Jim’s Note

Practice, Clarity, Downsizing, and Maps

February 2025 | Note from Jim - This month: clarity, using maps, insurance, downsizing, sucking, and evolving concessions.

Feb 17 • 

Jim Duncan

January 2025

Meaningful Community, Atypical Real Estate, and Setting Expectations With Rising Inventory in Charlottesville + 5 Big Things for 2025

January 2025 | Note from Jim - This month: Meaningful community, a typical situation, inventory and expectations, and a story about my first closing…

Jan 8 • 

Jim Duncan

December 2024

Recapping 2024 Charlottesville market, HOAs, Negotiating, Finding Value, & Freedom

Note from Jim | December 2024 This month: quick Charlottesville real estate market roundup & predictions, finding value & equilibrium, negotiations with…

Dec 4, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

November 2024

Slower Charlottesville market, fixing doorbells, separation, & the worst thing

Note from Jim | November 2024 - This month, a winter home tip, seeing your house as a product and fixing doorbells, the worst thing that happened…

Nov 1, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

October 2024

Disaster Help, Quick Charlottesville Market Look, Transfer Switches, and Home Value(s)

October 2024 Note from Jim | Disaster relief, home values, market update, toilet seats.

Oct 2, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

September 2024

Holding Things Together, HOAs, Showing Emotions, Earning it, & a Question for You

September 2024 | Jim’s Note -- this month, valuable knowledge and surroundings, showing emotions and excitement, the value of earning business, and what…

Sep 8, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

August 2024

New Commission World is Upon Us, Zoning, MLS, Leadership, Review

August 2024 | Note from Jim -- This is a meaty, dense post about the new real estate commission rules, what this means for buyers, sellers (and…

Aug 20, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

July 2024

Mid-Year Charlottesville Market, Aging, Sub Agency, & a Bit of Travel Insight

Note from Jim | July 2024 -- this month, Charlottesville, Virginia mid-year market update, an urge to check on people, buyer and sub-agency in real…

Jul 11, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

June 2024

The Market, Agency, & the Last Touch

Jim's Note | June 2024 -- Is the Charlottesville real estate market slowing? A bit about agency, dual agency, and a reader's comments on AI.

Jun 21, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

May 2024

Comparisons, Feelings, and Connections

Jim's Note | May 2024 -- Happy May. This month: I’m writing about comparisons, perspectives, and connecting. A bit about the Charlottesville real estate…

May 24, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

April 2024

The same story continues, Meaningful homeownership, balancing business & relationships

April 2024 | Note from Jim -- Some real estate data this month, a story about smushing a tendon, renewing the feeling of accomplishment that comes with…

Apr 25, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan

March 2024

Commissions, Isolation, Bicycles, Community

March 2024 Note from Jim - this month, a few thoughts about change in the real estate space, community, AirPod isolation, and seeing the community from…

Mar 26, 2024 • 

Jim Duncan