Picking paint colors to sell your home heading into 2018 isn't going to be as challenging as you are thinking right now. Really. It's important to know that a fresh coat of paint will return 100+% of your investment. Hiring a professional painter will get it done quickly, and is well worth the cost. Although I have written about removing Continue Reading
Looking like a New House
8th in 2014 New Vienna House Series Now that the roof has been put on, our house is really starting to feel like a home (okay, a carpenter's home). I have seen this house in the drawing for a while but it is always interesting to see the walls get laid out and rooms really start to take shape. Room dimensions are especially important in the Continue Reading
Sellers meet Today’s Smart Buyers
Too many home sellers have no idea what today's real estate buyers already know. Really. What has changed is access to a ton of information on the Internet. Most county governments allow public access to tax information, there are hundreds of real estate home search websites, and there are virtually millions of people giving real estate Continue Reading
Framing the first floor in Vienna
Fifth in the 2014 Vienna House Project Series Most people can't believe how quickly a new house gets built, but often what they are seeing is work performed by the framers. These carpenters measure wood and build walls exactly as it is written on the architect's drawings. If you like to work from an exact plan, then you might want to Continue Reading
Kitchen Safety and Firehouse Fun
Since becoming a mom and homeowner, I am awed by the number of uses for baking soda. It’s the miracle of household items. If you add baking soda to your baby’s bath water, it will cure even the most stubborn of diaper rashes. Cleaning your ceramic cook top? Baking soda and vinegar will cut through all the grease! Your potty-training toddler Continue Reading
My Read on Spring 2013
The phone rang and it was Craig in Texas who has been getting daily email updates from me, "Doug, what's going on in your market up there?" Again, my phone rang and it was Pat in L.A., "so Doug, based on our research things look a little "heated" over there in those Vienna real estate prices. What are your thoughts?" "Hey Doug, it's Mark from Continue Reading
Fun with a new Contributing Writer
It all started when I stopped into Chipotle for lunch and did some searching on my iPad for blogs in Vienna or Northern Virginia. Most were pretty pathetic and were/are written in a style similar to a Washington Post classified ad. Boring! But there was one blog that caught my attention, twowaystreetblog.com which is written by Emily Continue Reading
Step One for Real Estate Buyers
This "Step One" concept actually came to me after trying to buy a mini-van at a car dealership. With good intentions, my wife and I brought our toddler into a Ford dealership to buy a (dreaded) mini-van for our growing family. But after 2 1/2 hours of car dealership bull sh t crap, we walked out the door with a crying child (hunger pains) and no Continue Reading
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