After a whirlwind year of my father dying after a 3 month illness in May 2010, followed by my grandmother's failing health then capped off by my mom falling and breaking her shoulder nearly a month ago, requiring replacement surgery, I now find myself acting as my own real estate agent. How doe
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07/29/2011
Oh this blog puts it so well. If your home is overpriced, there is truly nothing an agent can do to make it sell. Why would you pay $1800 for a gold coin when there's an identical one, or ones available for $1100? Answer is you won't and neither will anyone else. Please give Mr. May props f
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07/18/2011
A great blog by Jay Markanich about the problem with going overboard on recessed lights! 60 or so? That's a lot of heat. Not only are you throwing money out the window with AC bills, I would be worried about a fire risk. My inspection the other day produced a very unusual circumstance. Ligh
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07/16/2011
Coral Gundlach | McEnearney Associates | (703) 200-3631 6543 27th St North, Arlington, VA Wonderful bright colonial with updated kitchen and main level family room! Walk to EFC Metro. 4BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $679,000 Year Built 1951 Sq Footage 1,794 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 0
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07/15/2011
While previewing some homes yesterday, I noticed something in one of them that is possibly a big obstacle to the home selling. It was not a blazing hot Washington DC day, but in the high 80s. And when I walked in, I was hit with even more hot, stale, pent up air. The house was vacant, and cl
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07/10/2011