Alison Creamer
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Virginia Beach / Hilltop
1709 Laskin Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454

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Oh how I love happy sellers

February 9th, 2012

I recently became the second listing agent for a home and have just been amazed at how stunned these sellers are at what I do for them. I dont think of what I do as special or hard. I just love media, marketing, sales and customer relationship. Here is a recent email from the seller who is now in Italy and cannot be in the area to “watch” ove the home sale.

Cool. Just gonna say it one more time, we appreciate you so much. You are responsive and on top of the market. I can’t express to you how much it helps calm my nerves knowing that you are keeping up with the market and are knowledgeable about what is going on. This experience is night and day, the communication, the marketing, the awareness of the market…all of it. I can honestly say that I trust your judgment and I no longer have the concern that I know more about selling a house than the realtor, which is a HUGE relief for me. I know I say it a lot, and trust me I am not usually effusive with praise, but I am so glad to have you right now.

I’m sure we will talk again soon. Thanks again!

Tasha ;o)

This is why most of what I do it repeat and referrals !

Baby Boomer Sellers- Here are some tips.

January 29th, 2012

Baby Boomer needs to sell home ! 

Here are some quick tips on getting your home ready for a younger crowd.
1. Ditch the drapes ! – YUCK its time to let the light in and make the room feel brighter lighter and show off its glory. Need privacy consider shades or custom blinds that are easy to open. Dont forget to CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN the windows its amazing the amount of film that is on a window and you may not even realize it.
2. Depersonalize the space – REMOVE the family photos. If your trying to appeal to a younger crowd they may not connect with the photo of you and your grandchild. They also wont connect with the photos of the kids growing up over the last 20 years. 
3. Update the bathroom lighting.- This is an easy fix DITCH the GLOBE lights.
4. COLOR – Its time to freshen the home up pick a neutral color and PAINT ALL of the rooms. Drop the pink, green, mauve, rose and blue. Go for a beige, or sand color.
5. Fresh the Front Entrance- Here is the FIRST impression. The first 30 seconds to make an impression. Landscape with easy to maintain flowers, clean the cobwebs wash the glass and if your front door can take it PAINT it or REPLACE it.

Its hard to part ways with your style and it could make you feel like your in someone else’s home. I say get used to it YOUR MOVING  anyway. Start thinking about where your going and look towards that future. No looking back !!!!! 

Lake Smith Terrace Community

January 15th, 2012

Located close to Shore and Independence Blvd. Lake Smith terrace is surrounded by Haygood point and Governors Square

Its a great place to live
Here is the Community page
http://www.lhgcl.org/
The Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-Smith-Terrace-Haygood-Point-Governor-Square/136425963071092

December 2011 Recap Real Estate numbers

January 12th, 2012

http://www.buyhamptonroadsHOMES.com Bzibee Real Estate team is part of the Keller Williams Realty office located at 1709 Laskin Rd Va Beach Va 23455 Office. We work Virginia Beach , Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Portsmouth Real Estate. Helping buyer and sellers with Real Estate. WE offer Distressed and Traditional sales plans.

Navagate Norfolk

January 12th, 2012

Just incase you have always wanted a birds eye view of Norfolk I have added this great link for you.

http://www.norfolk.gov/wayfinding/CombinedMap.asp

Virginia Beach named as best run city !

January 10th, 2012

Virginia Beach ….

Virginia Beach Named Best-Run City in America

Thursday, January 05, 2012 · 10:55 am
Virginia Beach today was named the best-run city in America by 24/7 Wall St., a financial news website.
The staff examined the 100 largest cities in the United States, reviewing the local economy, fiscal discipline and standard of living in each city. Among the criteria considered were crime, poverty, education and credit rating. “For the most part, the best-run cities manage their debt and resources well,” the website reported “The worst-run cities do not.”
24/7 Wall St. had this to say about Virginia Beach:
“Virginia Beach is, by our measurement, the best-run city in the U.S. Located on the eastern shore of Virginia, the city is one of the most prosperous in the country. Out of the 100 largest cities, it has among the 10 lowest violent crime, unemployment, and poverty rates, as well as among the 10 best for median income, high school graduation and health insurance coverage. Moody’s listed Virginia Beach’s three main strengths as a ‘large and diverse tax base stabilized by the presence of military bases,’ the city’s ‘strong and carefully managed financial position,and comprehensive financial policies and conservative budgeting approach.’ The city’s credit rating is a perfect AAA.”

