From the monthly archives:

August 2006

Blogging From Mt. Olympus

August 31, 2006

The USA Today is a pretty cool newspaper. I like it because it doesn’t waste my time, and it does a good job of giving me the most relevant news. I like to read, I just don’t have time to sit down and go through a paper as voluminous as the New York Times, that [...]

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REALTORS Could Learn Something from Zebras

August 31, 2006

There are those among us that feel that the real estate industry has some real issues. There must be at least a grain of truth to this assertion, since Congress didn’t call industry leaders and government officials to Capitol Hill just to shoot the breeze. The concern of the federal government is the possible erosion [...]

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A Moment Of Shameless Self-Promotion

August 30, 2006

This site, and yours truly, were recently featured in an article in the Real Estate Weekly, one of the real estate publications for the Charlottesville Area. They don’t have a website, so you are going to have to go "old-school" and download the .PDF here: Download RealtorsUtilizeTechnologytoMarketHomes.pdf I thought it was pretty cool, and I [...]

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Wait. . .it gets even better!

August 30, 2006

Okay, so after I made that post about the premier of "Million Dollar Listing," I discovered that there is a blog for the show. And if that isn’t enough for you, then you need to check out the message boards. There are posts on there from agents around the country. I wasn’t sure if I [...]

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“Million Dollar Listing” Premiers– You Need To Watch

August 30, 2006

I think I mentioned this before, but I do like watching TV. I am just part of the TV generation. I am kinda dorky, in that I usually watch the educational channels most of the time and ESPN the rest of the time. One channel that I like to watch for its original programming is [...]

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Credit Where It is Due

August 29, 2006

In looking over the list of blogs that Cathleen Collins paid tribute to in her eloquent post, I wanted to make sure that all of those excellent blogs are located firmly in my Blog Roll. I realized there were three omissions. Those omissions have been rectified. I added: Searchlight Crusade, Mike’s Corner (mlpodcast blog), and [...]

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My Favorite Dog is the Bloodhound

August 29, 2006

Cathleen from the BloodhoundBlog published a wonderful post today. I’m not just saying that because she plugged my blog, either. I am saying it because the message of her post deserves repeating. Read the entire thing here. Then make sure you check out all the blogs mentioned in the post. You deserve it, and so [...]

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Take My Broker. . .PLEASE!

August 29, 2006

I realize that as far as my real estate career is concerned, I am a pretty lucky guy. I get to work with my wife, who is a great agent, and my Broker is a great agent as well. And I’m not saying that just because she is my Mother-in-law. I also realize that not [...]

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Semper Paratus– emptor et vendor

August 29, 2006

I spent a great deal of my college education and my summer employment around lawyers. Truth be told, both my wife and I had every intention of going to law school when we graduated. As life often does, it threw me a curve ball only months before we were to begin our first year. Lucky [...]

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