seems to be better with sound, but worse on quality than the camera I used the first two times. - I need…

ALBEMARLE

Albemarle County Schools Closed Today

Again. After teasing us after yesterday's cancelation by saying schools would be on a two hour delay today, Albemarle's reverse call system just called with the cancelation notification. For those unfamiliar with the Albemarle County school system, there are quite a few rural roads over…

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Albemarle County’s “County View”

I'm looking forward to this tomorrow morning - County View Web is located on the Albemarle website. (Bolding mine) Albemarle County community development staff will be demonstrating County View Web to interested members of the development and real estate communities on Wednesday, January 27, at…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

5 Real Estate Myths

Continuing my trend of taking national conversations and localizing them ... Myth 1 - Sellers are desperate. Some are; some aren't. Myth 2 - Don't buy until prices bottom. We won't know when the bottom was until we have the benefit of hindsight. Myth 3…

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Dammit, NAR

All I can do with this is keep doing what I've been doing, in spite of the National Association of Realtors.

SIDEBLOG

Monday Morning Video

Continuing my video experiment. Comments and harsh constructive criticism welcomed. I haven't listened to this with headphones yet, but will later today. Should you buy Right Now? post

SIDEBLOG

Interesting New Virginia Environmental Blog

Check out Article XI ... and to save you time questioning "Why Article VI for the title of the blog?" What is "Article XI," you ask? Yeah, I'd never heard of it either. In fact it's the part of Virginia's Constitution dealing with conservation and…

BLOGGING

Waldo got Subpoenaed

Waldo Jaquith of Cvillenews has been subpoenaed for names, email addresses, IP addresses, etc. And we'll be watching. My money (assuming I had some to bet) is on Waldo. I debated putting this on the sideblog, but feel that this sort of thing deserves front…

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.