patricia kennedy: When A Realtor® Sells Her House - 11/27/09 08:57 PM
When doctors gets sick, they go to a doctor - a colleague - to seek treatment.
When a lawyer is facing the slammer, he hires the best lawyer he can find to represent him.
When Realtors® decide it's time for a move, they almost always list their own homes.
The thought … (78 comments)
patricia kennedy: The Aunt Bobbie China - 11/27/09 12:39 AM
My great aunt Bobbie (my mother's aunt) was quite a character.
When I was growing up, she would come to visit us a couple of times each year. And during every visit, she would give me a Tonette, an old Toni home permanent for little girls. And for the next six … (18 comments)
patricia kennedy: I Could Have Gone To Safeway, But No-oh! - 11/24/09 09:33 PM
Every Tuesday before Thanksgiving, after the office meeting and brokers' tour, I head out Colesville Road to Fulton Maryland to Maple Lawn Farm to get my turkey.
The birds lucky enough to grow up at Maple Lawn lead pretty good lives. Their avian condo units are quite spacious. They get to … (26 comments)
patricia kennedy: My Squirrely-est Settlement Ever! - 11/21/09 09:08 PM
This transaction has inspired a couple of posts, most recently This Transaction Could Make Me Bald! And yesterday was settlement day! Yippee! Whoo hoo!
But not so fast.
This might have been my all time worst settlement, except that everyone around the table kept their sense of humor and, for the … (15 comments)
patricia kennedy: Riding Lessons - It's Not About The Horse! - 11/19/09 07:28 PM
At the top of my bucket list has been learning to ride a horse. And last week, I joined my friend, Jean, for lessons at the Woodland Horse Center.
I've been on horses before, but I'd never learned how to get the horse to go where I want to go at … (33 comments)
patricia kennedy: Lenders Going Back To The Future - 11/16/09 02:40 PM
A lot of us have started to go nuts as lenders are getting more and more nitsy, driving our beloved clients crazy with last second requests for documentation and other paperwork issues that seem to come to a head about two days before settlement.
This morning, I had a talk with … (72 comments)
patricia kennedy: Recognizing A Stroke - 11/15/09 08:39 AM
Recently, a family member had a stroke. His stomach was upset. He thought he had food poisoning and looked like crap, and friends insisted on a visit to the emergency room. He was very, very lucky. Not everyone is, because the symptoms often don't look like a stroke, unless you know … (24 comments)
patricia kennedy: Top Five Homes Sales In Washington: October 2009 - 11/14/09 01:57 PM
The five highest sales prices paid for Washington, DC properties in October is in stark contrast to the top five listed homes. The five highest priced listings range in price from a low of $10,000,000 to a high of $39,500,000. And here is what actually sold last month:
2716 36th Place … (20 comments)
patricia kennedy: Camille, You're Doing It All Wrong! Advice for FSBOs - 11/12/09 09:23 PM
I have some clients who are looking for a great condo or coop downtown. I've found some good possibilities and my clients are adding things that they come across on the Internet.
Most of their finds are already under contract or settled. But there was one that, while not on the … (27 comments)
patricia kennedy: Presenting Our Listings In The "Best" Light - 11/10/09 09:02 PM
Today on our brokers' tour I saw a pretty house in Woodley Park, one of my favorite neighborhoods.
The MRIS information had a very well-done virtual tour, with professionally done photos taken of very well-staged rooms. If I were a buyer doing an on-line search, these photos would certainly get my … (28 comments)
patricia kennedy: Thank You So Much Dixon's Pest Control! - 11/10/09 07:57 PM
I have a settlement scheduled for Thursday afternoon. The termite inspector found a few dead guys and a little bit of chewed wood, but it was evidence of a prior infestation. Since there is no record of a prior treatment, we've got to get a bunch of nasty chemicals pumped into … (10 comments)
patricia kennedy: What's In A View? - 11/08/09 11:44 PM
In Washington, there are certain views that can make a condo unit worth more, a lot more, than if they didn't have one.
So when I saw a condo with an optimistic price, there was a photo of the view from the unit, and it showed the National Cathedral. Now as … (19 comments)
patricia kennedy: Staging Faux Paux! - 11/08/09 11:23 PM
There is a very cool condo in Adams Morgan that I've shown for the second time. It is staged within an inch of its life and looks pretty good.
It's loft style place. The living-dining-kitchen is all open. The wood floors shine when the sun shines in through the huge windowns. … (16 comments)
patricia kennedy: What "Color Me Beautiful" Taught Me About Staging - 11/06/09 08:59 PM
Many years ago, I had my colors done.
The idea is to figure out which groups and shades of colors make you look terrific, and which ones make you look like an organ donor waiting to happen. Of course, you want to go with the look-good-feel-good colors that work for you. … (64 comments)
patricia kennedy: The New And Improved Homebuyers' Credit - 11/05/09 10:25 PM
President Obama is expected to sign the revised home buyer credit some time tomorrow. And, at the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, I'm not sure how I really feel about the whole thing.
With the increased income caps of $125,000 ($225,000 for married couples), more people in … (14 comments)
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