Talking about traffic bottlenecks is a common topic of some lively conversation at almost any gathering this time of year in Northern Virginia. "It was crazy around Tyson's last week!" "Oh, you have no idea. It took me an hour to take a left into..." Yes, the holiday season can aggravate traffic, and easily fan the flames of already aggressive Continue Reading
Where do Vienna voters vote in 2015?
Vienna voters, who typically vote at the Vienna Community Center, may be surprised if they show up there to vote on November 3, 2015 and stumble upon this construction site! Your new polling location for 2015 is: Vienna Elementary School 128 Center Street S. Vienna, VA 22180 Polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Continue Reading
October is Fire Safety Month
October has been designated "fire safety month" because the historic Great Chicago Fire happened in October 1871. These days, fire safety comes to our attention thanks to fire house pancake dinners and open houses geared toward parents and kids. But today, as I sat at my home office computer crafting an especially inspirational email, I heard Continue Reading
5 Secrets Vienna Real Estate Investors Look For
Last summer I spoke with a couple who were planning to sell the family home and downsize now that they were empty-nesters. Yes, a wave of baby boomers are moving out of Vienna, Virginia and are hoping to cash out. Their home wasn't a good candidate as a tear-down, and they sold it to home buyers who were thrilled to find a reasonably priced home Continue Reading
10 Vienna Homes for sale with Great Pools
Okay, so finding a really nice home with a great custom pool in Vienna is still harder than you think. Part of that reason is that Town of Vienna homes often sit on lots too small for in-ground pools due to lot coverage restrictions. Outside the Town lines, Fairfax County setbacks apply. These day, virtually all have natural gas heaters and many Continue Reading
A 3D Tour of House in Vienna
A cool aspect of being a real estate agent is that new technology comes along all the time that I can add to my list of services. Being quickly adaptive is essential and, being an entrepreneur, I can be nimble enough to make executive decisions when I see something a consumer will think is beneficial. At a listing in Vienna last week, we spent 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
How to Protect Your Deposit in Custom Home Purchases
"We spent your $160,000 building the house..." When dealing directly with a local builder, new home buyers should know that the deposit that their builder will collect with the contract is treated differently in custom home purchases than in local resale transactions. Escrow Accounts Operating Accounts Builder default As I have driven Continue Reading
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