My son (Bob) and his wife have been thinking about moving to a single family home for several months.  However, they had to put their search on hold when the twins were born.  They’ve just recently asked that I ramp the search back up.  They’re not sure where they’d like to live so we’ve been all over Northern Virginia including a 5 acre fixer-upper in Great Falls, a 100 year old home in Fairfax, and several beautiful homes in Ashburn and Sterling.  I’ve invited Bob to be a guest contributor to the site and document his family’s experience in searching for a home, hopefully finding one they like, selling their current townhouse, and moving his family into their dream home (or at least the next step towards their dream home).  If you are a first time homebuyer, you should enjoy learning about the whole process through Bob and Marie’s adventures.  For those of you who have already gone through the process, you may learn something new.  When Scotty (a friend of  Bob’s) bought his first home, Bill (his dad) commented that he wished someone had explained the whole procedure to him when he bought each of his homes.