Date Archives January 2009

Albemarle County Assessments are on the Horizon

2) Assessment that is, by code, supposed to be 100% of market value – this is, and has been, with regards to true market value, irrelevant, as it is not a up-to-date as a market analysis reflecting current market value, as they are done once yearly.

…Tax rates, on the other hand, can be changed according to a local government’s needs and wishes but, ultimately, it is the prerogative of the local elected body – the Board of Supervisors, in the case of Albemarle County – to decide at what level to set the tax rate.

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Free Range Neighborhoods – Designing Everyday Natural Places to Motivate Outdoor Play in a Risk Averse Society

Rich will provide an overview of what is happening across the country in public park and recreation agencies, and share his perspective of what the challenges-and the potential–for public parks in connecting kids to nature Tim Beatley Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last eighteen years. Biophilic Cities: Strategies for Re-inviting Nature into Our Lives and Communities Beatley will describe steps communities and cities can take to re-integrate and rediscover the nature in and around them, and to create conditions where adults and children alike have daily contact with outdoor nature.

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It’s All Confidential

Every email, instant message, phone call, text … basically any conversation that comes about because of this blog is considered by me – the owner and operator – to be confidential. The range of questions that I receive is broad and varied, ranging from home inspection process questions to questions about specific neighborhoods to “how much should I offer …” to questions about agency – and dual agency.

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Notes From a Buyer Meeting

This post from last year has links to stories about choosing the right Buyer’s Agent, Top 5 Questions Buyers ask, Why I ask all of my clients to sign Buyer-Broker agreements and more.

…As I said on WINA radio recently , I expect everything that I say to be Google and vetted through family, friends, Facebook , LinkedIn … now is the time to ask questions.

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