Local Oddities and Other Tidbits - Washington D.C. Metro Area

Flooring sometimes pose problems to a homeowner because of multitudes of choices. For an inspiration on which flooring actually fits aspace in your house, here is Debbie Gartner's ensemble of flooring guides!Here is the 23nd installment of my flooring posts (along with links to the previous colle...

  Lighting is not a complicated matter, but for some it becomes a complex task. Being complex in the perspective of others is bound by the misconceptions about light and how it is installed to give light and beauty. Lighting experts are in consensus that lighting tasks become complicated if the h...

Keeping integrity of the password is very important. These alphanumeric characters are like the keys to our sites and other accounts. Just like how we protect our PINs, we should also think of smarter ways to secure our passwords. The hackers have become smarter too such that there are tons of ha...

In a recent sit-down meeting with a client who is asking help to market a property due to a job relocation, a question was raised which made me think as if I am a decorator. Pictures of what I have been seeing on TV, magazines, and on the internet - as well as the captivating walls of other clien...

  As promised, I will share some SEO tactics, of which some of you might already be familiar while others are not. It is a visibility game in the cyberspace today. To be noticed is the ultimate goal of everyone because it really matters to be successful – especially in an industry like real estat...

  The internet is a very rich reservoir of free tools that can help anyone from kids to adults. While surfing the internet earlier, I came across a tool that really caught my attention. It’s a browser plugin that readily displays the page ranking of a certain website you are visiting.   I became ...

  A common practice among Rainmakers is to follow the blogs of fellow bloggers and drop off some comments. While this is a conscious act of letting the blogger know that there is someone who finds his or her post useful, there are a handful of other benefits that blog following give to the follow...

  These days, it is very wise to inspect a property for sale thoroughly. Trust me. It will save you from many future inconveniences. Inspecting every part of the house including the basement will not let you blame yourself when problems arise in times when you are already dwelling in your newly-p...

  As I opened ActiveRain today, I did spot a few errors on my previous blog post titled Information can be funny too. While those were honest typographical errors, I felt guilty of not having run the spellchecker on the blog post.   The errors are passable enough that could be left unchanged with...

Who says learning can't bring fun, in the real essence of the word? It can make you smile and laugh while enriching your mind with information that are entirely new to you. Here are some fun facts that fed my mind and made me smile this day. A person has one heart and 206 bones. Break a bone and ...