Update: With the hurricane season proving to be a busy one, the website address has been changed to: Hurricane Info 08. Please check it to find out how you can help. There is an amazing group of volunteers compiling & organizing information about Hurricane Gustav, please visit: Gustav Information Center Alerts and Information Regarding Hurricane [...]

It all started with a simple question to VAR legal guru Lem Marshall concerning a proposed major change to our county zoning ordinance. Without getting into all the details of the zoning change, suffice it to say this is a major change for our county from a fairly simple two acre minimum building lot to [...]

A highlight (there were many) of VLA 2007 was the time spent with Rossi. I still have the rose he gave me. Rossi shared a way to keep my overactive mind on track – make a rose. It helps when I’m in a group meeting to keep me focused on the matters at hand, it [...]

Its that time of year again – time to get your application in for VAR’s Leadership Academy. VARealtor.com has this “overview” The Virginia Association of REALTORS® presents its Leadership Academy Program. Through this program, VAR attempts to identify emerging REALTOR® leaders in the state. We encourage them with motivational activities. We sharpen their leadership skills [...]

OK OK I’m going to step up to plate. (do I need a flame proof suit?) First of all DISCLOSURE: Often I am a dual agent, I work in a niche market – horse properties & farms. I am broker/owner of a small firm Valley of Virginia Real Estate, within my firm I have no [...]

The Williamsburg Association of REALTORS plans their day of visits to their legislators in the General Assembly Building. Last night I was exhausted but too excited to sleep, that’s what VAR Legislative & Education Conference does to you! My head was spinning with ideas shared, “friends” met for first time face to face, RPAC, so [...]

At the Lexington-Buena Vista-Rockbridge Association of REALTORS®, we’re a small Association, only about 192 members including primary, secondary, and MLS only. We’re a rural association. We don’t fit the demographics of the larger more urban associations. Most are baby boomer generation, some older, a few younger; perhaps 10 percent own laptops, most own computers; between [...]

From Wikipedia: Speed dating “is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. In practice folks are rotated to meet each other over a series of short ‘dates’, usually lasting from three to eight minutes depending on the organization running the event. [...]