Twitter Week in Review – Some Real Estate Conversations, Some Off-Topic

• Saturday night #atthegym. I know, you’re jealous. #
• RT @mattdollinger: Calling all geeks – 15 Han Solo Lines to use in daily conversation http://www.doubleviking.com/the-top-15-han-solo-quotes-you-need-to-use-in-regular-conversation-5215-p.html (no longer available) (God I love being me…) #
• Getting ready to see Peter & The Wolf with the kids (@ Martin luther king jr Performing Arts Center) https://4sq.com/8VWii2 #
• Just got a carwash at the “new” carwash on Ivy. 150% of profits go to a friend’s orphanage in Haiti. https://Fordhatianorphanage.org (no longer available) #
• RT @stevewhitaker: Speaking of pie. Ahem. https://www.virginiapiefest.com/ (no longer available) #
• RT @amywebb: Buy raffle tickets tomorrow:win 3 tkts to Taylor Swift in Charlottesville 3/20.For Murray Elementary http://www.amysyard.com/murray-elementary-is-raffling-off-3-tickets-f (no longer available) #
• Prepping to meet new buyer clients; discussing new construction. #
• Aargh. Posterous is down. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/posterous.com #
• Edited for clarification and expansion of my thoughts. http://jimduncan.posterous.com/maybe-im-missing-something-when-exactly-does (no longer available) Specifically the use of “Herein” #
• @JohnDMcClung short sales & foreclosures aside, vernacular is that the Seller is the Seller, not the lender. #darnpoliticians in reply to JohnDMcClung #
• @JohnDMcClung I know; it’s the sort of political wording that leads to confusion amongst practitioners & politicians. in reply to JohnDMcClung #
• Maybe I’m missing something. When exactly does the Seller select the appraiser? https://post.ly/K8of #
• Great caller on @CSPAN just now “throw them all the hell out and start a *real* third party” response “…and we’ll leave it right there” 🙂 #
• Up early, coffee and prepping for buyer meeting. #
• RT @amywebb: Buy raffle tickets tmrw: win 3 tkts to Taylor Swift in Charlottesville 3/20. Benefits Murray Elementary… #
• @jolenta Long day of showing ahead tomorrow; I’ll get it done tonight w/ @docusign’s help and be done. in reply to jolenta #
• Writing an offer … #
• RT @mrlerner: Animations of streets transforming from unwalkable to walkable: http://www.urban-advantage.com/images.html# (no longer available) via Urban Advantage [very cool] #
• RT @techhie: “Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is ‘too big to fail.'” [I wish this were true] #
• Richmond Sunlight » HB1334: Littering; cigarette butts – Now *this* is a good idea https://post.ly/K2OA #
• Brownsville Elementary students holding a bake sale tomorrow for #Haiti – https://www.realcrozetva.com/2010/01/15/ottos-is-collecting-water-for-haiti/ #
• RT @dcagle: HA! Check out Will Durst’s 2010 State of the Union Drinking Game! http://blog.cagle.com/2010/01/22/the-barack-h-obama-2010-state-of-the-union-drinking-game/ (no longer available) #tcot #p2 #
• Doing a market analysis for a buyer in ^Charlottesville; 3 out of 6 sold comps are foreclosures. I assume I don’t ignore those, right? #
• You know what would be helpful? If #RPR offered cell phone & highspeed internet overlays. @ReggieRPR or @MartyFrame ? #
• I’m not sure there’s anything better than wireless at a home inspection. #
• Irony or Oxymoron? https://post.ly/K1MX #
• RT @jjhutley: Thanks @JimDuncan for giving me a glimpse of what home buying will be like! [You’re quite welcome!] #
• None of the real challenges are in the textbooks. None of ’em. #
• Buyers and a home inspection today. Crucial busywork to be intermixed. #
• RT @jbouie: BREAKING: House Democrats divided on which brand of toilet paper they should buy! #uselessdems #
• Great meeting at @trailsidecoffee this morning. Little one had her own “play meeting”. Grateful Crozet has such a place #
• RT @chadratliff: RT @maurybrown: All Albemarle Schools will open 2 hours late today, Friday 1/22/10. https://bit.ly/4ptVYS (no longer available) #
• Hurry up and get home before they drop the salt & chemicals. It’s awfully rainy out here! #
