Blog Wayback – You’re Going about It all Wrong – Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor)
Blog Wayback Series Continued ... From March 2009: You're Going about It all Wrong - Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor)How do you search for homes? In Charlottesville or anywhere else? I got a call recently from a buyer who…
Shenandoah Joe’s on Ivy Road in Charlottesville
I'm a wi-fi hobo. A Digital Itinerant, if you will. I frequent haunts such as the Mudhouse, Cville Coffee and, if I'm in the mood for really good coffee, Shenandoah Joe's. Shenandoah Joe's new location on Ivy Road in the former Java Java spot brings…
Redefining Real Estate Signage in Charlottesville
As a cost-saving measure, all listings I market will have to be priced at $360,000. Kidding. This is our first attempt at doing custom yard signs. Some developments won't allow post signs, others require their own, neighborhood-approved signs in accordance with their homeowners associations' regulations…
You’re Going about It all Wrong – Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor)
How do you search for homes? In Charlottesville or anywhere else? I got a call recently from a buyer who was searching homes.com and found one of my listings. Unfortunately, the listing was actually under contract (and had been for a while). I first thanked…
Home Sales in Albemarle and Charlottesville Down
A very brief market update in advance of today's time on WINA's Charlottesville-Right Now! ... more detailed analysis to come in the coming days and weeks. Year over year, sales volume is down between about twenty-eight percent in Albemarle and Charlottesville. - January sales in…
It’s a Mad, Mad Real Estate World
Ed note: I'm very please to welcome Karen Pape to RealCentralVA again. She wrote in October about (then) new appraisal issues facing Realtors. The real estate market is becoming more and more segmented and unpredictable, and appraisers are going batty right now trying to draw…
Is There Radon in Charlottesville?
This is what I tell my clients - a radon mitigation system accomplishes at least three things - 1) Provides peace of mind - for homeowners and buyers 2) Can be an asset when you sell your home - it's one less potential objection from…
Billable Hours, Straight Commission, Hybrid or Both?
First in an occasional and developing series ... Step one is demonstrating value. Assuming that I, as a real estate professional, have built a trusting relationship with my clients and potential clients, what is the best way to compensate a good Realtor? One giant stipulation…
Albemarle County Schools Closed Today
Again. After teasing us after yesterday's cancelation by saying schools would be on a two hour delay today, Albemarle's reverse call system just called with the cancelation notification. For those unfamiliar with the Albemarle County school system, there are quite a few rural roads over…
Finding the Bridge between Those who Are Buying and Those who Are Not
People want to buy homes, they really do. Interestingly, more people answered the "why are you considering purchasing" poll (65) than did the why are you not buying question (42) - can I draw the conclusion that more people are interested in buying than are…