Central Virginia Real Estate Blog

Keeping in touch with all of my potential home buyers and home sellers in Central Virginia is one of the main ways I build my business.  Sounds so simple, but so many real estate agents get so busy with what they are doing they neglect their prospect database.The strongest prospects in my databas...

I really must say that having two four-year olds has helped me to relive my childhood, although I don't look any younger.After a trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday, my little ones wanted to decorate their pumpkins prior to putting them on the porch.  This prompted a family event in which all fou...

One of the keys to success as a Realtor, can be corporate partnerships.  I am currently working on some of these in the Central Virginia area now.By building relationships with human resources directors in the corporate arena, a Realtor can generate relocation business for new employees that they...

I cannot stress enough the benefits of keeping records as a Central Virginia real estate agent.  Even though the office keeps records of the paperwork, I always keep a copy of everything that comes thru my hands:  pictures of the home, contracts, addendums, disclosures, everything!But what about ...

One of the most useful tools that I have come to depend on regularly while conducting showings to home buyers and sellers in Central Virginia is my Global Positioning System (GPS).I now wonder how I ever got along without my Garmin Streetpilot.  Prior to purchasing "Bessie" as I call her, I was r...

As close as possible to the point of closing on the purchase of a new home, the buyer and their agent should do a final walk-through of the property.  This is a basic check of the property to make sure that the property is currently in the same state that it was when the buyer wrote the offer. No...

In all my riding around helping clients buy and sell real estate in Central Virginia, one thing really gets under my skin...the cell phone.  There's always some crazy driver out there on a cell phone pulling out in front of you or cutting you off in traffic.I know, I know.  You have heard it all ...

In a prospecting trick that I learned in a book that I read not too long ago to be a better real estate agent in Central Virginia, I have found Outlook to be my most useful resource.I use Outlook for all of my contact information, and the capabilities to synchronize directly with my PDA gives me ...

One of the things that home sellers in Central Virginia sometimes have a hard time understanding is the importance of selecting the proper real estate agent.I see so many times the value of a real estate agent being underestimated when a homeowner selects a friend or buddy to handle the sale of t...

I have recently started to use a new tool in my home listings in Central Virginia that continues to work to market my listing even after the sun sets.My Listing Lights have started to become a great weapon against the competition in the area and are really starting to make my listings stand out. ...