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Time to Walk the Land

Whether you're looking for a Equestrian Property, a 200 acre tree farm, a 1/2 acre home site, water front get away, or a Blue Ridge Mountain vacation home, winter remains a great time to walk the land.  The greenbriar, vines and other annuals die back making it easier...

American Tree Farm System

My family's been involved in Tree Farming for years.  In the 1960's I first learned about Forestry from my grandfather while exploring his Augusta County Tree Farm.  The American Tree Farm System, Virginia Forestry Association and the Virginia Department of Forestry...

Drones & Real Estate Photography/Marketing

  Recently VA Home Pics, my real estate photographers, started offering areal photos using a quadcopter.  This week we took photos of a 35+/- acre Prince Edward County, Virginia farm. I like the perspective gained from areal photography. The quad copter worked...

Septic Systems Info

So you've decided to move from the "city" to your dream county home.  There are a few things different about county living than city living with one of the majors being septic systems.  The good news: Most of the homes I sell now have indoor plumbing! I can remember...

Central Virginia Real Estate Market Update – 6.29.2011

Since we're almost half way through the year, I wanted to briefly comment on the local real estate market.   We're seeing sales of homes!  We still have a large inventory of homes with sales with more short sales (selling for less than the loan balance and needing...

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Purple Bags Invade Virginia

UPDATE:  4/24/2012  The purple bags returned to Central Virginia this month!  Have you seen them? While driving around Virginia this week, I keep seeing purple triangular objects suspended in trees.  I’ve been wondering what the heck they are.  Not being a conspiracy...

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Virginia Spring Fire Season

We enjoyed the much needed weekend rain don’t forget it’s still spring fire season in Virginia. Many of us living in the country burn leaves, downed limbs from the windstorms and brush to keep our property clean. From February 15 to April 30 burning in or within 300...

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2011 Virginia Real Estate Tax Assessments = Questions

With new County and City real estate tax assessments coming out across Virginia, I’m getting lots of questions about property values. Owners call wanting to know why the assessment values have fallen.  Look back to an earlier post “Charlottesville, Virginia Area 2010...

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