$5K Friends Floorplans Choice | September 2022 Note from Jim
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. This is for September 2022. Interested in not waiting a few days to read it, and want it straight to your email? Subscribe here. For the re-posts here on the blog, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more…
Maybe get a HELOC Now?
I'm working on my October Note (subscribe here) where I'm planning to write about the shifting market, and maybe put together some predictions for the rest of this year, and for 2023. But first, a story about the time I got laid off 20+ years…
Chimney Inspections: A Good Idea
I'm recommending chimney inspections to my buyer clients now. Just like I started advising septic inspections around 2010, I think chimney inspections should be default inspections -- or at least suggesting them should be my default now. More often than not, if I ask an agent if…
Note from Jim | Horrible Represent Joy Survey
This was a fun and sad one to write. Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. This is for August 2022. Interested in not waiting a few days to read it, and want it straight to your email? Subscribe here. For the re-posts here on the…
Bubble? Crash? Correction? What is Happening?
A friend texted me this Fortune magazine story - Are we in another housing bubble? - this week. Reasonable. A lot of people are searching for answers to the "are we in a housing bubble?" question, myself included. Part of my answer A long time…
What Are Buyers Looking For? In Charlottesville
Other than ‘cost’ and ‘school district’ what else are people looking for? Large kitchens? Ground floor living? This answer is through my lens as a reasonably productive* real estate agent representing buyers and sellers in Charlottesville - Albemarle region. I'm answering this initially by reacting…
Questions about the Charlottesville Real Estate Market? – July 2022
Answering a couple questions from Twitter ... Q: What is the ROI on staging my house with a Live Laugh Love sign? A: About the same as burying a St. Joseph statue in the front yard. But at $6, the statue is less expensive than…
Inventory Up, Price Reductions Down in Charlottesville & Albemarle
Mike Simonsen's weekly updates are must-reads for me, as they usually key in on trends and feelings that I am seeing and sensing in the Charlottesville - Albemarle real estate market. I've been ruminating over his 6 June 2022 update, and watched it again to…
Talking About Charlottesville Housing Prices in 2022
Taking a Reddit question as a writing prompt. "We just moved here and are sticker-shocked at the price of houses. I work in the city and don’t want a long commute, prefer good schools, and need 4 bedrooms. Do you think once inflation sets in,…
Real Estate Radio in 2022 with Matt and Jim
At the start of every year, Matt Hodges with Presidential Mortgage and I join Rick Moore for a quick hour talking about the Charlottesville real estate market. We've followed Rick to I think three different radio stations, and it's always too short of a program…