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Appealing Your Tax Assessment

I have had several clients and friends ask me about their most recent Albemarle County Tax Assessments (just sent to home owners yesterday) and if there is any way to fight the numbers. I found a really great article that summarizes everything you need to know about this subject and then some. Many thanks to Sellsius Real Estate Blog! Some

Posted on January 4, 2009 Leave a Comment

New Home Construction Contracts; Financing

For part two of my new home construction contracts analysis, I thought I’d add financing information; Who do I have to use for my loan? “If one or more loan amounts are set forth in Section 3, then this contract is contingent upon Purchaser obtaining one or more commitments… at the prevailing rate of interest in Charlottesville, VA. If

Posted on January 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

New Home Construction Contracts; The Actual Home

In Charlottesville, we have several new home builders whose contracts differ pretty extensively from the Standard VAR contract that we typically use in re-sale transactions, and I felt that some of these differences were worth pointing out, just so that potential buyers are aware of the things they may find in contracts that stray from “the norm.” While I have

Posted on January 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

Where Do I Start?

So I guess my attempt at creating a blog is also an attempt to streamline “frequently asked questions” into a canonical resource, so that when friends and clients ask questions that I’ve heard before once or twice, I don’t have to re-invent the wheel. One of the questions I hear most often from my close friends, the majority of which

Posted on January 2, 2009 Leave a Comment

“Can I Buy/Sell a Home Without Being Present?”

Another question posed on Trulia but that I’ve been asked before and thought was relevant; “Can I buy or sell a home without being physically present?” Typically, the answer is yes. If you inform your closing company or attorney early in the process, it is usually not extremely difficult to draft up documents that allow a “power of attorney” in

Posted on March 2, 2008 Leave a Comment