Home sellers are often caught off guard when I explain that today's home buyers will decide on their house before ever stepping foot in it. The days of spending hours driving around looking at seven, eight, or nine houses on a sunny Saturday are over. Yes, meeting at 9:00 a.m. to review the available listings and map out a route are quaint tales Continue Reading
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Become an Inova blood donor
After the Covid-19 crisis, there are far fewer donation programs going on at business offices around Northern Virginia. The problem is that the demand for blood has remained the same as in 2018. The easiest way for you to become part of the Northern Virginia community is to become a regular blood donor. Yes, you can "give back" by spending about Continue Reading
What I told MONEY about Living in Vienna
Updated in August 2023 This is the 10th anniversary of the cover article in Money Magazine that I contributed to which launched the Town of Vienna to the top of the list of places to live in the United States. There used to be a website called "Help a Reporter Out" (HARO) and I vaguely remember responding to a request for help. Ultimately, I Continue Reading
Keep Rain Water Draining Away
I decided to repost this blog post because we have been getting intense downpours this summer, 2023, and it is time to remind people of this important homeowner task. Clean your gutters and drain pipes! Watch the video below that a client in Falls Church sent me one night as he panicked when seeing water stream into his window well. Caller Continue Reading
Fireworks in Vienna | July 2, 2023
Vienna Fireworks Show - 7/2/2023 If you are planning to watch the annual Vienna VA fireworks show on July 2nd, 2023, then you should remember that they will be set off around 9:30 at Yeonas Park. Music: U.S. Navy Concert Band band kicks off the evening at 8:00 Chairs are NOT permitted on the baseball fields Located at: 1319 Ross Dr. SW, Continue Reading
Questions Home Sellers Ask
There are times when a client asks me a question about something that seems obvious to me, but makes me realize that I'm assuming too much. I am always willing to sit down with new people to discuss their moving plans, and hopefully, this is a helpful introduction. You also may do something so well simply because you understand the process step Continue Reading
The Wire Fraud Warning
I sat in on a presentation by an FBI Special Agent who discussed many types of financial fraud which are being used across the internet. Victims are everywhere including real estate buyers and investors, to lonely widows in romance scams who unwittingly launder large sums of money for fraudsters. But let's just focus on Real Estate The Continue Reading
Appealing a Fairfax Real Estate Assessment 2023
Updated for 2023 Deadline for Appeal is April 3, 2023 Especially if the next owner of your home will probably tear it down to build a brand new home, then you should carefully examine your 2023 Fairfax County Real Estate Assessment to see if the "Building" value jumped. Personally, my 2023 Fairfax County tax assessment jumped 6.06%. In Continue Reading
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