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850+ transactions last 21 years. Master negotiators. Masters degrees in finance/marketing/business & computers. Serving Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Faquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford.
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2011
Short Sale Buyer's Guide: HAFA Properties Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team Buyers considering short sale properties are often counseled by their buyer's agents that 1. Short sale list prices are meaningless 2. The short sale process involves a short payoff which may require an ...
01/10/2011
Seller's Guide: Animals in the House/on the Property Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team You love your dog, cat, bird, or other companion creature. Unfortunately most prospective buyers do not share your affinity for that particular creature. Some buyers are acutely alle...
01/10/2011
Seller's Guide: Easy on the Hot Oil Air Fresheners Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team Hot oil air fresheners scent the air throughout a house. One per floor maximum is more than enough! Using more than one per floor up to one per room is overkill. Here's why: 1. Just as yo...
01/10/2011
Open House Draws 10 Visitor Groups on Cold Wintry Day Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team One offer is being signed and another prepared as a result of the first open house for the latest "Kitchens by Ana" project held January 9, 2011. Although Sunday, January 9 dawned sunny and ...
01/10/2011
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Kick Out vs No Kick Out Copyright (C) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team This explanation is written from the point of view of a buyer or buyer's agent. It is posted in the hopes that listing agents are more careful with the proper use of property status values. The MLS that serves our market ar...
01/08/2011
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Door Hanger For Open Houses? Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team Do you have door hanger cardstock? It's cardstock that comes pre-perforated so that it can be printed 3-up landscape and then cut into thirds. Each third has a slit to a circular punch out and a horizontal line acro...
01/07/2011
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Per Diem Charges on Delayed REO Closing Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team These charges are always documented in the bank addendum in black and white. We suspect that they are intended primarily to intimidate the selling agent and buyer to get serious about striving to ge...
01/06/2011
Client Reversal on Sales Contract Term Already Signed and Delivered! Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team REO listing by a reputable servicer with whom we have years of experience. Financial terms agreed. Bank sends bank addendum. Bank addendum reviewed with buyers. Buyers sign...
01/05/2011
Sensible Driveway Staging By Investor Protects House and Neighbor's Car Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna and Jim's GOLD Team An investor client has just completed a major rehabilitation project of a townhouse in an area not known to be the safest. The prudent investor leaves lights on and i...
01/05/2011
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Talk vs Walk Copyright (c) 2011, Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team A Parable Once upon a time I worked as a computer systems programming consultant. As a free-lance consultant I made approximately 2-2.5 times the rate earned by the employees with whom I worked daily. The more senior employees ...
01/04/2011
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Master negotiators: 550+ transactions last 12 years. 150+ bank-owned transactions 2007-13. Short sales listed, under contract, and buyer offers pending. First time buyer & investor specialists. MBA, MSE, MA Psychology.