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Note from Jim | August 2016 | Apology, Market, Own it, & Lead
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 having the content here. Discussed: Note from Jim | August 2016 | Apology, Market, Own it, & Lead
Would You Buy a House In (or near) a Flood Plain?
Would you buy a home in a flood plain? With global warming (and the threat of global warming) should you buy a home near a flood plain? Do your due diligence first.
Monthly Note – Market, Slack, & Soccer
Following up on last month’s note, I’m writing about Slack, innovation in real estate (and why it’s hard to disrupt), some thoughts about coaching soccer, and a bit more. Interested? Two clicks here and you get one email a month – real estate anecdotes, insight, and a round up of some of the best stories from RealCrozetVA and RealCentralVA. Based on reviews, it’s a good…
Making a Rash Homebuying Decision
Getting my buyer-client to the point where they can make a rash decision. That’s my goal. The Charlottesville real estate market – in many ways, it sucks. Really. Sucks. *NB: This applies to a certain segment of the Charlottesville area real estate market – and cannot and should not be applied broadly across all market segments. Here’s how. House comes on the market on Monday at 9….
Market Street Plaza Renamed – Now West2nd
Downtown Charlottesville continues to evolve. No matter how you name or brand it, the West2nd, neé Market Plaza, is going to reshape Downtown Charlottesville. More information on the project is here. We noticed the sign yesterday morning when walking from Nest to a meeting; one of the benefits of walking and knowing an area is being able to note new things. Sean Tubbs with Charlottesville Tomorrow, naturally,…
A Disco Ball, House under Construction, and Trespassing
Well, this is scary.
Parents: do you know where your kids are?
New construction – not just new homes, new hopes, dreams, operating systems … but opportunities for thieves to steal tools, vandals to start fires and parties and shootings, apparently.
A house under construction in an upscale Chesterfield County neighborhood where three young people were shot, two fatally, may have been randomly selected as a party house after the gathering was promoted on Instagram and drew 200 to 300 people, police said today.
Relevant Charlottesville area story
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