Category: Seller Tips
3 Things to Consider During Our Spring Market
A reporter from U.S. News & World Report recently asked us about what things buyers and sellers should expect from our shifting spring market. Here’s what we told him: 1. Sellers need to be smart about making renovations. Sellers need to understand that it is one thing to price your home correctly, but it is another... Read More
Tips on Downsizing Without Losing Your Mind
When it comes time to downsize, there are a few key considerations you should always keep in mind. First of all, don’t wait until the last minute to downsize when it comes time to do so. Make your move early. Retirement brings on enough stress in and of itself, so downsizing beforehand could save you... Read More
How to Turn Your Primary Residence to a Rental Property
What should you be thinking about if you’re transitioning your primary home into an investment rental property? There are three things you should do. What should you think about doing if you’re transitioning your primary home into an investment rental property? I own quite a few investment rental properties and everything I’m going... Read More
The Crazy Story of 2 Home Inspections on the Same House!
Today I’d like to tell you the tale of two home inspections. If a buyer backs out after a home inspection, what happens when the next buyer’s inspection results are completely different? It’s time for me to tell you the tale of two home inspections. We had a property on the market in Fairfax where... Read More
Why You Can’t Quite Trust Zillow’s Zestimates
Online home valuations can give you an idea of what your home’s worth, but you shouldn’t price your home based on their calculations. When selling their home, most people nowadays do their own online research on websites like Zillow so they can get an estimated value of what their home is worth. That’s a dangerous... Read More
Would My House Make a Good Rental Property?
How can you tell if your home is a good candidate to convert into a rental? Consider these three points. Should you sell your home or rent it out? It’s a question we’ve been discussing recently, and you can see the first part of our discussion here. The question we’ll address today is how to... Read More
Should You Sell or Rent Your Home?
Today we’re going to answer a question that our clients ask us all the time. That question is, “Should I sell my home, or should I keep it as a rental property?” Now, I speak from two angles here. One is as a person who has owned rental properties for over a decade in the... Read More
Will Home Values Drop in the Next Few Years?
I predict that over 40% of homes in northern Virginia will go down in value over the next few years. Here’s why. Today I’m going to put my neck out on the line. I predict that over 40% of homes in the Northern Virginia area will go down in value in 2017, 2018, and 2019.... Read More
How Trump Will Affect the Real Estate Market- Part 3
How Trump Will Affect the Real Estate Market- Part 3 from AJ Team LLC on Vimeo. I expect President Trump’s policies to produce a pause in our market. Here’s what you can do to take advantage of that pause. Now that the new president is in office, what other changes can you expect him to... Read More
How Trump Will Affect the Real Estate Market- Part 2
How Trump Will Affect the Real Estate Market- Part 2 from AJ Team LLC on Vimeo. President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a desire to increase defense spending. What will happen with our local real estate market if he does? There are a lot of things we’ll need to keep an eye on during Donald Trump’s... Read More
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