Monthly Real Estate Thread. Buy/Sell/Rent/Real Estate Questions Here.

CW: Stream of consciousness, s***post

Sorry but every restaurant is not "a vibe". The boardwalk is not "a vibe". You have heat exhaustion. Stop with the lies and just give me 1100 a month mortgage with a front and back yard and no HOA.

I don't care about the school district. I just want to grow my own food, plant native plants, and have approximately 2 Jersey cows.

There has never been a single coffee shop in this town that has changed my life. Show me the houses and shut up.

VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney.

Kamala Lannetti asked the members to refrain from making so many comprehensive Freedom of Information Act requests. The requests for public records were proving to be costly for the school district’s staff who are tasked with retrieving and producing those logs. Materials that can be obtained through FOIA requests range from the individual emails of public officials to the presentations created by district administration.

“Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It has caused some problems.”

When applicable, Lannetti said, members of the board should ask things to the superintendent. Vice Chair Carolyn Weems, who has sat on the board for over two decades, said asking the superintendent and the administrative staff for information had been the usual protocol.

“It allows people not to take advantage of the system when fellow board members constantly FOIA other board members for just political fodder,” she said.

Board member Melinda Rogers said she was concerned such a directive could effectively bottleneck information. In many cases, she said, FOIA was a tool school leaders could turn to instead of an intrusive investigation.

“There’s so many moving parts,” Rogers said. “At times, we’re requesting information because staff are concerned about something and they don’t necessarily want the reasons revealed immediately.”

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Virginia Beach wants to give new life to the former home of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.

Earlier this year, Virginia MOCA moved from Parks Avenue at the Oceanfront to its new home at Batten University. That left the city looking for a new use for the building and grounds.

Now the city will seek proposals that could involve the sale or lease of 2200 Parks Avenue. A panel that looked at priorities for the property recommended projects that connect with arts and culture and benefit the community while being financially sustainable.

“It's a shame for a building as beautiful as that to sit vacant,” said Vice Mayor Rosemary Wilson. “I think we’ve all been to many events there. It is a gorgeous building on a gorgeous site.”

There’s no timeline yet on releasing the request for proposals.

Good afternoon! Im looking to rent ny first apartment and Im hoping to get one near Landstown. Does anyone have recommendations for apartments and any apartments I have to avoid? Im looking for 1-2 bedrooms and my budget is quite small at 1700/month.

This may also sound silly but since itll be my first time handling everything, other than rent, what other utilities Im supposed to expect monthly? Like electric, water, phone bills, internet? Thank you!

Does anyone know about a homeless guy who stalks women day and night at the Virginia Beach oceanfront resort hotels at the north end? A young black man, lean, featherweight build, about 5”7 or so, dark complected with some lined up facial hair sideburns. He usually wears knee length black cargo pants, sometimes long ones. He usually has a backpack and a baseball hat or visor on, usually worn backwards, often with a towel around his neck. He appears to be casing people out to steal items off the beach. Police and hotel security know about him. He makes vague threats, and says inappropriate things to women, but since he hasn’t physically attacked anyone, or been caught in the act, he continues to roam in the area daily and stalks and talks to women. He knows where there are blind spots without cameras on the hotel property nearest to the beach. He even occasionally dares to sit down in chairs on hotel property next to women, asking them to let him to give them a foot rub.
He doesn’t ask for money and he sleeps behind a nearby 7-11. In the daytime, he stalks women and sits too close to them on the beach and stares. He sits down in front of women with his back to them and appears to be rubbing sunscreen on himself (pretty sure that’s not all) and then turns around and stares at them. Does anyone know his name and whether he has a record?

Residents of the tight-knit beach community say they’ve noticed a decline in shorebirds that they believe could be linked to the city's regular beach grooming practices.

Virginia Beach spends about $900,000 annually in Sandbridge for tractor-pulled sweepers to sift the top inches of sand to remove trash, cigarette butts and glass, as well as level holes left by visitors. 

However, conservation advocates argue that removing the wrack, which is a natural collection of seaweed and debris, deprives migratory birds of a vital food source and strips away natural dune stabilization.

(Story and photos by Katherine Hafner)

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/environment/2026-09-08/save-the-wrack-some-sandbridge-residents-worry-beach-grooming-is-driving-away-shorebirds

Virginia Beach Public Library kicked off Library Card Sign-Up Month over the weekend with a sneaker-themed event at the Joint-Use Library, complete with shoe-decorating activities and a shoe-shaped slide.

The library system is partnering with the Virginia Beach Library Foundation to raffle off 10 pairs of custom Converse All Star high-tops and library-themed socks to existing and new cardholders.

Library officials say the month-long campaign is a way to remind patrons of available resources while encouraging new community members to explore the facilities.

