Jeepers! I go out of town for a family vacation (as most of DC does in August) and come back to get an e-mail from Zillow.com (yes, that Zillow.com) that I am included in their D.C. REALTOR Blogger poll? Vote for DougFrancis.com right now Now, this might just add a little sunshine to my day if you take a minute and give me the "thumbs-up". 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.
A Quote in MSN Money
I was surprised the other day to get a Google Alert that there was a quote attributed to me on the MSN Money site in an article by Marilyn Lewis. Back in May, I wrote a post warning home buyers to refrain from adding new credit lines before they actually "closed" on their new home. Since mortgage lenders are now running a second credit report just Continue Reading
A Quick Blood Donation… Now a Vacation
As I get prepared for my annual summer vacation trek up to Maine and Rhode Island, one of my things-to-do is to stop by the INOVA Blood Donor Center on Woodburn Road in Annandale, VA. For the past few years, planning to go away has been a good reminder that I should walk in and spend an hour with some of the most dedicated people in the medical Continue Reading
Trimming your neighbor’s tree?
"Doug, these trees are wonderful!" exclaimed a client last fall as we drove along Miller Heights Road in Oakton, VA looking for a home to buy. For those of you from San Diego or Colorado, we have very large Oaks (hence "Oakton"), Maples, Sycamores, and Sweetgums that can give the impression we have forests amongst our manicured suburban Continue Reading
1110 16th Street S. Arlington VA 22202
NOTE: This home is not being marketed by RE/MAX Presidential anymore. This Arlington Home A nice opportunity to live in Addison Heights in one of the original duplex or side by side homes built in 1939. Overall it is in good condition and move-in ready, but it would also be perfect for someone looking to remodel a classic that is within walking Continue Reading
Perspective Impacts Local Real Estate
I went out of town over July 4th to enjoy the beach in Lewes, Delaware with the family, and accidentally observed the local real estate market and the way agents work there. Having been an agent in Northern Virginia for 19 years and seen behind the advertising/image personas (the curtain) of many real estate agents, I thought about how easily home Continue Reading
Home Seller just isn’t negotiating!
One of the hardest parts of buying a home is making an offer. Really, it isn't easy to come up with the right offer, and I always tell my Northern Virginia real estate clients that their initial offer should be their "ideal scenario" from the start. Offer price, determined after looking at recent sales and condition of the home Closing or Continue Reading
Buying a Virginia Home with a Septic System
Image via Wikipedia There are many Northern Virginia homes that have septic fields on the property designed to allow wastewater to be absorbed into the ground. Terminology is tricky here as a septic field is a septic system, and are also known as Wastewater Systems as defined in 2010 by the Virginia Department of Health. So, this year the Continue Reading
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