Before looking at current listings it is good to review sales data for previous years. Currently, I have eleven years, 1997 – 2007, of data. For review we will look at this data at these intervals, 1997, 2002, and 2007. – Also, having eleven individual chart lines would look like an abstract painting.
(Figure 1)
In Figure [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Campbell County, Education, Seller, Statistics on November 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
Before looking at current listings it is good to review sales data for previous years. Currently, I have eleven years, 1997 – 2007, of data. For review we will look at these intervals, 1997, 2002, and 2007. – Also, having eleven individual chart lines would look like an abstract painting.
(Figure 1)
In Figure 1 we [...]
Filed under: Amherst County, Buyer, Education, Seller on November 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
When you buy or sell real estate there are fees and taxes that will be paid. Below is a partial copy of a HUD-1 Settlement Statement where the sale was $410,000. Section 1200 of the HUD-1 shows the fees paid by the Buyer and Seller. The fees shown on this statement are being dispersed using [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Education, Seller on November 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a Ranan Lurie Award winning Editorial cartoon with the theme African Tsunami. The cartoonist’s name is Alberto Sabat, and was first published in Argentina.
Leaving the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) convention this November I was left with the words “NAR will be conducting research on climate change. This research will be inclusive and there [...]
Filed under: Central Virginia, Going Green, NAR (National Association of REALTORS), RLI (REALTORS Land Institute) on November 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
The oak leaf is the main image of my corporate logo. It represents the generations of Burrusses that have worked the forests. It is easy to see why I picked-up William Bryant Logan’s book Oak, the Frame of Civilization at a vacationing bookstore. The title jumped at me. I knew the importance of the oak [...]
Filed under: Books, Central Virginia, Education, Timber on November 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
Out-of-town clients have different needs. They want greater information about the local amenities, names of people that do different types of work, and more information on comparable sales. Recent research on Amherst County shows some interesting data about current out-of-town owners. Of the 19,101 county parcels 14% live outside Amherst County while 800 parcels, or [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Seller on November 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
By far this is the area’s best subdivision. It has exactly what you want. There is no need to look any further. I have my Accredited Land Consultant (ALC)© designation and can make this claim. Most likely I have pulled some of you in and you are now waiting for the name. Sorry, I can’t [...]
Filed under: Education, Statistics, Subdivisions on November 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
Johnny Appleseed
Of Jonathan Chapman
Two things are known
That he loved apples,
That he walked alone.
At seventy-odd
He was gnarled as could be,
But ruddy and sound
As a good apple tree.
For fifty years over
Of harvest and dew,
He planted his apples
Where no apples grew.
The winds of the prairie
Might blow through his rags,
But he carried his seeds
In the best deerskin bags.
From old [...]
Filed under: Books, Children, Education on November 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
“Statistics are no substitute for judgement”
- Henry Clay
Henry Clay says exactly what I feel . Statistics are a tool and only one part of the decision process. I use statistics like a snapshot or photo. A photo is two dimensional, flat, and void of depth. It works well when you have a large sample. My [...]
Filed under: Statistics on November 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
Why do a land Blog? Land is the common denominator of all real estate. The National Association of REALTORS© preamble starts, “Under all is the land.” Land is the building block for residential, commercial, and industrial real estate. Land defines America in songs from “America the Beautiful” to “This Land is Your Land” and with photography by [...]
Filed under: Education on November 4th, 2008 | No Comments »