One responsibility that many adults face is selling their childhood home after their parents have moved to a better designed floor plan, or have passed away. Often this means reconnecting with a house full of personal memories, emotions, and a ton of your parent's stuff accumulated over a wonderful lifetime. And spending time in your childhood Continue Reading
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The following is an archive of my articles about builders, strategies, home inspections, financing, painting, staging, tips, and skills. Start reading and you can search the archive anytime.
The Gift Shop Syndrome
Ugh, their house looks like a gift shop! You can't imagine how many times I have heard that observation from home buyers in a hushed tone so that the home sellers couldn't hear. Hey, that comment really needs to be taken to heart by anyone planning to sell their home anytime in the future. The reality is that your stuff is a turn-off, is Continue Reading
Can my Home’s Location Change?
If you ever watch Barbara Corcoran on the Today Show talking about real estate, she always stares Al Roker down to remind him it's "location, location, location". Al usually laughs nervously... since he knows she's a shark. Location is essential and can be a real problem for home sellers who did not think that concept through when they bought Continue Reading
5 Reasons to Buy a Home in Vienna
I often get emails from people who are thinking about relocating to Vienna Virginia, where I live and work, asking me questions like what is available in certain price ranges. They also ask about long-term value or eventually converting to an investment property. It is easy to understand these questions after looking at homes on Continue Reading
Radical Changes on Church Street
As I stopped into my local coffee shop on Church Street in Vienna, I scanned some of the local headlines on my iPhone. One headline teaser caught my eye: Proposed Parking Garage "makes no sense" Since I was sitting there in Caffè Amouri pleasantly surprised to see it packed, had seen dozens of people walking down the street and on the Continue Reading
Your Earnest Money Deposit
Understanding the importance of the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) in a real estate offer is always an interesting conversation with home buyers. How much should it be? Where does the money go? Essentially the EMD is money that gets deposited into an Escrow Account if your real estate offer is accepted, or gets "ratified" by both parties. In Continue Reading
A better perspective
As the summer winds down, it is time to get back to work after summer vacation and many cups of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. And it is also time to reflect on lessons learned while on "holiday" in New England. No matter where you maybe when you are a Realtor, people love to talk about real estate. Everyone has a story and I have learned to listen with Continue Reading
Vienna Bakery Bake-off
One really nice perk about living in Vienna Virginia is the quality of many of the local stores, especially when it comes to delicious food. Although people will probably contest the results of an unscientific best local bakery poll being conducted by the Vienna Patch, an online magazine, the idea got me out and into some stores that I probably Continue Reading
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