Mortgage Advice
When considering options for mortgages, it's not just about what lenders to talk to. Below I go over some of those details. For more tips...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Search Activation & Keeping Active
One of the most common & best ways that buyers find real estate properties to purchase is through their buyer's agents. According to NAR,...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Responsibilities & Inspector Options Including Deadlines Template for REIN & VAR Offers
While not fully comprehensive on all responsibilities, deadlines, & Inspector options, I've developed a resource to provide a brief...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Backup Offers: Seeing Property Already Under Contract
Sometimes buyers ask about performing showings on properties already under contract or making offers on properties already under...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Phantom Property Availability: For Sale, Under Contract, but Hard to Tell
Within an active Matrix search that I can set up for buyers in the 5 MLS that I have access to that cover most of SE VA, the vast...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Virginia Association of Realtors Non-Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Agreements
In this article, I'll be going over, in brief, the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR) buyer brokerage agreements in chronological...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Legal Duties of Buyer's Agents, Per Virginia Law
The below information was pulled directly from https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter21/section54.1-2132/ I'll simply be...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Disclosures Typically Signed at Time of Buyer Brokerage Agreement at GRP
There are forms that are often signed at time of buyer brokerage agreement in addition to the buyer brokerage agreement itself. These...
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Adam Garrett
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Land Purchases & Sales
I was asked today some good questions about land that I felt deserved an article.
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Below & Above Asking Price Offers
Those who have bought homes before, if most or all of their experiences have been purchases in buyers' markets (especially in rural...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Rent or Buy Calculator
Among real estate-related calculators, one of the most difficult to accurately determine is the rent vs buy calculator, despite...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Hampton Roads Offers: The REIN Standard Purchase Agreement
The dominant Hampton Roads offer for residential real estate is the Real Estate Information Network Standard Purchase Agreement. That...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 8
- 1 min
What To Do After Ruling Out Adam's Open House
As much as Adam would love to sell buyers properties where he represents the seller from an open house that he's hosting, that doesn't...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Which Multiple Listing Service(s) Are Needed to List in SE VA?
Knowing which Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is needed for a buyer or seller is very important if you're considering selling or buying in...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 2
- 1 min
SE VA City Information & Real Estate Property Info
In this link, I've created a master spreadsheet for government information on homes. I'm unaware of any publicly available spreadsheet...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Adam's Buyer Feedback
My feedback to buyers prior to & within showings is within the top 3% of agents in my opinion. Prior to ever performing a showing at a...
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Adam Garrett
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Agents Filling in for Buyers' Agents
In real estate, time is of the essence, whether you're seeing a property for the first time, making an offer, or performing inspections....
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Adam Garrett
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
What to Look for in a Buyer's Agent for Your Home or Other Real Estate
For prospective buyers' agents, it's a good idea to investigate them online. See how many properties they've transacted on in their...
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Adam Garrett
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Detailed Questions for Home Inspectors
See the related page here for basic elements of service provider determinations & here for termite/moisture inspector questions. If...
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Adam Garrett
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Basic Elements of Service Provider Determinations
In real estate transactions & outside of real estate transactions, it can be helpful to know how to find service providers. While no...
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