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Alexandria Takes the Hardest Hit: What Federal Downsizing Means for Our Real Estate Market

Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat this — Alexandria is feeling the federal downsizing more than any other Northern Virginia suburb right now. A new Brookings Institution report dropped this week, and the numbers tell a story we've been watching unfold in real time.

Here's what's happening: Since January, the Trump administration has cut roughly 300,000 federal jobs nationwide. But here's the thing — while those jobs are concentrated in D.C., the people who hold them? They live here. In our neighborhoods. Over 13,000 federal workers call Alexandria home, and more than 76,000 live in Virginia's 8th Congressional District alone.

The result? Alexandria's…

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You're Not Really in the Real Estate Business

Here's the first thing they won't tell you at the real estate exam: 80% of your time should be generating business. Only 20% is actually selling houses.

I'm Chris Colgan, and I've been doing this for 18 years in Northern Virginia. Lost most of my hair to it. But I've also built a team that closed over 100 transactions this year, and I've helped dozens of brand-new agents go from zero to six figures faster than they thought possible.

This guide covers everything: how to get your Virginia real estate license, what it actually costs to work at a brokerage, and the exact math behind making $150K–$200K your first few years. No fluff. Just the system that works.

Getting Your Virginia Real Estate…

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