This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Rosslyn resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Enjoy!
I am excited to announce that today marks our expansion of the “Ask Eli” real estate column further into Northern Virginia, with the introduction of “Ask Val” in the Tysons Reporter.
What Is Tysons Reporter?
Tysons Reporter is a new online local news publication brought to you by Scott and his team, who started and still oversee, ARLnow. It will cover local news in Tysons, McLean and Vienna (and probably Falls Church) the same way they canvass Arlington for great, hyper-local stories. If you work, live, have an interest in those communities or know anybody that does, I encourage you to follow along or sign-up for their daily newsletter.
Val is one of the awesome agents in the Eli Residential Group and specializes in the neighborhoods surrounding Tysons (with a ton of experience in Maryland too!). She grew up in Peru and began her real estate career in the DMV in 2004.
Starting today, she will be writing a weekly Ask Val real estate column for Tysons Reporter. She will include some of the data-driven content that you’re used to seeing here, but plans to give the column her own twist by using videos and some fun local flavor to bring her own personality to readers.
I hope you find some time to follow along with Val’s column and the rest of the great local news at Tysons Reporter!
If you’d like a question answered in my weekly column, please send an email to [email protected]. To read any of my older posts, visit the blog section of my website at www.EliResidential.com. Call me directly at (703) 539-2529.
Eli Tucker is a licensed Realtor in Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland with Real Living At Home, 2420 Wilson Blvd #101 Arlington, VA 22201, (202) 518-8781.
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