Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
3 Offer Strategies that Can Backfire on Buyers When buyers have found a home they wish to purchase, the next step is making an offer. Buyer agents take a look at the most recent comparable sales and let their clients know what the most likely sold price range will be for that home of interest. Read More …
Real Moments in Real Estate: The Ring Memorial Day 2025 started with the anticipation of taking repeat clients to see a home in White Post. Currently, they live in the 55+ community Heritage Hunt in Gainesville. As transplants to Virginia from Colorado, they have found that they do enjoy their Heritage Hunt home, but find 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 …
The Pulse of Buyer Activity (Spring 2025) As I prepared for National Open House Weekend April 26th-27th, expectations were high. Buyers have been out in full force in Northern Virginia since early 2025. Now with weather supporting the arrival of spring, listing agents like myself expected cherry listings that were priced right and presented perfectly, 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 …
HOA & Condo Capitalization Fees Having worked in the Gainesville/Haymarket area real estate market since 2005, one time capitalization fees are a normal part of a buyer’s real estate fees, most typically seen in gated communities and in condo buildings. Also known as capital contribution fees, these capitalization fees are disclosed in the HOA or Read More …
The Gifts of the Season What a wonderful holiday season! December is always one of my favorite months, despite the shortened hours of sunlight we experience this time of year. The sights and sounds of the holiday season always brighten the darkness. This year was no different. This year, I made it a point to Read More …
Thoughts of Home on This Thanksgiving Eve As night falls on this Thanksgiving Eve, I am so thankful for those that have trusted me to help them purchase their homes, sell their homes, rent investment properties and find rental homes this year and all the years prior. Finding someone a place to call home, or Read More …
Feeling Trapped in Your Home By Your Low Mortgage Interest Rate? There are plenty of home owners out there right now that would love to sell a home they have outgrown, but feel they must stay in the home they currently own because it was financed on a lower interest rate. In the much bigger Read More …
If a Hot Tub is Listed as a Feature of a Listing… Touring properties with my buyer clients I get to see some pretty interesting things. While floor plans do not typically vary all that widely in our Northern Virginia market, the level to which owners prepare their homes for market certainly does. Of all Read More …