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in General Real Estate on March 17, 2005 March 17, 2005

It's been a busy and good couple of weeks! Here Google Map links to the properties we are currently marketing - this is a real estate blog, after all!1028 Highlands Drive (Crozet)1003 Highlands Drive (Crozet)799 Filly Run (Crozet)838 Beagle Gap Rd (Crozet)64 West Cedar Drive (Ruckersville)

Light blogging today

in General Real Estate on March 17, 2005 March 17, 2005

Due to the fact that we just put another property on the market in Crozet. A great house in Cory Farm. Anybody interested? We are going to test the Realtors again by putting it in today with no showings until Saturday morning. How many want to bet that we'll get at least one call wanting us to be dishonest, make an exception for them?

CNBC

in General Real Estate on March 17, 2005 March 17, 2005

The new study, based on two surveys, shows that 23 percent of all homes purchased in 2004 were for investment, while another 13 percent were vacation homes. In addition, there was a record of 2.82 million second home sales in 2004, up 16.3 percent from 2.42 million 2003. The investment-home component rose 14.4 percent to 1.80 million sales in 2004 from 1.57 million in 2003,…

Dave Barry takes on Mass Transit

in Thoughts, etc. on March 17, 2005 March 17, 2005

A humorous and possibly enlightening perspective on mass transit. I would absolutely love the opportunity to take light rail to work (assuming I didn't have to show houses or drive clients!), but transit is simply not economically feasible. Where is the Tipping Point where taking mass transit is more valuable than driving one's car?I haven't fact-checked Mr. Barry's citations, but found this interesting - Then...

“Blink” again with Malcolm Gladwell at Darden School

in Thoughts, etc. on March 16, 2005 February 7, 2020

Malcolm Gladwell spoke about his new book Blinktonight at the Darden School…. There is no way that I can briefly summarizewhat his theories and hypotheses comprise; suffice it to say that if everyone were to take his ideas and utilize them every day, then our world may very well be one with far less prejudice and more understanding. The only note I took was that…

For those of you without Macs (updated)

in Thoughts, etc. on March 16, 2005 March 16, 2005

You can get a whiff of what the Mac is like from Google. Pretty cool little page and the history is at this guy's blog.Ah well. The link is dead. I'll repost if it reappears.

It is curious

in Thoughts, etc. on March 16, 2005 March 16, 2005

I still don’t have my voice back yet…. Why is it that others are compelled to whisper in response to my efforts to whisper?