Living in Northern Virginia

As a real estate professional in the worst area in the U.S. for commuters (worse than Los Angeles) I often get asked, "how long will it take me to get to work from here?". The answer to that question is never easy. In a place where distance is measured in minutes rather than miles, commute times ...

Part of being an international real estate sensation is having listings all over the world. I'm just getting started, but I am most proud of my current offering: A large villa for lease just outside the International Zone in the City of Baghdad. This villa is perfect for international corporate h...

  Many of my friends and colleagues know that I am singer in addition to being a REALTOR. As expected, the DC area is host to numerous commemorative concerts and performances in the coming days. I am happy to be a part of one of them. I've invited guest blogger C.H. Dulmage to write about our upc...

It has taken me this long to become emotionally detached from a deal that I was involved in last November to the point where I can now write about it.I met this client when I was on a special duty assignment for the Army Reserve. It was a month long assignment and I made fast friends with this cl...

Alot of agents asked me how I made my first real estate music video. First, it started with an idea. A friend of my nephew's posted the original "It's Friday" video on his Facebook page. This singular action started my creative juices flowing. Within a day, I created the alternate lyrics for my s...

I just had these three questions posed to me today: Q: Can a house be sold without an appraisal? A: A buyer cannot secure a loan without an appraisal. The appraisal assigns a value to the home. This value is what the lender will use to determine how much and if to loan the purchase money to the b...

OK, technically, its not my very first video, but it is my first music video. A couple of months ago, a very annoyingly catchy song by 13 year-old Rebecca Black called "It's Friday" made the rounds on YouTube. The song was so silly, funny, irritating, and liked and disliked by so many, that parod...

A prospective client recently said to me that they heard that you need 20% down to buy a house these days. My response was a calm, collected, professional-sounding "you only need 3.5% if you qualify for FHA, other than that, sometimes 5-10% is sufficient." This was my response, of course, AFTER I...

The countdown continues. As of this writing (1:44pm), it seems that the debate hinges on one thing: funding for Planned Parenthood. Democrats are holding fast to continue giving Federal dollars to the organization and Republicans are holding fast to cut funding for it. A measure to keep the gover...

San Antonio is my hometown. Fiesta always started at my university. Long traditions die hard in Texas, this one never will. Feeling homesick for oysters right about now!Fiesta Oyster Bake in San Antonio, TXViva Fiesta Osyter Bake 2011!  It’s that time of year again to enjoy some great entertainme...