Doug Francis Real Estate Blog in Vienna and McLean, Fairfax and Arlington with a little humor too. Easy MLS Listing Search too.
Recently, when a client was interested in putting together an offer on a particular house we had seen, he asked me if I had picked up a brochure. “No I didn’t. Did you?” Since neither of us had one I decided to contact the listing agent to ask her to email one over to me [...]
When I walked into a neighbor’s Vienna Virginia rambler recently to give her an idea of what needed to be done, I had to be brutally honest about a strategy for selling it. Since she and her husband bought it way back in 1957 when it was a brand new home (she is one of [...]
After 60 days on the market you may start to panic… or take it personally. Been there, seen it before. It is hard to be rejected by 25 people. At REALTOR training school, the instructors tell us it must be “x” and we need to do our best to make a case to help you [...]
Ever had a moment when you realized, “Hey, I’m one of those people!”? That happened to me when I was showing “newer” homes to a client and kept pointing out how the homes would show much better properly painted. After 3 to 5 years they were still “builder’s white” and looked dirty. As I walked [...]
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