From the monthly archives:

December 2006

I’ve Been Tagged

December 19, 2006

Oh man, talk about timing.  I have been out all weekend and I come back to the computer to find that I have been tagged by Kris Berg to participate in a chain post making its way around the blogs.  It would appear that my task it to tell you 5 things about myself that [...]

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Sellouts Don’t Make Good Agents or Referees

December 14, 2006

In my daily RSS readings, I came across two posts from the Bergs, San Diego real estate bloggers extraodinaire. The first, by Steve, recalled a comment from another agent who essentially betrayed his client. The second was an admonishment by Kris regarding Steve’s choice of the term “discount broker.” She also reminded [...]

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Zebra Birthday

December 14, 2006

Today is my birthday. My local association of REALTORS sent me an email wishing me a happy birthday containing links to interesting facts about my birthday. To be quite honest, most of it was underwhelming. Apparently, nothing of note happened on December 14, 1980 (with the exception of my birthday). I [...]

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Charlottesville Area November Stats Show Us Market Isn’t All Bad

December 11, 2006

Winter is just around the corner, and it is time to take a look at the Charlottesville area market statistics for the month of November.  As always, the stats are taken from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS MLS, and the areas represented make up the localities that form the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
November Sales [...]

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Everyone Can Benefit from Real Estate Technology– Part 1

December 5, 2006

With the Web 2.0 movement changing real estate, there is much talk about disintermediation and transparency. Kevin Boer thinks that agents will never be disintermediated, and I happen to agree. Then there is an entire blog dedicated to transparency in real estate. Transparency is a good thing.
New technology affects just about every [...]

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Latest Carnival is Up!

December 5, 2006

The latest edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is up at the Property Monger.  Great content, as always, so check it out!

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Learn Marketing Like a Referee

December 4, 2006

The High School basketball season has begun in earnest for me.  Last week, I found myself at 5 games in three days.  Three of the games were particularly close, and therefore hotly contested.  These games reminded me of a major similarity between my role as a referee and my role as a REALTOR– the importance [...]

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Charlottesville Area Stats Out Next Week

December 2, 2006

November is behind us.  The weather has made the appropriate change for this the 1st day of December.  I will be posting the Charlottesville area market stats next week, probably Thursday or so.  It should prove to be very interesting. . .

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A Lean, Mean, 600-Word Blogging Machine

December 2, 2006

Having this blog means that I have to do quite a bit of writing. I like writing. I always have. So when I saw an ad seeking freelance writers in my latest issue of Referee Magazine, I decided to contact the editor. He read the blog and liked what he saw. [...]

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