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Dear Woodbridge Home Shoppers

I've Got To Get This Humble Apology Off My Chest Before I Explode

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I humbly apologize to my current customers who are shopping for a home under $450,000. 

I owe a special apology to you if your lender says you qualify for a home priced $400,000 or higher, but you have limited yourself to shopping for a home priced $250,000 and below.

I am sorry for simply agreeing with your choice to be conservative, instead of telling you the truth about buying a home priced under $250,000, vs buying a home $400,000 and above.

You see, I am among the few agents who actually LISTEN to what a buyer wants, then helps that buyer stay within their guidelines. 

If you qualify for $500,000, but you are careful with your money, so you prefer buying a home priced $250,000 and below, the traditional real estate sales person typically tries to "push" you to buy a home near your qualification limit of $500,000, and ignores your decision to shop under $250,000.

When I shop, I do not like "pushy" sales people who try to push me toward the highest-priced item.

So I do not do that to my customers.

If you qualify for $1 million, but you want to buy $250,000 and below, that is where we shall go.  You will not get pressur from me to go one dime over $250,000 if that is your limit.

Here is the situation... I am currently helping a lot of folks shop for a home.  Among those folks are buyers who qualify for a home priced up to $500,000.  They want a home priced under $250,000, so that is where we are shopping.

I humbly apologize for failing to share with you the distinctions between the market for home priced under $250,000, vs homes priced $325,000 to $500,000.

I apologize for letting you get your brains beaten-in because you have bid on two or three houses, and lost all of them to higer bids.

I apologize for failing to tell you that we have 10-12 buyers ready to pounce on any home priced under $250,000, in good condition, the day it goes up for sale.

Sadly, most homes priced under $250,000 are neglected, shabby foreclosures that need work.

Homes under $250,000 typically need paint, carpet, appliances, and a new heat/AC system before you may comfortably inhabit the house.

I apologize for failing to tell you that you can get a home priced $325,000 - $500,000 that is NOT A DUMP, that will not sell in a bidding war, that you can get without going $20,000 - $40,000 over the list price.

Homes priced $400,000+ are typically neat, clean, loved, and in move-in condition.

Shabby foreclosed homes priced $400,000+ are rare.

Homes selling over $400,000 are often owner-occupied, clean, and staged like a model home.

In closing, know that I shall not get "pushy" with you, trying to push your price limit higher, but I shall commence sharing the distinctions between the home markets under $250,000 vs homes priced over $325,000.

You are the decision maker.  You choose your fate.  I owe you the information you need to compare bang-for-the-buck for homes under $250,000 vs homes priced over $325,000.

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Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

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