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Laura Schwartz, RealtorLaura Schwartz, Realtor
  • Home
  • Buying
    • The Process
    • Mortgages
    • Buyer Consult
    • Search
  • Selling
    • Selling with Laura
    • Marketing Plan
    • Staging and Photography
    • What’s Your Home Worth?
    • Sellers Consult
  • Meet Laura
  • Vendor Guide
  • Let’s Talk

The Process

Interview a Real Estate Agent to Hire

It’s best to schedule an appointment with a real estate agent before ever looking at a home and discussing personal information. That way you can first establish an agency relationship with that specific real estate agent. Also, you can discuss with your agent your goals for your purchase, your needs and desires, and help them find the home that you’re looking for.

Contact a Mortgage Lender for a Pre-Approval

In today’s market, you cannot submit an offer without either proof of funds for an all cash transaction, or a pre-approval letter from a mortgage lender. This is where a lender will provide you with various mortgage options. To assist in your mortgage pre-approval process, a lender will review your credit, ask for information related to your income and employment status.

Search for Homes

This is where the right agent comes in to help you identify options that match your list of needs. The list of available homes for sale is most current from our realtor database, named MRIS locally. Sites like, Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com etc all pull from our database. It will have the most current information and should make your online search much easier. Showings can be arranged based on specific information for each property (for example – vacant homes can be shown anytime; occupied homes may have time restrictions). You are also free to visit any open house. You can see any home listed for sale by any company.

Submit and Negotiate an Offer

As part of our contract, there are several important details that are submitted in an offer. They include price, date of closing, deposit amount, specific timelines for inspections, appraisal, financing, what conveys with the property, and the settlement agent. Specific inspections, if apply, include but are not limited to: home inspection, radon, termite, well, water, septic, mold, pre-drywall, and lead based paint. I have resources and referrals for all of these inspections, but you are always free to choose your own provider.

Contract to Close

Once your contract has been accepted, your due diligence period begins. Assuming you’ve successfully navigated each contingency and your financing has been approved and loan issued, you’ll move on to closing. At closing, you’ll sign paperwork for your mortgage and ownership of the property. You’ll be given the keys, making you an official homeowner!

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🌸 Coming Soon 🌸 📌 707 N Oakland St Arling 🌸 Coming Soon 🌸
📌 707 N Oakland St Arlington VA 22203
3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, About 1300 sq ft
Duplex just 2 blocks to the VA Square Metro and steps to the new Ballston Quarter, fully renovated and backs to open green space called Gum Ball Park! Stunning kitchen renovation gives you new shaker cabinets, tile backsplash, gas range, stainless steel appliances, quartz counters, pantry cabinet and hardwood floors.
This house is just so well done top to bottom
See it for yourself next week! We go live on June 1st

📲Photos and floorplan available at www.707Oakland.com

$875,000
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🔥 Just Listed in the Town of Vienna 🔥 📌 4 🔥 Just Listed in the Town of Vienna 🔥
📌 420 Center St S Vienna VA 22180
End unit, 3 bedroom townhouse with 2 full baths and 2 half baths. Santos Mahogany wood floors throughout the main level, 2016 kitchen renovation, primary bedroom with brand new carpet, en-suite bath, and custom closet organizers, walk-out basement with full size windows for tons of natural light.
Lots of upgrades include roof, HVAC, water heater, and more.
Could rent for $2850 if you're looking for a rental! 

Location also can't be beat - 1 block to the Community Center, W&OD Trail, closeby to Whole Foods, Patrick Henry Library, Giant, Vienna Elementary, Waters Field, Downtown Church Street, and the Town Green!

Open Sunday 1-3pm
$675,000

Staged by @jlarnolddesigns 
Photos by @teamtruplace 

Find more photos and floorplan at www.420CenterSt.com

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So grateful for another year in this magazine! Tha So grateful for another year in this magazine! Thank you @northernvirginiamag for the honor of making your Top Producing Agents list for 2022 sales. 🥰🏡 

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