Yesterday I was driving to Giant when I drove past a cluster of furniture sitting on the curb across from CVS. 
This wasn’t stuff being put out for trash pick-up or a yard sale.  Sadly, it’s someone’s life being severly affected in a negative way.  Someone’s Crofton home or Crofton rental was being evicted.  How distressing [...]

Every seller wants to know how long their house is going to be on the market. That is an absolutely fair question and one, unfortunately, that no agent can really answer. So what do you do? I would suggest that you can at least get some idea by looking at data. [...]

I would never be so blunt as to tell one of my sellers that, but sometimes an agent just has to bite their tongue and try an end around.
When you’re in a house day in and day out sometimes you just don’t smell what others can smell. Pet odors, smoking and ethnic cooking are [...]

When the new elementary school in Crofton is completed next year several hundred elementary school children will be reassigned to the new school.  While I’m sure that some parents will welcome this move there are also a number who will be disaffected.
To their credit the School Board has been having a series of meetings to [...]

And now a drum roll please.  The National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Buyers’ Home Feature Preferences for 2007 has spoken and here is what buyer’s are saying they want in the way of features in a home.

Central Air Conditioning
Oversize Garage
Walk in closet in Master Bedroom
Backyard/play area
Cable/satellite TV ready
High speed internet access
Separate showers in main [...]

I’ve shown quite a few Annapolis MD real estate in the past week or so and I’ve noticed that many of them aren’t really ready for showing.  Oh sure, for the most part they’re clean and picked up.  What I’m talking about is the lighting, or lack thereof.
If you’re trying to sell your house you really should [...]

It’s difficult to sell a house, especially in this market.  Despite that many people try on their own in order to save having to pay a commission to a brokerage.  Some are successful and some aren’t.
Yesterday I was showing homes to a qualified buyer and next door to one of the homes I was showing [...]