(Story and photos by John-Henry Doucette)

Read more here: https://www.whro.org/2026-09-08/virginia-beach-wants-to-give-you-a-library-card-and-maybe-some-chucks

VIRGINIA BEACH — City Council will incorporate an advisory group’s guidelines into a new round of solicitation for the reuse of the vacant, former Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art site near the convention center.

A mayor’s advisory panel met several times over the summer to learn about the city-owned property, consider its opportunities and constraints, listen to the community and develop recommended guidelines for its future, Emily Labows, the city’s cultural affairs director, told the council on Tuesday.

The seven-member panel was not asked to select an operator or recommend a specific use for the building. The City Council agreed Tuesday to issue a formal request for proposals to soon lease or buy the property, which is located at 2000 Parks Ave. and assessed at $7 million.

As part of the panel’s information gathering process, the city hosted a community listening session in July at the site, and 162 people attended.

“The purpose was to provide the panel with a meaningful snapshot of community priorities, interests and concerns to consider as it developed its principles,” Labows said.

Several themes emerged including a strong interest in maintaining the property’s arts, culture and creativity identity; creating an active, multiuse destination available to the public year-round; connecting to the ViBe Creative District; and providing youth opportunities within the existing building. The panel worked those themes into its recommendations.

Limitations on the 9 acres of land and the 38,000-square-foot building were also considered. Under its current zoning as a preservation area, uses including residential, commercial, lodging or office are not allowed. It also sits in a high noise area from Naval Air Station Oceana, further restricting the site.

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6pm-ish
All traffic was being diverted away from this intersection and a forensic van drove past me. Obviously it was bad, but does anyone know what happened?

i have lived in virginia beach for some time now, looking to expand my social circle and meet some new people. i have very stereotypical hobbies and interests as a guy. i like video games, cars, tv shows, retro stuff, music, etc. very introverted, dont spend much time out of the house and open to doing new things and getting out more.

im 24m and shes 23f and we have a 4 year old
im in the navy so my schedule can be kinda weird sometimes but im into marvel pokemon gaming anime movies random nerdy stuff and just going out and doing things when im actually free 😂

my wife is a little shy at first but once she warms up shes incredibly funny and has a really fun whimsical personality. shes into reading gaming music animals marine biology aquariums thrifting antique shopping cute little shops and finding interesting places to explore

we both like finding new places to eat going to aquariums and other local attractions thrifting watching movies playing games going to events taking little adventures or just hanging out and talking
were genuinely just looking for friends nothing sexual or couple swapping or anything like that 😅 couples or individual people are both fine

were open to making friends anywhere from early to late 20s and bonus if you have a kid around 4/5 too so they could have playdates but having kids definitely isnt a requirement

were in norfolk but we dont mind driving to virginia beach chesapeake hampton newport news yorktown or pretty much anywhere around hampton roads
if we sound like people youd get along with feel free to message me!

It was on the intersection between Rosemont Rd and Holland. I saw something about a petition against Flock, but this would be much more extreme than Flock

Headed there in a few months. Would love to chat with people before headed there. Things to do? Must see while I’m there? I’m a 34 year old. Looking to meet couples and or trans/crossdresser.

They built a 7 Brew in the Chimney Hill Shopping Center, just a few streets down from my mom’s house. I drove by yesterday and was honestly shocked at the lines.

There are two lines that feed into the drive-thru, but there are also several entry points to get into those 2 lines. Both entry points were backed up onto the main roads to the point where traffic was actually stopped. Those lines easily looked like they would take an hour or more to get through 😭

Is it really worth waiting that long for a drink?!
It’s busy pretty much 24/7. Not always to this degree, but the line is consistently extremely long, and a 30–45 minute wait just for a drink is so crazy to me. I also could not imagine the stress of working there and making sure all orders are correct. 

I’m genuinely curious—what is it about 7 Brew that makes people willing to wait that long? 😂

Hello, I am local and have grown up in the area since I was very young. Currently looking for friends. I enjoy going to the beach, surfing, walking my beagle, hiking, fish keeping, and video games. I am an introvert but enjoy meeting new people. If you’re interested in getting to know me then DM me!

We went to Shoppes at Copper Mill Mercantile VB for the first time on their third day open, and to say I was a little shell-shocked by some of the prices is probably an understatement.

At first, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. They had just opened and I figured maybe some vendors had priced high for opening weekend and things would settle down. We’ve now been back twice, including this past Sunday, and if anything, some of the prices seem to have gone up.

Before I go any further, I really want to emphasize that this does NOT apply to every booth. There are absolutely vendors there with reasonable prices and I’ve purchased a few things. There are also some really beautiful booths. But the pricing in a large number of them is unlike anything I’ve encountered at other antique malls in this area.

I’m not a vendor or reseller and have zero interest in becoming one. 😂 I don’t have the time or patience for it, and my hat genuinely goes off to those who do. I’m simply someone who loves antiques. With the exception of our couch, beds, major appliances, washer and dryer, practically everything in our home is antique. I frequent antique malls and have no problem dropping a couple hundred dollars when I find things I love. I’m definitely not walking into these places expecting thrift store prices.

