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2013
I generally think of myself as a Washington native - after all I have lived here since before elementary school, but occasionally my Southern roots come out. I am a second generation Army brat with grandparents from Birmingham AL and Lynchburg, VA. I spent every summer in the mountains of North...
06/21/2013
Remember when you were in high school? You dated - maybe you fell heavily in like - you might even have thought that you were "in love" but most of you knew that you were not really in love. The likelihood was pretty strong that you would not marry that boy (or girl) that made your heart beat ...
06/21/2013
It is great to look at properties on line - think of all the time we save by looking at those pictures of listings in the computers! But.... Do those pictures really capture the listing? How many times do you see miserable pictures and pass up the listing because of bad pictures or no pictures. ...
06/19/2013
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There is a wonderful site, www.AginginPlace.com, that I want to share with the Active Rain community. It has great information for all of us who work with clients of a certain age or are still lucky enough to have parents. One of the articles that I read dealt with grandparent scams. It told th...
06/11/2013
What You Should and Shouldn't Do We all understand the stress associated with move day, as your belongings are being loaded onto a truck and hauled away. It is important to hire a mover that you trust, because you have to rely on teamwork, not only between the workers on the moving crews, but ...
06/11/2013
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My wonderful clients are putting their home on the market tomorrow! It is in Rockville, MD in the Richard Montgomery High School district. With five bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, a fabulous kitchen, screened porch, finished basement, two fireplaces, and first floor home office, it has the flexibility th...
06/10/2013
In 1930 Iowa Circle became Logan Circle, thanks to an act of Congress which honored the memory of Civil War General and Senator John A. Logan (D-IL). General Logan lived (very briefly) at #4 Logan Circle during 1885, just one year before his death. There is a statue of General Logan in the cente...
06/09/2013
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Please keep my new listing in mind in the heart of Logan Circle! With 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and open floor plan and lots of light, it is a perfect pied a terre for the out of town owner or the ideal home for a professional in the city. Gleaming hardwood floors, a bright white kitchen, washer and dr...
06/09/2013
It is hard for me to believe that the community that we have come to know as King Farm in Rockville just inside the Sam Eig Highway and the new Intercounty Connector has already existed for more than 15 years no. I remember showing my daughter (who is 19) a large dairy farm that was King Farm wh...
06/04/2013
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Lise Howe
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC
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As an full time and very active Realtor in the DC metro area, I love to write about the DC market, special communities within the market, and new listings, and to connect with other agents in ActiveRain on ways to improve our service to the public and our marketing abilities.