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Category Archives: Technology

Welcome to Nest Realty Graphic and Digital Designer Matt Leech

When Matt Leech arrived for his first day as Nest Realty’s new Graphic and Digital Designer, he hit the ground running. Literally. Within the first week and a half he was headed to press checks in Richmond to finish a complicated print piece. To say that we here at Nest have a long list of projects [...]

Electronic Signatures: What happened to old fashioned pen and paper?

When it comes to signing contracts and paperwork for real estate transactions, don’t be surprised if your agent asks you to use electronic signature software (ESS). It’s a simple and secure time saver that solves many problems in the real estate industry. Here’s how it works:  When you have documents to sign, initial, date or otherwise [...]

The Trumbull Group Travels to NYC for Inman Connect 2013

Last week, my partner Stephanie Howard and I traveled to New York City to attend the Real Estate Connect conference produced by Inman News.  Inman is considered the preeminent source of cutting-edge technology coverage, real estate news, and education, and this conference gave us an opportunity to discuss new ideas and interact with the innovators [...]

Jim Duncan of Nest Realty Selected for Inman 100 List

We are thrilled to share that Inman News® has named Nest Associate Broker Jim Duncan to its Inman 100 list. The leader in independent real estate and technology news creates the annual list to recognize the most influential leaders in the real estate industry. Check out what folks had to say about this great honor: Jonathan [...]

Meet the Agent: Kelly Ceppa

Time sure does fly. It’s hard to believe, but we’ve already featured 10 fabulous Nest agents in our weekly “Meet the Agent” series! We kick off October (!) with a great interview with Nester Kelly Ceppa. Read on to learn how her own home purchase inspired a career change, how first-time homebuyers are some of [...]

Introducing Nest Mobile

  We’re excited and proud to announce the launch of Nest Mobile: the mobile-optimized version of our Nest Realty website. We’ve been working and planning this for a while, and it’s exciting to have it come to fruition.  Over the last few years, web traffic on mobile devices has increased dramatically.  In fact, mobile traffic [...]

Live Where You Love: Charlottesville’s Entrepreneurial Economy

As Charlottesville real estate experts, we’re often asked: Where do people work in Charlottesville? It’s not an easy question to answer.  While there are jobs in Charlottesville, there aren’t gobs and gobs of ‘large’ employers.  Sure, we have the obvious ones: UVa, Martha Jefferson, Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, State Farm, etc, etc.  In fact, [...]

Meet the Agent: Deborah Rutter

After a brief hiatus (shooting new Live Where You Love videos and moving to our new office!!) “Meet the Agent” is back! This week, we chat with Deborah Rutter. One of the first agents to join the Nest Realty team, Deborah has moved many, many times over the years and puts that knowledge to work [...]

Are You Exceptional? Nest Realty is Hiring!

We’ve been very fortunate to continue to grow over the past few years…and it’s time to add a new member to our team.  We’re hiring an Engagement and Brand Manager to join our Nest.  The job is part brand management, part content director, and part marketing manager.  I’m not going to bore you with a [...]

Coming Soon: Nest Realty’s ‘Live Where You Love’ Video Series

  At Nest, we’ve been big advocates of using video to help educate customers and clients.  We’ve tried a lot of different video ideas over the last few years: property tours, real estate education videos, neighborhood videos, and even a video about Nest Realty’s values. We decided a few months ago to dive a little [...]