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Changing Writing Progams: a Big Little Change

It’s funny how a seemingly small shift can have a big impact. For the past few weeks, I’ve been using Desk and I highly recommend it.

I’d used the same blogging platform for nearly 8 years, since my blog looked like this (which wasn’t a bad look for the time).

Another change – Recently, I moved from self-hosting my site to a managed solution, changed the appearance and much of the functionality of the site … and changed writing tools.

I want to write. And educate. And learn. And write. I hope this move helps with that focus.

It’s been an interesting few weeks.

I’m going into a bit of detail about what the switch means for me and for readers/subscribers in my monthly note; you can choose to subscribe now and get the note or wait a few weeks before I post those changes here.

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I have been been representing buyers and sellers in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and Central Virginia since 2001. Get local insight born of experience.

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Testimonials Matter

Testimonials Matter

I despise self-promotion. But, the Nest team make it easier to do so, so I did a four-part series on Instagram with some of my clients' testimonials. This is the part where I say ... if you have a question about the Charlottesville real estate market,…

Three Things I’d Have Done Differently in My Real Estate Career

Three Things I’d Have Done Differently in My Real Estate Career

Three things I would do differently if I were starting my career over? Maintain my client database better. Asked for client reviews/testimonials. And saved them on the blog. Hired an assistant earlier The consistently exemplary and amazing team at Nest Marketing have put together templates…

A Positive Review

A Positive Review

I rarely post about myself, but this review on Zillow struck me because it's 1) awesome and 2) so insightful about the real estate process. Sometimes, I do what I do well. Thank you. (read the whole thing) "As a homebuyer you don't *need* to…

Previewing a Bio Video

This is likely to be one of the more consistent videos I'm going to send to clients for the next two years ... Thoughts welcomed. https://youtu.be/1Ws1z-NJVKg

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My goal is simple: help my clients – buyers or sellers – make good decisions.