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2007
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On NOVEMBER 26, 1997 I attended settlement on a home in Annandale that I sold to a couple newly arrived in the area. This year, exactly 10 years later, on NOVEMBER 26, 2007 they went to settlement on the home pictured on the right. I have seen their young daughters grow to college age young la...
12/26/2007
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It is one thing to sell to Americans who are out of the country such as my blog about John and Kay who were in Hawaii and purchased their home through me over the internet without ever having seen the home before they arrived for settlement.It is quite another thing to sell to foreign diplomat...
12/26/2007
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Sellers frequently contact me through my website to market their property.. That is not unusual except I am contacted by out-of-town sellers. They look at the depth of my experience and my utilization of technology.My website details my ACTION PLAN to market a property. There are not many ...
12/25/2007
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John and Kay were in Hawaii with orders to Fort Belvoir. They contacted me through my website They were interested in purchasing their first home and preferred working with an agent with in-depth experience.During our initial conversations we discussed location, financing and dates for a hous...
12/25/2007
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The Hecht Co. had been a leading mid-Atlantic department store since 1857. In August of 2006 the company was purchased by Macy's. Each year my husband and I visit a different local mall to window shop and admire the decorations - this year we headed for Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax. Imagine our...
12/24/2007
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My husband decided many years ago that a girl from Albuquerque had very limited appreciation of snowmen. The fact that I spent alternating Christmas holidays with grandparents in South Dakota and Illinois did not register. Every year I get a "surprise" gift of one or more snowpeopleThere is n...
12/23/2007
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The Christmas ornament at the right is a slate roof section from one of the most historic churches in Northern Virginia. Old Presbyterian Meeting House on South Fairfax Street in the City of Alexandria was chartered as a Presbyteian congregation in 1772 . The sanctuary you see pictured was b...
12/21/2007
Every year during the holiday season the Rotary Club of West Springfield invites Springfield area school students to perform at one of our club meetings. We meet every Wednesday at 7:30 AM at the Springfield Golf and Country Club on Old Keene Mill Road.This morning we were entertained by the Ora...
12/19/2007
Showing and selling homes in Orange Hunt Estates for the past 3 decades has been a very gratifying experence for my husband and myself. The homes have continued to be popular since they were first introduced in 1967. It is due in no small part to their superior commuting and shopping location, o...
12/19/2007
On December 16, The Potomac News and Manassas Journal Messenger ran a cover story about the J.E.Rice Hardware Store which is located in the Manassas Shopping Center on Mathis Avenue. Their saying is, "If we don't have it you don't need it or they don't make it." J.E.Rice, Sr. opened the store ...
12/19/2007
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