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 Helping Buyers Buy and Sellers Sell. That's what agents do. As part of that process, agents market, photograph, network, negotiate, deliver, research, organize, schedule, attend inspections, explain inspection results, advise, drive, walk, drive some more, deliver, attend meetings, work with loa...
03/28/2016
  Member alert: Opening house events and homeowner’s medications by VARbuzz // // // // // //   Member alert: Opening house events and homeowner’s medications 23Mar2016 Posted by Christine Hodges, Chief of Marketing & Communications   The Chesterfield County Police Department has bought the follo...
03/23/2016
 Just like a good tracking dog, we use our legs, eyes, ears, and nose when tracking down buyers for our listings, and for finding homes for our buyers. FOR SELLERS: We use as many marketing methods as possible to generate a steady supply of interested buyers. Those methods include MLS, Newspapers...
03/22/2016
Good News From VHDA on DPA The Virginia Housing and Development Authority Down Payment Assistance Grant funds are available starting Monday March 14th. These are the main qualification points:> Only Virginia property addresses> Income Limits apply, and income for all household members must be inc...
03/13/2016
 Once again we are reminded of the potential problems associated with real estate agents conducting Open Houses. Even if homeowners and agents take the usual security and safety precautions, criminals can still find ways to steal and commit other crimes at Open Houses. In this case, the burglar s...
03/10/2016
 I usually don't use " Coming Soon" riders to generate interest because many sellers don't want to deal with drive byes and/or people knocking on their door before they are ready, but in this case, the sellers want me to use it. These sellers want to price to sell fairly quickly. They are finishi...
03/09/2016
 When working with buyers, many times they'll see a new listing come up, and then I'll get a text message within 30 minutes. " Can we go see this one this evening" ? I usually respond with something like " Let me check it out and see what show instructions are". I usually have my buyers criteria ...
03/03/2016
Virginia Homebuyers  Mortgage News That You Can Use.  Here are some homebuyer flexibilities you may not be aware of for conventional mortgages:          Residence buyers can make just a 3% down payment with no/or reduced monthly mortgage insurance to $417,000 loan amount   Residence buyers can ma...
02/22/2016
 If you're considering buying in Lovettsville VA, but you work in Washington DC, there is a MARC commuter train station just across the Potomac River in Brunswick MD. Residents on the North and West sides of town usually prefer using the Brunswick station. If you happen to live on the Eastern sid...
02/13/2016
 I have a listing I went to put a sign rider on yesterday, but the rider said "NO DOWN PAYMENT". I didn't like that because technically there is a down payment, but it's financed. So I added " LOANS" to the rider. This morning I decided that that's still not 100% accurate. So I've been trying to ...
02/11/2016
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