Energy Star tax creditsFranklyMLS.com is a superb web site that I use for searching and analyzing residential properties in this, the DC/Maryland/Virginia region. It’s my favorite tool because it is fast, easy and returns latest MLS data in a format I can analyze in Microsoft Excel, text and numericals. No gobble-dee-gook. Other web [...]
Here is an exciting example of green design filled with good ideas.
This LEED certified home in Arlington is also an beautiful example of how a lower carbon footprint looks and how utility bills can be lowered to almost nothing.
Is it ironic that the house is listed for $1.175 million but the [...]
Homes and small commercial buildings may benefit from the application of ductless mini splits. What the heck is that? I was watching one of those TV programs on renovating homes the other day when a discussion came up about air conditioning an attic room with low ceilings and small windows. Someone suggested [...]
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Lately, we ( my partner and my team) have been looking daily and diligently for rehab properties, and making offers (or trying to ) on the ones we like.
However, a peculiar thing is happening with bank-owned (REO ) home in northern VA. There have been rumors of dishonesty and unscrupulous operators. And [...]
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I have been seeing more and more use of a dramatically different but simple solution to the age old problem of how to best construct a crawl space. Years ago, I decided that they were evil,
but I seem to end up with them in so many buildings that I work on. [...]
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An interesting web site Denver Home Values made this 2007 commentary. Its a bit dated, but it discloses the lack of widespread standardization of the data.
“The difficulty of dealing with the many legal and technical issues has not prevented a few national real estate conglomerates from attempting to build a national [...]
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Am I imagining this?
Is this ridiculous or what? New homes?!
During the week of April 26th, Texas-based Guaranty Bank demolished about a dozen new houses in California. I don’t understand how or why they could not [...]
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