It's small business week. What are you doing to support small and local businesses?I've been highlighting some of the local business owners who are members of Tenleytown Main Street on my blog. To kick off the interviews, I posted a video. Over the next few weeks I posted my mini interviews. Firs
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05/04/2018
Thinking about selling your home?If you're like me, you're curious about how much your home is worth. Whether you're planning to sell your home, thinking about refinancing your home, or dreaming about an addition or upgrade to your home, knowing the current value of your home is helpful informati
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03/22/2018
You may have seen the video I posted in a recent ActiveRain post titled "...something new, something borrowed..." about an upcoming series of interviews of small business owners in Tenleytown, a neighborhood in NW Washington DC. My brokerage is a member of Tenleytown Main Street and I decided to
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03/20/2018
As someone who was born and raised in Northern Ohio, I am one of the many adults who cannot believe how many snow days my county allows each year. I feel like people get worked up into a frenzy each time a weather forecaster predicts the possibility of snow.Recent Emergency WeatherI recently wrot
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03/20/2018
Tenleytown Main Street MembershipWith all the media hype encouraging holiday shopping each year, most people know that the Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday. And with all the Internet ads you're probably aware that the Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday. Did you k
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03/10/2018
I woke up to my alarm clock flashing 12:00. I walked down the hall to make sure my daughter was getting ready for school. "School's cancelled, Mom" she said. As I sit listening to the wind rushing against my home which backs to very large trees, I'm wondering what has happened to cause school t
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03/03/2018
As we hit the spring market in the DC Metropolitan Area, many listings are drawing multiple offers in the double digits. When you're in a seller's market and your buyer has to sell their home to buy a home, it may seem hopeless. There are options, one of them is a Bridge Loan.What is a Bridge Loa
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02/02/2018
Curious about how the latest Tax Reform might impact lending, real estate, and you personally? Worried if less buyers will buy in the higher price ranges if they can't write off the mortgage interest? Wondering if areas with higher state and local property taxes may see an exodus of homeowners t
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01/25/2018
Adding it upIf you're like me, you enjoy reading factoids, info-graphics and statistics. Especially when the numbers or results are relevant to you. If you are thinking about buying or selling a home in Virginia, and are curious to know what has been happening in the real estate market in Virgini
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01/14/2018
Even though it's the first week of January and the temperatures are incredibly low, the traffic at properties and the numbers of offers are quite high. Lise Howe does a great job of spelling out some the of the things you can do to battle it out in the Bidding Wars. From the buyers’ standpoint,
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01/07/2018
