DC Real Estate and Area Events: February 2009

The numbers are in for Anacostia Washington DC Real Estate Market Report Zip code 20019-Sorry it took me forever to report them. No need to be discouraged by the numbers. Even though sales are down and it took around the same amount of time to sell a house,change is here.

With The $8,000 Tax Credit -- Let's Break it Down,the numbers should be getting better soon-let's pray it does. Anyway here is the Anacostia Washington DC Real Estate Market Report -Zip code 20020.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website www.buyandsellnewhomes.com . I can also be reached at my new Outside blog www.Get  or Twitter DCSold.comhttp://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

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This is the first Deanwood Washington DC Real Estate Market Report-zip code 20019 for 2009. The good news from the Deanwood Washington DC Real Estate Market Report-zip code 20019 is that more homes sold this year prior to last year and total sale dollar volume is up.

Bad news? Houses for sale in Deanwood Washington DC-zip code 20019 are taking longer to sell. Also house values have dropped.

More home buyers in Deanwood Washington DC are using the FHA Loan. And with The $8,000 Tax Credit -- Let's Break it Down,more home buyers in Washington DC will want to buy a house in NE Washington-Deanwood. Here is the rest of the report.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

Most of us real estate professionals use Google Alerts. It is a tool that helps you keep track of information that you are interested in finding out about as soon as it hits the Web. This is a marketing tool that I think can help you become the Real Estate Neighborhood Expert for the neighborhoods and/or subdivisions that you farm and sell real estate.

So I was alerted about this article titled "Real estate agents play matchmaker" and I decided to check it out. Here are some excerpts from the article on www.ajchomefinder.com

In addition,33 percent of Realtors are involved in social networking sites or blogs for business with the most popular being Facebook,Active Rain and personal blogs according to the NAR".

Out of all the millions of social networking sites and websites out there,to mention only Facebook and Active Rain shows how powerful and effective this great website Active Rain is. Just read some of the many success stories from Real Estate Agents who have gained business from this site Success Stories

So to the rest of the 67% real estate agents who have not members of Active Rain,you need to get on board and become a part of this great online networking site. It will probably be one of the best decisions you have ever made for your real estate career.

To read more about this article,please click on this link Real estate agents play matchmaker

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

Hello my people. I want to say Happy Valentines Day to all of my beautiful ladies. I am sorry I can't give you all roses. But I still have nothing but love for you. And to the guys make sure you get her something very nice. Or you can always do something for her that won't put a hole in your wallet or bank account( A lot of people like to spend money for Valentines Day).

Do something for her that won't cost you nothing. I got ideas but my viewership is growing so I have to keep this show blog PG-13-LOL. But here is the "Free Washington DC Area Events" Blog-Enjoy.

                                                                 SATURDAY

Come to this free event to hear loud punk anti-ballads. Drink specials are on the agenda (But I got your attention now) This event will be at Gazuga on 1629 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC.

Can't get your Ex off of your mind? Bring photos and get them shredded at the Bottom Line on 1716 I St NW Washington DC.

DJ Glenn and Handsome B.Wonderful spin 50s and 60s rock blues,doo-wop and R&B at the Black Cat on 1811 14th St NW Washington DC.

Its Frederick Douglas 191st birthday. Come and see more about his life at a day of house tours and various performers such as Ketchum Elementary School,poet Amy Williams and more. Call 202-426-5961 for more information.

                                                                SUNDAY

Daytona 500 Viewing Party. Come dressed to see the NASCAR race at Porter's Dining Saloon. You can win prizes at the door. Potter's Dining Saloon is located at 1207 19th St NW Washington DC.

This holiday weekend,come to this house,techno and electro dance party at Napoleon. Napoleon is on 1847 Columbia Rd NW Washington DC. Call 202-299-9630 for more information.

The Power of Chocolate: Chocolate for Americas. This festival will include performances by Peruvian dancers and more. This event will be at the National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution on Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW Washington DC. Call 202-633-1000 for more information.

The Original Emanicipation Proclamation Lincoln's Declaration of Freedom for slaves in the southern states will be on view at the National Archives and Records Administration on Constitution Avenue and Seventh Street Washington DC. Call 202-357-5000 for more information.

