Tom Robinson Team Northern Virginia Home Values

Yahoo has an article running today about Seven flags to watch out for when purchaing a home. With todays foreclosures and short sales, its likely the home was not well maintained by the previous owner and was likely kept in a holding pattern once the bank took it over (REO). In the case of a shor...

Although I have been involved with real estate investing for some time now, I recently became a Realtor and I am now at that point of building my business. I know it will likely take awhile and I have business forthcoming that has been promised to me from several people in my network. We'll see h...

As I mentioned earlier in a blog, the Real Estate Section of the Washington Post was abuzz with Great articles on the Homebuyer Tax Credit, etc. Under a sub section called Real Estate Matters, Ilyce R. Glink, and Samuel J. Tamkin answer readers questions on the Homebuyer Tax Credit. I have provid...

Saturday's Washington Post Real Estate Section was loaded with Goodies. An article by Kenneth R. Harney titled "Enter the Maze of Tax Credit Rules" pointed out the new guidelines as issues by the Internal Revenue Service or IRS. The agency's advice is to as he put it "cool it" for a few weeks. Th...

The average 30 Year Fixed rate on record was reported by The Washington Post at 4.71%. If ever there was a time to refinance or buy a new home this is it. Rates have nowhere to go but up. The previous record was in April 2009 at 4.78% for a 30 year fixed rate loan. Here is the link to the article...

I was approached by a soon to be retiree last night and he asked me if I knew about reverse mortgages. I said "yes, of course," He mentioned that he heard from a friend in California that received a unique new reverse mortgage where you could keep your current home and rent it out (Likely because...

I saw a bumper sticker the other day. It was the same day, at my wife's request, I applied for a government job (fat chance anyway). Have you ever applied for a government job? OMG, on the paperwork. Speaking of the man upstairs, here is a quote from Psalm 109, verse 8 referred to as the Psalm fo...

I keep thinking of the song "night moves" by Bob Seger. "little too tall, could lose a few pounds." Bob is right, most of us could lose a few punds. I have been a member of the sargents program  here in the D.C. area for just over a year now. If you want to know more about it check it out at sarg...