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2013 

Specifically Decorated Homes Can Limit Your Potential Buyer Pool As a Listing Agent in Northern Virginia, I can attest that conversations about specifically decorated homes, with the owners who did the decorating can be rough.  There is an emotional investment in making a house a home, and part o...
10/19/2013
My Special Buddy--Gray Kitty My husband and I moved to Bristow, VA in December 2004.  It was about a year after moving here that we noticed a feral cat in need of food on around our property.  He had a head tilt so I wondered if maybe he'd been abused and abandoned.  Whatever the case, because ha...
10/18/2013
Even an Afternoon Out With a Friend Turns into Finding Someone's Home This afternoon I had an appointment to do a preliminary listing evaluation of a condo in the Tysons Corner area.  However, because the owner was not feeling well, they cancelled and left me with some free time around lunch.  Lu...
10/17/2013
Don't Our Family and Friends Deserve the Best Agent For the Job? It never ceases to amaze me how important we personally think we are to a real estate transaction in which a family member or friend is involved.  We all have egos and likely, if we are successful real estate agents, we are probably...
10/16/2013
Kingsbrooke Townhouse Report:  September 2013 The leaves are changing into their brilliant colors and starting to fall in Kingsbrooke.  It won't be long before Trick-or-Treaters are walking up and down the neighborhood streets, or grocery stores are jam packed with folks getting ready for Thanksg...
10/16/2013
Kingsbrooke Single Family Home Report:  September 2013 It is nearly time for trick-or-treaters to put on those costumes and make the rounds for candy in Kingsbrooke.  Halloween is just one of the reasons that autumn is such a magical time of year.  As we settle into the season, we do have a chanc...
10/16/2013
End Unit Townhouse in Centreville's Centre Ridge--SOLD! It is always a great feeling when a former client refers a friend to me for help to buy or sell.  In late May (2013) I was contacted by a young couple, referred to me by a former Short Sale Seller.  I met with them and we talked over the hom...
10/15/2013
Victory Lakes Townhouse Report:  September 2013 Fall is my favorite time of year.  Crisp temperatures and the brilliant colors of the foliage make it a special time of year.  Victory Lakes has definitely seen fall creeping in.  And Halloween will be here before we know it.  Until then, let's take...
10/13/2013
Victory Lakes Single Family Home Report:  September 2013 Autumn has settled over Victory Lakes and the Bristow area.  The leaves are changing and beginning to fall.  If you judged fall on this past week, it would be a soggy one.  Overcast and drizzly is not my idea of fall fun, but at least we ar...
10/13/2013
Howl-O-Ween Pet Adoption Fair & Open House in Bristow, VA (2013) Caring Hands Animal Hospital in the Bristow's Braemar Village Shopping Center is hosting its annula pet adoption fair and open house.  There's nothing quite like the unconditional love you receive from a pet and finding homes for th...
10/13/2013
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