Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
Does the Directional Exposure of a Home Matter? This topic is always fresh on my mind after a snow storm. The reason for that is I have a north facing home with a front load garage. That means my driveway is also north facing. In fact, that’s my home pictured above. It was taken during Read More …
Fairfax City Duplex Just Sold Above List Price On Halloween I was pleased to bring 10646 Maple Street to the market as an active listing. It had been listed as coming soon on October 28th and to my surprise, not one single inquiry was made about the property in those three days. So when it Read More …
How Many Offers Does it Take to Make a Seller Happy? Listing your home in a market like the Bristow/Gainesville area have been experiencing in 2020, means there will likely be multiple buyers that want a chance to make an offer on your home. There is simply not enough homes for sale to meet buyer Read More …
Make Sure You Budget Enough Time for Improvements When you plan to purchase a home that needs work, particularly things like flooring installations, it is best to make sure you pad some time for that improvement before moving in. Often times, buyers will simply look at a calendar, see they are scheduled to close on Read More …
The Impression Your Home Makes When Listed Walking into a beautifully staged home, where it is obvious that a professional stager with a large inventory of items at their disposal has prepped the home is a lovely sight. However, not all staging is about modern furnishings. Particularly when you are staging a home in the Read More …
Are Buyers Still Out Looking for Homes? This afternoon I met with nervous, soon-to-be home sellers. They were curious if the latest orders surrounding the pandemic precautions by Governor Northam in Virginia had slowed down buyers from house hunting. I’m sure they are not the only future home sellers wondering this. For starters, the initial Read More …
Should a Seller Ever Consider a Pre-Settlement Occupancy Agreement? Ask any well trained, professional listing agent with experience under their belt what they think of a pre-settlement occupancy agreement and I would bet that nearly all of them would be adamantly against pre-settlement occupancy. Let’s pause here for a moment and I’ll explain what pre-settlement Read More …
A Very Happy December Buyer In August I received a call from our corporate relocation department. They were assigning a relocating buyer to me that had fired her first agent. That situation can be a bit intimidating to walk into, but I forged ahead. I’m often the second agent buyers have had. Either agents are Read More …
Communication is the Key to a Smooth Deal If there is one common denominator to a deal where parties lose trust in one another, is it lack of communication. In real estate deals, communication is the key to success. There can be bumps in the road, but waiting until the eleventh hour to disclose the Read More …
Proof I Was Born Trustworthy What does a picture of an empty bedroom have to do with me being trustworthy? Well, it all begins with the story of where this picture was taken. Today, while visiting the neighborhood where I grew up, I stopped and knocked on the door of our next door neighbor. Miss Read More …