Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
When is a Private Listing Appropriate? The one constant in my business as a real estate agent is that no two situations are the same. There are always similarities between buyer journeys and the paths sellers take when listing their homes. In the case of the Manassas listing pictured above, the choices made by the Read More …
Keeping the Furry Family Members Safe When Selling When meeting with sellers about the prospect of listing their homes for sale, there are many things to consider. Price and what preparation projects are always top of mind. Ideal time frame is another. Hitting the market is often a combination of optimal market demand and convenience Read More …
Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone When Selling Over the course of years when meeting with sellers, the message is given time and again, “You don’t sell a home the way you live in a home.” What does that mean? Your day to day drop zones, clutter and habits need to be transformed. Spaces suited Read More …
A Costly Real Estate Myth In my career as a listing agent, I have helped hundreds of home owners sell their properties. As many as I have helped, you could double easily that number to reflect the number of home owners I have met with that believe a real estate myth that is costing them Read More …
What a Great Friday the 13th Friday the 13th doesn’t have a great connotation with many people, myself included. Maybe too many horror movies from my childhood days. Call me silly, but when I saw the month of October had a Friday the 13th, it creeped me out. What happened today was nothing I would Read More …
If at First You Don’t Succeed… The sellers market in Northern Virginia has been ripe with the tales multiple offers and buyers waiving whatever they can in order to be the one offer in a pile chosen by the seller. The tales of buyer remorse are those often quietly discussed between agents, largely hidden from Read More …
It’s Not Too Late If You Want a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo Yesterday (September 6, 2023) I was so pleased to get my sellers at 15120 Heather Mill Lane, Unit 407, to the closing table. Theirs was a journey that was not atypical of Active Adult condos, but certainly not what every other type Read More …
At the end of last week I was pleased to share my most recent listing at 10210 Bushman Drive with you. Talks with this seller started in June when a friend referred them to me to help with the sales process. At the time, it was too soon for them to even contemplate talking about Read More …
How Long Does it Take to Sell a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo? My most recent journey as a listing agent for a Regency at Dominion Valley Active Adult Condo at 15120 Heather Mill Court #407 began in early May when I was contacted by a seller who needed to list their unit right away. Read More …
Multiple Offer Success on This Waterfront Woodbridge Condo In late May I got word that I had been approved as the Court Appointed Listing Agent for 440 Belmont Bay #203 in Woodbridge’s waterfront community of Belmont Bay. The court’s involvement in the property became necessary when all the heirs to the estate were unwilling to Read More …