Roanoke Real Estate Agent Damon Gettier"s Podcast

Many people have asked me, “What is a Realtor?” In order to sell properties in the state of Virginia, you need to be a licensed real estate agent. Realtor is a professional designation saying that the real estate agent belongs to the National Association of Realtors and subscribes to a code of ethics. The code of ethics was put in place to protect the public and other licensed real estate agents. It’s a set of rules that define how we treat the public and other real estate agents. Basically, we

How do you pick the right lender?When you’re looking for a lender, you want to ask your real estate agent two things: who do they know and who do they trust? Real estate agents don’t make any more or less based on which lender you use. The only difference is whether or not it’s going to make their lives any easier. When you use a lender that your agent knows and trusts, they usually get a property to close faster and with less hassle. If it makes their life easier, odds are it’s going to make your

Buying a Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Perform a full home search Selling your Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Get a free Home Price Evaluation Some people just like looking at open houses on the weekend for something fun to do. However, most serious buyers don’t go the open house route. Open houses aren’t used much anymore, and they are sparsely attended. Today, much of the information you need about a home is readily available at your fingertips online. Most open house

Buying a Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Perform a full home search Selling your Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Get a free Home Price Evaluation How do we get a seller to conquer clutter? What we did recently is had our photographer and one of our assistants go into a $300,000 house, photograph it as is, declutter it, and then re-photograph it the same day. We did that because I don’t like before/after photos - the lighting is different, the house is different, the

Buying a Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Perform a full home search Selling your Central or Southwest Virginia Area home?Get a free Home Price Evaluation When you sell your home, do you need a professional photographer to photograph your home? In my opinion the answer is absolutely 100% yes. The problem is that the number one camera used by real estate agents today is their iPhone. Those photos do not benefit the customer. We actually have a professional photographer on staff so we