Continuation of my series on being a real estate agent and what I see with clients on the job... Hey, Mr. Home Seller: About your Guns, Drugs, and Jewelry Last week when I was showing a house on Park Street in Vienna, VA, my client's two teen-aged boys came out of the mud room excited about what they had discovered. Mud rooms are always huge, Continue Reading
Home Seller Tips
Take a few minutes and scroll through this collection of tips for home seller. Just so you know, I like to write about experiences that clients have because you may be dealing with a similar issue, and it might shed a little helpful insight.
Getting Inside | Being a real estate agent
Where you reading blogs back in 2008? Back then, most blogs had a different vibe than they have today. They were much more conversational. The majority of blog posts had an authentic tone where writer was thinking out loud, trying to work through problem they faced in their business or in their life. Entrepreneurs were working out issues, Continue Reading
Helping Today’s Move-Up Home Buyer
The baby arrived, and suddenly our first house didn't seem as big any more. Sound familiar? For me, it was when our second arrived and my wife pointed out this obvious fact over dinner. Asking, if I wasn't busy on Sunday with clients could we go look at an "open-house" across town? In case you don't know, I look at houses almost every Continue Reading
A 3D Tour of House in Vienna
A cool aspect of being a real estate agent is that new technology comes along all the time that I can add to my list of services. Being quickly adaptive is essential and, being an entrepreneur, I can be nimble enough to make executive decisions when I see something a consumer will think is beneficial. At a listing in Vienna last week, we spent Continue Reading
Consumers appear to trust Zillow
When clients returned to California after considering relocating to Vienna, they sent me an email with a few questions. What caught my eye was an observation about pricing: "...but whose price tag is $990,000 - way out of step with the $801,000 estimate that Zillow puts on it." By coincidence, I recently listened to industry journalist Brad Continue Reading
What is Consummation in Real Estate?
When a prominent McLean real estate attorney gave a presentation to our office about the upcoming TILA-RESPA changes, he used "Consummation" of the sale rather than Settlement. The room chuckled like a class of 8th graders, looking at each other and whispering, "Consummation?" Of course we were all thinking along the lines of a proper Wedding Continue Reading
A required termite inspection in your sales contract?
Yes, a termite inspection is part of the standard Northern Virginia real estate sales contract. Last week, I received a question via email from an upset seller who had just been told that he was being required to have his home treated for termites. He wanted to know if this was accurate (getting a second opinion) because he really didn't want to Continue Reading
Great Real Estate Photography is Essential
As online real estate marketing becomes more visual, it is critical for anyone planning to sell their home to understand that great real estate photography is essential. Today's active real estate shopper is starting at home looking at a laptop or iPad-like device and making decisions whether a home is worth their time or a total dog. Google Continue Reading
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