Episode 56: Is Growth Valuable? The Trend in Proptech

Episode 60: Mapping Racial Covenants

Show Notes - Mapping segregation [https://mappingsegregationdc.org/] - DC - Mapping prejudice - Minneapolis [https://mappingprejudice.umn.edu/] - Mapping inequality - University of Richmond [https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=5/39.1/-94.58] - Jefferson school of African American history [https://jeffschoolheritagecenter.org/] - Mapping Charlottesville [https://mappingcville.com/] - Charlottesville never got a redline map? - What were redline maps [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/19/498536077/interactive-redlining-map-zooms-in-on-americas-history-of-discrimination]? - Clip to the Amazon show - 1948 supreme court decision - Zoning and 1968 Fair Housing Act [https://www.zillow.com/research/fair-housing-act-14730/] - Infrastructure, tree canopy [https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795961381/racist-housing-practices-from-the-1930s-linked-to-hotter-neighborhoods-today] - Barbara Brown Wilson [https://www.arch.virginia.edu/people/barbara-wilson] & the Equity Center [https://virginiaequitycenter.org/] - Our podcast with Barbara Brown Wilson,  Episode 49: Urban Design, Climate Change, Equity and Resilience [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-49-urban-design-climate-change-equity-resilience/id1450755199?i=1000493791327] Crowdsourcing Mapping Charlottesville - At least 500 have logged a single deed - > 250 people have logged multiple deeds - HB 788 [https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB788/2020] - Restrictive covenants; certificate of release of certain prohibited covenants. Prohibits a deed containing a restrictive covenant from being recorded on or after July 1, 2020, and provides the form for a Certificate of Release of Certain Prohibited Covenants to be recorded to remove any such restrictive covenant. - Link to Richmond Sunlight [https://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2020/hb788/] - The Color of Law [http://www.coloroflawbook.com/] - A relevant Twitter thread about Race and Land Use [https://twitter.com/AndyOrban/status/1386292817484472323]

Episode 59: Re-Imagining Possibilities with Chris Henry

Chris Henry is Co-Founder and President of Stony Point Development Group, an award-winning real estate development company driven by creating great places and enhancing lives through the built environment. Stony Point Development Group has executed over $250MM of ground-up development and acquisition of urban mixed-use projects in Virginia, North Carolina and Massachusetts. Chris is active civically in Charlottesville, VA as a member of the Strategic Housing Partnership and the inaugural class of Monticello Young Advisors. Chris was awarded the Christopher Lee Small Businessperson of the Year award by the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce in 2019. He lives in downtown Charlottesville with his wife, two young children and two labradoodles. Show Notes: Dairy Central in Charlottesville [https://dairymarketcville.com/] Stony Point Development Group [https://www.stonypointdg.com/projects/riverside-village] How place can impact and enhance lives Riverside Village ULI and urban planning [https://uli.org/] Transit and pedestrian oriented development Champion Ice House [https://www.championicehouse.com/] - Craig Hartman [https://www.bbqex.com/catering] & Hunter Smith [https://championbrewingcompany.com/about-us/] in Gordonsville, Virginia [https://dailyprogress.com/business/local/gordonsville-landmark-expected-to-open-as-champion-ice-house-in-the-spring/article_299b3926-47bb-11eb-aa1f-8373c6ad6bed.html]. Imagination process Covid’s accelerating change of retail Community building and local businesses Center of Promise at 10th & Page [https://www.cityofpromise.org/copy-of-our-neighborhoods]

Episode 58: Nest's Dynamic Duo

Niki Simon [https://www.nestrealty.com/charlottesville/agents/niki_simon.html] and Michael Coleman [https://www.nestrealty.com/charlottesville/agents/Michael_coleman.html], Nest HQ’s Air Traffic Controller and Marketing and Development Manager, joined Jim and Keith this week. We love talking to Nesters, and Michael and Niki were no exception. Hear how they came to Nest, and how they help build and foster the Nest culture, and how they make Nesters better at what they do. Show Notes: - How our marketing department has grown and evolved - Having one person, one point of contact for agents is invaluable - Growing marketing from Charlottesville to all Nest offices - Consistency of onboarding - Learning Nest’s marketing tools - Nest’s Agent Advisory Committee - How they make Nest agents better at what we do

Episode 57: Curbio - Renovating at Speed for ROI

Olivia Mariani joined Jim and Keith this week to discuss Curbio [https://curbio.com/], a pre-sale renovation company, how they have shifted and adapted due to the pandemic, and how what they offer can benefit buyers, sellers, and Realtors. - One of the shifts Curbio has made is: They are the finance mechanism, and they are turnkey - Solution for Realtors and Sellers - How fast can Curbio turn around a project? Within 3 days - Curbio + their app [https://app.curbio.com/external/login] reduces turn time by 60% - Average turnaround time is 4-8 weeks for basic, and 8-12 weeks for a larger project - How have they grown? - How have agents and brokerages adopted Curbio’s offering? - Some of Curbio’s case studies [https://curbio.com/recent-projects/]. The one she referenced [https://curbio.com/portfolio-item/pre-listing-home-improvements-maximize-sale-price-scottsdale-az/] that yielded $182K profit to the seller - Farming older neighborhoods? - Future of their business - rebranding, Realtors cannibalizing the business - Curbio for buyers

Episode 56: Is Growth Valuable? The Trend in Proptech

The Nest Realty crew of Jonathan, Keith and Jim talk about proptech in the 2020s. - Last week’s podcast with Mike Simonsen [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sweat-the-details-by-nest-realty/id1450755199?i=1000507492755] - CoStar - new offer to buy CoreLogic [https://therealdeal.com/2021/02/16/costar-offers-6-9b-to-buy-corelogic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29] - Zillow buys ShowingTime [https://www.inman.com/2021/02/15/dont-blame-zillow-blame-your-leaders/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+inmannews+%28Inman+News+-+Headlines%29] - Rob Hahn’s thoughts on Zillow + ShowingTime [https://notorious-rob.com/2021/02/how-bizarre-zillow-showingtime-and-paranoid-realtors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-bizarre-zillow-showingtime-and-paranoid-realtors] - Zillow’s Flex agent program [https://premieragent.zillow.com/re/flex-program/] - Lone Wolf also on an acquisition spree [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lone+wolf+aquisitions&t=osx&ia=web] - Book: The Innovator’s Dilemma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator's_Dilemma] - Ford Motor Company and Big Data [https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/04/16/ford-announces-changes-to-automotive-operations.html]