Looking to find a list of open houses in Loudoun County? No worries, I gotcha covered... For Sunday, July 29th, there are 87 open houses planned in Loudoun County by area REALTORS... Two are worth pointing out... 160 Alpine Drive (Evergreen Meadows, Leesburg)...$469,000 A brand new listing, and priced almost $100K below most of the homes in the neighborhood, this one is a steal! For the money, you won't find more house in the town limits of Leesburg. Plus, it's my listing and you can meet me when you stop by tomorrow. 39782 Lime Kiln Road, Leesburg....$899,900 This unique house is discriminating, and has not yet found the owner of its dreams, but its still looking. This is a truly 'funky cool' contemporary style home nestled on a six acre estate on the outskirts of the town of Leesburg,... 07/28/2012

This beautiful 4 bedroom 4.5 bath single family home listed as a short sale went to settlement  yesterday morning. Jan and Steve Bachman were the listing agents. Short sales are very challenging and you as a seller will need patience and perseverance to work through the process. It took 5 months  of negotiating with the bank and buyers, to get this to settlement.  Kudos to Ekko title in Vienna VA for outstanding support work. They  have become our "go to"  company for  short sale transactions. Folks who are contemplating a short sale always wonder why it takes so long. Well.... Most bank short sale officers have over 250 cases they are handling at the same time. The burden is great and the resources banks are assigning to short sales are not great. Not a good system but it is what it i... 03/30/2012

  This outstanding home went under contract in 23 days with listing agents Jan and Steve Bachman. It is a short sale, so there is a long road ahead, but Jan knows the ropes and we are using Ekko Title to assist in the process. While short sales have about a 25% success rate nationwide, Ekko is batting around 90%. If you are facing foreclosure, a short sale may be worth investigating. Please drop us an email if we can be of service. We try to bear the stress of a short sale for you and are tenacious enough to see it through to completion. We would be delighted to meet with you to chat about the process with no pressure and no obligation. You can check us out by Googling: "Jan and Steve Bachman real estate" Following is an example of an online ad that we did for this property that helped ... 11/29/2011

Looking for luxury in Leesburg? Look no further than magnificent Mindy Court #243. Just listed,this 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath beauty has over 4400 finished square feet and resides on a cul-de-sac backing to acres of open space leading to the community pool, tennis courts and play ground.           Purchased brand new in 2005 for $830K at the height of the Northern Virginia price boom, you can now get this amazing home for hundreds of thousands less as a short sale. Short SALE? Don't be afraid....My wife is exactly the kind of diligent, detailed real estate agent who will get this through.           The short sale package has been submitted, the bank's short negotiator identified and contacted AND we will be using one of the best local short sale negotiators around to assist us in making this... 11/03/2011