220 sq yards (1 acre)in DC? Lets see...68.3 sq miles in the district with 640 per mile. To purchase your 1/43,712 part of the lovely District of Columbia runs at least 500K, if you're lucky. Lead in your water...free of charge.
I agree with justme. DO not pay a buyer's fee.
Another note: also when viewing houses beware of an agent showing his/her own listings. No matter what they say, the regs say, whatever, there is a conflict of interest. Find a agent who represents you.
Looking over what the main stream companies have to offer, I am curious if there is a high -end monitoring service, that anyone can recommend. The normal ADT stuff seems standard radio shak with added police alert.
Any comments for the DC area?
$33 a month doesn't seem bad. However, my elderly aunt had was robbed with ADT installed. The thieves broke in, alarms blazing, and police in-route, grabbed her jewerly box and ran off. She really need a stonger door.