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You and Your Furnace Have Years of Useful Life

As of August 16, 2025, I am 66 years and 4 months old, just a few months shy of the life expectancy for males born in the United States in 1959. If I were a furnace, with winter fast approaching, my owner would replace me now to avoid the inconvenience of my inevitable 'breakdown' at the most inopportune time this coming January. Or would they?

Since 1959, professional service contractors, with advanced...

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The Window of Opportunity is Here

Some things never change. No matter how hot the market is in the spring, some homes will linger longer than you might expect. And, when a great house is unsold, you can be sure someone who's lost out ...

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Don’t Get Blinded by The Light

Everyone knows that the big shining object in a real estate offer to purchase is the price. Buyers and their agents use the price to blind home sellers to the trouble hiding in the details. If you let...

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Consumer Sentiment

Nothing disrupts consumer sentiment like uncertainty. And when it comes to real estate, nothing changes a market like unemployment. Right now, home owners in the Washington D.C. area who are uncertain...

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So, What Happened With Commissions?

Last year, the multi-billion dollar commission lawsuit settlement the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) accepted triggered great expectations of commission relief for home sellers. That was until...

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When did the market get CRAZY?

There was a day when buyers controlled the market, and sellers agreed to concessions and negotiated on price. I remember those days when the market started to change. In the summer of 2016, we saw mor...

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