Home sale contingencies are a reality for many homebuyers across the country. Considering that a house is most people’s largest investment, it stands to reason that qualifying to purchase what is likely a bigger and more expensive investment, while holding onto your current property, is just out of reach for many people making moderate incomes. […]
Last year, I helped a dear client sell her home that she and her husband had owned for more than 20 years. He had passed away a few months prior to our discussions and when we first met in August of 2017, I could feel her pain. Her grown daughter and I walked the house […]
Where the big picture meets the rubber in the road is forever fascinating to me. When I see my clients impacted by economic trends, my job is to do the research so I can discuss this impact in practical terms and make sense of things like rising costs or construction delays. In our team meeting on […]
Happy Mother’s Day to the moms who have a newborn, an infant, a toddler, a preschooler, a school age child, a middle-schooler, a teenager, a college student, any kind of 20 something, a grown child, a married child, a child thinking about having a child, and those children who have lamented they’ll never have a […]
Back in 2007, when I was working for Turner Construction as a Project Manager, I was sent to Delaware for leadership training. I was required to take a much dreaded “public speaking” training that was an intense workshop over the course of 2 days, with a well-known consultant named Joe Takash. I was nervous, I […]
Though I don’t always love the colder months and I’ve often romanticized the idea of living elsewhere, my love of Virginia is unyielding. Growing up along the GW Parkway and Potomac River, I know I took for granted the proximity to our nation’s history and access to all the historical buildings and land that spreads […]
If someone’s going to come to you with a ridiculously outlandish idea, his name is probably going to be Ryan Zook. You are going to initially balk at the feasibility and think I’ve never done this before! It can’t be done! And then, most likely, 24 hours later, you’ll be almost done making a 2 […]
As a Realtor, one of the most valuable services we can provide our clients is our knowledge of the human element when it comes to a typical transaction. Over time in this profession, you begin to see patterns with how buyers and sellers will operate in most situations. And although it can always be surprising […]
I shan’t give away the details, but I was planning my husband’s birthday earlier today and thinking about the logistics of getting to and from the destinations I have planned. The fact that I know we can get easily to and fro, without looking for parking multiple times or worrying about having too many cocktails […]
When we moved into our house, the first major project we did was switch out the front doors. I say “major” not because it was a lengthy project but because it completely transformed the outside of our home, as well as the daylight coming into our home. For weeks, I had seen the listing for […]
