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Posts by Shilpi Paul
Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author Shilpi Paul, from most recent to least.
First-Timer Primer: What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
Shilpi Paul | August 26th 2020 | 2 Comments
The preferred mortgage product among most home buyers is the fixed-rate mortgage. However, the adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is another option for... read »
How to Obtain a Basic Business License For Your DC Rental
Shilpi Paul | August 19th 2020
UrbanTurf is re-publishing an article with updated links that is a step-by-step way to get a basic business license. ... read »
Obama, The Tenant: A Chat With The President’s DC Landlord
Shilpi Paul | January 17th 2017 | 8 Comments
When Johnsie Walsh rented a unit in her Stanton Park apartment building to a newly-elected senator named Barack Obama in 2005, she had no idea that... read »
What Is It Like To Live in The Roundhouse?
Shilpi Paul | August 12th 2016 | 2 Comments
This week, UrbanTurf is re-running an article from a few years ago that looks at what it is like to live in one of DC's few octagonal houses. ... read »
Brokaw, Rose, Russert: DC’s Newsiest House
Shilpi Paul | August 7th 2014
A stately five-bedroom Woodley Park house has been home to not one, not two, but three of the most recognizable broadcast journalists in recent... read »
Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront: After a Rain Delay, the Stadium’s Boomtown Starts to Deliver
Shilpi Paul | May 23rd 2014 | 3 Comments
After years resembling a ghost town, the southeast DC neighborhood is seeing long-planned projects come to fruition, and the streets are finally... read »
The Best Holiday Gift For The Techy Homeowner: Skybell
Shilpi Paul | December 20th 2013 | 1 Comment
A new doorbell, dubbed the SkyBell, allows you to see, hear and talk to anyone who comes to your stoop via your smartphone. ... read »
Unique Spaces: Making the Most of a Skinny House
Shilpi Paul | December 9th 2013 | 4 Comments
This installment of Unique Spaces required architects to make good use of a particularly narrow footprint in Foggy Bottom. ... read »
The Splitting the Rent Formula
Shilpi Paul | December 3rd 2013 | 9 Comments
When sharing an apartment or group house, it only seems fair that those in bigger rooms should pay a higher share of the rent. But, how do you factor... read »
Metro in 2050, With Stops in Georgetown?
Shilpi Paul | November 26th 2013 | 10 Comments
As Metro charts out the next few decades, they are considering two stops in Georgetown, a plan that Georgetown Metropolitan writes is supported by... read »
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This week’s Best New Listings includes a cute Cape Cod in Alexandria, an adorable D... read »
- The Latest Design for the Dupont Circle Deckover, Complete with Bike Lanes
- 78 Apartments Proposed to Replace Part of Dupont Circle Church
- Nats Pitcher Max Scherzer Lists McLean Home for $15 Million
- From Vacant to Vibrant to Vexed: The Inefficiencies of Selling Affordable Dwelling Units
- Best New Listings: A Storefront-Turned-Loft on F Street
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