Richmond, Virginia Real Estate - Melissa Savenko's Blog

I've blogged before on the pluses and minuses of new technology.  On the positive side, it's GREAT when it's working.  It allows me to be efficient, to work remotely, to better juggle the craziness that is my single mom/working mom/person-trying-to-have-a-life life.  On the down side, when it's n...

Back on December 5, 2008 I posted an entry about a Venture Richmond Forum highlighting downtown development projects recently completed, under construction, or proposed.  The gist - I was impressed by the breadth and depth of stuff going on in Richmond, as well as the program put on by Venture Ri...

Well, I am VERY excited.  A listing of mine, a 24-unit condominium project in the Historic Fan District, the Windsor Court Condominiums, is coming together and coming on the market January 3, 2009.  This is the culmination of over a year of work by real estate agents, the real estate developer, t...

This was posted on my personal blog back in mid-November.  Thankfully, the computer problems have been resolved, not without turning over the laptop for several weeks and outlaying mucho dinero.  But it did make me think twice about how totally dependent I am on my technology tools.  When they wo...

Here is an observation that has had me scratching my head since I got into this business.  QUERY:  Why does the average consumer do more research before buying a television, or refrigerator, or car, than they will to find the person who will help them buy and/or sell a home? It makes no sense to ...