Doug Francis Real Estate Blog in Vienna and McLean, Fairfax and Arlington with a little humor too. Easy MLS Listing Search too.
When a real estate client came to me all pumped up because his Credit Union was offering to pay up to $100,000 of his closing cost, I thought we should sit down and review the typical expenses for a home buyer worksheet again. I’m sure you can understand why he was so excited since $100k [...]
Condo buyers that pay cash are typically savvy real estate investors looking to cash in on the current low prices with plans to rent out the properties. Although there are many places where that plan is a good bet, places such as Reston, Virginia may be a whole other story. You see, Reston is an [...]
It is not a requirement that you test for Radon when you put in an offer to buy a home in Northern Virginia, but it is probably a good idea. The Radon Inspection Contingency in the NVAR Sales Contract puts some structure into getting a “short-term” radon test done on any home to make sure [...]
Did you enter a specific school into your search criteria and still missed that hot new listing last weekend? Aren’t those “search sites” supposed to make it easy for the consumer you? So, last weekend I was checking the MRIS database and noticed a Vienna VA real estate listing that didn’t have any schools identified. [...]
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