Welcome to the big leagues! The other day I was touring a new home in Vienna built on an infill or tear-down lot. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and I was on my way back from Home Depot when I spotted the open-house, so, I popped in. The builder was there greeting visitors and I briefly overheard a customer talking to him about searching for Continue Reading
Looking for a New Idea to Sell Your Home?
Sometimes ideas are so old that they are new again. During the first Bush administration (with VP Dan Quayle), my real estate sales manager bought everyone tickets to see real estate guru Jeff Elias discuss real estate financing, and, how to make deals come together. Elias was a smooth talking Texan who had solutions to why people weren't buying Continue Reading
Why your Agent needs to know your numbers
Curt had crunched the numbers, been to multiple real estate web sites, and believed he had a handle on his budget to buy a house. As a first-time home buyer who had a masters degree and an impressive consulting job at Booz Allen, he, of all people, had a handle on the big picture. But in reality, a first-time home buyer needs to crunch these Continue Reading
Little things | crown molding
Noticing crown molding isn't what typical new home buyers look at immediately upon entering the front door of a model home. Typically their senses are overloaded and totally maxed out. All those clean walls, shiny floors and interesting fixtures to look at! But looking at the little things like the crown molding is very important especially Continue Reading
Tysons Corner in 2014
http://youtu.be/Py7jkV1NGWA The skyline of Tysons or Tysons Corner is rapidly changing as construction is well underway of new commercial and residential buildings. The driving force of the construction has been the building of the Silver Line Metro which is part of the Washington DC Metro system. The Silver Line runs along the Orange Line Continue Reading
Vienna Bus 432 to the Silver Line
Over 1,000 homes in Vienna Virginia now have convenient access to the Silver Line thanks to Fairfax Connector Bus 432 which is running at rush hour through Town. It runs five times in the morning and evening, about every forty minutes, and drops commuters off at the new Spring Hill Metro Station along Route 7. You can use your SmarTrip card or Continue Reading
Vienna Real Estate Trends ~ Summer 2014
(See updated chart below) After listening to Janet Yellen discuss Fed policy and views on the health of the economy, I took a fresh look at what the Vienna real estate stats were showing me. Now, ever since I took statistics at Boston University, I understand that interpreting those numbers is in the eye of the fortune teller expert Continue Reading
What’s wrong with that survey?
A couple of years ago I wrote about missing house surveys since mortgage lenders aren't requiring them anymore. And, you know what, it still bugs me that they don't care about the property you are buying. They don't care, but you should. If you are thinking about buying a house then know I feel seeing a survey is about as mandatory as having Continue Reading
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