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Add a Sewer Scope to your Home Inspection

October 24, 2019 By Doug Francis

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Having a home inspection continues to be essential for anyone who is buying a home in the Vienna real estate market. Since Virginia is a "caveat emptor" state, home buyers will often learn more during a three hour inspection than they would in three years of living in the house. Home inspections are important and continue to get more Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips Tagged With: home inspection, Vienna Real Estate

Home Inspection Negotiations

September 2, 2014 By Doug Francis

Almost every home buyer includes a Home Inspection Contingency as part of their offer. These can help them (you) understand what you are buying using a competent professional who will be looking at the house over a three hour window. A home inspector will probably find easily fixed items such as leaky valves or improper electrical outlets, but Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips Tagged With: home inspection, Home Inspector

Vienna Home Blog Weekly Wrap

June 24, 2011 By Doug Francis

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

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: HGTV, home inspection, Vienna Virginia

10 Home Buyer Mistakes

October 7, 2010 By Doug Francis

Even if you are an experienced, relocation home buyer moving to Vienna, VA with your company from California, it makes sense to go through this checklist. You will buy a better home and have a better experience. The biggest home buyer mistakes: Choosing a real estate agent who isn't committed to forming a strong business relationship with you. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: California, home buyer, home inspection, Real estate broker/agent, relocation, Vienna Virginia

That’s One Hot House!

June 14, 2010 By Doug Francis

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We just survived our first super-hot summer weekend in Northern Virginia and it is only mid-June! With temperatures in the 90°'s and humidity running at 70%+, this is the time of year that home owners start to see their central AC units crash. I always recommend to my clients after they buy a home to look into service contracts with local Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips, Living Here Tagged With: home inspection, real estate, technology

Home Inspection Reports Really Matter

May 5, 2010 By Doug Francis

Having a home inspection contingency is essential when you are buying a home. But in Northern Virginia, I have seen a wide gap in the quality of the written inspection reports that home buyers are given by their inspectors. Specifically, it is the detailed description of the inspector’s concerns that he may have discovered and reported per the Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, home inspection, Northern Virginia, real estate

Home buyers need a plan, and be ready to pull the plug…

September 8, 2009 By Doug Francis

It has taken a couple of months, but you are now walking up the stairs and into your new home. It’s actually a little bigger than you thought and you can’t wait to paint the kitchen, replace the carpet, get the FiOS set up, and turn in the keys at the old place. Maybe even take a dip in the pool! Nice story, but this is the type of mental image Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: $8000 tax credit, buyer, buyer agent, home inspection, negotiating, short-sale

In real estate, get it in writing.

April 20, 2009 By Doug Francis

“Let’s get it in writing so there isn’t any confusion later,” is advice that I give my clients all the time. And you would assume that all real estate agents give their clients the same line when a potential sticky situation presents itself. Did I say “assume”? Prior to a home inspection on one of my listings, I mentioned to the Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: agent, buyer, home inspection, seller

Vienna real estate agent Doug Francis

Helping my clients add value to their homes has always been important to me. My step-by-step recommendations are intended to increase market appeal, return more than invested, and help net more when selling.

Beyond just sellers, I have helped many new homeowners make smart design decisions when remodeling. We gutted our house and totally remodeled it, and I pass that experience along because living in a nice house is simply better.

My background… I’ve been an active licensed agent in Virginia for 25 years, work at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty in McLean, and sell homes in all price ranges. I donate to the Town of Vienna tree replacement fund, participate in a neighborhood citizens association, and try my best to stay in shape.

Questions? Email doug@dougfrancis.com or call me at (703) 304-6827 to discuss your plans. Cheers!

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Real Estate Offers | What’s In and What’s Out

Changes in Latitudes Attitudes This story may sound slightly made up, but the 2022 real estate market across Northern Virginia was full of fast-paced drama which is still kind of hard to picture. The brakes weren’t just tapped… they were slammed! Or to create a picture for you, we went from a wild Category 5 […]

“Doug nailed it! Within days, we had three offers, one of which not only met, but far exceeded all of our goals.”
– R. Pollard

“He truly was a partner integrating us unto the community and made it easy for us to take advantage of all Vienna has to offer.”
– A. D’Eredita

“We are so thankful we found Doug to guide us through the complex home selling and buying processes!”
– Scott and Jennie

About Doug Francis

I am a Realtor with TTR Sotheby's International Realty® just outside Washington D.C. in Northern Virginia. I have been a full-time Realtor licensed in Virginia since 1991, and cover a big territory specializing in the Vienna real estate market and custom homes for sale.

I have unique knowledge of digital real estate marketing, and my marketing starts here. My clients have been attracted to my results-oriented strategy for years, and I am accepting new clients for 2023 right now.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to contact me at 703-304-6827 or email me at doug@dougfrancis.com anytime!

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