Influential Real Estate People – On Twitter
Two lists came out in the past couple days showing the important and/or influential people in the real estate space - on Twitter at least. The first to come out was produced by Stefan Swanepoel, and the second by Dustin Luther; the former seems to…
Twitter Week in Review
RSS Bankruptcy declared once again. 8k unread items = no way I'll ever be able to read them # @PhxREguy Having all that traffic must be hard ... :) in reply to PhxREguy # @PhxREguy I don't even want to contemplate switching hosts. Why the…
Friday Chart – 1st 17 Days of September
The first 17 days of September. This is the time of year that we start to see the Charlottesville real estate market start to slow down ... I tell my clients that if they're looking to sell their house, things tend to taper off until…
Friday is Walk to School Day in Crozet
Is this in effect at all of the schools in Charlottesville or Albemarle or just Crozet? Walk to School Day is this Friday, 18 September at Crozet Elementary ... luckily I live about a mile from school, so we'll be stopping at the Crozet Mudhouse…
Spending a Bit of Time on Posterous
You may have noticed that posting has been light here recently. I noted a month ago how I was aiming to re-focus RealCentralVA a bit - back to my roots, if you will. And I'm having a lot of fun with posterous. I said on…
Septic Inspections in Charlottesville and Albemarle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xLQW9wuZg&feature=youtu.be 2022 update - I was really young in 2010! I'm not sure what "market norms" are in other areas, but in the Charlottesville area, tradition has dictated what I refer to as a "stomp and sniff" test. Additionally, I had one closing a…
Twitter Week in Review
Cazy full flight to Chicago. Luckily I think I have a middle seat. # Up early; RIC > ORD. #FB # I accidentally booked a 7am flight tomorrow morning. Anyone in Chicago want to grab breakfast or lunch? #fb # Ryan Homes guy spinning a…
Follow the Money in Charlottesville and Albemarle Politics
Once again, Charlottesville Tomorrow is leading the pack with its thorough reporting ... if you want to get insight into how a candidate is likely to vote, take a look at the sources of their donations. It's a shame that $150k is being spent on…
How Do You Suggest Albemarle Pay for Infrastructure?
Pantops wants sidewalks. But apparently Albemarle doesn't have money for much of anything right now. What are the solutions? Gas tax? Local tax district with guaranteed dedicated funding to infrastructure? We know that if we don't specify up front how taxpayers' money will be used,…