From the monthly archives:

February 2007

How About a ZebraCast?

February 28, 2007

I thoroughly enjoyed hosting the 31st Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. I also enjoyed doing the podcast interview about the CoRE with David Gibbons over at Zillow. You can hear the podcast here, hosted courtesy of Mike Price of MLPodcast.
Podcasts are something I have considered doing on the Zebra. I [...]

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Putting the Internet in a Sling

February 27, 2007

Just about everyone knows the story of David and Goliath. It is the epitome of the underdog achieving victory against all odd. Americans just love underdog stories, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that our fledgling little Republic was one of the biggest historical underdogs when it attempted to get [...]

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Carnival of Real Estate #31– Welcome to the Big Dance

February 26, 2007

The Real Estate Zebra is proud to host the 31st edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. Being that this blog has a little something to do with basketball officiating, and the fact that the NCAA basketball tournaments are just around the corner, I decided to divide the best posts into three groups, two [...]

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Charlottesville Real Estate Firm Playing Monopoly on Wintergreen Mountain?

February 24, 2007

A reader of The Zebra directed my attention to an article in today’s Daily Progress about a lawsuit filed against Wintergreen Resort and local Charlottesville real estate firm, Roy Wheeler Co. The lawsuit apparently alleges that the recent partnership between the two constitutes a monopoly. This is quite a hefty allegation.
I suppose there [...]

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Becoming a Real Estate Photog

February 22, 2007

Recently decided to upgrade the quality of our real estate photography.  To that end, I decided to purchase a new Canon EOS Rebel XTi Digital SLR.  It is becoming apparent, to me at least, that with the power of the internet to display numerous pictures at high resolution, real estate photography is going to become [...]

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Zebra Hosts This Week’s Carnival

February 20, 2007

The Zebra is the host of this week’s Carnival of Real Estate.  The submissions have already started rolling in, and I can’t wait to begin the judging.  It should be fun, so be sure to submit your posts by the Sunday deadline, and then make sure to check back on Monday and view the results.
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Help a Blogger Out

February 16, 2007

I registered with ActiveRain a while back.  I think it is a great online community of real estate professionals.  I like the fact that they encourage blogging.  The only thing I haven’t been able to figure out is how to sync The Real Estate Zebra with my blog on ActiveRain.  Consequently, I haven’t done a [...]

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DOM Gaming– The Intentional Foul of Real Estate

February 16, 2007

There has been some talk again recently about Days On Market (DOM), and the ways in which it may or may not affect transactions, and the lengths to which agents will go to “game the system” and manipulate the DOM. I read a post about it on BloodhoundBlog, and Jim Duncan covered a change [...]

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First Set Of 2007 Sales Stats for Charlottesville Area

February 12, 2007

The first month of the new year is now well behind us. Since the shine has just about worn off of 2007, it is time to take a look at the sales statistics for the Charlottesville area for January. As always, the stats are pulled from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS MLS, [...]

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The Zebra Roams the New River Valley and Grazes the Greens

February 12, 2007

I received an email from REALTOR Jeremy Hart.  He is a fan of the Zebra and wanted me to check out his site and offer any advice I could.  Jeremy is a fellow RE blogger located in the NRV– that’s the New River Valley for those of you who aren’t familiar with the Old Dominion.  [...]

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