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Welcome to The RARE, a vibey kinda place for finding home inspiration, learning about real estate, and buying or selling your own awesome home. The RARE is part real estate pro, part real estate porn, and undoubtedly the most honest, tell-it-like-it-is source of info online for buyers, sellers and renters.
We celebrate the unique and different, and we believe that your home (and your realtor, for that matter) should reflect who you really are: Quirky, relatable, and unapologetically real.
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“Alison helped my husband and I during our relocation from New York to DC and was so incredibly efficient with the entire process. It’s always difficult to shop for homes when you’re not in the area (and during a pandemic), but she was flexible and innovative to find outside-the-box solutions. We’re pretty independent shoppers when it came to looking for homes and Alison was great at letting us explore on our own and come to her when we found things of interest. I really appreciated her ability to read her clients and tailor her service to their needs.”
“Alison is brilliant! She skillfully guided us in finding a home that perfectly suits our expectations. Alison is determined, diplomatic, and resourceful. Her work ethic and commitment to excellence are unsurpassed.”
“Michael was incredible. We had 3 different agents from 3 different companies for 6 months and got nowhere. Michael found us our first home in a couple of weeks and helped negotiate the closing costs off the property. I cannot recommend him highly enough”
“When my husband and I started looking for a 1-BR condo in the Arlington, VA area, one of his colleagues urged us to contact Alison because of the fabulous (and successful) experience he and his wife had purchasing their lovely apartment with her. Everything they said about Alison was true for us too! She listened carefully to our “must” and “would like” lists, scheduled intensive showing days around our difficult schedules, gave us valuable insights into a market we weren’t familiar with, found us a perfect property very quickly and advocated effectively for our interests throughout the process. On top of all that, she is smart, interesting, passionate about her work and her community…and a joy to spend time with!”
“Alison helped us as buyers and our experience was simply amazing — way beyond any reasonable expectations. Alison, a thorough professional helped provide excellent research and helped negotiate from our perspective and was always a text message or phone call away to help even after completion of sale through move in and beyond. We are impressed — absolutely the best!”
“I can’t thank Alison enough for all the hard work, dedication, long hours, and effort she put into selling my condo. She made it very easy for me, as she was always on top of every marketing opportunity, open house, and deadline. She has a keen understanding of the DC market, was very painstaking and thorough about calculating the optimal price, and has a fantastic eye for staging while staying on a budget. She went to great lengths to find the PERFECT buyer for my condo at the right price. Not only that, but Alison is fun, enthusiastic, and a pure joy to work with. She fielded every question of mine with expert knowledge and a smile, and I had a lot of them! I am so grateful for her patience, drive, passion, experience, and know-how. You couldn’t ask for a better realtor! Thank you, Alison!”
“I cannot say enough wonderful things about Alison! She is very dedicated to her clients and takes the time to learn what they’re specifically looking for in a home and neighborhood. She is patient and very thorough with explaining the ins and outs of both buying and selling a home. My husband and I worked with her at the height of the DC housing market craziness, and she worked very hard to get us in early to see homes as soon as they hit the market and helped us make the most competitive offers possible during our search. She also sold our previous home, and helped make the process easy and seamless!”