Hiatus Over – Wrapping up 2008
And throwing it away. Forcing myself to take nearly ten days off of writing has been very productive. I've been writing, but not posting. By deliberately not posting, I've missed it - the writing, the posting, the commenting - I think I'll try to do…
A Brief Hiatus on RealCentralVA
I'm going to try to take a break from blogging here for the next couple of days. It's been a long year, and I need to work on my beginning-of-the-year post, my upcoming four-year blogiversary post as well as a few deeper pieces I've been…
RealCentralVA is on Alltop
Hooray. What is Alltop? You can think of an Alltop site as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points—they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading…
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
I just upgraded this blog to the newest version of Wordpress, the brilliant software that makes my blogging life possible. If you notice anything odd, please let me know. I am very proud of myself for waiting two entire days to upgrade (I tested it…
Upcoming Stories
To be posted in no particular order: - Market update - Market Projections for 2009 - Walkable Neighborhoods - where are they in Charlottesville and Albemarle? - Building communities - why the recession is good for neighborhoods and communities - Dwellicious - End of the…
What Makes a Great Hyper-Local Blog
First and foremost - time and dedication and commitment. Finnegan at Harrisonburg News puts together the perfect analysis of what he's learned in the two and a half years since he started writing. Everything he says is on point. It's a shame that he's "throwing…
Realtor Incentives, Nice Areas of Charlottesville and Dual Agency – pulled from search
A brief trek through recent search queries bringing visitors to my site - incentives for realtors to sell - besides a paycheck? Kidding. This is why I negotiate my fees with my buyer clients up front - so there is no question about bonuses (huge…
A New Theme
It's been a while since I broke redesigned my site. I purchased the Thesis theme months ago because it offered the look, flexibility and support community that I was looking for. Finally, I've gotten the help needed to implement it. Hopefully you see it as…
New Reader Poll – Who Reads RealCentralVA?
Now for 2008. It's been a long time since I've run a poll. In late 2006: - 49% of readers identified themselves as "Curious Consumers." - 7% were "active buyers or sellers" - Nearly 30% were "real estate professionals or related fields" I'm curious -…
Thank You Bluehost
This morning I deleted my blog. In attempting to clean up the back end, I deleted an FTP account (and all the files) of someone who did some back-end work for me. Apparently, all of my blog's files were in that directory. I lost a…