A brief lesson in reputation management
It's a relatively small-scale example, but for a small, yet rapidly growing craft brewery in Crozet, it's huge.
My blog as a Magic 8 ball
This search brought a visitor from Miami today - likelihood my house will sell. Good luck. (I'm #3) This one too - from a Canadian, no less! the demise of realtors (I'm #5) And here - getting out of purchase and sales agreement with builder…
Zip codes don’t work for real estate searching
Searching by zip code is, at least in the Charlottesville area, next to useless and perhaps more dangerous than useful because of the artificial and arbitrary boundaries they create. Searching by elementary school district is the most efficient use of localized search because that is…
Latch on to any glimmer of confidence you can
Call it what you will - grasping at straws if you must. But if it becomes a trend ... But there is a glimmer of hope for the housing market. When asked of their plans to buy a home, consumers' expectations increased for the first…
I love that I come up first for this search in Google
passionate about real estate - yes, yes I am (and I hope it shows in my writing and client representation).
The Subprime Mortgage situation explained
In 45 slides. It actually makes sense. Download it or click through to a full-size version if it's too small - it's worth it.
Shifting Charlottesville housing market claims victims
Local appliance dealer closes shop, and others are hurting as well - details at the HooK.
Realtor Hyperbole in perspective
Found on Twitter. "Or is it 'Crying Wolf' weather reporting instead of 'Chicken Little'? Whatever it is, the hyperbole used would put Realtors to shame."It seems that the quality of weather reporting is another similarity between Charlottesville and Ann Arbor