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By Judy & David Jackson | Both Buyer and Seller in Fairfax, VA

Stop Paying Mortgage On Two Properties

We Buy Houses - Fairfax VA: Have you moved from your other house and now own a second one? Many people have been caught in the crossfire of the real estate bubble burst. When the market was at its best a few years ago, people were tempted to put their homes on the market and buy and upgraded home. Some needed more room for the kids as they were growing up and others just wanted to buy something nicer than the starter home they were in.

Sell Your House Fast McLean VAWith the homes selling well and the prices good, most people had wonderful equity in their first homes, so they used that along with the ease in obtaining loans to buy another home. They planned to put the first home up for sale, but of course you have to have another house to go to if your house sells, right? Well, the timing was not good for many who were in that position because the bottom dropped out of the market and suddenly the home prices dropped. They have gone so low in fact that many people don’t have any equity left.

This has left some in the position of owning the upgraded house and making mortgage payments as well as making the payments still on the original house that has now lost value. The possibility of selling the house is also at a very low probability factor since houses are not moving much at this point. Where there are buyers, the loans are difficult to get and the sales fall through on a regular basis.

So in this tough economy there are actually people that are paying not one mortgage payment and struggling with it, but have been forced into paying two mortgage payments every month. That makes for a very good possibility that some may lose one house or the other.That doesn’t need to happen. If you are in that position would it help to have someone take one of the houses off your hands this week? If you could find a buyer for one of your houses and you knew that you could stop making double mortgage payments by next month would you be interested?

If you call an investor you could find yourself free from the burden of paying two mortgages by next week with your lender paid off. If there is any equity left in the house you sell, you could also see some cash in your pocket.

We Buy Houses Fairfax Virginia and the entire Mid-Atlantic Region!

We Buy Houses - DJJ Properties LLCDJJ Properties is a real estate company based in Fairfax County, Virginia. The principals, Judy and David Jackson have been buying and selling real estate since the 1980’s. DJJ has purchased properties in Northern Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indianapolis and Las Vegas.

DJJ handles both commercial and residential properties. DJJ enjoys word-of-mouth as one of its primary forms of advertising and will only do transactions that are in the best interest of all involved and, in fact, have refused situations that are not fair or win-win.

Contact us at 703-376-8027 or complete our Home Seller Questionnaire for your easy solution to selling a house fast!

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