• Time to catch up. Productive afternoon spent with buyers. #
• I have never been able to get on Mudhouse’s 29 North wireless. Today is not an exception. Dammit. #
• RT @superninjarobot: RT @orderTopia: Free lunch at Eppie’s from @orderTopia for lucky (retweeter) #7. RT to win. http://www.ordertopia.com/shop/eppies #
• I just became the mayor of CAAR – Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors on @foursquare! https://4sq.com/6Q6v8N #
• RT @TomRoyce: @JimDuncan #RPR is still a worthy project, and ground breaking, if managed wisely. [Amen. Countering the past is a challenge] #
• Distrust of #RPR is pervasive. Shocking. Where is the outreach, promises to stay true to Realtor-only, non-public? #
• @PhxREguy 1) yet another reason not to write at AR 2) the author misspelled the 4th word in. Good Lord. #rtb 🙂 in reply to PhxREguy #
• Crozet Library to Close? — RealCrozetVA https://post.ly/JmVg #
• Realtor Board meeting, meeting w/ a possible new listing, buyer meeting, radio, buyers. Tired & invigorated at the same time #
• @gubilla IMHO, Verizon offers the best coverage in Charlottesville area – including surrounding counties where I’m often showing houses in reply to gubilla #
• Verizon + Apple? http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/01/20/apple-verizon-to-get-iphone-4g-in-june/ (no longer available) I might finally be able to get an iPhone. #
• RT @ GuyKawasaki Poll: 81% support medical marijuana legalization [Virginia has a bill for this https://om.ly/eNqW (no longer available) http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2010/hb1136/ ] #
• Good discussion at #smccville. Now to do a real estate blogging presentation/conversation. #
• Getting ready to learn about/discuss traditional & social media. I say it’s a symbiotic. #smccville #
• #SMCCVille’s Event today – Traditional Media and Social Media – If you can’t make it, ask questions using #SMCCVille https://post.ly/JcSM #
• RT @socialmediaclub: SMC Charlottesville hosts “Traditional Media and Social Media” today at 11:30am https://bit.ly/4qrp1D (no longer available) #
• Off to see a potential new listing in Crozet. #
• Losing Massachusetts to the Republicans. I guess that’s change someone believes in. #
• RT @shelisrael: AP calls it for Scott Brow to take Ted Kennedy seat. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/blogging-the-mass-senate-race/?hp [wow. post-match commentary should be interesting] #
• RT @johnchapin: is tired of getting snail mail. Info should be electronic, I shouldn’t need to own a shedder [Mail only M/W/F would work] #
• Great first meeting w/ new buyer clients tonight. Listening is so important; everytime I learn something new #
• RT @LaniAR: my feed reader says that Athol Kay is alive!!! http://reagentinct.com/2010/01/18/for-digital-camera-professional/ (no longer available) [hooray! I’ve missed him] #
• Stopped train Downtown is preventing me from getting my coffee fix before my 6:30. Awfully tempted to climb under the train #
• What is @TheHaven_TJACH: https://www.realcentralva.com/2010/01/19/whats-the-haven/ #
• Crozet Library might close? http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/19/closed-books-scottsville-crozet-libraries-could-close/ #
• It’s not just me & my blackberry. I feel better now. https://post.ly/JSgx #
• RT @hanchettjim: New Alb. county report: massive Acme bldg in Crozet only 4 yrs into 10 yr enviro clean-up…more on CBS19 at 5. #
• Something’s changed; I’ve had to do 3+ battery pulls a day for the past 3 days on my BlackBerry Curve. #
• RT @DRPnet: RT @NeilSWilliamson: Albemarle ARB is weighing in on what level of tint is appropriate for a new church(good grief Charley Brown #
• One of the most common questions – when does the Charlottesville real estate market “heat up”? https://www.realcentralva.com/2010/01/19/when-does-the-charlottesville-real-estate-season-begin/ #
• RT @tgonser: @JimDuncan Dying to know the answer to “I love DocuSign but…” The blog image shows a red x.[try this https://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/25/electronic-signatures-in-charlottesville/ ] #
