John's Real Estate Blog

Having a home on the market can be a frightening experience, especially if it is not handled properly. By placing your home on the market, you are allowing people you have never seen before have access to your most important possessions. Most of the time there are absolutely no problems especiall...

I learned of a really disturbing situation the other day through a realtor in the Newport News area. This realtor was with a rather large and well established company that was being bought out by a firm that owned a Prudential franchise. One day this realtor was with XYZ company and the next day ...

The other day, I needed to contact my daughter on her cell phone and was totally frustrated by the experience. There is something about giving your child a cell phone to use in the event of an emergency, or to contact her when you need to and then not being able to reach them that really raises t...

Everything is new this year for our firm. We have dropped our affiliation with a major brand and gone independent. It is our hope that the huge sum of money we were paying monthly to be associated with a brand can now be used to promote our new brand, "Valley Realty Associates." We have downsized...