You’ve gotta love the creativity in this satirical piece…. My previous call for transparency in local government. All politics are local. Unfortunately, there is probably some truth in there.”Motion to approve whatever Mr. Wood wants to do?”We need more satire.”Sponsored by the Virginia real estate developers lobby in conjunction with republicans everywhere, Inc.”hat tip: Cvillenews.
Browsing Category sideblog
There is a flip side to everything
Smoking is bad and may be banned in Virginia restaurants, among other places…. There is a market in everything. Accepting and adapting to change is how successes are made. Witness the shift to FHA loans (more).
Google down?
Shame I run my jduncanrealestate.com email through them.Update: They’re back up. What’s the backup strategy if Google goes away? They’ve already lied about “unlimited storage”…. They offer “unlimited storage”.
Bacn!
From Lifehacker:Email you receive that isn’t spam…… It’s notifications of a new post to your Facebook wall or a new follower on Twitter. It’s the Google alert for your name and the newsletter from your favorite company.Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Alerts, Newsletters that don’t offer RSS feeds, Pownce notifications … the list is seemingly endlessIf only there were an aggregator for all the various social networking sites …
A Google map for every blog
Coming next week.
How are San Francisco and Charlottesville alike?
There are many similarities – very liberal governments, tech-friendly – but the most fun one right now is that the City of Charlottesville (well, only the Mayor) wants to “ban the sale of water in plastic water bottles,” á la San Francisco. Is it so hard to buy a Nalgene bottle?The NYTimes might have a pertinent article, but alas it’s locked behind their $5 wall.
American Home Mortgage’s impact on the Charlottesville Market
Bad form.”The buyers, after entering into a contract, decided they didn’t like the interest rate,” says King…. I believe when you enter a contract and don’t lock it in, that’s on you. For them to bail like that so close to closing is just wrong.”…Sutton intends to keep the Prashains’ $1,000 deposit, and could sue them to enforce the contract, says King. Her condo at 605 Whitcover is back on the market, and she’ll be having an open house Sunday, August 12.Remember what we’ve been saying about market psychology and the media?