Chesapeake Virginia Real Estate Blog

If you are considering a short sale, this simple and thorough post by Debe Maxwell in North Carolina does a great job of explaining the pros and cons of your decision.Short Sale Q & A - What are the Pros and Cons of Short Sales Q -  What are the pros and cons of a short sale ? A -  A short sale o...

On this Memorial Day Weekend, I have seen so many examples of well-deserved benefits being given to our military.  Discounts and ways to save money are everywhere.  Before I write any further, I have to provide the caveat that I am not, nor have I ever been a tax attorney, advisor, or any other e...

Great post from Amy Jones of Chandler AZ (I was raised in Tempe, just next to Chander).  It does a great job of summarizing the changes from Fannie Mae that will take place on June 1, 2010.Beginning with applications dated June 1st, Fannie Mae is implementing the “Loan Quality Initiative” (LQI) g...

This is a great post by Jeremy Cohen from Ft Lauderdale.  It answers all those questions you might have had about title insurance but were afraid to ask.  Just fabulous!What is meant by "Title?""Title" is the foundation of ownership property. It means that you have a legal right to possess that p...

I had the saddest listing appointment of my career this week.  I sat down with a homeowner who wanted to sell because they could not stand their neighborhood (I was NOT their agent when they purchased the home).  The house was renovated and cute as a button, but the neighborhood was what they cou...

I don't know about you, but Twitter is one area of social networking that I just have not been able to get my head around.  This blog, from Akil in Bowie MD, did a great job of explaining it.I thought this might help some new to social networking. visit www.akilsellshomes.com   1. Understand what...

This is an amazing story about a woman who is suffering just because she has the same name as someone else with a salacious past.  By re-blogging this, hopefully the true story of this Northern VA Realtor will get to the top of a google search for Carolyn Capalbo.Carolyn Capalbo Is A REALTOR In N...

I recently read in a very well-written blog on Active Rain that it is not the seller that sets the ultimate price of a house, nor is it the buyer. The person who determines the ultimate sales price of a property is the appraiser.  Sometimes, a buyer may agree to a purchase price and the appraisal...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been on again, off again a couple of times this year due to the Federal Government's failure to extend the program before it expires.  As the past weather events in the USA can attest, if you live in a flood prone area, and even if you don't (just a...

This post comes from Florida and provides some great advice to sellers of properties that are currently occupied by a tenant. A colleague and I had a listing in Zephyrhills, Florida that was a rental home. When we first took the listing it had some deadbeat tenants in it and it was a mess. We ent...