Nest’s Deborah Rutter joined Jim, Dave and Bart and we had a fun conversation about home inspections.

- The outsized value of little things

- How little things can cause things to blow up

- The home inspection is the best time to learn everything about your new home

- Preparing for a home inspection - as a buyer and a seller

- Trusting your agent and the process

- Lightbulbs - make sure they’re the same color!

Questions? Comments? We’d love to hear your thoughts. Please record a voice memo and send to me at [email protected].

This is one of my favorite conversations so far. Lots of links below. Allison Wrabel with Charlottesville's Daily Progress is a remarkable asset to our community.

Local journalists matter because they pay attention to and catch the little things, and connect the dots, for the things that become bigger things.

Brookhill and North Pointe

Elections coming up

The number of things the candidates agree on is interesting

Go see the candidates in person and see how they interact

National politics and local politics

How Allison tracks meetings

How she got up to speed on the area as fast as she did. August 10 is her 4 year-in-Charlottesville-anniversary

The value of reporters being there.

Baseball lights in Crozet

How has social media changed journalism? (Twitter is not real life)

My Charlottesville media Twitter feed

Being a citizen takes sacrifice

Daily Progress' newsletters

Keeping her opinion out of what she's writing about

It’s October 2019. What is the Charlottesville – Albemarle real estate market doing right now?

Is the Charlottesville market slowing?

We’ll know in 18 months what today’s market is doing.

Greg speaks in depth about the Charlottesville new construction market

The value of slowing the client down

Seeing beyond the online filter; knowing what your buyers should consider.

Which builder is #5 in volume in the Charlottesville market?

This week, Jim welcomed Deborah Rutter, an Associate Broker with Nest Realty, and we talked about videos for out of area buyers, the buying process when out of town, buying a lifestyle and a community. What value does a good agent bring to this scenario? Video of the street and approach is more important than the house sometimes. And yards. And traffic. And know your left turns. This was a fun and great conversation.

These are a few Crozet videos. https://www.realcrozetva.com/crozet-videos/

Taking charge of parents, making friends in new communities

This week, Jim and the guys talk about counseling clients on life changes, projecting the future, where kids will live, and flipping the switch with the parents.

Staying at Holiday Inn through retirement.

Plugging Nest Realty’s Sweat the Details podcast, and talking people out of buying or selling, and establishing trust.

Making connections, and seeking friends, in a new community. Yearning for community. The difficulty of finding and making friends without pre-determined social infrastructure.

Evaluating neighborhoods before you buy.

Jim Duncan. Bart Isley and Dave Stipe discuss Global Warming and its affects on the real estate, home ownership, and what we can do to make smart and reasonable changes to our home living.

https://www.realcentralva.com/?p=13178&shareadraft=baba13178_5bbfc439a7f2c

Central Virginia Solar Power sigorasolar.com

Bart insisted we added raising-rabbits.com

Here are some useful links for getting registered to vote and other voter information. #StokedToVote

https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation?gclid=CjwKCAjwuO3cBRAyEiwAzOxKsmPA4s0yzoYuteIO1Xr2Jx2vYytY1iPhwo6Uycckfgffuh4wsbVaqRoC0jkQAvD_BwE

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/citizen-portal/index.html

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/candidate-list/2018November.html

https://mailchi.mp/b09bec93ba28/hurricane-prep-list

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/emergency-preparedness/emergency-preparedness/planning/

https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/department-of-emergency-management/

https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/dfs/as/aps/intro_page/resources/Emergency_Preparedness_Checklist_Older_Adults_Disabilitiesdocx.pdf

https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit

Dave was away this past week so Bart and Jim recorded without him. The result is a lot of jokes at Dave's expense and a step back in recording quality. Still, there are some good stories about tough situations.