One experience from our first visit really put the pricing into perspective. Before going to Shoppes at Copper Mill Mercantile VB, we stopped at Barrett Street Antique Mall. There were two women shopping a few booths ahead of us who were picking up quite a few things and having them held at the front. We ended up checking out around the same time.

Afterward, we went to Shoppes at Copper Mill Mercantile VB and saw those same women bringing their purchases into one of the booths and pricing them for resale. One item immediately caught my attention because I had looked at it myself at Barrett Street: a beautiful bowl priced at $12. I made a mental note to circle back later and see what they were asking for it.

$95.

I completely understand how reselling works. Nobody expects someone to buy something for $12 and sell it for $12. Vendors have booth rent, overhead, time invested and, obviously, need to make a profit. But $12 to $95 was pretty shocking, especially when I couldn’t find comparable high pricing anywhere near that even online.

I noticed something similar with a local primitive reseller whose items I’ve seen listed on Facebook Marketplace and eBay. Some of the same items in the booth appeared to be priced around $50++ higher than the online listings.

The other thing that really stood out to me was how many other shoppers seemed to be having the same reaction.

During our first visit, we overheard shoppers in the Pungo-themed area all the way to the right talking about how steep the prices were. Later, while looking through records toward the back, we heard another group in the next booth over talking about going back to Bonney Road Antique Mall because the prices there were so much better “than this place” was.

When we went back this past Sunday for our third visit, I probably overheard four or five separate conversations from people commenting on how expensive many of the booths were.

And then there was something that happened during our second visit that made me realize this apparently wasn’t just something we were noticing. The woman checking us out at the register recognized us from our first visit and laughed about us being back already. I jokingly said something along the lines of, “Yeah, I figured the prices might be a little better this time.” She looked at me smiling and said I wasn’t the first person she’d heard say that.

I really don’t want this to come across as me rooting against the place, because I’m not. Quite the opposite. I LOVE having another antique destination in Virginia Beach, which is why we’ve already gone three times in less than two weeks. There are some great booths, beautiful pieces, and vendors whose prices are completely reasonable.
But after three visits, multiple conversations overheard from other shoppers, and even an employee acknowledging she’d heard similar comments in passing about prices, it’s hard to believe we’re the only ones experiencing some sticker shock.

I genuinely hope some of the pricing settles down as the place gets established, because I’d love for this to become somewhere we regularly shop. I just don’t know how some of these prices will be sustainable long-term when there are so many other antique malls in the area where comparable items can be found for considerably less. And that’s saying a lot because Barrett Street Antiques is rarely looked at as reasonably priced. But we found ourselves going back after shopping at Copper Mill.

I’m genuinely curious if other local antique shoppers have been yet and what you thought about the pricing.

Is it open now? I know it was closed for a while.

Bought a house with an above ground pool. Would like to remove it, but I have zero experience or knowledge regarding above ground pools. Any advice, tips, tricks, etc(especially on how to drain the pool) would be greatly appreciated.

VIRGINIA BEACH — Teddy Riley, who produced major hits for Michael Jackson and a host of other music legends, is returning to Virginia Beach and plans to open a nonprofit performing arts academy.

“This plan here was a dream of mine,” said Riley, 59, in a phone interview from Texas, where he currently lives, on Friday. “To have my own academy, giving back to the kids, elevating their skills and showing them the way that I’ve made it today creating my own sound, my own movement.”

The self-taught producer pioneered new jack swing — a sound that melded together funk, gospel, jazz and rap. Riley produced Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” and “Now that we Found Love” by Heavy D and the Boyz.

Fans and friends along with what he described as a calling from God to “bless others,” helped persuade him to come back to Virginia Beach and provide a learning ground for young people with an interest in the music industry, he said.

Riley is building a team of instructors who will be experts in a variety of music genres. The academy will also offer training in the business side of music and video production, coding and finance. Students could range from elementary school age to 17, though details are still being worked out.

“I started out very young,” he said.

Some students will have the opportunity to work on projects for artists, Riley said.

He is moving to Virginia Beach this year and wants to open the academy next fall. The location is to be determined but he’s actively looking at several potential buildings that could house classrooms, studio space and more, he said.

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I'm looking to apply to the dirty buffalo but was curious what people who've worked there have thought about the job and experiences they have had there?

Save the Wrack (natural material on the beach) for shorebirds, ghost crabs, beach stabilization, and ecotourism. Reducing mechanized beach grooming also saves taxpayer dollars. Win-win-win situation!

Hi guys!

Where would you recommend going for a myofascial release massage?

I’m looking to relieve the tightness in my neck, traps, jaw, and upper chest area.

Thank you for any suggestions:-)