Posts with tag 'Roanoke Valley'

April showers bring May flowers…and many home care opportunities. This is a great time to check on gutters, downspouts, rain barrels, foundational cracks, and windows. 

Did you know that for every inch of rainfall on a 1000 square foot roof, 600 gallons of water can collect? If you collect water in a rain barrel, you can reuse it for irrigating ornamental trees, lawn, and flowers; washing your vehicles; rinsing out recyclable containers before tossing them into the bin; and spraying down your walkways. 

Rainy spring days are a good time to check on the basement and crawlspace. Water stains along the wall and floor, excess moisture, or mold can be good indicators that you need to look further at windows and foundational issues with a professional. 

If the sides or bottoms of your windows show a few leaks during a downpour, y...

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I've been thinking a lot about my family, friends, clients past and present, and colleagues over the past few days, and I wanted to take this opportunity to reach out and see how everyone's doing. 

It's been about a week and a half since we were instructed by federal and state governments to begin taking significant measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus. What that looks like is different for different people, but nonetheless, it's turned our lives upside down and been the source of great disruption and anxiety for most people. 

In addition to concerns about the virus itself are people's worries about the economy. We've watched in disbelief as the stock market has gone on...

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While scrolling through Facebook a couple of days ago, I ran across a funny post. It was a picture of a frazzled salesman — crazy hair and disheveled clothes. I can't remember exactly what the words said, but the idea was that everyone in any kind of sales can identify with the year-end push to close deals.

I guess that's true in real estate, too. As an agent, I compete with myself each year to better my performance, and some years, it seems like a race to the finish.

But at the beginning of a new year, when we're all pledging to make fresh starts in all kinds of areas, I'm not really thinking anymore about the number of closings I had last year. What's on my mind is what each one of those closings represented to the person or family I sat with at the closing table and what I learned that will help m...

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I work with a lot of families who are relocating to the Roanoke Valley from other parts of the country, and they always have lots of questions about the area, of course. I tell them all that I can. After all, showing off my hometown is one of my favorite parts of the job.

So for those families I haven't met yet, I thought I'd put together this list of six reasons you should consider making the Roanoke Valley your home.

1. Low cost of living: Time after time, Roanoke is shown to offer the best value of any metro area in Virginia and many popular metro markets in the region. As of Feb...

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