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Month: December 2009

SIDEBLOG

Twitter Week in Review

0930 appointment to show houses in Charlottesville means this doesn't quite feel like Sunday morning # RT @Scobleizer: Tremendous rant by Fake Steve Jobs on the ATT's whining and what's wrong with the USA https://bit.ly/8UGBlX [MUST Read #fb] # Showing houses in Albemarle. The lack…

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Please Buy my Client’s Car – They Don’t Need it Anymore

I sold a house in the City of Charlottesville to some great clients last year. Now he's selling his car. Which is awesome, and very green. :) is living and working downtown, so no need for a second car - someone buy it! http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/cto/1501337437.html   …

OFF-TOPIC

Christmas Lights in Charlottesville

Update 16 December 2011:  I have a new story up for 2011. Visit it to see the best Christmast lights in the Charlottesville area in 2011. If you're looking for Christmas lights in the Charlottesville area, start here ... I'm hoping the ones in Crozet/White Hall…

CHARLOTTESVILLE

Prepping to Sell a House in Charlottesville

Here are some stories for sellers to to read to prepare for the selling and marketing process.. Transcription: Hey, Jim Duncan here with RealCentralVA.com and NestRealtyGroup.com . It's Winter, the first week of December here in Charlottesville and I'm starting to get the e-mails and…

ALBEMARLE

Thanks Albemarle Family Readers

The readers of Albemarle Family magazine (truly one of the best resources for families in the Charlottesville and Albemarle area) voted recently in all sorts of categories. Their inaugural "Winning Picks for Family-Friendly Fun and Services" selections covered virtually every segment of the Charlottesville/Albemarle area…

ALBEMARLE

Blog Wayback – Is Dr. Seuss from Charlottesville?

Dr. Seuss Charlottesville, Dr. Seuss whoville charlottesville, the grinch ... every year the questions renew ...Is Charlottesville the inspiration for Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"? This is the story I wrote last year to try to help answer some of the questions: (source)…

ALBEMARLE

Biscuit Run Development in CharlAlbemarle – DOA?

Today's news really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to the Charlottesville-Albemarle real estate market. The news affects everyone in this area - politicians counting on that revenue, homeowners in nearby Mill Creek, Lake Reynovia, Foxcroft, Redfields, Mosby Mountain, Sherwood Manor and…

ALBEMARLE

Money in Charlottesville and Albemarle Elections

Thanks to VPAP, we know that the Rio District race in which David Slutzky lost to Rodney Thomas cost $150k, the Samuel Miller District race cost nearly $100k, and in the City of Charlottesville with its traditionally non-competive elections cost a mere $20k. It's a…

GREEN

10 Ways to Go Green in Charlottesville

Andrew at C-Ville points out Ten steps to a greener Charlottesville. The two real estate-specfic tips: 4 HANG IT OUTSIDE Who doesn't love to see a neighbor's knickers adrift in the wind? Lots of folks, apparently: Fifty million American homes are banned from hanging clotheslines…

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