Can you buy or sell a home in Northern Virginia, Quantico Pentagon Area without losing thousands of dollars on your bottom line?

We all want that, right? The answer is yes, but you need to do a few things. First, be sure to hire an experienced real estate agent when looking to buy or sell your home. 

We often have conversations with potential sellers and buyers about the pros and cons of working with discounted brokers or an inexperienced realtor to buy or sell a home. Most of the time, these are individuals who will sell your home for less because they lack the experience to actually compete with agents and brokers who truly know how to outperform them in experience, marketing, negotiation, and sales, it makes me crazy!

Now, we don’t profess to be a doctor, but buying or selling a home is most likely one of your largest assets, right next to your body, and you wouldn’t operate on yourself, would you? When hiring a doctor, wouldn’t you want to hire one that specializes in fixing whatever body part you have trouble with?

For example, if you broke your hip, you wouldn’t go to a foot doctor. No, you wouldn’t; you’d go to an experienced doctor who specializes in hips. So, do the same with your real estate and mortgage professionals. It truly can make the difference between you losing a lot of money and potential interest from buyers when you’re selling.

If you hire an inexperienced real estate professional to capitalize on your investment, or a lender who isn’t experienced enough to actually know what programs are available for you to capitalize on, you may be leaving money on the table. So hire someone experienced.

Lastly, what about negotiations? What if you were being sued? Wouldn’t you want to hire the very best attorney to keep you out of jail or to keep more money in your pocket in case you have to pay out? Of course, you would! You want to hire a good attorney who can negotiate between you ending up in the slammer or possibly being bankrupt.

Well, your home is no different. Remember, it’s most likely your largest investment, so be careful not to hire an agent whose only card that they can pull out is to reduce their commission because they don’t have negotiation experience.

Think about it for a moment, if they can’t negotiate on their behalf, most likely that means they can’t negotiate on your behalf either. This could end up costing you thousands and thousands of dollars.

Take our advice. Hiring a specialist with lots of experience, and knowing how to negotiate is the right choice when purchasing or selling your largest investment. Give us a call to learn how we can help you on your move.