Jim’s Note

It's Always about Choices

June 2025 Note From Jim. -- Everything comes down to choices. Should we break something that works for selfish reasons, should we live here or there…

Jun 15 • 

Jim Duncan

May 2025

List-to-Sell % Stories, What Buyers Want, Pools' Values, Testing Living Here, AI, & "Is this It?"

Jim's Note | May 2025 -- This month, I’m writing about the stories associates with list-to-sell ratios, what buyers want and how sellers need to…

May 19 • 

Jim Duncan

April 2025

Reasons Why, A Different Market Wrap Up, Communication Matters

April 2025 Note from Jim - Homeownership is not for everyone, 1st Quarter real estate market wrap up for Charlottesville + Albemarle, communication, and…

Apr 18 • 

Jim Duncan

March 2025

Cracking markets, home snacks, beginners' mind, and boot licking

This month: Cracks in the market? What does “home” mean? Beginner’s mind, licking boots, and a series of mistakes.

Mar 19 • 

Jim Duncan

February 2025

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