The Recession is Good for Communities
I wrote this in 2009 at the former Agent Genius, now The Agent Genius; the audience then was other real estate professionals, but it's very relevant to consumers.Balance and stability – those are the new buzzwords for buyers. Really. In the long run, communities will benefit.…
RealPodVA – A Conversation with Allison Wrabel with the Daily Progress
This is one of my favorite conversations so far. Lots of links below. Allison Wrabel with Charlottesville's Daily Progress is a remarkable asset to our community. Listen to the podcast here. Local journalists matter because they pay attention to and catch the little things, and…
Working with Hands, and the Future of Real Estate
If you've not yet subscribed to Nest Realty's podcast, Sweat the Details, I'm comfortable saying you're missing out. We just put out our 18th episode, with Jessica Lautz with the NAR, and it's darn good. What follows is a response from a client to the…
RealPodVA – Market Update with Greg | October 2019
It's October 2019. What is the Charlottesville - Albemarle real estate market doing right now? Is the Charlottesville market slowing? We'll know in 18 months what today's market is doing. Greg speaks in depth about the Charlottesville new construction market The value of slowing the…
Charlottesville’s Dairy Central Market is Going to be Amazing
I had the opportunity to tour Dairy Central Market this morning, and it's going to be a fantastic addition to Charlottesville. Elevated, blending old and new, bringing a new concept to Charlottesville, it's enough to make me fleetingly consider moving back to Charlottesville from Crozet.…
Mutant Dog Soft Micro | August 2019 Monthly Note
I enjoy writing these notes. Quite a bit. This month Micro-market analysis #2 Showing sides Mutant Cricket Jumping Spiders Something about a Dog Building the Right-Sized House What I'm Reading Interested? Curious? Are you a current reader who think a friend might find this interesting?…
Blog Update – Still Here
I'm still here. Read, email, call - 434-242-7140. Subscribe to my monthly note. RealCentralVA isn't going anywhere, but I am writing here less, and focusing on clients and my monthly note more. So here we are.Why This Post?I felt like I've been neglecting writing here,…
Micro Expectations Septic Ethics | July 2019 Note | Monthly Note Archives
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Subscribe here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here forever (because I own the blog, and…
Sweat The Details – Looking Beyond Real Estate
Listen to the podcast here It's often better to look through a different lens for inspiration and insight. Jonathan, Keith, and I talked about Nest Realty's recent Lead Broker summit, where we brought the brokers from all of our offices to Charlottesville, and visited four…
Home Inspections: Preparing for them, as a Buyer or Seller
RealPodVa continues We've been less consistent than we'd like with the podcast this summer, but that's reasonable. Listen to the podcast here. This was part one of two of a fantastic discussion with my colleague, Deborah Rutter, about home inspections - how to prepare (as…