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How to Sell a Home after 20 Years
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 […]
Tariffs, Labor Shortages, and Hip Pain
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
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 […]
The Head and The Heart
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 […]
Land for Sale, Deed Book No 1751
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 […]
Win, lose, or draw
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 […]
Uber, Lyft, and Housing Prices
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 […]
Front Door Crush
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 […]
A Thing of Great Worth
I’ve been listening to an episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast with Simon Sinek who is the author of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. He’s a self-described “unshakable optimist.” He has a deep belief in building bright futures and that we all yearn to do that together, not alone. […]
10 Games for School Closures
January is here! 17 days off from school for winter break, 2 days in school, and 5 more days off! It’s been such a wonderfully full time with family. So many moods and so many grievances, lots of laughs, a million “I’m bored” complaints fielded, too much Amazon Prime to speak of, a carbohydrate frenzy, […]