Jamie Flournoy's (jflournoy) Blog

As we all know, buying your first home and understanding all of the financing involved can be a daunting task. Many lenders will tell buyers that they don't need to worry about coming up with money to cover the closing costs. I guess they do that because they want to keep encouraging the buyer to...

This post pertains to inspections that are customary in the DC Metro area.  It's well known in the real estate industry that buyers should always get a home inspection done on the property unless they're buying a property to be torn down.  Unfortunately, many agents also don’t understand that a g...

It’s common knowledge that buyers should thoroughly inspect a property before removing all of their contingencies (conditions) from the contract.  But, I think it’s not a good idea, but a great idea for Sellers to hire inspectors to come through the home before the property goes on the market.  W...