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Category: About Jim

ABOUT JIM

Why do I blog?

First and foremost, I enjoy it. I enjoy having an outlet (that may or may not be read by others) where I can exercise my thoughts and my writing skills, skills that need constant attention. I have a certain passion for writing, reading, politics and…

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Me in my office

The long, often unpredictable hours of real estate allow for the occasional rest in my office.

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Happy July 4th

Property Grunt: Yes. I will be working on this holiday weekend. Why? Because it is my job to sell at all times. 24/7 365 days a year. Well not everyday. I have learned that even on the holidays the serious buyers come out to play.…

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Slow blogging this week.

Busy Week. My mom, Betty Duncan is out of town this week, so I am covering her business as well as my own. Will blog when I can ... lots of news happening in the City and County ... anybody want to submit a story?

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“Graduation”

It's my daughter's "Graduation" today from Fifth Grade at Crozet Elementary. Whoo-hooo.

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Full-time Realtors

Just found a neat little section of the statistical summary in our MLS database. There are approximately 1100 Realtors in our Board. 612 closed at least one listing in 2004. Only 261 closed at least 5! Wouldn't you be better off having a full-time Realtor…

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Mac’s new OS

I am going to be upgrading to the new Apple operating system, Tiger, very soon. I am a Mac guy. I love my Mac and it makes me more productive. Walter Mossberg Overall, Tiger is the best and most advanced personal computer operating system on…

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Migrating

New blog in Wordpress Blogging will be limited for the next couple of days - I am trying to migrate to a new blogging software, Wordpress , and a new address. If anybody has experience with Wordpress or Ecto, please email me!

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