That's it for this weeks "Free Washington DC Area Events". Tune in next week for another 'Free Washington DC Area Events". Same time,same place. Again Happy Valentines Day. This is yours truly Lanre Folayan-Real Estate Professional with Exit Premier Realty wishing you a safe and blessed Weekend.

 Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

Happy Valentines Day to all of you beautiful ladies out there. And don't be sad if you don't have a date or get a rose from anyone. I still got love for you. And fellas,give your ladies what she always want and deserve-A dollar value meal at McDonalds-Just kidding. Unless you want to start dating yourself-I am sure you don't want to do that. You better have something special for her. I got some ideas but this is a PG Rated show blog.

Anywhere whether you have or don't have plans for Valentines Day,here is the Washington DC Area Events for February 14-15 2009

                                                                 SATURDAY

Erin Jackson will be performing stand up comedy at the Improv on 1140 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC. Price:$17. Call 202-296-7008 for more information.

R&B Soul crooner Bilal performs at the Bohemian Caverns on 2003 11th St NW Washington DC. Price:$25. Call 202-299-0800 for more information.

Chuck Todd provides a state by state guide to how Barack Obama achieved his victory as well as a toolbar for understanding the political implications of the 2008 presidential election in How Barack Obama won at Politics and Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

Come and groove to Latin music at the Eighteenth Street Lounge on 1212 18th St NW Washington DC. Price:$10. Call 202-466-3922 for more information.

Jeffrey Taylor journeyed from Moscow to Beijing finding a region riddled with autocratic states,cheap labor,petro dollars and an entrenched resistance to Western ideas of democracy in Murder for Mausoleums at Politics anc Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave NW. Time:7pm. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

                                                                SUNDAY

Burt Solomon looks back at the situation Roosevelt faced in 1937 when the Supreme Court consistently ruled against New Deal Legislation and FDR tried to pack the court.

Jerry "The Iceman" Butler will be performing at the Blues Alley on 1073 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington DC. Price:$92 on Feb.14th. Price:$43. Call 202-337-4141 for more information.

Come to the DC International Wine and Food Festival where more than 280 international and domestic wineries will provide samples of more than 1000 wines at this festival featuring wine and food tasting cooking demonstrations and seminars. Price:$85.

This event will be at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washinton DC. Call 1-800-343-1174 for more information.

Eddie Gosling from the Jimmy Kimmel Show and Disney's The Wild will be performing at the DC Improv on 1140 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC. Call 202-296-7008 for more information.

Did you love the animation movie "The Incredibles"?. If so,come and see the show on ice at the Verizon Center on 601 F St NW Washington DC. Price: $15-$75. Call 202-397-7328 for more information.

Well that's it for this week. Tune in next week for another blog on Washington DC Area Events. Again Happy Valentines Day. Have a great and safe weekend.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

Craigslist as we all know is a website where you can find just about anything to buy since every day somebody is trying to sell something on the website that you or somebody else might be interested in buying.

So this past friday I put an ad on Craigslist. Within like thirty minutes,people were calling me-Unbelievable. Yesterday I had like 12 calls and two e-mails off of my ad alone. (I even got a call after I had just sold the car) I was so swamped with calls that I didn't start returning calls until the end of the day. So I finally returned one of the guys call and he told me that he is very interested in my car. He sounded a little irritated. I guess so since I didn't call him back like I said I was. But I found out today that it was because he had some bad experiences with some sellers who lied in their ads. (Tell the truth and the truth shall set you free)

But to cut a long story short,the guy told me that he will come tomorrow morning at 9am. I met the guy around 8:55am -so he was definitely came before time which showed how serious he was. After he test drive the car,he gave me offer and I decided that I will sell the car to him at that price.

I guess one of the reasons why I got a lot of calls on my car was because I was selling the car for probably way less under market value than what anyone else would've probably sold their car for. And the buyer was a mechanic who is into Toyota Camry cars so I was a lucky too. Hopefully since I was able to sell him my car for under market value,he can refer my services to other people he knows who are talking about buying or selling a house.

This is a another reason why you should always price your listing at market value or below market value if you want it to sell quickly. Because when you price it right,it will sell.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

I am sure you probably thought that you weren't going to get a Free Washington DC Area Events. Since so many of you (two viewers) come here every week to read my Free Washington DC Area Events blog,I felt that I had to continue to fulfill my duties of letting you know of the area events happening in Washington DC every week. So here is your 'Free Washington DC Area Events" for this week.

