Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
How Much Does Your Lender Care? Earlier in the week, I was reviewing offers on a listing I have in Fairfax City. As is my business practice, I called each lender from the pre-approval letters accompanying offers. It’s important to know whether or not the lender can meet the settlement date and time frames in Read More …
Happy First Time Buyer in Middletown, VA It is not often that I have the time to venture outside of the areas of Bristow, Gainesville, Manassas, Haymarket and areas east to assist clients. This year, however, has been unlike any other year in a lot of aspects…my travel distance to serve clients being one of Read More …
Sellers Sure Get Generous as Moving Approaches Moving is one of life’s ugly chores. Boxing up everything you own can be an overwhelming task. You get to see how much stuff you had that you simply forgot about. Makes you re-evaluate what you actually want to take with you. I often counsel sellers with a Read More …
Fairfax City Duplex Under Contract in 5 Days It was late afternoon on Halloween when this three bedroom, one and a half bathroom duplex became an active listing. Priced at $375,000, I was a little shocked that there had been no calls during the “coming soon” period of the listing. By November 1st, this home Read More …
November 2020, A Decision Looms on the Horizon Don’t worry. I’m not going to talk about politics. If you are as sick as I am of the non-stop yammering on 24 hour news channels about the election, breathe a sigh of relief. The decision looming on the horizon I am going to address is one Read More …
Why I Will Not Practice Dual Agency Getting started in the real estate business, I quickly learned the best way to do business is to know who you are working for and not to go against that party. Dual agency is a legal, but not something that I will ever participate in. Dual agency is Read More …
Is It Too Late to List? Many people are of the belief that if you aren’t listing during warmer months (spring and summer,) you have no chance of selling your home. Since I have been a licensed agent in 2005, holidays are among some of the most hectic times in our market. Serious buyers are Read More …
Trick or Treat: My New Listing in Fairfax City Just Hit the Market To hand out candy or not? That was my big dilemma today. I thought about it on the way to my listing in Fairfax to place the lockbox and on the way home to Bristow. Somehow, my SUV made its way to Read More …
Finding the Right House Often Involves Networking This has been one of the craziest years I have experienced in the Bristow, VA real estate market. Going into 2020, I knew that our real estate market would remain healthy and favoring sellers because of the expansion of the Micron plant in Manassas. That was adding 8,000 Read More …
How Clean Should You Leave the Home You Are Selling? Homeowners vary on what they consider clean. Ever walk into a home where the owner is making excuse after excuse about how messy the place is and you wonder if they even know what a mess is? Then there are folks who may have become Read More …