I don’t know the answers, but it’s worth the conversation and awareness. How are Charlottesville/Albemarle/Central Virginia planning for self-driving cars? They’re coming. Uber swallows self-driving truck startup Otto for $680 million Columbus’ smart city win may lead to autonomous trucks Local smart city planners want big government to butt out Jobs that can be performed by machines eventually will be performed by machines. One day, society…
HOA Docs Have some Interesting Things
Do you read your HOA documents? Your neighborhood Covenants and Restrictions? You should.
Monday Reading – AirBnB, Smart Homes, Affordable Housing
“Can I AirBnB this?” is a question a lot more of my clients are asking. Everyone wants to tax AirBnB. Here’s how to apply to be taxed at Charlottesville’s site. Albemarle County are considering (they will) taxing AirBnb. I wish they would date their documents. Interesting point from a County recommendation in November 2015: “Albemarle County is currently at the statutor y5% cap for Counties; cities do…
Fun Friday
My lead quote in this month’s note: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ~ Ferris Bueller
Killing Blog Comments – A Very Tempting Thought
No one comments anymore.
I’m tempted to follow NPR’s lead, and remove comments on RealCentralVA. As they noted, naturally, on Twitter:
Significant stat on comment retirement: Only .003 percent of visitors posted even once a month over three months.
Local Journalism Matters
I couldn’t do what I do in real estate (or in the community) without local journalism. Without Charlottesville Tomorrow, we would be a far, far less informed community. If you can, help support Charlottesville Tomorrow. (I have)
Monthly Note August 2016
Last month’s note was fun; this one should be, too. Ask for the note here (it’s easy!) Value & Innovation in Real Estate – Part 2 Slack Owning it (one of my favorite stories) Market update Last month on the blogs Things I’m reading.