My just published book, "The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money" is now available on Amazon. 

I began my career in real estate in 1983 and have been associated with the top firms in real estate in the Washington, DC area, and recently accepted an invitation to join Evers & Company. I am a broker and licensed to work with clients in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and Texas. While most of my clients are buying or selling homes in Northwest Washington, I have also had recent transactions in Virginia (Arlington, Old Town Alexandria and Prince William County) and throughout Montgomery County in Maryland. Over the years, I have systematically learned at least one new neighborhood each month, and after nearly 23 years, I know the territory.

Before real estate, I was a senior staffer at the former Civil Aeronautics Board where I supervised the staff that drafted the federal regulations covering an airline’s responsibility toward passengers for lost luggage, oversold flights, delays and cancellations and other travel woes. Most of these regulations survived airline deregulation, and I wrote the notice to passengers about oversold flights that still appears on all airline ticket envelopes. In the ‘70s, I was the associate director of Ralph Nader’s Aviation Consumer Action Project. During that time, I served on Department of State teams that negotiated aviation treaties with Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Israel. I was a frequent guest on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour and was the subject of a Time Life TV Documentary on "A Day in the Life of a Nader’s Raider."

I attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and have a Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College with a double major in Political Science and Flute. I studied flute with Britten Johnson, Julius Baker and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

I have played the flute professionally with a number of area chamber groups, including the Washington Bach Consort, the Wolf Trap Chamber Players and the Masterworks Chorus Orchestra. I currently perform with a trio that has provided chamber music for several clients’ weddings and other festive events. I live in Northwest Washington in an old house near Rock Creek Park with a large, Labradoodle puppy named Fenty (he's awfully high energy). I am active in the Crestwood Neighborhood League and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation.

You can find local information on Localism.com -- Washington, District of Columbia real estate. Patricia Kennedy is a proud member of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, a free online community to help real estate professionals grow their business.