In 2021, my main strategy is helping each client's home look its best online with careful planning, staging, and professional photography. The photo above didn't just happen, it involved my staging team and a creative professional photographer to compose this warm and inviting space. We follow certain steps to add market appeal to every photo. Continue Reading
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A Search for Simplicity and Market Pressure
Any home buyer's search for simplicity in the current Vienna real estate market will feel the immense pressure to make a super competitive offer on literally anything that pops up which checks most of the boxes. It's all around, even for sellers moving to a new market, the national inventory is slim and under crushing pressure. Take a look at Continue Reading
Screened-in Porches
Way back in the 1970's, I remember going to friend's house and sitting in their screened-in porch eating burgers, local corn on the cob and beefy tomatoes from their garden. No one really had AC back then, and it was in here where we could feel the summer evening breeze, hear birds, and an occasional car from down the hill. Those porches Continue Reading
10 years ago I started this blog
Then one day you find that, 10 years have got behind you... ~ Time by Pink Floyd There are moments in time such as when your car is 10-years old, your dog is 10, or your kid turns 10, that you realize time passes quickly. Today, 10 years ago, I published my first blog post right here on dougfrancis.com . Short and simple, but a lot of Continue Reading
The House Survey tells a Story
Reading over a house survey is one of the most important steps you will take when you are buying a home, but you may not see it until you are a week away from the Final Settlement. This official drawing is done by a licensed surveyor who will go to the property and create an original map. After finding the corners and taking careful Continue Reading
About DougFrancis.com | A History
When did this real estate blog start? My first modern blog post was January 6th, 2009, but I originally started the website way back in 1999. DougFrancis.com was born after attending a seminar at an NVAR Convention in Tysons Corner, Virginia led by Saul Kline of Internet Crusade who basically told us to leave the room and register our names. That Continue Reading
Consider ARMs Again for Your Mortgage
Are we at an Inflection Point? Over the last decade, when home buyers were looking at mortgage rates there wasn't a big difference between fixed rate mortgages and adjustable rate mortgages (ARM). In fact, super-low 30-year fixed rates have ruled the market. Although I don't have a crystal ball, the tea leaves that I'm reading show a Continue Reading
A Short Film by Evoker
My Story My real estate career has given me the opportunity to make a significant impact on my client's lives. Often helping them achieve goals that they didn't think they could achieve. If you are interested, read on and explore the creative and innovative ways that I help clients find homes, stage homes, navigate building a new home, negotiate Continue Reading
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