Bidwell Properties

Bidwell Properties At Bidwell Properties, we provide customized real estate services to meet your needs.

As Principal, Sarah Brown gives each client the same focus, energy, and attention and handles each transaction as if it were very own home purchase or sale.

My clients know this feeling very well. Sometimes you just have to go back home. 🏡After 4 years of being away, I have de...
08/21/2026

My clients know this feeling very well. Sometimes you just have to go back home. 🏡

After 4 years of being away, I have decided to rejoin Compass! 🙏🏽

I am so glad I had the opportunity to start my own boutique brokerage, but it taught me an important lesson:

Administration & Management life is not for me.

It was amazing to be able to create an Agency on my own terms, but what I actually love most about real estate is this one thing:

Being face to face and side by side with my clients, advocating for their best interests, and helping them find their place in the world. ❤️🙏🏽

This is where I thrive and flourish, and I want more of it.

The more I look at the needs of my clients today and where I see the industry heading, rejoining Compass with its top notch technology and strength in numbers was the clear answer.

I’ve found my place to call home again.

And it would be an honor and a privilege to help you find yours. 🙏🏽

Still on a high from witnessing our kapatid Alexandra Eala become the first Filipino to ever win an international tennis...
08/12/2026

Still on a high from witnessing our kapatid Alexandra Eala become the first Filipino to ever win an international tennis title ❤️🇵🇭

IN MY LIFETIME 🇵🇭❤️😭

Alex Eala won the Mubadala Tennis Open Right here in DC, surrounded by the love of countless Filipinos.

The thing about our culture is that we RIDE HARD for our people. It sounded like 80% of this crowd was Filipino.

Our love is LOUD. It is comforting. It is electric. 🇵🇭❤️

During a quiet moment right before she served, I heard an elderly Filipina woman’s motherly voice say ever so casually but confidently in Tagalog, “Kaya mo yan!”

(Translation: You can do that! / You can do it! / Keep going / You got this!)

And then I cried.

To be Filipina means you have kababayan, titos, and titas all over the world believing in you, having confidence in you, rooting for you, and cheering you on.

In every lifetime, may I be so blessed to be Filipina.

And in case you also need to hear it today, whatever it is you’ve got before you: Kaya mo yan! You’ve got this.

LABAN PILIPINAS!!!!!!!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

07/31/2026

Meetings, matchas, mantles, and millwork, oh my!

What I love about real estate is that no two days are ever the same.

Also, I’m not tied to a desk!

But my phone and laptop are in fact tied to me everywhere I go!

10 years in, and I still love what I do as a realtor.

Most importantly, I love the wonderful people I get to meet and serve in the process. ❤️🙏🏽

-Sarah Brown, a native DC and Northern Virginia girlie and real estate agent joyfully serving Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia

07/24/2026

I’ve talked more people out of buying than into it

The right house at the wrong time is the wrong house

The right house in the wrong neighborhood is the wrong house

The right house with the wrong price that you can technically afford but will overly stress you is the wrong house

And it’s not even “talking you out of buying a house” per se. It’s simply holding a mirror back up to you and reminding you of your vision, direction, and whole purpose for pursuing homeownership to begin with.

If a real estate agent ever uses fear tactics to pressure you into buying a home, they’re not just the wrong agent for you. That’s a bad real estate agent, period.

Signed,

-Sarah Brown, a real estate agent serving DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia (and a realtor who thinks that renting makes a lot of sense for a lot of people!)

07/22/2026

🚨 CONDO OWNERS, SELLERS & BUYERS: Big lending changes are coming.

Starting August 3, 2026, most condo purchases using Conventional Financing will require a FULL condo review. No more Limited Reviews for associations with more than 10 units.

(Newsflash: 65% of condos that closed in the last year had Limited Reviews. That’s all going away this August!)

What this means:
• Stricter standards for building maintenance and repairs
• More scrutiny of delinquent dues & special assessments
• Associations must follow their Reserve Study recommendations
• Tighter master insurance requirements
• By January 2027, associations will generally need at least 15% reserves or the amount recommended by their Reserve Study.

