Define “readily apparent” for consumers
So the light blogging lasted four hours. The National Association of Realtors has either gone too far or not far enough with their ambiguous dictate: (read it quickly before it goes behind Inman's subscription wall) Directors amended an article in the NAR Code of Ethics…
Light week of blogging
I'm recovering from a weekend of coaching soccer - seven games in a weekend is exhausting (for coaches and players), as were the emotional ups and downs - winning one game on penalty kicks only to lose the next on penalty kicks. I've rarely been…
Monday Links 11-05-2007
Technology for real estate agents - it takes more than cutting edge technology to be successful. One must also know how to use, and what to use. $1 a Square foot? Gross! The Carnival of Real Estate #66 The Odysseus Medal, Black Pearl and People's…
Why write for the Bloodhound?
To answer a question I have received a couple of times - Writing at The Bloodhound Blog represents an opportunity to write and speak to a larger audience than I do now. The audience for, and focus of RealCentralVA is generally contained to the Charlottesville…
Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008
If you're interested in what's around the bend in the real estate world, have a look at Gerry Davidson's three part series on the report. One aspect I found interesting about the report is that when ranking trends on a scale of 1 through 9,…
A big day
One of fifteen sixteen. Intimidated. Excited. Honored and humbled to be sharing the stage/platform with the rest of the Bloodhound writers. This blog has long focused on the Charlottesville/Central Virginia real estate market, client representation, technology and the implementation of same in the real estate…
An offer for politicians who blog in CharlAlbemarle
Of the current candidates and incumbents for Albemarle County's Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council, why don't more blog? In the City, incumbents Dave Norris and David Brown, who is running for re-election, blog. Candidates Peter Kleeman and Barbara Haskins do, too. In…
My entire blog – stolen by a splog
And posted at realestate.foundnews.com. All the links, all the formatting, even the Creative Commons copyright. How do I get rid of this scourge? Is it me, or is there more comment spam since Wordpress 2.3? Jay has battled this scum before, now it's my turn.
Upcoming this week on RealCentralVA
I'm trying something new this week - I'm going to try to have some sort of schedule for posting. Tuesday, I'll attempt to answer this question: What is your opinion of agencies like Zip Realty (ziprealty.com) particularly in representing the buyer? Wednesday - market statistics…
Upgraded to WordPress 2.3
And I think everything is OK. Huge thanks to this automatic upgrade plugin. If anything's screwy, please let me know.