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Real Estate’s Spring Thaw

March 19, 2017

My spring update on Huffington Post. ~~~~~ In Washington DC, there really is no such thing as a spring thaw. The entire winter was pretty mild which I am happy about, but then we got a cold blast the last couple weeks. Weather can wreak some havoc on a real estate market, because everyone’s question […]

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Just Got Paid, It’s Friday Night

February 18, 2017

My life has reached a new low.  On Fridays I used to feel like the song by one Johnny Kemp – happy, out hunting for a party.  Now, Fridays are more like Crazy Train. What happened tonight in this house takes a whole new cake, more so than any other cake taken by the Terror […]

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“It’s Good, It’s Good”

February 14, 2017

I spent the weekend house hunting with a couple clients. We saw lots of houses. Some good. Some not good. On Friday, I scheduled the appointments for Sunday. Call me crazy, but when I follow the listing’s instructions requiring an appointment 2 hours in advance, and I show up with my client to find that […]

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Couldn’t Get it Right

Couldn’t Get it Right

February 12, 2017

Weekends are for working. But today I had a partial day and then planned to meet the girls and Real Estate Dad (he’s also in the business, but only develops land because he claims he could never deal with clients) at a birthday shindig. I zig zagged across DC several times before arriving at the […]

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Crazy Weather, Crazy DC Real Estate Market

February 09, 2017

From moi, Huffington Post Style! ~~~~~ In the Fall (of 2016, remember then?) the DC real estate market was having a breakdown of sorts. Buyers were changing their minds quite a bit. Historically, with the low inventory levels in Washington, D.C., buyers rarely walked away from a house they successfully placed under contract. It wasn’t unheard […]

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