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Archives for November 2009

DP and Charlottesville Tomorrow begin Four-Part Series on Traffic and Growth

One of the primary reasons my clients move to the Charlottesville region* is because, relatively, our traffic is insignificant compared to what they are used to. But for how long? Part One started yesterday in the Daily Progress. The difficulty in balancing growth pressures and a decline in transportation infrastructure spending is growing more acute, but there is little movement toward solutions. Read More

November 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

Charlottesville Real Estate – Twitter Week in Review – 29 November 2009

  • Negotiating real estate contracts is *nothing* compared to negotiating w/ a 5yo re: spinach #fb #
  • This could turn out to be a very fulfilling week - on three levels. #
  • @bjt contact Read More

November 29, 2009 Leave a Comment

“Everything’s on the Table” – Albemarle County Schools Budget

Everything's been on the table for non-government people for years.

Next year is going to be an interesting budgetary year. Brandon Shulletta writes in today's Daily Progress: School division leaders drafting budget requests are also wondering whether next year's supervisors are more likely to maintain the current real-estate tax rate of 74.2 cents per $100 of Read More

November 27, 2009 2 Comments

October Home Sales Up. Meh.

Bear with me ... I'm working through something here ... I'm beginning to think that anyone who says that "next year, the (Charlottesville) real estate market is going to be better" is either uninformed, lying or delusional. I could be wrong. Buy smart. From the Wall Street Journal: Read More

November 27, 2009 Leave a Comment

Nest Welcomes Two Realtors

And we couldn't be happier by their addition. Read More

November 26, 2009 Leave a Comment

CharlAlbemarle Transit Authority – What’s Next?

Thanks to Charlottesville Tomorrow's Sean Tubbs: The fate of a proposed Regional Transit Authority (RTA) could depend on who is selected in January to represent the City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on two regional transportation bodies. Read More

November 25, 2009 Leave a Comment

Electronic Signatures – Not Groundbreaking but Great all the Same

Why Use Electronic Signatures?
1 - It's secure 2 - It's easy 3 - It saves time and money 4 - It's environmentally sound - instead of driving 30+ miles to meet clients, I can just email them. Think about it - by using electronic signatures in the past few weeks, I have saved about 150 miles of driving time. That's green, right? 5- DocuSign listens to its customers. I expect and hope that will change in light of Read More

November 25, 2009 1 Comment

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