Are You a Complete Moron?
My cynicism about the foreclosure bill I referenced last week on WINA is starting be proven justified. Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle (hat tip Bloodhound) - The streamlined process looks only at income, not assets. If you refinanced your home to buy a Mercedes…
Attention Realtor.com – Use Spell Check Please
Update - I received an email last night kindly pointing out that my calling Realtor.com out on a spelling error as being petty and superior. Had almost anyone else said that, I likely would have brushed it off. The respect I hold for this person…
New Search Tool not Working
I know it, but don't seem to have access to after-hours support, so this will have to wait until Monday. In the meantime, if you want to check it out and search for homes in the Charlottesville area, click on this direct link which does…
Valleywag Notices Charlottesville
Nifty. Courtesy cVillain. More at the HooK, C-Ville, Daily Progress and cvillenews.From the DP: Construction on the nine-story, 100-room luxury hotel on the Downtown Mall is about to grind to a halt — or is it? The owner of the $30 million Landmark Hotel is…
Blogging for Business Panel – Orlando Florida NAR 2008
Thanks to Daniel Rothamel, The Real Estate Zebra for recording the panel on which I sat on Friday: Webcam chat at Ustream After reflecting on the panel, I thoroughly enjoyed being part of a panel talking to real estate blogging novices - there is so…
Charlottesville Realtor Association to write Neighborhood pages on Wikipedia
Courtesy of C-Ville - Savage emphasizes the project is still taking shape, but the basic concept is that CAAR would begin a Wikipedia entry with some information about a neighborhood and expect “homeowner associations, people who live or used to live in the neighborhood, realtors,…
Charlottesville Real Estate Company Streamlines
I take no happiness or satisfaction from being right. Word came to me Friday morning that two branches of Real Estate III will be closing merging with other, existing locations. They are closing their office at Forest Lakes and consolidating into the 29 North branch…
I Can Think of Only a Couple Reasons to Delete Comments
And "they disagree with me" isn't one of those reasons. Why delete the comments of a very interesting thread? Because the commenters don't agree with you. Really? Why, Brad? Last I looked, there were more than twenty comments on a very interesting and pertinent topic…
The New York Times spends 36 Hours in Charlottesville
It would appear that they used this map or a variation of it. (The map is zoomable at the site) The Times starts with: ARRIVING in Charlottesville from the lush, rural Virginia countryside, you almost feel like you've stepped back into ancient Rome. The Rotunda,…
Two Interesting Stories from Today’s HooK
Lien on me: How one high rolling firm's troubles trickle down REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Face it: Writing's on the wall in Belmont - particularly this comment - https://www.503Rialto.com We've gotten over 1,800 visitors to that website from Facebook. To contrast, we've gotten 60…