Video: What to Look for When Choosing a Real Estate Agent. Part 1. Fairfax County Real Estate Agents

Thinking about selling your Northern Virginia home in the months to come? Wondering how to sort through the thousands of real estate agents in Fairfax County VA?
RE/MAX Realtor Steve Bachman provides a 2 minute back porch video explaining what to look for in a good agent.
Part1

Link to Part 2 Video.  Putting yourself in a video is always risky, so if you find me barely tolerable in this show, please keep in mind that I am only half of our husband and wife real estate team.

My wife is actually the nicer person according to general consensus...however, she has zero interest in appearing internationally in an Internet video.

 Two heads are often better than one and in this case, our complimentary skills work to give you a team with a unified purpose: To help you sell your property in the shortest period of time, for the most money, while helping you maintain your sanity. We take care of the details all the way to the end and beyond.

Below are a couple examples of the individual property websites that we create as part of our marketing plan for our seller clients. The first property sold in 4 days. The second in 27 days:

	2902 Mother Well Court Herndon, VA 20171 Elegant Colonial in Chantilly Highlands
Home   Photo Gallery   Virtual Tour   Property Map   Payment Info   Request Showing   Contact Me   Jan and Steve Bachman Office: 703-652-5782 Mobile: 703-943-6590 Website: Visit Website	Price : $650,000 Bedrooms : 4 Bathrooms : 2.5 Square Foot : 3,649 Lot Size : 9,176 Community : Chantilly Highlands County : Fairfax Property Type : Detached Year Built : 1990 MLS Number : FX7378737 click for more information and pictures Property Description This beautifully maintained home has 3 levels, 4 bedrooms, 2 full and 1 half bath, a finished basement, 2-car garage, fully fenced back yard, custom screened in porch, Trex deck, custom stone patio, wooden shed, and is located in the Oak Hill neighborhood of Chantilly Highlands. Community amenities include a pool, tennis courts, playground and lots of mature trees. Come on in! This home is ready for you to move in and enjoy! Feel free to get involved with community groups such as garden club, swim team, and holiday events. This gorgeous, brick front colonial is in the Chantilly High School district including Oak Hill Elementary and Franklin Middle Schools and is close to shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. It is easily accessible to Routes 28, 50, 66, 495 and the Fairfax County Parkway. You can get to anywhere from here! This home has everything! Open floor plan, indoor and outdoor living space, loads of storage, and many, many upgrades. This home is a great value! Call today to schedule a tour! FEATURES: This move-in ready home was completely redone on the outside in 2005 to provide a maintenance-free exterior including a new roof, windows, siding, trim, gutters and garage doors. It offers all the indoor and outdoor living space you could possibly need. MAIN LEVEL FEATURES: Enter into the 2-story foyer with a custom Art Deco light fixture, hardwood floors and crown molding. The home office is located just off the foyer and features a ceiling fan to keep you comfortable while you work. The spacious living and dining rooms feature crown molding and are perfect for entertaining friends and family. On a nice evening, just walk through the lovely French doors into the gazebo-style porch to move the festivities into this great outdoor living space. The highlight of the main level is the recently renovated, fully equipped, eat-in kitchen which offers loads of 42-inch maple cabinets with lots of custom features such as a pull out pantry, a center cooking island, granite counters with an extra deep double undermount sink, custom Portuguese Listello backsplash, high-end JennAir and GE Profile appliances and much more. Step down from the kitchen into the spacious sunlit family room featuring beautiful hardwood floors, a vaulted ceiling with ceiling fan, plantation shutters, a gas fireplace and a door leading out to the expansive deck, patio and back yard. Enjoy your morning coffee outdoors in your screened in porch or treat your neighbors to a cookout in the beautifully landscaped back yard with custom stone patio and deck. The laundry/mud room is just off the kitchen and offers state of the art, energy star LG front-loading washer and dryer to make doing laundry a pleasure. UPPER LEVEL FEATURES: After a long day, relax in the spacious master suite which includes a cathedral ceiling with ceiling fan, large walk-in closet, cable TV hookup and a full bath with jetted tub, separate shower with seamless glass enclosure, double sinks with granite counters and custom ceramic tile floor and shower surround. The additional 3 bedrooms each have a ceiling fan. Two of the bedrooms feature built in closet organizers and the third room offers cable hook-up and a full walk-in closet. The hall bath has been completely renovated to include new vanity with double sinks and granite counters, custom ceramic tile flooring and tub surround, and all new fixtures. LOWER LEVEL FEATURES: The basement has it all; a craft area, a rec room with plenty of space to play or entertain, plus 2 utility rooms and a crawl space that provide lots of storage and feature a utility sink and extra refrigerator. The basement also has a rough-in for another full bath. Features List 4 Bedrooms New roof, siding '05 Walk to Shopping 2 and 1/2 baths New windows '05 Neighborhood Pool Hardwood floors Custom Landscaping Tennis Courts High-end Appliances Gazebo-Style Porch Playround High quality carpet New Trex Deck '08 Oak Hill Elementary LG Front Load W/D New Stone Patio '08 Franklin Middle Dual Zoned A/C '09 Easy Commuting Chantilly High
Equal Housing Opportunity.	RE/MAX Gateway : 4090-B Lafayette Center Drive - Chantilly VA 20151 : 703-652-5782

