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- Charlottesville Area Market Dynamics
- Planning ahead; she’s not coming home
- Home for 5 humans
- Deer, Car, Cville (shifting to the podcast?)
- Black Panther (A good Charlottesville story)
- Blogs
- What I’m reading (a long list this month)
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Time, Complications, Contextual Fears, and Poop in Sinks | Jim’s Note August 2026
#190 This month: Our HVAC went out a few weeks ago — hot, real hot, and naturally on a Friday. My wife and I remarked that we had just put the new system in, until I pulled up the invoice and found that “just” was…
October 2024 Monthly Note – Helene, Home Values, Charlottesville Market update
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The Charlottesville Market, Agency, & the Last Touch
Happy June. This month: I’m writing about comparisons, perspectives, and connecting. A bit about the Charlottesville real estate market, too. And I didn’t even get to single agent dual agency; that’s next month. Subscribe to my note at JimsNote.com. “You don’t realize you’re in the…
Note from Jim – December 2020 – Please Subscribe
I'm not going to promise that this note will be transformative. Or that you're going to make a great real estate decision based on what you read in this note. But I will offer that you might laugh, shake your head at some of the…