Although many people are "chartists" reading the tea leaves of the local real estate market from the raw data that gets pumped out by MRIS on the Northern Virginia real estate market, I get my temperature reading from a more organic source. Those are the people who are in the dirt, actual real estate buyers and sellers. Hey, these people are 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.
5 Tips for Buying Luxury Homes in Vienna
You have probably already started your home search online and noticed that most of the photos look great. But after seeing about 50 luxury homes in Vienna, McLean, Oakton and Great Falls over the past two months, I have noticed that not all luxury homes are created equal. In fact you would notice how much styles have changed after seeing only a Continue Reading
Vienna Home Blog Weekly Wrap
There hasn't been a week when I haven't had an opportunity to share an old blog post with a current client or friend. And sometimes the analytical WordPress Plugin that I use (Lijit) shows me a post that gets read often. What is cool about this Plugin is that I see the term that was Googled and a link back to Google where my post matched the Continue Reading
10409 Silk Oak Dr. Vienna VA 22182
Update: This Vienna VA Home SOLD in August 2011 You have waited for a home backing to the W&OD bike trail in Vienna and here it is. Bike to work! This four bedroom rambler has three full baths, an office with french doors, a huge deck overlooking a nice level yard. Check out the photos and you will want to see this home located in Tamarack Continue Reading
Can Social Media sell my Vienna home?
Answer: No... but it will play a role. Of course there are plenty of SM gurus out there who are preaching a very different answer to my question, but I really don't think they have any idea what it takes to sell a home or the tools that I see actual home buyers using every day. People aren't hanging on every Tweet mentioning their local real Continue Reading
Home Selling Tips: The “Coming Soon” Sign
When a Vienna VA real estate client asked recently about putting a Coming Soon sign in her yard, I adamantly told her that this would be a huge mistake. In fact, such an act would squander her best marketing opportunity and alienate the exact people she needed to attract. Don't alienate home buyers Giving home selling tips about properly Continue Reading
Your Home has too much Wallpaper
When the "listing agent" of a home for sale in Oakton, VA gave me a call recently hoping to get some feedback, I told her that my clients were totally turned off by the floral wallpaper and had ruled out her IMPRESSIVE listing. You are probably nodding your head in agreement right now because you have seen homes that were wallpapered in the Continue Reading
Home Sale Radon Testing Contingency
It is not a requirement that you test for Radon when you put in an offer to buy a home in Northern Virginia, but it is probably a good idea. The Radon Inspection Contingency in the Sales Contract puts some structure into getting a "short-term" radon test done on any home to make sure the levels of Radon on the lowest level of the home are below the Continue Reading
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