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Moving to Capitol Hill? Here’s what you need to know!

Collective Property Consultants founder Katie Geffken moved to DC in 2002 and spent many wonderful years living on the Hill. She even owned and operated Biker Barre, a wildly popular boutique fitness studio off of Barracks Row, before transitioning into real estate. If you’re considering a move to Capitol Hill, here’s

Writing a winning offer in a competitive market

My first-time home-buyer clients were looking to trade the hustle and bustle of condo-life in Navy Yard for a single-family home with a yard in a friendly, quiet community. Unfortunately, in Spring of 2024, so were many… many other people. In fact, the market segment they were trying to buy

Selling for top dollar in Takoma Park, Maryland

When my neighbors asked me to list their family home of 20 years, I was both sad to learn they would be moving away and honored to be asked to help them sell their home for top dollar. The Challenge: The catch? In my neighborhood many of the homes look

Top producing Realtor Malia Tarasek joins team

Collective Property Consultants is pleased to welcome top producing RealtorⓇ Malia Tarasek to the team! With ten years of experience in the real estate industry, Malia brings her deep knowledge of the home buying and selling process, extensive connections across all three local jurisdictions, and sharp instincts to the team.

What to expect when you’re inspecting a home

If there is one word that is inextricably linked to the buying of a home, it’s inspection—or often, in a hot market, the waiving of an inspection. But what really happens in a home inspection that doesn’t happen in a walkthrough with your Realtor? What’s the difference between a pre-inspection

Why we joined DC’s top boutique brokerage

above: City Chic’s CEO + Broker Lindsay Dreyer with Katie, Melody, and Chelsea Collective Property Consultants is thrilled to announce that we have joined City Chic Real Estate, the top boutique brokerage in the Washington DC area. City Chic, a local, woman-owned, real estate brokerage serving DC, Maryland, Virginia, and

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