Read the Full Story here http://www.247wallst.com/2012/01/05/best-and-worst-run-cities-in-america.

No I wont let you buy my condo with an FHA loan

January 9th, 2012

If your in the market to buy a condo I would suggest you, your agent or your lender check the FHA list first. You might not be able to get a FHA backed loan for the purchanse
Check here https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/condlook.cfm

Walk thru issues and getting it fixed

January 7th, 2012

A listing agent story
Today was a walk through on a listing of mine and after the buyers inspector re inspected all the ” fixed items” we found,that a newly installed GFCI was wired wrong.  I’m a gal who says HUMMM let’s fix this now !!! My seller opened the box and started changing the wiring configuration. It took 5 tries and still no luck.

That’s when I kicked in. Pick up phone and called my SMART HUSBAND. Honey HELP!!!!!! I love being married to a smart man. Basically we had to figure out which set of white and black wires coming out out of the wall was the load and what was the line. We did not have a meter to check current. The next best thing was to touch the wires together and get a spark. My seller was hesitant about doing it so I grabbed the wires touched them and BAMMMM spark. We now know what set is the line. My seller grabbed the right lines re wired the outlet and now it’s perfect.

The moral of the story sometimes you have to grab the wire and create a spark !

And we sold and closed on the home 24 hours later !

Buying your next home in Hampton Roads Using your VA!

January 6th, 2012

Buying your next home in Hampton Roads Using your VA! Military life can be a great life, although not always easy, but one of the benefits is being able to use your VA to buy a home for you and your family. Being a Veteran gives you great buying power when buying your home. The major added bonus is nothing, zero, zilch down! Using your VA also allows you to ask for 4% in closing cost assistance. What does this mean for the veteran? It means in most cases they can walk through the door of their new home with very little out of pocket expenses!
Another added bonus is no mortgage insurance. This insurance does nothing for you the home buyer, but with FHA and conventional mortgages, without 20% down, you are forced to pay this each month. This covers your lender, not you. This amount can up your mortgage payment by a couple hundred dollars, depending on the price of the home. When you use your VA, they are the insurer, so you don’t have that added expense!
Example of owning versus renting. Average rent in Hampton Roads is $1350.00 a month and up. If you rent for 5 years that is $81,000! An average $200,000 mortgage using your VA is approx $984.00 at 4.25% plus your taxes and Insurance. Congratulations! After five years you have invested in your future and saved yourself money by using your earned VA benefit!
Why would you keep paying someone else’s mortgage when you have earned that benefit? Depending on the price range of your home, your mortgage can be much cheaper than you are paying in rent. Having your own home gives you peace of mind. You never have to worry about having to move and your family will have a place to truly call home.
It’s not a difficult process to get your loan started. In fact, it’s really simple! Your lender and agent do most of the leg work for you!

Karen Miller, REALTOR®
Direct and TEXT 757-235-2790
Bzibee Real Estate Team
Office Email:Karen@bzibee.com
Office Phone:757-321-7595
Keller Williams Realty
1709 Laskin Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Licensed In VA
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To delete or not to delete ?

January 5th, 2012

Should they stay or should they go
Why are people so rude ?

So we have a great website that is brining all kinds traffic for people to look at homes. Last night we get a new buyer who listed they have an agent. Our standard reply is GREAT but our site is for clients/ prospects that intend to work with us. We encouraged him to contact his agent ( that he said he had) for property information.

The reply we got was insane. He was livid that we were going to take him off

He said
Are you serious? you advertised online and what you are saying is that unless I use you I will not be permitted to view this site, What happens if i am a buyer that may want to buy one of your listings. I have retained a copy of this email and have the addresses fir these sellers. I bet these sellers do not care if I use you or not. I am sure that part of your advertising sales pitch for the listing includes this kind of advertising without the sellers knowing that your advertisements are discretionary to only people that work with you.

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