Posted on Feb 20, 2015

Selling a Home in Northern VA - any lessons learned, secrets, or referrals?

Lt Col Fred Marheine, PMP

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I'm selling a house in Fredericksburg in the next 2-3 months - anybody have any recent lessons learned, special secrets, or realtor referrals they would care to share?

I've heard it is enormously cheaper to do the sale without a realtor using Craig's list, a real estate attorney, and a title company - has anybody tried this and, if so, how did it work for both buyer and seller?

Any last minute/down and dirty "upgrades" that helped seal the deal?

All advice / input gratefully appreciated!

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Sgt Melinda Enfinger

Posted >1 y ago

I hope you sold your home with no problems! I wish I had seen this earlier; I would have been happy to assist you.

How did it work for you?

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Lt Col Fred Marheine, PMP

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Sale actually went pretty smooth ("knocking furiously on wood") - scheduled to close a week from Monday. I ended up going with a traditional agent and have been happy with the service. I briefly toyed with using the guy in DC who advertises $500 down and 1% at closing - ultimately didn't want to take the risk as I really wanted out of here. Ended up getting an offer after 9 days on the market - after the standard offer/counter-offer, I accepted at $5K below asking price and promptly sold the buyer all of my "home gear" (mower, shovels, rakes, chain saws, etc) and a good bit of the furniture for almost $10K - so, I'm scoring the whole thing a huge success. Thanks for responding :).

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Selling a Home in Northern VA - any lessons learned, secrets, or referrals?

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