Some days, it feels good to do my job
Building a home from a long distance can be a trying, stressful uneasy experience. I took some pictures yesterday of a house that some clients are having built in Fluvanna, posted them on a website and emailed my clients a link to this password-protected page.…
Google’s reach becoming a bit terrifying.
Not real estate related, other than the fact that most buyers start looking for homes by searching the web - From lost to found: How many times have you used Google to find an obscure funny website or fun facts about “The Wizard of Oz,”…
Gentrification a good thing?
Everyone knows gentrification uproots the urban poor with higher rents, higher taxes and $4 lattes. It's the lament of community organizers, the theme of the 2004 film Barbershop 2 and the guilty assumption of the yuppies moving in. Carole Singleton lives in Harlem in New…
Quick response
It is absolutely imperative to respond to potential customers/clients as soon as possible. That not all of my competition understands that makes my job just a little bit easier. I am an instant gratification kind of guy. If I don't get a response to something,…
UVa. tearing down the Cavalier Inn
I was remarking to a prospective buyer, who happens to be staying at the Cavalier Inn, how it was going to be torn down in the near future to make way for UVa's Arts Center. Lo and behold, Cvillenews has a discussion on that very…
Water resources
The meeting yesterday must have been pretty interesting. WINA and the DP both have fairly extensive reports - of note is that the federal regulatory agencies told Rivanna that they don't HAVE to come up with a plan that covers the next 50 years. Wish…
Font troubles
I am having problems getting fonts to be consistent, as well as with all new posts being categorized as “uncategorized.” Please bear with me.
Rich Collins’ run for Delegate
Rich Collins is interviewed in this week's C-Ville - It's a question of having markets work for you. Property taxes are such a big issue for me. Growth costs a lot more than people realize. Your water gets more polluted, your traffic becomes more congested,…
Let’s go to Culpeper!
The Commonwealth Transportation Board will hold a public hearing involving its draft 6-year plan for rail, mass transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and state highway projects. The agency wants to hear about projects through the 2011 budget cycle. The public hearing will be held at 5 p.m.…
If only we had a large body of water
Pushed off land by soaring housing prices, Clay is one of a growing number of Washington area residents making their homes on barges and schooners from the District's Southwest waterfront to Chesapeake Bay inlets in Southern Maryland, marina managers say. Our region is running out…