And now for some GOOD NEWS: Investor ratios will no longer disqualify buyers from Conventional Financing!

If you own a condo, now is the time to ask your Board or Property Manager if your association is ready.
Questions? I’m happy to help or speak with your Board.

📲 703-973-4525

Just because he’s your best friend’s brother doesn’t mean he’s the best real estate agent for you Purchasing a home is e...
07/21/2026

Just because he’s your best friend’s brother doesn’t mean he’s the best real estate agent for you

Purchasing a home is easily one of the largest purchases and investments you may ever make

And you deserve an agent who not only has the experience and expertise that sets you up for success….

You also want to know you and that real estate agent are A L I G N E D when it comes to communication and negotiation styles

Because when you can’t be the one directly speaking to the Sellers or Sellers’ Agents, you want to have peace of mind knowing you real estate agent is adequately and appropriately communicating, advocating, and hustling on your behalf 🙏🏽

Here are the questions I would ask if I were a home buyer looking for a real estate agent!

Just because that person is your best friend’s cousin does not mean they are the best agent for you. Most people hire th...
07/17/2026

Just because that person is your best friend’s cousin does not mean they are the best agent for you.

Most people hire their real estate agent based on relational proximity and convenience. Perhaps you belong to the same friend circle, groups, or organizations.

If this isn’t how you’d go about finding the best surgeon for a medical complication or how you’d hire an attorney for a major legal matter, then I’d argue that relational proximity is not necessarily the best way to find an agent that will guide you through one of the largest financial investments you will make in life either.

I love it when my clients come to me knowing I am the only option for them when they have that clarity.

But I also love it when I have the opportunity to be interviewed as one of multiple agents because it tells me they’re doing their due diligence. Our partnership is that much stronger when clients knew their options but decided I would be most aligned with them. 🙏🏽

So whether you’re buying your first house or fourth house, here are some questions to explore to know you’re setting yourself up for success.

You deserve to know your options. You also deserve the best service, expertise, and the highest levels of advocacy throughout every step of the process.

07/12/2026

Your success is my GGOOOAAAALLLL!! 🥅

Advocating for you and protecting your best interests is what I’m here for 🫶🏽

I got you, boo. 🤩

05/01/2026

These 5 things about parenting and schools in Washington, DC may surprise you! 🤯

Raising kids in DC just hits different….

Like, wdym we have universal preschool but I am not guaranteed a spot in my in-boundary school until Kindergarten?

And wdym we don’t have school buses but I somehow have to get my kids to/from a school that’s a 25 minute drive away? 🤔

I think even local DC residents don’t know this info until it’s time to enroll a kid in school.

My 2 kids are now in middle school, and they are both born and raised DC! It’s fun raising city kids. ❤️

As a long time DC girlie and as a local mom, I love helping clients navigate their real estate options in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, particularly as it relates to school and family life!

DM me if you have any questions 🙏🏽

I live for happy clients! ❤️🙌🏽While the suburbs of Maryland and Virginia have had red hot real estate markets with homes...
04/22/2026

I live for happy clients! ❤️🙌🏽

While the suburbs of Maryland and Virginia have had red hot real estate markets with homes in high demand, the real estate market in Washington, DC proper has been significantly cooler.

It’s my firm belief that no matter what the market dynamics may be, a successful home sale involves the following:

🏡 An intelligent pricing strategy that commands maximum attention from the market right off the bat

🏡 Magnetic presentation (ie the features you choose to update, staging, and the quality of your media assets) that attracts your ideal buyers and gets them to commit

🏡 An intentional promotional campaign through pre-listing marketing, relationships with other brokers, and advertising

I’m grateful to my seller clients for their partnership and trust. They followed through with my proposed Action Plan like champs, and the result was beautiful.

Ready to buy or sell with strategy? You know where to find me!

Sarah Brown
-a local native, mama, and real estate agent joyfully serving buyers and sellers in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia

Address

201 N Union Street #110
Alexandria, VA
22314

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 9pm
Sunday 9am - 9pm

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+17038549450

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