Luxury homes require advanced Mad Libs: employ the words “the” and “at,” and for maximum pretentiousness add an “e” to the word at the end of the name, to give it an Olde English feele: a moniker like “The Heights at Meadow Creeke,” for example, would have ignited frantic bidding wars in the early 2000s. … * Yes, I know that I’m treading the line of my long-held belief against blogging about my listings, but this is one of those rare occasions where a post transcends “hey!
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Wrapping Up Tuesday’s Radio Appearance
Is it that “experts†will tell you to hold the stock in hopes of it going up in value and then explain that those with homes worth less than their mortgages shouldn’t feel bad about breaking their mortgages and defaulting ? … … But – start here – Assessments, property taxes and shifting market values in Albemarle County The new bailout/foreclosure prevention bill – start here to educate yourselves – Calculated Risk This is intended to help “thousands” (a drop in the bucket unless it is several hundred thousand), and seems to encourage homeowners to stop making payments until they are 90 days late. and Rain City Guide This is the beginning of massive government intervention to try and slow foreclosures.
Media Appearance – WINA Tuesday
I’ll be on WINA – 1070AM on Coy Barefoot’s Charlottesville – Right Now! … Please let me know if there are any specific questions or topics you would like us to discuss.
Going to Orlando Today for the Realtor Convention
That said, I’ll be sitting on a panel of my peers – Ginger Wilcox , Teresa Boardman , Ines Hededus-Garcia whom I greatly respect where we’ll be discussing – you guessed it – real estate blogs and how Realtors can benefit from them. … Friday I’ll be attending part of Bloodhound Unchained – where I hope to bring back at least three nuggets/tools/things which I can apply to my business – and therefore – my clients.
C-Ville Gets it on Real Estate Blogs
From this month’s Abode section of the C-Ville Weekly , Erika Howsare dives into real estate blogs – Locally and nationally, real estate blogs, forums and websites of all descriptions have proliferated and changed the industry, as buyers and sellers (and agents and brokers) have more fluid, flexible ways of getting information. In Charlottesville, someone getting ready to make a deal can bone up on buyer-broker agreements at Jim Duncan’s blog , watch a video entitled “ How to sell your home (in black & white) †at Daniel Rothamel’s blog , or peruse an aggregation of gloomy national news mixed with skeptical takes on local listings by the anonymous authors of Real C-ville —The Bubble Blog. …
RE Blog World – September 19 – Las Vegas
If you’re a Realtor in this challenging market, now is the time to invest in yourself and your business; learning tactics, strategies and tips – real, applicable knowledge such as that found at this event – is a huge step in that direction. … As I’ve never placed much value in the alphabet soup of Realtor designations, but on the actual knowledge gained, I recognize tremendous value in learning from some of the most successful real estate bloggers, leaders and visionaries in the country – this event is representative of those values. 
Look at the lineup – Dan Green Daniel Rothamel David Smith Rich Jacobson Dustin Luther Jason Berman Jeff Turner Kelley Koehler Mariana Wagner Matt Faglioli Michael Price Mike Mueller Morgan Brown Teresa Boardman Todd Carpenter
The Bubble Blog Interviewed Me
For those who may question my not-hating-the-bubble-bloggers’ mentality, it’s because they actually value good Realtors, and offer constructive (and blunt/brash) criticism – something that is often missing. … A good realtor, in our humble opinion, is someone who takes into consideration not just the profit aspects of helping people to buy or sell what is typically the largest purchase of their lives, but also someone who knows that owning a house conveys with it other elements: a sense of community, a sense of responsibility, a sense of security, and that in the current market, and for several years to come, these intangibles may be more important than large profits.