Yeah, we're at the point in the market where buyers have cabin fever, so the first warm weather they are ready to run out and see houses, but the sellers aren't ready. Then sellers will put their homes on the market, but it'll be bad weather and slow open houses. :)

Good luck! There isn't a lot on the market right now, but a LOT more should be hitting the market later this month. Definitely check out neighborhoods, even if there aren't homes for sale yet, that way if something does come up, you'll be more confident about the area, and you'll be ready to move quickly if you like the house.

Check out the 'sold' homes from the past 12 months to find areas in your price range that may not have listings available currently.

And if you have your own rental, you could continue the tradition of BS fees, or be the cool landlords you wish you had. Haha

If you're interested in looking at buying, feel free to send me a message. I'm a licensed Realtor. I have extensive knowledge of Lakeside. (I manage 3 rentals in there too, but we charge more fair rent so nobody is even thinking of moving out!)

I know you'd rather not move, but have you thought of just buying a house? Especially if you're already paying so much for rent.

Going over $2k/month in Lakeside for a 3/1 that isn't remodeled seems high... But something is worth what someone is willing to pay.

Sleep schedules change so much. Our baby at 10 months was getting up at 5:30-6, and by 13 months they sleep until 8am or so. (It's 7:45am right now and sound asleep.) Then transitioning to one nap will be like... One day the first nap will end up being 2+ hours long and they'll want to skip the second nap. Then you push that first nap back later in the day. The transition is messy and they'll probably bounce back and forth between 2 and 1 naps for a little while, which can make planning your day difficult.

Actually, could this be a distribution center and kitchen for Amazon Fresh going in Villa Park? (Notice the green accents) https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/02/21/code-named-industrial-project-planned-for-goodwin-owned-land-along-villa-park-drive/

That's disappointing. With the Midlothian and Hull St locations so close, I doubt they were both planned to be Whole Foods... And would they plan to open a new Whole Foods in one and an Amazon Fresh at the other? I'd still guess that both locations were planned to be Amazon Fresh, but one or both may not be built now.

Lidl had planned on other locations in Chesterfield (and even owned the land for them), but ended up not building all of their planned locations. This could be similar.

This is lazy on the part of the writer. The official said "Amazon grocery store". Couple that with the other rumored "Whole Foods" on Midlothian Turnpike and they should realize that these are most likely Amazon Fresh grocery stores, not Whole Foods. There are already many in Northern Virginia. I'm more excited for that than I am for Whole Foods anyway.

Assuming your unit is heated by a heat pump with electric backup heat, your electric bill will probably be lower than if you were running on the electric backup heat this whole weekend.