The Quicksilver Workaholic

Well,this is a HUGE change from the last time I had anything to do with buying or selling real estate...of course that was 1977, when we sold our little back-to-the-land farm and moved into our current home at the edge of a small, countrified town.

Then, you drove yourself to a local agent, told them what you wanted and what you could afford to pay, then they drove you all over the place before you found the place that was just right.

Now, computers make everything accessible to anyone, anywhere, and let you take virtual online tours--up front, from the convenience of your own computer! (And of course last time I bought anything, home computers were science fiction, not fact!  I think the earth's crust was still cooling, then...)



This is fascinating!  I've got insomnia tonight, so I've been browsing around kateslover's Virginia house, where I've spent many happy hours...fascinating to see it as a buyer would.  I KNOW how well it works, I've worked there.  I KNOW how inviting it is, I've sketched it--but the virtual tour lets anybody see that for themselves.  Amazing...

http://www.chrisonline.net/listings.shtml

Isn't technology grand?  Of course I guess I did sort of the same thing, with my own little Flickr set, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9506220@N08/sets/72157606054864435/ but this is more how we experienced the house.  Lots of fond memories...

Of course what these don't show are things like the accessibility to some of the best canoeing territory ever, on the Shenandoah River, or the easy access to Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park, but the tour of the house itself is FUN.  Makes me homesick...

Guess I should have known that computers and the Internet would have changed this, too--they've certainly changed how I earn my living as a freelancer!  So fingers crossed, here, folks...