Receiving A Down Payment Gift, the Right Way By Jeremy Hart When buying a home, it can help a borrower’s purchasing power if they’re able to produce a down payment. In its simplest form, the more money a borrower is able to put down on a purchase, the less of a “risk” they are to the…
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Well, it’s a judgement call. By Tina Merritt When purchasing real estate, some lenders will require a survey of the property. The survey is optional, however, for short-term loans and hard money loans (as with cash purchases). The cost of a survey is typically fairly minimal, a few hundred dollars. If the property is waterfront, heavily wooded, rough…
Meet your new best friends – your real estate agent and your lender. When you make the decision to purchase a home for the first time, there are so many emotions that can run through your mind. It’s as if there is a melting pot full of feelings all fighting to be let loose at the…
Eight Ways to Make Your Buyer Agent Love You By Deborah Rutter If you’ve enlisted the help of a Buyer Agent to help you search, narrow, negotiate and close on a property, first, congratulate yourself. Hiring an independent buyer agent whose sole focus is on you and your goals, not selling a specific property, is…
…I Learned From a Cab Driver By: Tina Merritt When I first started investing in and selling real estate many years ago, I knew I needed to become a student of negotiating. I read every book I could find on the subject, practiced my skills at flea markets, and memorized scripts to exhibit the confidence…
Happy 2015 Fredericksburg! We are excited to present the 2014 edition of the Nest Realty Annual Report. Each year as we prepare for the spring market, we first take a look back at the year that was in our local real estate market. At Nest, we believe it is important that our clients be well-equipped to…
Achieve maximum impact with minimal effort by utilizing our step-by-step staging guide. When it comes time to sell your home, the main objective is to make the space as appealing and inviting as possible. Through a process called “staging” you can create an environment that will be welcoming and captivating to potential buyers. We’ve broken down this…
Thanks to our wonderful clients, neighbors, and partners, 2014 was a great year at Nest Realty. In early December, we took time to review the year as we gathered for our Annual Nest SUMMIT. More than 80 Nesters from all six office locations gathered in Crozet, Virginia to take a look back at 2014 and look ahead…
Four of our Nesters recently attended the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. From the Charlottesville office, John Ince and Arleen Yobs made the journey, along with Tina Merritt and Jeremy Hart from the New River Valley office. We checked in with Jeremy to see how it went. Nest Realty:…