Fear of BuyingPolls and surveys of different age groups consistently say the same thing - renters are afraid they'll never own their own home. There are a variety of reasons cited including: lack of affordable housing, bad credit and college debt. The increase in interest rates is certainly not h
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01/24/2024
How Could You Not Love Black Friday?I'm a Jersey Girl at heart and there was nothing better than East Coast Black Friday back in the 80's, 90s and early 2000's. The Hollish women saw Black Friday as a sport and with our 6-foot+ wing spans, we could hold our own no matter how crowded it was on Bla
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12/04/2023
I'm expanding upon an ActiveRain post I wrote in 2015 where I listed 20 things I learned tending bar. While most ring true today, this lesson is a harder one to relate to real estate completely because I got married before I became a REALTOR®So today's post focuses on the third of twenty lessons
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11/09/2023
I'm expanding upon an ActiveRain post I wrote in 2015 where I listed 20 things I learned tending bar. While the list still rings true, I'd like to expand on each of the 20 lessons a bit more. I also realized that these lessons were accumulated through many service jobs I've taken on, including as
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11/03/2023
I recently re-read an ActiveRain post I wrote in 2015 where I listed 20 things I learned tending bar. In reflection, the list still rings true to me, but I wish I had taken the time to expand on each of the 20 lessons a bit more. I also realized that these lessons were accumulated through many se
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09/08/2023
Should I put my home on the market now or wait until spring?This is by far the question I'm asked most during the fall and winter months. It's as if people think that those who want to buy or rent a home stop wanting housing when it gets cold outside. For the record, they do not. There is a stea
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09/05/2023
Learning by ServingA real estate career begins with a pretty steep learning curve. First you realize that all that information you learned to get your real estate license didn't really teach you the step-by-step, day-to-day skills, practices, and scripts you'll need to find buyers and sellers, wr
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08/31/2023
Are you looking for an agent who makes your wants and needs her highest priority?In the Metro DC Area there are thousands of REALTORs you could hire to help you sell your current home or buy another one.So, Why Should You Hire Me, Dana Hollish Hill?Because I'm exceptional. Look, I know how that s
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07/24/2023
When I was an exchange student in Finland, I remember realizing it was the 4th of July and no one around me thought of it as a special day or holiday. I married a British man and soon realized that July 4th meant something very different to him than it did to my fellow Americans. Many countries c
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07/04/2023
Is AI Solving More Problems than it's Causing?Back in April I asked ChatGPT about the best way for a new REALTOR® to get leads and most of you liked the results, but felt they were a bit robotic and lacked personality.So, I tried to imagine how AI might develop and feel less robotic and more warm
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06/15/2023
