Northern Virginia Real Estate and Community News Blog

ALERT to all tenants - be careful with the ICE!   Tenants with sidewalks are reminded that in Fairfax Co, Alexandria and Arlington you are responsible for clearing the walk in front of your townhouse or single-family home.  Please also be aware that some Ice Melt products are toxic and can be deadly to pets!   More snow is forecast f...

To all our tenants in Northern Virginia, and our Landlords around the world, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanakkuh too!

If you live in a townhouse or single family home, have you made sure your outdoor spigots have been winterized?  Not sure how to do that?  Check out the Maintenance Tips on our website under "Tenant Maintenance Tips."   Other things to check:  furnace filter (change every 2 months unless you have a special filter), clear leaves from ...

We've activated the E-Pay feature in Tenant Portals - so now tenants can log into their account to make one-time or recurring rent payments.

Happy 3rd Anniversary to Key Home Management!  We've come a long way in a short time, but we still are dedicated to hands-on, personal service to each of our owners, properties and tenants.  Our employees and families joined us in celebration at Il Fornaio in Reston, one of George's favorite Italian restaurants and one I highly recommen...

COMING SOON - We will activate the Pay Rent Here feature in Tenant Portals!  We've had lots of requests to do this, and so we've decided to make this happen for you!  It will allow tenants to log in to make a one-time payment that posts REAL TIME to our property management software (marks tenant's rent as PAID), or to set up recurring p...

Will it ever stop raining?   We unfortunately had a few flooded basements with this last round of storm, and more severe weather is predicted for later this week.  VERY IMPORTANT to make sure gutters are cleaned!  If you don't live in a condo, chances are that you (the tenant) are responsible for cleaning your gutters!  Also very imp...

Although it's unusually cold for Mother's Day today, the hot weather is right around the corner.  There were  A/C repair calls on Friday - and time for those with service contracts to have their Spring HVAC checks.   Things that tenants should do: de-winterize your outdoor spigots, change your furnace filters, cut the grass and weed f...

Available early Spring - 3 b/r with remodeled kitchen, fully finished walk-out basement, near Burke, Fairfax and VRE.  $2100

  George and Betty are excited to announce that we've moved our real estate practice up from RE/MAX Allegiance to RE/MAX Executives!   Our new location in Springfield VA  places us conveniently in the center of our real estate and property management practice.   With the recent addition of a full-time property technician, Jay, ...