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2013
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There is a house in my neighborhood that just went on the market for $125,000 more than I'd said it was worth. Great, I think. I can be their second agent! I was feeling pretty smug. It is a granny house with a 25 amp fuse box, the original galvanized pipes, a collapsed fireplace liner, and an...
01/31/2013
Today, it was gray and cloudy and, later in the afternoon, a little rainy. But the temperature was warm enough to sit at a sidewalk cafe for lunch. It was so warm, it could have been late April, when there are cherry trees all over Washington in full bloom, oh and at the Tidal Basin. I, for on...
01/30/2013
I'm sitting here. It's late. And I'm bleary-eyed. A bunch of the agents in my office, including me, are trying Wiseagent.com. It's supposed to be a cool new program for both contact and transaction management that passes the geezer test. Does it? No. But it doesn't matter because the wonde...
01/28/2013
The Time To Think About Selling Your Condo is Before You Buy It Sometimes I will show up for a listing appointment, I'll ask myself, "What on earth were they thinking when they bought this place?" Well, they were not thinking about what it would be like to re-sell it. While you are looking for y...
01/27/2013
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Georgetown and the National Cathedral I was driving along the George Washington Parkway on the Virginia side of the Potomac when I saw a scenic overlook pull over near Roosevelt Island. Oh, and my handy little Nikon P500 with it's wonderful telephoto lens. Oh, and it makes the National Cathedra...
01/27/2013
Last week offerred some interesting blog posts by some old friends and a few new-to-me bloggers. So here they are: Brian Rayl: New Type Of Fraud To Be Alert For A reminder that a "certified" check isn't alway what it appears to be. Cindy Jones: Buyer Beware There Isn't A Lemon Law When B...
01/27/2013
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Did you just discover a family of mice in your new home? Or does your only cat need a playmate? The Washington Animal Rescue League can help - and you can help them. Soon after moving into my house, I went to the Animal Rescue League to adopt a new kitten - there was a little mouse in the basem...
01/26/2013
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Real Estate Then and Now This year, my real estate license will celebrate it's 30th birthday, and I've been thinking about how listing and selling homes is so very different than it used to be. When I started out, this is what we had to put up with: The Multiple Listing Service had just switched...
01/25/2013
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Last night, I was going through my iPhoto files, deleting stuff that was fuzzy or ugly or whatever. And then I got to this one. I took it a few years ago on a springtime drive down Skyline Drive. This WPA project is one of the most amazing roads in the country. There are amazing views of the...
01/25/2013
WE’LL BUY YOUR HOUSE CALL 202-555-5555 No Real Estate Commissions! I once listed a granny house with a seller who was a real challenge. She wanted it sold immediately for top dollar. But the place had a whole lot of deferred maintenance, a kitchen that was completely renovated i...
01/24/2013
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