Jim has been a Realtor for over seven years, is a stauch advocate of his clients’ positions and needs and has been recognized as a thought leader within the industry. He currently writes at his blog, http://www.realcentralva.com, http://www.realcrozetva.com and http://www.agentgenius.com.
Our goal is to continue to have the most functional, most useful and most used real estate search site in Charlottesville; these improvements are a step towards meeting that goal. … New listings are now tagged (within last 14 days, can search for new listings) As a buyer/browser/interested consumer, what do you want to see on our site?
… There are quite a few back-end improvements that do not necessarily affect how you search for homes in the Charlottesville MLS, but rest assured, they make the entire site experience better .
Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes about Charlottesville real estate trends at RealCentralVA , Life in Crozet at RealCrozetVA and occasionally at the national real estate magazineAgentGenius .
This is an interesting dilemma in a suburban environment : With a proposal to cull deer before their community association, some Dunlora residents are hoping they’ll be able to keep bow hunters out of the bucolic neighborhood. … “We do need to limit deer because, in addition to being a problem for people by eating landscape plants and being in the roadways, deer are impacting other species, such as birds that require low-growing plants for habitat. The best way to accomplish this would be for people to learn to live among the coyotes that have moved into Virginia now that the bigger carnivores are mostly gone,” she wrote. The Dunlora neighborhood in Charlottesville is known for being a place with trees, slightly larger lots and spacing between neighbors.
In this case, local strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet. These are some of the orchards in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene: And besides, spending an hour or so with the family is a much ore fulfilling experience than going to the grocery store.
… Thanks to BuyLocalVirginia.org, these are some of the orchards in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson : Carter Mountain Orchard Chiles Peach Orchard Dickie Brothers Orchard Drumheller’s Orchard Fitzgerald’s Orchard Flippin-Seaman, Inc. Fruit Hill Orchard Henley’s Orchard Saunders Brothers Farm Market Seamans’ Orchard Silver Creek Orchards Spring Valley Orchard The Apple Shed Vintage Virginia Apples
February 25, 2010 – 8:15 am
The Virginia Association of Realtors standard Buyer Brokerage form says as much : Because of the Broker’s dual representation in such a transaction, Buyer understands that Buyer and the seller have the responsibility of making their own decisions as to what terms are to be included in any purchase agreement . … The Code of the Commonwealth of Virginia says : “Designated agent” or “designated representative” means a licensee who has been assigned by a principal or supervising broker to represent a client when a different client is also represented by such principal or broker in the same transaction. “Dual agent” or “dual representative” means a licensee who has a brokerage relationship with both seller and buyer, or both landlord and tenant, in the same real estate transaction. … Just a clarification in light of the recent Realtor Magazine article on Nest Realty and Jonathan Kauffman : I require that all of our agents work full time and have a minimum of three years of full-time real estate experience.
February 5, 2010 – 8:33 am
Nest have released our year-end Nest Report, what we believe to be the most “comprehensive and transparent analysis of the residential real estate market in Charlottesville, Albemarle and surrounding counties, prepared quarterly by Nest Realty Group.” Download your copy here – 2009 Year End Nest Realty Group Nest Report (PDF) Please let us know what questions, comments or clarifications you have. Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA , RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius .
December 8, 2009 – 10:11 am
This chart, from the National Association of Realtors’ 2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, affirms Nest Realty Groups’ priorities. 
Real Estate Agent : Higher Standards Our agents… • Have a minimum of three years, full-time experience as a Realtor • Work full-time as a Realtor • Have earned their Broker’s License • Are actively involved in the local Realtor Association • Absolutely, positively do not practice dual agency
Website : (Nest’s) site is better in terms of design, usability and brand coherence than almost all big broker sites.
… Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA , RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius .
October 12, 2009 – 2:22 pm
We have just released the Third Quarter 2009 Nest Report.
Please read it, and ask us what questions you have.
Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA, RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius.
August 18, 2009 – 8:00 am
Why does Nest use Social media in every way we can?
Ultimately, it’s all about communication – between Realtors and clients, customers, visitors, the public …
Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA, RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius.
August 7, 2009 – 11:36 am
At Inman Connect in San Francisco
As seen on Twitter.
More to come …
Update 1: Thanks to VARBuzz for noticing.
Update 2: Thanks to Ray for the video:
Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA, RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius.
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Nest Realty was recently awarded the "Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise" at the 2009 Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco, CA.
