sideblog
- Teachers Unions, Failing Schools, Competition. What's the Solution? https://post.ly/icAL #
- The humidity today is overpowering. #
- @ceruns http://reason.com/blog/2010/04/30/reasontv-how-did-gm-pay-back-i 🙂 GM didn't pay back the TARP money. People are too complacent & indifferent in reply to ceruns #
- On the Downtown Mall https://post.ly/iUKl #
- Stop by @NestRealty for First Fridays. Awesome artist this month. (@ Nest Real Estate Group) https://4sq.com/6aeWJG #
- RT @agahran: On CNN: Obama blasts BP spending $50M for reputation cleanup ads. Commercial break. 1st ad: BP: (cont) https://tl.gd/1m5k17 #
- I just ousted Seth as the mayor of Charlottesville Downtown Mall on @foursquare! https://4sq.com/cknj4R #
- RT @DavidGibbons: RT @AlisonPaoli: RT @tlwriter: Stan Humphries of @zillow on myths of 'improving' housing mkt … https://bit.ly/9dgSd4 (no longer available) #
- @movetrends if only you were following me. 🙂 in reply to movetrends #
- RT @terek55: OK, so moving soon…want to hear horror stories or accolades of local movers so I can get some estimates… #
- @CVilleKim nope in reply to CVilleKim #
- RT @rainmakertom: RT @BreakingNews: England captain Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of World Cup with left knee injury http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Rio-Ferdinand-Injured-After-Training-For-World-Cup-In-South-Africa-And-Sent-For-Knee-Scan/Article/201006115643499?lpos=Home_Carousel_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15643499_Rio_Ferdinand_Injured_After_Training_For_World_Cup_In_South_Africa_And_Sent_For_Knee_Scan #
- Avoid Rio Road just past Melbourne. Tree work. Stopped traffic. Ugh. #
- 95% of jobs created in May were government jobs? Bad change. Bad. #
- Whew! https://tweetphoto.com/25522198 #
- Kindergarten "graduation". Sad. #
- RT @dcagle: Funny cartoon: Who'd BP send to fix the oil rig… MacGruber? http://blog.cagle.com/2010/05/27/mike-luckovichs-cartoon-for-5272010/ (no longer available) #tcot #p2 #oilspill #
- @CVilleKim I'd vote for taking 64 home. 250 West is bound to have standing water in places, & more chance for a tree being down in reply to CVilleKim #
- It's so much more fun to watch/participate in thunderstorms in Charlottesville thanks to Twitter. @DailyProgress @CBS19Weather #
- @DailyProgress caller on WINA said tree down blocking part of NGIC's entrance & 29 South. Unconfirmed #
- RT @DailyProgress: Charlottesville road hazard map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103656439282839118506.00044327798d04537c20a&ll=38.055289,-78.479161&spn=0.024229,0.038581&z=15 Continuously updated. #
- Myspace, I hardly knew you. Just canceled my account. #
- Great question: If we hire you as our buyer's agent, what is it you actually do? I know my answer; what's yours? #
- New favorite bumper sticker: "Nope, Keep the Change" #
- RT @BawldGuy: Thought bubble overhead: Ow ow ow – Take the damn picture! Your caption? https://twitpic.com/1tkdcu #
- Off to show condos. #
- Charlottesville bicyclists cutting in & out of & bypassing traffic illegally make biking much harder for us law-abiding bikers. #
- Missing another Realtor membership meeting this morning as I'll be showing condos in Cville to a UVA medical resident. Priorities. Matter. #
- RT @nikiblack: A reasonable defense strategy, no? http://nylawblog.typepad.com/legalantics/2010/06/a-reasonable-defense-strategy-if-ive-ever-seen-one.html (no longer available) #
- @gregslateragent Is PHA talking as community resource, developer or both? in reply to gregslateragent #
- The interrupting State Farm guy is annoying & disrespectful. #
- Clarke and Dawes ask the million dollar questions ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://post.ly/iHOb #
- @AdamBitely I'd rather the Redskins pursue a new owner. #justsayin in reply to AdamBitely #
- Bumper-to-bumper traffic 250W due to Boar's Head & Farmington lights. #
- Going to try to make #FirstWednesdays at 8, but need to finish followup from today & prep for tomorrow's condo showings #
- Back @MudhouseCrozet meeting clients. #
- RT @franklyrealty: Deep Thought: If half of it is just showing up, why not show up twice? Think about that… Hmmmm. #
- RT @cloudbrain: CVILLE: #FirstWednesdays TONIGHT. La Taza. 8pm (NEW TIME). 2 words: Tiki Bar! (cont) https://tl.gd/1ko4k1 #
- @cvilledave Gov't programs are delaying the inevitable in many (most) cases. in reply to cvilledave #