• @chadratliff I firmly believe that we should go to year-round schooling. Of course, I suspect that teachers & students would oppose it in reply to chadratliff #
• Ah, Tuesday. Must be nice to be a kid in Albemarle County schools & have a 4-day weekend. #everydayisaworkday #
• RT @jmckeever: RT @HowardKurtz: Let Conan keep his characters. What would NBC do with a used masturbating bear? // no one wants to know #
• Residential Utility Monitoring « latitude38llc.com https://post.ly/JKgn #
• @paulmobley Both; a response to a trend in my own observations & conversations. Primarily coming from my clients’ respective integrations in reply to paulmobley #
• @mayaREguru @JBern @FrancesFlynnTho I also think that keeping the wave public may keep potential anti-trust tangents in check in reply to mayaREguru #
• RT @ReggieRPR: @martyframe @BLarsonMpls @MWurzer @JimDuncan talk #RPR and MLS fears at #ICNY http://blog.narrpr.com/product/rpr-panel-icny-2010 (no longer available) #
• @jsheehan200 the wave isn’t giving me the “remove”option on the public bot. in reply to jsheehan200 #
• Client meeting over; time to go home. #
• RT @mayaREguru: @JBern @FrancesFlynnTho should be a private wave. @JimDuncan can you lock the wave back down?[can’t figure out how to, yet] #
• RT @chris_stover: I don’t understand how/why 5th St. SW is one street over from 1st St. SE. Oh, Charlottesville roads [Cville’s wonders :)] #
• Seriously, I love our signs https://post.ly/JIqd #
• @ReggieRPR Think you could make my head less shiny in that video? Some virtual powder or something? in reply to ReggieRPR #
• RT @ReggieRPR: @FPO @jimreppond Sorry had some troubles…but it’s up now. 🙂 http://blog.narrpr.com/product/rpr-panel-icny-2010 (no longer available) #
• Big milestone achieved today. 4 of last 5 stories on RealCrozetVA.com written/submitted by readers. #
• At lunch,listening to a teacher interviewing another. Interviewer says “nobody never gets 100%” on the test. I wonder why. #
• @paulmobley I’m working on a video response; in reply to paulmobley #
• Showing a house; missing the #rtb conversation. #
• A real theme developing amongst my relocating clients is connecting and connectivity. Can #RPR help facilitate? #
• RT @amywebb Bank of A alone sitting on 750000 foreclosed homes #shadowinventory [so, if they have 750k, what % of the total is that?] #
• Thank you @nrvliving https://varbuzz.com/vote-for-convention-keynoters/ #
• Crozet efforts for Haiti – https://www.realcrozetva.com/2010/01/15/ottos-is-collecting-water-for-haiti/ #
• @mayaREguru I’m going to try, but I’m showing houses at noon. One of the conundrums of what we do. 🙂 in reply to mayaREguru #
• @MIrealestate @mayaREguru Has “professional” been defined yet? Where would the bar be set? #RTB in reply to MIrealestate #
• @jburslem if I remember that quote, he said “2 to 3 companies” not “real estate companies” – is there video? in reply to jburslem #
• @jolenta Where? on the Docusign tweet? It’s a video. in reply to jolenta #
• I love @Docusign … but … https://post.ly/J9FW #
• Long but productive day of showing houses over. Great clients made the day almost effortless. I learned a bit about Redfin’s downsides too. #
• @pkitano – thought you’d be interested in this discussion about Charlottesville & all local media – http://www.cvillepodcast.com/2010/01/14/left-of-center-is-charlottesville-media-doomed/ #
• Sellers, you really should fix this sort of thing before you put your house on the market https://post.ly/J85J #
• C-Ville: Real Estate – NEW! January 2010: Real Estate https://post.ly/J6r0 #
• @Ines I’d keep the heels. They’re likely to have less surface area than my shoes as well as have more mitigating appeal. Definitely keep ’em in reply to Ines #
• Getting ready to show a few houses in the rain; wearing slip-off shoes so as to be respectful to the sellers #
• I’d like to be able to search the MLS with a “has sidewalks” filter. #

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