CHARLOTTESVILLE
Prepping to Sell a House in Charlottesville
Here are some stories for sellers to to read to prepare for the selling and marketing process.. Transcription: Hey, Jim Duncan here with RealCentralVA.com and NestRealtyGroup.com . It's Winter, the first week of December here in Charlottesville and I'm starting to get the e-mails and…
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
Electronic Signatures – Not Groundbreaking but Great all the Same
Why Use Electronic Signatures? 1 - It's secure 2 - It's easy 3 - It saves time and money 4 - It's environmentally sound - instead of driving 30+ miles to meet clients, I can just email them. Think about it - by using electronic…
SIDEBLOG
Electronic Signatures for Real Estate Transactions
I've been using electronic signatures for a few weeks now, and they have been tremendously helpful - saving gas, time and energy. Instead of faxing, emailing, printing, scanning ... my buyer and seller clients have clicked to sign. From out-of-country to clients to those fifteen…
SIDEBLOG
Big News in Real Estate – It’s About Time
It's been pretty boring in real estate for a while. Not anymore. There was an announcement by the National Association of Realtors, in conjunction with Cyberhomes and RPR, LLC in the real estate world last week, and likely very few Realtors, real estate agents and…
TECHNOLOGY
Google, Garmin and Realtors
Re-purposing a post from my posterous: If Google announcing their GPS did this to Garmin's and Tom Tom's stocks, What's this going to do to Realtors'? Google announced a big real estate move about two hours ago: listings can now…
RE BLOGS
A thought on the current Realtor.com/AVM debate
Copying is not innovation. Realtor.com has the opportunity to leverage their tenuous data advantage and position themselves ahead of the competition. Their current tactic of emulating rather than differentiating is not a positive sign.
BUYERS
Why take a Buyer’s Agent to new construction?
Jonathan has the answers. 1. Independent representation. The folks in the sales office are very nice and very helpful. They also work for the builder and are representing the builder in the transaction, not you. No matter how friendly they seem, they are not working…