A huge factor in making housing affordable is access to transportation. If you can’t easily get to and from your job, stores and other public places, transportation costs could actually be a drain on your financial situation and personal time. …

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We are off this month. Our regular blog posts will return in July.

Nearly two decades ago, after relocating from the country roads of Mississippi to the city streets of Alexandria, Virginia, my family became homeless. Our fall into hard times placed us among the thousands every year who must rely on emergency …

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There was no way around it.  To obey the law, I had to force my tenant to make an unconscionable choice: drop out of college or lose your home. This was not the sort of thing I envisioned I would …

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    Welcome to the inaugural post of the new blog of Shiver Management Group, a real estate company with long and deep roots in Northern Virginia. This blog is our effort to improve communications with our tenants, vendors and homeowner …

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