This House Is "On The Market?" Really?? - 03/25/12 12:12 PM
"Call 1-st Lister," said the showing instructions. So I did. I left a message on the agent's voice mail, that is, requesting a Friday afternoon or Sunday showing.
 She called back quickly. "Sorry," she said, "but I don't have a key."
 "So we have to make an appointment with the sellers?”
 “The sellers are out of state. But they have promised to send me a key.”
 “But the house has been on the market for two and a half weeks. And nobody has been able to see it?”
 “I haven’t seen it, either. The tenants are kind of, ehm, hostile.”
“But … (9 comments)

Any Historic Sears House Pictures To Share? - 03/09/12 10:42 AM
Oh, once more I feel so flattered! The mighty Rose Thornton, national authority on the history and identification of the mail-order homes of the early 20th century and author of books such as "Finding The Houses That Sears Built,"kind of featured me on her blog yesterday. Well, actually, not me, but some of the catalog houses I identified in my favorite DC neighborhoods.
I have often written about the stories behind the houses I sold or came across, from discovering they had a famous first owner to the long-forgotten murder in the basement. DC certainly has a lot of history of … (2 comments)