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September 2016 Note – Slacking, Innovating, Coaching
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) The Charlottesville Market, using Slack, coaching soccer, innovation in real estate. Like this note? Forward it to a friend! Quick Charlottesville Market thoughts…
Monthly Note: Market, Storytime, & a Few Thousand Dollars
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Charlottesville Tomorrow Roundup
Charlottesville Tomorrow put out a lot of good, useful, relevant stories – relevant to me, as I live here, and relevant to how I practice real estate (as in, I need to know more than my clients!) A few stories from Charlottesville Tomorrow over the past few weeks Albemarle development areas to receive equal neighborhood improvements funding Doling out money to the Community Advisory Committees ……
Comfortable Price Point + What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This is the advice I give buyer clients, in this or any market Buy a home where the monthly payment + operating costs is comfortable. And be prepared to live there for at least 4-5 years. A client of mine defined "comfortable price point" as well as I've heard "I want to buy a home where, if I'm out to dinner with five or six...
PSA to Home Buyers in Charlottesville – Beware Fake Wiring Instructions
1 – Watch out for wire fraud. 2 – Confirm everything. 3 – Question things that don’t seem quite right. 4 – We have seen and heard of this scam at some of our Nest offices (one of the benefits of having a growing reach). 5 – Read the whole story. From Minnesota: (thanks, Erin for the heads up about this story!) A Minnesota couple lost more…
May’s Monthly Note | Pictures from the Potty
I’m continuing my somewhat-consistent-series in which I write down stories that I find myself telling to virtually every client with whom I work. Pictures from the Potty is a fun one. I like the Face Time story, too (it’s not what you expect). And then I get into the standard segments … recapping the past month on RealCentralVA and RealCrozetVA, a few of the relevant…