It’s winter, it’s cold and the thought of putting your home on the market when it gets dark before 5 PM seems daunting.  It’s a conversation that is repeated many times during the winter months with prospective home sellers in Woodbridge VA.  Let’s just wait until the spring when there are more buyers looking for…

As an agent who has had the privilege of successfully completing 35 Northern Virginia military  Department of Defense HAP sales, keeping up with all of the latest information is a daily challenge.  Talking with other agents across the country who also have been working with the HAP program we shared our concerns about the program…

This post was originally written and geared towards other Northern Virginia agents. Then I realized it was important for consumers to understand that sometimes the MLS data and statistics are wrong. It’s been changed a bit since it was posted on the Active Rain network. If you are interested you can check out the original…

Early this summer I met with a couple who  needed to sell their home Northern Virginia home.  They had two primary goals, sell as quickly as possible and maximize the amount of money they could take away from the sale. After touring the home in the  Lake Ridge neighborhood in Prince William County with them…

Kudos for this post goes to a fellow Realtor® in Scottsdale Arizona, Paul Slaybaugh.  He beat me to the punch on his tongue and cheek post “Realtors Stop Photographing Themselves in Bathroom Mirrors”.   A few months ago I had written a post “MLS Photos-What’s Up With the Toilet Photos” about agents who seem to…

First a deployment and then PCS orders meant my sellers needed to make a move.  Unfortunately they had missed the deadline to qualify for the Department of Defense Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) so it looked as if a short sale was in their future.  As we started talking about the process I learned they had…

In Northern Virginia our MLS system requires an agent upload at least an exterior photo of the property within 48 hours (excluding weekends & holidays). Seems simple enough especially with either a digital camera or camera phone. Yet there is also an option for sellers NOT to have an exterior photo of their home shown….

Pass the whacky tabacca, ganja and mary jane my way please oh but hold on the snacks as I’m headed to the beach in a few weeks. Do you ever get one of those laugh out loud, cause you to snort moments when you open an offer on a listing?  It happened to me recently…

This post isn’t about bashing any brokerage it’s about how the world of real estate continues to evolve. Many of the big brand brokerages work hard through TV advertising, the Internet and print to convince consumers brand recognition will bring more buyers to your home. Before the internet took over this claim had a good…

Everyone looking to sell a home in Northern Virginia wants to end up with the best net at the end of the sale as possible.  Who wouldn’t? I’d like to start with dispelling one of the myths of Northern Virginia real estate.  There is NO such thing as a “discount” real estate broker.  There it’s…