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2011
You can get all of the details here: New Contest!!! Just How Addicted Are You To Active Rain? The deadline is February 1st, Tuesday at midnight. We've got a bunch of great submissions and can't wait to get to work picking the winners. So if you want to share your poor, pathetic and funny story...
01/30/2011
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This is like a little bit of Kiev right around the corner from my house. The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is one of Crestwood's landmarks, and is often on the route for Willie's walk. In the fall, they have a totally amazing festival, noted for the many varieties of Ru...
01/30/2011
Should You Rent Your DC Home That Just Won't Sell? It's pretty common for sellers to respond to no or low offers by saying, "If we can't get what we want for our home, we'll just rent it out!" Whoa! Just a second! It might sound like a good idea, but there are some issues to consider before you...
01/29/2011
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What, you ask, is this? I took it at a boatyard in southern Maryland. It would have looked a lot cooler, except that the water was a little bit murky, so the reflection looks sort of yellow. If you are planning a move to the Washington, DC area, I can help! Call, email or text me at: housepat...
01/28/2011
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I just took this. It's well past sundown, but you'd almost never know it! The snow is picking up the light from the street lamps and it's got sort of an eerie sepia effect. It's one of those nights to make some hot cocoa, light a fire and stay warm inside - after shoveling the sidewalk, of cou...
01/26/2011
We are having a fairly chilly winter here in our nation's Capital. I mean, it gets down to about 20 degrees. You gotta wear a coat. And gloves (I just pulled my favorite gloves out of Willie the Labradoodle's mouth!). And the winter storm they were predicting for today woke us up with a dusti...
01/26/2011
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Today's broker's tour included a house I had seen when it last sold a bunch of years ago. I remember thinking it was beautiful - stately, with huge, sunlit rooms. It was your typical Washington, DC Wow House. But the house I saw today was a very different place. The new owners had filled this ...
01/25/2011
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Q: Dear Pat, we found a house we like and are trying to figure out how much to offer. Can you help? Fuzzy in Fairfax A: Dear Fuzzy, there are no hard and fast rules about making offers - except for one. You should sit down with your buyer broker and go over the sales history for the area aro...
01/23/2011
Today, I walked into a house that was done in up in high Pottery Barn. It was beautiful with a brand new kitchen, fabulous baths, a two-story addition that was so well-designed that it made the place looked under-priced. But wait! I turned the corner to go from the kitchen to the mud room, and ...
01/23/2011
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Many years ago, I shared an office with a very sweet woman who was married to one of Washington, DC's toughest lawyers. He was sort of famous - the kind of guy that litigants would hire so the other side couldn't have him. Well, one day, this very sweet woman was showing houses after a snow stor...
01/22/2011
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