A fascinating and insightful post from Kate at Belvedere that is clearly heartfelt and one she may have struggled to write. She highlights some of the ups, downs, surprises and disappointments. As I represented them and they are friends, I’m delighted with her closing: "but overall, my expectations have been met and even exceeded." Sitting down to write this blog entry has been hard. I…
Miss Utility Cracks Down on Signs in Virginia
Real estate signs are a perennial problem/necessity/eyesore/requirement to market a home effectively … and now revenue opportunity for the SCC/Miss Utility. You may have heard about Virginia’s Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act: It requires that Realtors® (and others) call the Virginia Utility Protection Service — aka Miss Utility — before putting up any sign that involves sticking something in the dirt, other than "coat hanger"…
Albemarle County’s Land Use Re-Validation Progam
According to Albemarle County, as of 1 October 2008, there were "4,981 tax parcels in the Use Value Tax Program." I haven’t seen much recent discussion about the potential impacts of the land use re-validation program in Albemarle County. The Free Enterprise Forum discussed it last year: As over 60% of the property in Albemarle County is in land use, the meeting was well attended….
Twitter Week in Review
@tcar Happy Birthday! # Ending our vacation http://post.ly/1nX1 # @steverubel Here's the question I keep coming back to with Posterous (and other 3rd party platforms) … who owns the … http://post.ly/xvE # ‘Take Back the Beep’ Campaign – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com http://post.ly/1moT # RT @mortgagereports: @JimDuncan – Wow. The new #MDIA laws didn't take long to make a real-world impact. [no kidding- http://bit.ly/F93RX…
Albemarle County Curbside Recycling – Time Disposal
No more separating recycling. No more driving to one of Albemarle County’s recycling centers. Lamentably, no more using the private curbside recyclers. I have written about recycling in Albemarle and Charlottesville’s urban ring several times over the years, and now one of the larger private haulers* has taken advantage of the new single-stream recycling facility. From the HooK: After years of being conditioned to think…
Transcript of Last Week’s Radio Show
This is a transcript of last week’s appearance on WINA’s Charlottesville – Right Now! with Coy Barefoot. Listen to the podcast at Cville Podcast. Coy: Let’s talk a little local real estate with the folks from Nest Realty. I’m joined live in the studio by Jim Duncan. He blogs at RealCentralVA.com and is a regular guest on this program. Keith Davis also from Nest Realty….
Twitter Week in Review
Listening to a pretty good 2-man band at my sister's wedding reception in Arlington watching planes approach landing to National Airport #fb # My blackberry needs to be rebuilt, methinks. Might just go for the Tour. Not getting any emails. # Awesome: Verizon support says, "I only have instructions for Windows." Luckily I use a Mac. # Why is parking $1 all night in Arlington…