Try It You'll Like It. - 04/25/10 02:41 PM
The first edition of our Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate iPhone app is alive and well. But it’s not a ‘real estate’ app in the traditional sense, ie: pushing listings to your iPhone.  It’s a buyer centric app designed to solve a few pronounced challenges faced during the physical expedition through open houses. And that’s the key with the iPhone platform-  pick a few things that are already challenges in real life. Take something you do manually today, and make it automated, seamless, instinctive. I've tried it and it does seem to be a fun and effortless way for buyers … (0 comments)

The Market is Feeling Better - 04/10/10 06:44 AM
The warmer temperatures have brought, along with seasonal allergies, a sense of hope and perhaps a flurry of optimism to the housing market. Last month, as home buyers felt a sense of urgency to take advantage of the tax credit and an influx of foreclosed homes lured them to the market, pending home sales shot up 8.2 percent, marking the largest margin increase in more than eight years and making this year’s spring selling season better than last year’s.  Of course, many wonder how the market will react once the tax incentive ceases to exist. More jobs and economic growth, however, … (5 comments)

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate III - 04/09/10 01:58 AM
Yesterday Real Estate III just got a whole lot better by joining forces with media giant  - the Meredith corporation (www.meredith.com) and Realogy (www.realogy.com) the brand leader in real estate excellence to create Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate III. The ownership of the company stays the same and will retain the best of a family owned business and will now combine this with the corporate horsepower of the Better Homes and Gardens network.
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Charlottesville's Chris Green Lake - 04/07/10 09:27 AM
In a few short weeks summer will be upon us. For those of us in the northern Albemarle county area there is a great alternative to lying around making your own gravy. Chris Green Lake, which is just a couple minutes from Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, offers boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, and picnicking.
Hours of operation are daily 12:00pm to 7:00pm. (from Memorial Day weekend through the summer swim season, except on the days when Albemarle County Schools are in session).
Canoe rental is $5,00 per hour (cheap).
Fishing: A Virginia State Fishing License is required. A wheelchair-accessible fishing pier is available.  … (1 comments)

Charlottesville's Fridays After Five Announces Start of New Season - 04/06/10 11:39 AM
For the uninitiated, Fridays After Five is a free family oriented event that takes place in in downtown Charlottesville every Friday during the spring, summer and fall. It's a casual block party with live music, great food, local culture wine and brews. It's a great way to experience the wide diversity and eclectic nature of our populace. It's fun, be there or be square. The Charlottesville Pavilion has announced the first part of this season’s Fridays After Five lineup.  Fridays After Five starts April 16 with the music of the Chickenhead Blues Band. The free shows begin at 5:30 p.m. and … (0 comments)

Tools of the Trade - 04/02/10 11:31 AM
 
A car mechanic can only be as good as his tools. The same goes for a successful agent.
 
Via Kim Kelley, Realtor DRE#01412099 (Lake Arrowhead, CA Coldwell Banker):
Tools of the trade:
I have heard the last few days while I have been  out and about agents complaining about text messaging and the cost associated with it.  Or, this classic one I heard this morning, "It's a good thing I went in to the office today or I wouldn't have known about your fax!"  To be upset with someone because you didn't know?  You would have known had you had the … (1 comments)

Local Charlottesville Area Easter Egg Hunts - 04/02/10 11:17 AM
There's a hunt near you. Check out the local hunts.
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Charlottesville's Forest Lakes means amazing investment opportunities - 04/02/10 07:18 AM
The bad news for Forest Lakes home owners is that there are four distressed properties, a very high number for the neighborhood. However, the good news for Forest Lakes home owners is that there are only four distressed properties in the neighborhood, which out of 1,400 homes represents less than 1%. Each of these properties offers an amazing opportunity and great value. Check out these amazing investment opportunities.
 
                             
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