Timothy Johnson's (uppermarlboromdrealtor) Blog

As an Upper Marlboro, MD real estate agent, there are enough short sale properties around to capture a buyer's attention.  The landscape of homes for sale has altered in this newer real estate market.  Thus, the question becomes, "Should I buy a short sale property." Buyers, I can't tell you to n...

As an Upper Marlboro, MD real estate agent, I have helped a variety of buyers purchase homes.  As a buyer's agent, you realize that buyer's will enter the process with different levels of understanding of the purchase process.  Also, you quickly realize that everyone has different personalities a...

As an Upper Marlboro, MD real estate agent, I look around and see houses for sale and houses for rent everywhere.  Where there are houses, there are buyers and sellers.  Somewhere in the process, there should be a real estate agent trying to keep things moving forward and from falling apart.  Lot...

So, you have a client who wants to buy a house.  Considering today's computer savvy society, your client has probably done some home searching online.  What do they say?  "Oh, I've already seen some properties that I like, can we go and see them?"  Yes, you guessed it right.  They have spotted so...

As a listing agent and short sale specialist in Upper Marlboro, MD and other cities of Prince George's County Maryland, as well as Washington, DC, I have had the privilege of working with a variety of sellers and listing their homes.   Presently, short sale properties dominate the real estate mar...

As an Upper Marlboro, MD real estate agent, I have worked with clients in the Maryland, DC, and Virginia region.  Does one client have a tougher journey than the other?  I'm sure the seller would say, "Yes, I do."  I'm sure the buyer would say, "No, my road has more bumps and potholes in it."  We...

As an Upper Marlboro, MD Real Estate Agent, I know the up and down real estate cycle we have expereienced over the past several years.  Being a resident of Prince George's County, MD, I have seen the hot activity simmer down to an almost non-existent boil.  So, what does this mean for perspective...

Well, we all remember Linus van Pelt who writes his annual letter to The Great Pumpkin, despite Charlie Brown and the gang's dismissal of his beliefs.  Linus is convinced that the Great Pumpkin will come, and even persuades Sally to stay and wait with him.  The gang goes off trick-or-treating and...

In a mass sea of realtors, if you don't swim, you'll definitely drown or be looking for someone to throw you a life line.  Though the current market has challenged our level of perseverance, there are still basic things that we do to get noticed and lure business.  We send out monthly email campa...

When I talk to people in general, the conversation focuses on the "doomsday" description that the media has given the current real estate market.  I respond boldly, "I can't feed into the media's negativity."  I further explain that if everyone fed into the constant woes of the market, there woul...