Five Years of Real Estate Blogging
First, thank you for reading. I've learned more than I could have ever expected or hoped for. Thank you for your comments and emails over the years. I've been a Realtor for just over eight years, a real estate broker for nearly a month, and…
Changes happening today at RealCentralVA
Bear with me ... some changes are afoot. I'll update when all is well. Email may be wonky, so if you need me and I'm not responding, contact me via one of the many ways at my Google profile - or I've heard the phone…
Blog Problems Today
I don't know what caused it, but RealCentralVA.com was mostly inaccessible today from about 0500-1400. It was either an attack on this site or my host or a mistake by by host, but either way it was extraordinarily frustrating. I think it's all over, but…
Returning to Local Real Estate Blogging – Writing about Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate
Maybe I have gotten a bit astray, maybe I haven't but re-focusing can't be a bad thing. (transcript after the break) That being said ... I have been writing and sharing at Posterous a fair amount lately. What is Posterous, you ask? Posterous lets you…
Realtors versus the MLS and the Real Estate Board
(Click through to see the video) What's a Realtor to do when the sellers' best interests conflict with MLS rules and/or Virginia Real Estate Board regulations? As noted in 2007, For a web site, either the firm or the licensee must include disclosure of their…
Bloggers and Their Rights
Bloggers deserve protected free speech too, and it looks like Waldo Jaquith, with the help of the VA ACLU, Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression, and Public Citizen, is set to prove that fact (again). The time will come I suspect when a…
A Thought on Anonymous Comments
For the past four years, I have resisted instituting a no-anonymous-comments policy. Recently, however, there have been more anonymous commenters than is typical. This makes readers' tracking of discussions more difficult. I can see the IP addresses of visitors and can track who's saying what,…
Waldo got Subpoenaed
Waldo Jaquith of Cvillenews has been subpoenaed for names, email addresses, IP addresses, etc. And we'll be watching. My money (assuming I had some to bet) is on Waldo. I debated putting this on the sideblog, but feel that this sort of thing deserves front…
It’s All Confidential
(photo courtesy) Seriously. Every email, instant message, phone call, text ... basically any conversation that comes about because of this blog is considered by me - the owner and operator - to be confidential. The range of questions that I receive is broad and…
Server Maintenance Tomorrow Night
Courtesy of Bluehost: The server realcentralva.com is hosted on will be undergoing a hardware upgrade at approximately 11PM MST Monday January 12th We expect the downtime for the account to be 1-2 hours, but could be completed long before that window. This upgrade will greatly…