I think they’re a waste of everybody’s time at least in this market but I held one anyway because it was National Open House Weekend and I’ll do whatever I can to try and capitalize on some kind of traffic and we had three and a half people through, well three and a half sets.

…They’re looking for the next phase of their lives and the challenge is they need to sell their house that they bought two years ago in a neighborhood that has had significant property declines so I’m not holding out much hope for them even though they were wonderful people and I would love to work with them. … The last set are folks who have been looking for five years and believe it or not there are quite a few of these folks out there who are looking at the market and think the pricing is a bit absurd and out of whack and they’re just waiting for the right opportunity. These folks are like another set of my buyers with whom I’ve been working for years and years and years, are looking for their dying house, for their last house, their last move, for the last place they’re ever going to live in.

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Pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act and requirements specified by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), [ Bank Name, edited out by me ] will not engage in any transaction with any individual or entity that either appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, Specially Designated Terrorists, Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers, or that [ Bank Name, edited again ] suspects to involved in a suspicious transaction or one in violation of federal law . … Specifically, the act requires financial institutions to keep records of cash purchases of negotiable instruments, file reports of cash transactions exceeding $10,000 (daily aggregate amount), and to report suspicious activity that might signify money laundering, tax evasion, or other criminal activities. … And from Wikipedia: The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (or BSA , or otherwise known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act ) requires financial institutions in the United States to assist U.S. government agencies to detect and prevent money laundering . Specifically, the act requires financial institutions to keep records of cash purchases of negotiable instruments , and file reports of cash purchases of these negotiable instruments of $10,000 or more (daily aggregate amount), and to report suspicious activity that might signify money laundering, tax evasion , or other criminal activities.

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From the Nest Realty Group blog : I was speaking with a client just the other day who said he was excited to move to Charlottesville because he noticed the wide variety of local restaurants and saw that as a sign that Charlottesvillians supported their local businesses. He said that his current town (which will remain unnamed) is chock-full of chain restaurants and there isn’t much of a local restaurant scene. … Check out the ‘ Charlottesville Scout Promise ‘, which includes this: My goal is to promote local business and help to maintain Charlottesville as a unique and interesting place to live. … So grab a cup of coffee from Mudhouse , a doughnut from Spudnuts and we’ll see you at the City Market this Saturday at 9….

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