                                                               SATURDAY

Be Abraham Lincoln-but only for one day. Kids can practice saying the Gettysburg Address and meet an Abe reanactor at the National Archives and Records Administration on Constitution and Seventh Street Washington DC. Call 202-357-5000 for more information.

PAUL MALISZEWSKI discusses and signs copies of Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders at Politics and Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave NW. Time:1pm. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

P.W. SINGER-a senior fellow at Brookings, discusses and signs Wired For War, which explores how future wars may be fought by Terminator-like machines fashioned from robotics technology that has previously been the stuff of science fiction at Politics and Prose 0n 5015 Connecticut Ave NW. Time:6pm. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

                                                                SUNDAY

JAY MATHEWS-the Washington Post educational reporter,profiles Knowledge is Power, a program designed to help low-income children succeed in school, in Work Hard. Be Nice. This event will be held at Politics and Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave NW. Time: 5pm. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

Come and see posters on display date from late 19th Century to the present at the National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution on Eighth and F Street NW Washington DC. Call 202-633-1000 for more information.

Washington Auto Show- A collection of more than 700 new cars,trucks,mini-vans and sports-utility vehicles will be at the Walter E.Washington Convention Center at 801 Mount Vernon Place Washington DC. Adults have to pay. However this event is free for ages 5 and younger.

 JABARI ASIM- now editor-in-chief of the NAACP's Crisis magazine,examines how Obama turned the old civil-rights model of African-American leadership on its head in What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future. He believes that Obama's election signals that progress has been made in healing wounds and broadening America's concept of leadership. This event will be held at Politics and Prose on 5015 Connecticut Ave NW. Time: 1pm. Call 202-364-1919 for more information.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"

 Looking for something to do this weekend but don't know where to go? Well! You have come to the right place- This Washington DC Area Events blog will provide you with a list of area events in Washington DC.

                                                           SATURDAY

A world wine tasting event will be held at the Veritas on 2031 Florida Ave NW. Price:$40.

Come and see Rock act Shortstack perform at the Black Cat on 815 1811 14th St NW Washington DC. Price:$10. Call 202-667-7960 for more information.

Young people will dance battle and raise money at the same time for the Benning Urban Arts Academy. This event will be held at the St. Stephens Church on 1525 Newton St NW Washington DC. Price:5. Call 202-232-0900 for more information.

Timmy Regisford will be at Trinidad and Tobago Association of Washington DC on 5123 Georgia Ave NW Washington DC. Price:$15 before midnight. $20 after. Call 202-722-1210 for more information.

Come and see fraternity step teams perform to help raise money for the Black Genesis Scholarship at George Washington University-Lisner Auditorium at 730 21st NW Washington DC. Price:$20. Call 202-432-7329 for more information.

Come and share your "I knew he just wasn't that into me when" story at Georgetown Cupcake and get a free cupcake with the purchase of three. Georgetown Cupcake is located at 1209 Potomac St NW Washington DC. Call 202-333-8448 for more information.

                                                           SUNDAY

Vinyl record dealers from the east coast bring their goods from the cheap to the rare with DJ's Name Names,Dr Mac and Nitekrawler. This event will be held at Civilian Arts Projects on 406 7th St NW. 3rd Floor. Washington DC. Price:$2. Call 202-328-3345 for more information.

Up and coming indie artist The Morning Benders will be performing at Black Cat on 1811 14th St NW Washington DC. Price:$12. $10 in advance. Act Submarines and Dawn Landers will be backstage. Call 202-667-7960 for more information.

Eddie Gossling will be performing stand up comedy at the DC IMPROV 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. Call (202) 296-7008 for more information.

Looking for a Washington DC Real Estate Professional that will help you buy or sell your next house or want a "Free Real Estate Market Report" in your area of choice? Check out my website Houses for sale in Washington,DC. I can also be reached at Lanre Folayan "Buy home Washington DC" (EXIT PREMIER REALTY ... or Twitter http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale. Please give me a call at 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office) at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much. Looking forward to helping you make your home purchase or sale a stress free and very happy one. Have a great day.  "Buy home Washington DC"