Great first-person account of what it’s like to buy a home in Northern Virginia, or anywhere in the country. There's a big sense of "trust us" without a whole lot of anything to back that up.

For further reading, I recommend the book A Nation Of Realtors: A Cultural History Of The Twentieth-century American Middle Class. The book examines how realtors transformed their occupation into a profession ("professional entrepreneurs"), and influenced zoning and housing policy.