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Real Estate Agent - Samson Properties - VA 0225-059831, MD 646410
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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2009 

Why You Should Leave While Your Home is Shown Copyright (c) 2009, Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic Realty Your home is for sale. The phone rings. Someone is coming to see it!   No, you should not stay to greet the prospective buyers and their agents. Go for a drive, go for a walk, make yo...
07/18/2009
How to Get Your Short Sale Home Shown Copyright (c) 2009 Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic   Homeowners unable to keep up their mortgage payments and ineligible for a loan modification frequently make the intelligent choice to sell their home as a short sale.  This article explains how to ...
07/18/2009
Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team | RE/MAX Olympic Realty | 703-969-0410 7995 Fern Oak, Manassas, VA XLNT, large brick colonial with full finished walkout basement, front and rear patios, inground heated pool, and long drive with huge front yard. 5BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered at $364,900 Year Bui...
07/17/2009
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Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team | RE/MAX Olympic Realty | 703-969-0410 6081 Omega Ln, Manassas, VA Brickfront colonial on cds lot backing trees; 4/3.5;deck, patio, hot tub, 3-fin lvls, walkout LL. AS IS bank owned. Nds pnt+cpt. 4BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered at $259,900 Year Built 2005 Sq Footag...
07/17/2009
"Pre-Approved" Short Sales Copyright (c) 2009, Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team at RE/MAX Olympic   Homeowners challenged to continue paying their mortgages and ineligible for an adequate loan modification often choose to list their home for short sale rather than experience the consequences of foreclosu...
07/17/2009
Detecting Short Sale Flips Copyright (c) 2009 Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic   Homeowners challenged to make their mortgage payments often consider selling their homes via short sales. It is our position that agents attempting to perform what is known as "short flips" are not performing...
07/16/2009
Short Sale Option Purchase Contract Considered Harmful Copyright (c) 2009, Deanna & Jim'S GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic   The owners of higher end potential short sale properties are targetted by certain real estate agents. The agents propose that the homeowner sign a purchase option contract giving ...
07/16/2009
Short Sale Second Lender Situations Copyright (c) 2009 Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic Homeowners challenged to keep up with their mortgages due to changes in circumstances often elect to list their home as a short sale in order to prevent inevitable foreclosure.  Short sales involving t...
07/14/2009
Making A Clean Short Sale Offer Copyright (c) 2009 Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic Making an offer to purchase a property for short sale requires understanding that your offer will be evaluated weeks later by an overworked negotiator who is not generally inclined to be interested in unne...
07/13/2009
Making the Short Sale Buying Process Manageable? Copyright (c) 2009 Deanna & Jim's GOLD Team, RE/MAX Olympic Short sale listings offer temptingly low prices, often at or below the rest of the market in a given area.  The lure of the low prices is offset by the legends of long-delayed and cancelle...
07/13/2009
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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.