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About Doug Francis
Getting to here... My story The pivotal moment came in 2008 when the national economy stumbled and real estate activity in northern Virginia came to an abrupt halt. We were in shock. My client's jobs were in jeopardy, mortgages were almost all FHA loans, and the stock market had lost almost 40%. With almost twenty years of hands-on Continue Reading
Tips For Building A Professional Website
In today's competitive professional services marketplace, having a digital and online presence will help your business meet more consumers directly when they are searching for answers. After talking with a colleague last week about what I have done online, I decided to share with other professionals my belief that today's smart digital marketing Continue Reading
Looking back at 2016 and ahead to 2017
Three clients had babies... two girls and one boy. People don't often think about the life events Realtors are a part of every year. We step into roles where lives are in the process of changing. Living is more than lifestyle Here are a few notables from 2016... 2016 kicked off helping sisters and a brother sell their childhood home 30 Continue Reading
Interview at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
UPDATED: The final cut is ready to view... see at the end of this blog post! See In a recent interview, the film producer asked me why I had selected to work at TTR Sotheby's International Realty over other real estate brokers in the D.C. market. With the film crew, sound guy, and executive producer watching, I did my best to articulate that Continue Reading
Consumers appear to trust Zillow
When clients returned to California after considering relocating to Vienna, they sent me an email with a few questions. What caught my eye was an observation about pricing: "...but whose price tag is $990,000 - way out of step with the $801,000 estimate that Zillow puts on it." By coincidence, I recently listened to industry journalist Brad Continue Reading
Real Estate Checklist: Homeowners Insurance
Another high priority checklist item for home buyers: getting a homeowners insurance policy set up early in the process. Yes, the Homeowners Insurance Policy. These policies are lender requirements and they will only give you a mortgage if you can show them a fresh policy. What you don't know is that insurance companies use an industry Continue Reading
Client Testimonials
The following client testimonials and reviews have been copied from the real estate marketing site Zillow.com and from a Google business page. If you want to see them on those pages then please Google "Doug Francis Realtor". It has taken me some time to get to this review but I knew it was something I wanted to do in order to assist other buyers Continue Reading