- Check out the new & improved @nestrealty site. Complacency will get you killed. Price drops & more – http://www.nestrealtygroup.com/listings/search.html?type=res&area=6&neighborhood=&bedrooms=&baths=&acreage=&low_price=&high_price=&low_sqft=&high_sqft= (no longer available) #
- @familytreegirl feel like a guest post covering all options? in reply to familytreegirl #
- Quick dip at the @OldTrail pool to reward small one. https://tweetphoto.com/25121972 #
- RT @Duewestphoto: RT @CBS19: [NEWS] Despite Concerns, Board Approves Plans for Crozet Gas Station http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/95357299.html (no longer available) #
- @PhxREguy wait, what, Google *translates*? Next you'll tell me they do maps. in reply to PhxREguy #
- @PhxREguy @victorlund no disrespect, but what is groundbreaking? in reply to PhxREguy #
- RT @PhxREguy: RT @victorlund: Midwest brokerage redesigns website : Inman News : Wolfnet MLS Finder http://www.inman.com/news/2010/06/1/midwest-brokerage-redesigns-website [underwhelmed] #
- Crozet neither needs nor wants a 24 hour gas station. My opinion only. #
- I'm glad @cvilletomorrow @CBS19Weather & @CrozetGazette are here for this hearing. I don't have time to stay all day. 🙂 #
- At a zoning appeals hearing https://post.ly/i8HJ #
- Hearing on proposed Crozet "Restore N Station" at 2pm today. https://www.realcrozetva.com/2010/05/24/restore-n-station-hearings-in-june/ #22932 #crozet #
- Not sure what to think of myself; I just retweeted a Huffington Post story. #
- RT @TreeHugger: RT @HuffPostGreen: WATCH BP CEO's latest gaffe: He wants his life back https://huff.to/aHlIvo #
- RT @seantubbs: You know, it's a hefty payment every month, but paying my mortgage makes me feel kind of good about myself. #
- Stopping in to @StarrHill to get a closing gift for a client. Mmm. Growlers of stout. #
- @robhahn RE: "borrowing transactions from the future" – only time will tell. https://www.realcentralva.com/2010/06/01/weekly-charlottesville-real-estate-market-update-june-1-2010/ in reply to robhahn #
- Finishing up a CMA. With zero sold comps. How does one quantify "gut" feeling? #
- RT @agahran: RT @roomthinker: ExxonMobil has spilled 1 million gal of oil into Niger delta but who cares? It's (cont) https://tl.gd/1jgkus #
- RT @HenryGraff: Memorial Day service at Albemarle Co. Office Building. https://tweetphoto.com/24906946 #
- Flag atop the Charlottesville Fire Department' ladder truck. https://tweetphoto.com/24899322 #
- RT @SuzySaidCville: RT @cherynstone: Memorial Day events today: Fluco American Legion, Madco Memorial Building, (cont) https://tl.gd/1jennr #
- RT @wernerc: Today, the Charlottesville FD will display its large American Flag in honor of Memorial Day & (cont) https://tl.gd/1jek63 #
- Off to see about a listing in the city. #
- Another reason I'm glad I'm growing my own lettuce https://post.ly/i0Dp #
- Doggles for military working dog https://post.ly/hzwA #
- RT @superninjarobot: Let's play "Find the IT guy": https://i.imgur.com/rAOVT.jpg [a real estate firm w/ an IT guy-how 1992!] #
- I just became the mayor of Old Trail Pool on @foursquare! https://4sq.com/ah4zse #
- RT @RobertMByrne: "In the US we have big cars and little vacations, in Europe they have little cars and big vacations." from CBS Sunday Morn #
Powered by Twitter Tools
Interested in Learning More?
Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.
Dig Deeper
5 Real Estate What If’s That Make Me Lose Sleep
What if: 1 - The government forces all delinquent/underwater mortgages to be modified? Those of us who do pay our mortgages look like suckers. 2 - Retirees cannot retire. 3 - The 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage goes away? 4a - QRM becomes law -…
Unbelievable.
“Effective immediately FannieMae will no longer accept electronic signatures.” Why? Why???? This is the sort of thing I'd like to see Congress and the National Association of Realtors address. The inefficiencies created by needing wet signatures are tremendous. Printing, signing, scanning/faxing. Only to be told…
The “No-Spam” Policy for RealCentralVA.com
Search for homes to your heart's content. I'll never spam you. For real. Simple. I don't spam. Never have. But some people still use bogus names when registering for the home search tool on RealCentralVA.com. And then someone said to me - you know what…
Taking Vacation. And Stock.
I'm taking a vacation soon. I tell my clients that I am "grudgingly" going; but ... after reading my friends' Kris' and Jay's posts, I'm striving to readjust my priorities. I have systems in place, an extraordinarily competent agent poised to cover for me while…