We recently moved from Dayton, OH to Sterling, VA for my job and it was not a fun move. The first stressor was finding a home. As most people trying to find a home right now are aware the market is extremely hot and it difficult to buy a “starter” house or just a house in general. Basically, the homes go up on Thursday or Friday and are gone by Monday while going for above asking price. We also had the added complication of searching for a home virtually, because of the way the market is, a house hunting trip would have been pointless. Thankfully we had a good agent through Redfin , who really helped us through the process and worked with our timeline and restrictions. Also, Redfin made it easy for us to tour the homes virtually, which I think let us see more homes then if we had to drive to each one individually. Additionally, the First Federal Bank we went with for the loan, was great to work with. The loan officer really detailed...
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