The Blog of an Appraiser in Alexandria, Virginia
Rick Phillips, Jr., a certified residential appraiser, licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC, living in Fairfax County, provides an appraiser's point of view to Real Estate issues.
ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2010
5
Comments
Picked up a new toy last weekend but have been too busy to test it out. It's a camera that fits in your front pocket. Wait a sec ... it's a camera that fits in the teeny change portion of your front pocket. It's small! Think James Bond... Well, I tested it out today. Here are the results ......
06/28/2010
Skyline House, sometimes called Skyline Plaza or Skylne City, was formerly the location of the Washington Airport. Indeed, warning lights remain at the top of Burke and Herbert Bank, and one of the hangers stil exists in the form of a self storage building. And perhaps most famous for having ma...
06/28/2010
North Springfield stretches west to Burke, north to Annandale, east to Alexandria, and south to central Springfield. It is the area that hugs Interstate 495 just west of Interstate 95/395. It is about as centrally located of a location as exists in Northern Virginia, convenient to hospitals, co...
06/28/2010
At the western edge of the diamond that includes Washington, DC; Alexandria; and Arlington; lies Minor Hill. Named after a hero in the American Revolutionary War, General Minor, the area was at the time called "Minor's Hill." And not at all indicative of its name, Minor Hill holds the distincti...
06/28/2010
0
Comments
Where did they take her? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9rNN7BnnA
06/24/2010
Barcroft, named after the same famous Civil War doctor who founded Lake Barcroft in Falls Church, is a small community of older, detached houses in South Arlington. Near Alcova Heights, Columbia Forest, and Forest Glen, Barcroft is convenient to Washington, DC, via Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard...
06/24/2010
OK, this is really not that information to cover, but at first glance it seems a bit confusing. Real estate agents and appraisers, alike, blow these definitions all the time. And homeowners scream that hey, their particular style is better because of X, Y, and Z. Well, I'm here to set the record ...
06/24/2010
Douglas Park / New Arlington: Douglas Park, also spelled Douglass Park, encompasses another neighborhood, "New Arlington." Built in the 1920s, Douglas Park features many colonial-revival style homes. Also popular are bungalows and ranchers (ramblers). Douglas Park is convenient to Washington, ...
06/24/2010
Springvale: Hidden at the northern edge of Springfield in Fairfax County, Virginia, just west of Interstate 495, off Backlick Road, is Springvale. Older, contemporary-style homes sitting on streets named after birds in heavy woods make the neighborhood feel more like parts of Reston or Takoma Pa...
06/24/2010
Sugarland Heights: Midway between the towns of Sterling and Reston, at the northern edge of Herndon, in Fairfax County, Virginia, lies Sugarland Heights. It is an older neighborhood built in 1960s featuring mostly rambler-style homes on quarter-acre lots. While modest in size, the houses here a...
06/24/2010
Rainmaker
103,326
103,326
Rick Phillips
Expert & Customized Valuations
Service Areas
Real Estate Resources
Rick Phillips Jr. is a certified residential appraiser licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC. Living in Fairfax County with a location in Arlington, Rick appraises houses in all of Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Rick writes about real estate appraisals, appraisal issues, seller and buyer issues, local neighborhoods and market areas, real estate agent tips, steps to understanding a home's value, and much more.