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Posts By Martin Smith

Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author Martin Smith, from most recent to least.

DC Buyer: The Non-Profit Worker Looking to Upgrade From a Studio to a One-Bedroom

DC Buyer: The Non-Profit Worker Looking to Upgrade From a Studio to a One-Bedroom

Martin Smith | February 3rd 2010

In this week's installment of DC Buyer, we look at three housing options for David, a single, 29-year-old who works for a non-profit downtown. More af... read»

DC Buyer: The Downtown Working Couple Expecting Their First Child

DC Buyer: The Downtown Working Couple Expecting Their First Child

Martin Smith | January 27th 2010

In this week's installment of DC Buyer, we look at three housing options for a couple that works downtown and is expecting their first child. More aft... read»

DC Buyer: The 30 Year-Old Teacher in 16th Street Heights

DC Buyer: The 30 Year-Old Teacher in 16th Street Heights

Martin Smith | January 20th 2010

In this new feature, UrbanTurf looks at buyers from various demographics and provides available housing options for them in the current DC market. Thi... read»

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!

First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse