I often meet up with clients and friends over lunch or coffee and asked their professional opinions about Northern Virginia real estate, marketing and technology. With such a amazingly diverse clientele over the past 20 years of selling homes, I get some great input that often opens my eyes and jump starts my creative thoughts. You have probably had one of those “aha” moments when you got a new perspective on things. The result of a few of those meetings is here, my WordPress blog/web site. My mission is to have relevant real estate information that is newsy, informative, contains video, an MLS search site, and a platform that lets me share my experiences, my opinions and a little humor.

Yes, there’s humor in the real estate biz!

All content is generated by me, Doug Francis, unless otherwise noted when I have a guest writer. Ultimately, you should feel that any post has given you a unique insight into a topic and be better prepared to discuss specific real estate questions either with me or your agent anywhere in the U.S. There is also more on my FAQ‘s page… but finish this one first.

New blog posts are accessible through the automatic RSS feeder in the upper right hand corner, and to any of your friends that I hope you will send to the site. The majority of my real estate clients come to me through personal referrals from friends and past clients, but this blog is intended to help anyone learn a lot about the Northern Virginia real estate market, and subconsciously position me as your professional contact to fall back to when you have gone through the multitude of real-estate-search-sites/apps and decide it is time for some actual professional help.

Yes, it’s okay for you to hire me…

You can always try me on my phone, 703-304-6827 or at doug@DougFrancis.com , and please give me an idea of when and how you would like me to follow up. I’ll try my best, but keep in mind I do other stuff too like have dinner with friends. Your information will remain confidential and I will be ready to help when you tell me that you are ready to roll.

Want reviews on Doug Francis?

There are recommendations on my Linked-In page, and you should also Google me as my clients have left recommendations on numerous sites across the web at sites like Faceified, Zillow.com, IncredibleAgents.com or on their own blogs. It is kind of crazy but have you ever Googled yourself? Maybe you should Google every real estate agent you have spoken with?

Still with me?

Doug Francis, Professional Real Estate Experience:

I have had a Virginia Real Estate License since 1991 (0225 021708) working in the suburban Washington DC metro area. And have personally sold over $100,000,000 in sales volume by myself without a bunch of team members contributing their production numbers to my record… ask me. I act as a Listing Agent when clients are selling a home, and work as a Buyer’s Agent when a client is purchasing a home.

• RE/MAX Presidential from 1994 to the present
• RE/MAX International Hall of Fame Member
• Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Million Dollar Club
• NVAR Life Member Top Producers Club
• National Association of Realtors Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) since 1995
• Town & Country Realtors from 1991 to 1994, Vienna Office

Prior Experience:

• Putnam Investments on High Street in Boston
• Feron’s Tennis Shop on Newbury Street in Boston (yes, I play tennis too)
• Boston University, B.A. in History
• The Gunnery School, Washington CT

Other:

• Native Rhode Islander, enjoy sailing and spending time in Narragansett
• Coach a Vienna Boys U13 lacrosse team
• Volunteer in North East Vienna Citizens Association
• Past PTA Volunteer at Wolftrap Elementary School in Vienna
• Vienna Woods Swim and Tennis Member
• 33+ gallon blood donor (they keep track at Inova, you should donate too!)
• My Google Profile

I currently live in Vienna, have also lived in Oakton and in McLean. My real estate focus has been Northern Virginia including Alexandria, Arlington, Annandale, Burke, Centreville, Clifton, Dunn Loring, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, McLean, Oakton, Reston, and Vienna. If you are new to the area, these places are in Arlington County, Fairfax County and  Loudoun County. I have also sold homes in Prince William County.

You can contact me right now for more information.

703-304-6827 or doug@DougFrancis.com

 

 

 

RE/MAX Presidential

3028 Javier Road

Fairfax, Virginia 22031

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