February 7, 2012

3rd Street in Herndon, Virginia – bought!

This 4 bedroom, two car colonial wasn’t your typical short sale in Herndon, Virginia… it was much better! Lots of space, finished lower level, big bedroom sizes. But it took a lot of work, time, patience, and a couple off-hand prayers. Took about 2 months (fast) but almost 30 days without any response to the [...]

A short-sale success story… another home sold

I managed to get another home sold as a short-sale last week for a buyer client. This one was in Herndon and is a pretty big house, but it was grueling for my clients as information came super-slow from the other side. Honestly, the whole set up stinks because everyone (buyer, seller, agents, inspectors, and [...]

It takes more than the crystal ball to understand real estate

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Are you still looking into that crystal ball? You know, like when you were searching for the bottom of the market, the lowest interest rate to refinance, or if the economy is sending a signal of a turn around. In the April 27th issue of BusinessWeek, there was an article titled “What Good are Economists [...]

Buying a short-sale in Northern Virginia

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So you pulled up a listing in the neighborhood that you would kill to live in and it is priced $100,000 below the last sale. “Honey, get the keys cause we are gonna buy that house”, you say wildly. What you did not see written into the comments section is this home is a short-sale [...]