Seller Resources
Some of the services that I offer to educate you as a seller:
- I will price your home based on your neighborhood and recent sales within your neighborhood, the current state of the market, and the condition of your home, along with any improvements you have made.
- I will assist with preparing your home for sale, including home staging, home warranty, temporary storage, junk removal, cleaning services, cosmetic repairs or enhancements.
- I will create a photo display and/or a virtual tour of your home for the MRIS, LongandFoster.com and on various other websites that automatically link once you list your home with Long and Foster.
- I will market your home through an extensive network of REALTORS® within the Leesburg Office and Long & Foster, my own personal network, throughout the county, Northern Virginia, and internationally through our Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® affiliation that provides relocation services to incoming professionals.
- I will handle the presentation of all buyer contracts
- I can help arrange for repair services related to any home inspection items or walk-thru issues.
- I can help you find a qualified REALTOR® if you are moving out of the area - across the state, across the country or across the world!
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Use this checklist (PDF) to make sure your house will show its best!
Remember what first attracted you to your house when you bought it? What excited you about its most appealing features? Now that you're selling your home, you'll need to look at it as if you were buying it all over again.
A spruced up house makes a great first impression on potential buyers. An attractive property grabs their attention and makes them excited about finding a house that looks and feels well-cared for. Because buyers know they'll encounter fewer problems if they buy it, your house becomes more appealing and stands out from the competition. So if you prepare your home correctly, you'll save time selling it when it's on the market.
A good first impression makes an impact on a number of levels. It's not just the way your house looks to potential buyers, but how it feels and smells to them, how their friends and family will react, how they imagine it would be to live there.
With simple improvements throughout your house, you can grab the attention of potential buyers and help them see why your house is right for them.
Although I do recommend "shopping around" for a good rate from a reputable mortgage company (be careful…if it sounds too good to be true…it probably is). Prosperity Mortgage, a Long & Foster affiliated company, is the fastest growing mortgage company in the Mid-Atlantic region and is a joint venture with Wells-Fargo. We are fortunate enough to have Bo Lee, Home Mortgage Consultant, right in our office...again, it’s all about convenience for you!
Check out today's mortgage rates.
Let Let Long & Foster Home Services Connections help you with services such as connecting your new utilities, carpet cleaning, finding a landscaper, even little things like starting newspaper delivery…plus much more, all from one convenient web site.
Compare there with here and here with there. Use this cost of living calculator to make comparisons from one area to another.
Getting Homeowner's Insurance quotes doesn't need to be difficult. By using Long & Foster Insurance Agency, I can assist you in obtaining quotes from multiple insurance carriers for the most competitive rate quotes in the area.
Although it is ultimately your choice as a buyer to select your settlement company, if you need guidance with that decision, I recommend these two settlement companies. An advantage of using these companies is that they are Long & Foster affiliates which keeps your settlement within the "family" and reduces much of the unknown through the process. Although Long & Foster may receive financial benefit from the transaction as an "affiliated business", I receive no financial "kick back" but do receive peace of mind that I can pass along to you and no additional fees are charged to you because of that business relationship. I'm all for doing anything that makes the purchasing process easier for my clients.
MBH Settlement Group is highly qualified to handle every aspect of your real estate closing. They have offices all over Northern Virginia, but one is conveniently located down the street from our Leesburg office.
RGS Title also provides an outstanding settlement experience, and has offices located in Sterling and Ashburn.
A home warranty is an added layer of protection for those items not covered by homeowner's insurance, such as aging appliances, heating/cooling systems and plumbing systems. Renewable annually and transferable from seller to buyer, it's inexpensive protection for any homeowner.
Long & Foster's network of movers can move you from any state in the U.S. (or within the state) into this Mid-Atlantic region, and we have local full service movers to get you moved out as well. They include:
- Apple Transfer Inc.
- Collins Brothers Moving & Storage
- Dulles Area Moving & Storage
- Eureka Van and Storage
- Hilldrup Moving & Storage
- McCollister's Transportation
- Quality Services Moving
- Town & Country Movers
- Victory Van Corporation
Our local storage and transportation companies are:
