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2009
Dear Buyers, Welcome to the DC Metro Area housing market. It is exciting and more than a little nerve wracking. You have read all the newspaper reports, so you know that prices are soft, there is lots of inventory, and interest rates are fabulous. The affordability index is about as good as it ha...
01/30/2009
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If you have been in business longer than maybe a year, you know the lesson in this blog already, but if you are a newbie to real estate - take heart, and persevere. On Monday I got a phone call from a new client who was coming from Florida to DC to look at property on behalf of his boss for the ...
01/29/2009
At least until last night. I posted a blog about the Lincoln Memorial and some memories of growing up in DC because I wanted to share a little bit of information about our nation's capital as home to lots of people besides the politicians. I love getting responses from all the Active Rainers ou...
01/28/2009
Welcome to Washington, which is not just home to Presidents and other politicians, but regular people too. Even if you aren't planning a trip to DC any time soon, I would like to share a little of my hometown. Maybe you will come to Washington some time - and I hope you look me up! It's a great c...
01/27/2009
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Last year I hand delivered to my farm custom made fortune cookies with a message inside advertising my services as a realtor and wishing everyone a happy new year (in chinese!). The door hanger bag containing the cookies also had a very cute postcard with a Fortune cookie theme which advertised m...
01/25/2009
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On Christmas eve as I pulled the pork loin roast out of the oven, I tripped and splashed pork juice and grease on the open door of the oven. When I closed the oven, the pork juice ran down inside the oven door between the two pieces of tempered glass and baked there into a lovely Rohrshak test de...
01/23/2009
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Most people don't consider Washington DC to be a great spot for architectural innovation. We are big on colonials - red brick preferred, resting on mounds of pink and white azaleas. Georgian facades and sturdy Ionic columns suit this city just fine. Not imaginative, but dependable.Occasionally t...
01/22/2009
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Where the Snow Stops! I am so lucky because I have the greatest job in the world and I love it too. I have a job which lets me balance my work responsibilities (most of the time) and enjoy my family (almost always). This weekend I was in Montclair and Englewood, New Jersey, for my daughter's hock...
01/19/2009
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As we got close to New Year's, someone suggested a bucket list of 10 areas to expand our efforts - one of course was expireds. I don't think I can successfully take on 10 new areas to focus on at once, but I would like to tackle a few new niches - improving my presence in my first geographical fa...
01/11/2009
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Last week I asked what everyone was reading or could recommend of the many real estate books we have all bought. Hands down the book was Shift by Gary Keller. I have now bought another book! And I even plan on reading it as soon as I read one by Danielle Kennedy that I already had. One of my go...
01/11/2009