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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:02 PM

Home Maintenance Tip - Protecting Your Home While Away on Vacation

8 Tips to Protect Your Home While Away on Vacation By Kelly O'Ryan Many lucky families are planning holiday trips to cure their winter blues. Here are some important things to remember if you leave your home for several days. Make sure to hold the
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Monday, March 28, 2011 5:41 PM

Home Maintenance Tip - Keeping Your Water Heater Fit

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” ~Henry Ford Home Maintenance Tip - Keeping Your Water Heater Fit Most people don't give much thought to their water heater - they just turn on the faucet and expect
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Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:23 PM

10 Maintenance Tips for New Homeowners

Moving into a new home is indeed one of the most exciting times of your life. That’s why it’s important to start out on the right foot and start caring for your home—and protecting your investment—right away. As a Member of the
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Saturday, June 26, 2010 7:24 AM

Top 5: What to Consider When Buying a Home

What to Consider When Buying a Home Thanks to the perfect storm of low prices, attractive inventory, and affordable interest rates, this continues to be a lucrative time to invest in a home, whether it be a first home, a move-up home, or a second home.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:39 AM

1st Time Homebuyer Seminar - August 29th - Herndon, VA

You're Invited to Attend a FREE First Time Homebuyer Seminar Why wonder what it takes to buy a home in today's real estate market when you can get solid information? Our workshop will help you become a confident, educated homebuyer! Please view
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Attachment(s): Homebuyer SeminarGrantElden with Kim's picture.pdf
Sunday, May 10, 2009 7:14 AM

Freddie Mac Loan Options & Refinance Programs - Avoid Foreclosure

A friend of mine that works at Freddie Mac sent me an email with the following useful information. It has great information on when it is worth while to refinance even if you are not in trouble but just want to reduce your rate. I think the hardest qualification
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:21 PM

USA Today's take on How to Green Your Home & Prius vs. Luxury Car

I feel like I was so busy yesterday that I didn't get to give Earth Day the attention that it deserves. Attached is a link from USATODAY which I think is cool becuase it goes through your house and shows you how to make it more green. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/graphics/going_green/flash.htm
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Monday, February 02, 2009 9:26 PM

This week in Northern Virginia Real Estate - For the Week Ending 1/31/2009

Happy New Year! I realize it is already February but I have gotten off to a busy start this year and have thus been neglecting my Blog. The market is picking up in certain areas and for certain property types which is good news. Inventory: In the $250-400k
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Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:29 PM

How to remove cigarette odor?

I went into a potential investment property today and was overpowered by the smell of cigarette smoke before I even walked through the front door. It was so bad that the curtains were yellow, the linoleum floor in the kitchen was yellow, and the walls
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