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Rental Report: Should That Be In My Lease? 12/03/2013 11:15am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. You&rsquo Cyber Monday a good day to book a vacation 12/02/2013 01:01pm • WASHINGTON - Cyber Monday is not just a time for big box retailers to offer up their best deals for online shoppers. It turns out, it may also be the best day of the year for prospective vacationers to finalize their plans. "We've seen a lot of different hotel chains and independent hotels offer Rental Report: Should That Be in My Lease? 11/26/2013 03:30pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. You&rsquo Board Closes Out FY 2013 with Budget Surplus 11/21/2013 05:00pm • Along with discussing recommendations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 budget, the County Board closed out the FY 2013 budget at its meeting on Tuesday. As it turns out, the county was left with a $25 million budget surplus. The surplus is due, in part, to savings by both the county and the school syst Rental Report: Advantages Of Having An Agent Lease Your Property 11/19/2013 10:45am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. While the Millennials rent services, assets to bring in extra cash 11/17/2013 08:04pm • WASHINGTON - Tough economic times are spurring a new generation of entrepreneurs who are looking for innovative ways to make a few extra dollars. Now, millennials are turning to a "sharing economy" or a "peer-to-peer economy," according to The Economist. The trend is helping people like Silver Ice rink at National Gallery of Art opens for season 11/15/2013 05:10pm • WASHINGTON -- It's a sure sign that winter's nearly here: people lacing up their ice skates. And, on its first day open this season, a fair number of folks did just that at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink. Among the first to hit the ice was Alyssa Sharp, who's here from Jac Rental Report: Why Hire a Real Estate Agent to Lease Your Property? 11/12/2013 02:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. While the Rental Report: Is It Better To Have A Roommate? 11/05/2013 01:35pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Young pro Rental Report: Is it Better to Have a Roommate? 10/29/2013 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Young pro Ask Andrew: Rent Or Sell? 10/29/2013 11:15am • This sponsored, biweekly Q&A column is written by Andrew Goodman, Associate Broker and top producing agent with Gallagher & Co. Real Estate, Inc. Based in Bethesda, Andrew serves clients in Maryland, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Please submit comments, questions, and opinions in the comments s Arlington’s Zoning, Costs Force Microbrewery to Look Elsewhere 10/23/2013 04:35pm • In January of this year, East Falls Church roommates Tony Pianta and Mike Dillon started serious planning to open a microbrewery in Arlington. Recently, however, it became apparent to them that there’s no place in Arlington for such an endeavor. Roommates Brewery, as the venture was named Old, Unused Newspaper Boxes Clutter Some Bethesda Sidewalks 10/23/2013 12:40pm • A batch of empty newspaper and apartment guide boxes sit on Norfolk Avenue, with a tattered Gazette edition from 2007 as the only outward sign the vending machines were ever used. As residents, business owners and local officials begin a visioning process for the future of downtown Bethesda, on Rental Report: Renters Want My Property, Now What? 10/22/2013 11:45am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. After goi Morning Notes 10/21/2013 08:45am • Board Accepts Arlington Ridge Neighborhood Conservation Plan — At its meeting on Saturday (October 19), the County Board voted unanimously to accept the first revision in 40 years to the Arlington Ridge Neighborhood Conservation Plan. The plan outlines residents’ vision for the neighbor