Truth vs. Bullcrap about Selling a Home! 
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Northern Virginia Real Estate--Industry Trends
Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 9:42am. 3101 Views, 2 Comments.
BusinessWeek.com reports a looming shift of $1.8 billion in advertisting away from newspapers towards the internet in the next few years. For the next 1-2 years papers shouldn't be hit too hard as the extra inventory gets sold off as investors got out of the market recently by throwing their homes up for sale. Also extra inventory was due to many worrying the value of their home was about to plummet so they put them on the market earlier than they would have. So why this profound change in the industry? Well the most recent poll in January by Realtor.com showed that now 77% of purchasers start their home buying process online--not by picking up the local paper to look for pictures of homes in the newspaper. The article continues, "Indeed, the Net…
How to Sell an Arlington Virginia Condo in VA....
Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 9:42am. 4543 Views, 2 Comments.
How to Sell an Arlington VA Condo:
So what's the best way to sell a condo in Arlington Virginia real estate? I think it's pretty simple to figure out. Pretend you're going to buy a condo in Arlington VA. Then make sure your condo is found when using the methods for searching for a home employed by buyers in the 21st century.Don't get stuck on the idea of photos of your home in the newspaper that make you feel so special, "Look, mom, that's my home in the Arlington Sun Gazette! Aren't you proud of me, dad? I'm important now everybody...."

So who is looking in the Sun Gazette (insert your local community newspaper) to do their home searches? Probably not the buyers. But I'm sure other sellers are there looking at their pretty homes. …
YouTube Video on Selling a Virginia Condo
Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 9:42am. 2497 Views, 0 Comments.
What is the best way to sell an Arlington VA condo? Should one hire a "high powered" listing agent you see in the paper to get the job done for 6%? I think not....
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This video starts off megacheesy but gets very respectable. Just commit to 2 minutes and you'll be good to go....
Live and learn! 
Truth Hurts--Are "Listing Agents" Just Data Entry Specialists, etc?
Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 10:37am. 4735 Views, 1 Comments.
The Truth About Arlington Real Estate and Listing Agents
What is the truth about Arlington Virginia real estate for sellers? Are "listing agents" just glorified data entry specialists who are overpaid? Sad truth is that most are indeed that. Let's see why....
Weekly Visitors to JustNewListings.com
Anywhere from 3000-5000 unique visitors frequent the website depending on the month/season. These are people interested in real estate in the greater Northern Virginia real estate markets such as Arlington Virginia real estate, Fairfax county real estate, Alexandria, Annandale, Old Town, Clarendon and Washington DC metro in general. Here's a sample weekly metric from April 2008:
Sample Widget of Home for Sale for…
Sellers, don't hire amatuers to sell your Clarendon Condo
Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 7:12am. 5355 Views, 3 Comments.
Recently I received a request for a CMA (competitive market analysis) for a condo in Arlington Virginia. I was mega busy and did not respond for a good 5 days which is a no no in the Web 2.0 world of Arlington real estate. Juggling several contracts, an out of town buyer, flat tire, continuing ed, taxes and 3 soon to be 4 kids can do that to you
Days later I see the condo listed by another real estate agent. That's not the end of the world on my end, but I do feel badly for the seller.
Selling Your Arlington Condo--the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Here are some tips for selecting an agent to sell your condo in Arlington--especially in the clarendon, ballston, courthouse and rosslyn areas.
- pretend you're the buyer. What's your first…
Truth vs. Bullcrap about Selling Your Home--Stop Overpaying!
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 7:05am. 11130 Views, 16 Comments.
The Right Way to Sell Northern Virginia Real Estate in DC Area
Sellers Stop!!!
Sellers, the world has changed. Why are you paying extra to sell your
Northern Virginia real estate using yesterday's methods which are actually more expensive?!?!
The answer is probably that you haven't been researching this intensely as you are too busy. You do have a life, right? And I'm sanguine that the "high powered" listing agents whose ads you see all over the place in your Arlington Sun Gazette (insert your own local newspaper) are not telling you how real estate has changed....
In fact they probably don't even know themselves. And if they did it might make them cry:
Yet they continue to talk you into using themselves to sell their homes for…
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