	15315 JORDANS JOURNEY DR. Centreville, VA 20120 Outstanding Center Hall Colonial in Virginia Run
Home   Photo Gallery   Virtual Tour   Property Map   Payment Info   Request Showing   Contact Me   Jan and Steve Bachman Office: 703-652-5782 Mobile: 703-943-6590 Website: Visit Website	Price : $550,000 Bedrooms : 4 Bathrooms : 2.5 Square Foot : 3,656 Lot Size : 14,810 Community : Virginia Run County : Fairfax Property Type : Detached Year Built : 1988 click for more information and pictures Property Description Please stop by our OPEN HOUSE this Sunday, OCTOBER 31st, from 2-5 PM. This beautifully maintained home offers 3 levels, 4 bedrooms, 2 full and 1 half bath, 2-car garage, custom screened in porch, and is situated on a 1/3 acre tree-shaded lot in Centreville's beautiful Virginia Run neighborhood. Community amenities include one of the best community pools in Northern Virginia, an outstanding community center, tennis courts, playground and lots of mature trees. Feel free to get involved with community groups such as the garden club, swim team, and enjoy holiday events. This gorgeous, center hall colonial is in the Westfield High School district which includes Virginia Run Elementary and Ormond Stone Middle Schools and is close to shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. It is easily accessible to Routes 28, 29, and 66. You can get to anywhere from here! This home has everything including plenty of indoor and outdoor living space, loads of storage, and many upgrades. This home is a great value! Call today to schedule a tour! FEATURES: The whole-house Nuvo audio system has TV, iPod and computer connections and is fully customizable to add Sirius and other audio equipment. The system is digital and great for parties in whole-house mode and is also selectable by individual room and audio source. Every room including the screened in porch has individual control, an amplifier, and stereo speakers. This beautifully maintained home has an upgraded kitchen with new stainless steel appliances, upgraded master and hall baths, custom paint throughout the interior and fresh paint inside and out, new front door unit, new A/C unit and a high efficiency furnace and water heater. The deck and screened porch have been updated and the house offers extra secure storage under the porch MAIN LEVEL FEATURES: Enter into the welcoming light filled foyer with gleaming new redwood floors which extend throughout the main level. Turn right through the French doors into a huge home office located just off the foyer. The office features French doors leading into both the family room and the foyer, new recessed lighting and two large window that provide lots of natural light. The spacious dining room features crown molding, chair rail, custom paint and a beautiful custom light fixture. A perfect place to entertain friends and family. The recently upgraded kitchen is equipped with stainless steel appliances, new recessed lighting, custom light fixtures, a large work island and a breakfast area for more relaxed dining in the kitchen. On a nice evening, just walk out of the kitchen onto the screened in porch overlooking the large tree lined yard to move the festivities into this great outdoor living space. Enjoy your morning coffee on the porch as the sun comes up. This home does an outstanding job of bringing the outdoors...IN. Just off the kitchen is the spacious sunlit family room featuring beautiful redwood floors and huge floor to ceiling palladium windows which flank the gas fireplace. The convenient laundry/mud room features front-loading washer and dryer and is just off the kitchen. The huge over sized 2-car garage offers extra high ceilings which allows for plenty of space for cars, toys, equipment or even a work shop. UPPER LEVEL FEATURES: After a long day, relax in the spacious master suite which includes a cathedral ceiling with ceiling fan, large walk-in closet, cable TV hookup and a full bath with jetted tub, separate shower and double sinks. A separate sitting room is just off the master and could be used as another office or an upstairs entertainment space. The additional 3 bedrooms are very spacious and each one has a ceiling fan. The hall bath has been completely renovated to include new vanity with granite counter top, custom ceramic tile flooring and tub surround, and all new fixtures. Come visit! This home is ready for you to move in and enjoy! Features List 4 Bedrooms Whole-House Audio Community Amenities 2 and 1/2 Baths 5 Ceiling Fans Tot Lots Redwood Floors Recessed Lighting Pool & Tennis SS Appliances New Light Fixtures Community Center Front-Loading W/D Screened Porch Westfield High Updated Kitchen French Doors Stone Middle School Renovated Hall Bath Updated Master Bath Va Run Elementary
Equal Housing Opportunity.	RE/MAX Gateway : 4090-B Lafayette Center Drive - Chantilly VA 20151 : 703-652-5782