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Social Media Explained and Expanded

| View | Upload your own For example – I can be contacted here in a variety of ways; below are a couple of the many. (the closest thing to a resume I have to offer) Jim Duncan's friendfeed

…A few of the topics we plan to discuss are – -owners being upside-down when trying sell their house -being uncomfortable buying in these times, even though it may be the best time around -how much should a seller lower the sales price?

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If you’re thinking about blogging about real estate

Read Pat’s post first.Blogging is currently touted as real estate marketing’s magic bullet, but almost every new real estate blogger doesn’t realize that the impact of blogging lies in its ability to build a social and informative relationship with its readers….The brand new real estate blogger, knowing nothing about blogging culture, often uses the blog construct as a kind of daily loudspeaker trumpeting their business prowess.Blogging is work – writing, reading, participating, educating, being social without being necessarily intrusive …  it’s not another forum to post how good you are (or want to be).This is one of my definitions of success – I received an email question the other day from a reader….  I’d like to think that I’m doing something right to receive this postscript -P.S.- “Why me?”…  Because, I am an avid reader of your blog (realcentralva) and I come away with the impression that you are:1- smart2- well-informed3- a person who believes in ethics (this seems like a question about ethics…)I don’t see a static website or a purely self-promotional blog accomplishing spurring that email.

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A match day loss and possible substantial gain

Received this morning from a client who was anticipating Matching at the University of Virginia – Unfortunately I matched at my second choice not my first …  definitely a bit disappointed but still excited to get the next part of my life started.  THANK YOU for being such a wonderful resource for me these last few months – I have learned a lot…  and I appreciate the time you spent with me.

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Media appearance – WINA this afternoon and a brief Charlottesville market update

After suffering being bumped last week, today I’ll be on from four thirty to five.  To get ready, I ran a few statistics to get a fresh handle on the market:Things are selling….  Properties are selling in the Charlottesville market – but ……  I’ll be posting a full market report in the next few days, to include the Waynesboro/Augusta market as well.

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