Jim is a realtor and real estate blogger in Charlottesville, VA. The author of www.RealCentralVA.com and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute in 1998, Jim has always been intrigued by technology, started blogging in January 2005, and has been growing his business ever since. Jim has a unique perspective on real estate. Both of his parents are realtors, and he grew up answering the phones in their office. This perspective, of knowing real estate from the time MLS books were prevalent to today's fractured MLS gives him a different perspective from many. Active in his local and state realtor associations, Jim served recently on the NAR MLS PAG. Jim is also the author of www.realcrozetva.com, a hyper-local blog in Crozet.