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with David.

Every great move starts with a conversation.

Clear advice for downsizing/rightsizing, retirement moves, selling a parent's home, and estate sales in Northern Virginia.

David Zadareky Compass Associate Broker
Rightsizing

Does your home still fit the life you’re living now, or the one you’re planning? Compare staying, adapting your home, or moving nearby.

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Retirement

Moving closer to family, or to a new lifestyle in another state? Plan the sale of this home around the purchase of your next one.

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Helping a Parent

Is a parent moving in with family, or into independent or assisted living? Understand the decisions, responsibilities, trade-offs, and timelines ahead.

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Estate Sales

Responsible for selling a home as part of an estate? Get clear guidance on preparing, pricing, and selling the property to convert the equity into cash for the estate.

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A Clear Path to What's Next.

You can stop or pause after any step. Exploring your options doesn’t commit you to selling. You are only committed once you accept an offer on your home.

Start With What Matters

What you want to change, what you want to keep, and who’s involved.

Explore Your Options

Stay, adapt your home, or move. Compare them side by side.

Understand Your Home's Value

How condition and competing homes shape what buyers will pay.

Work The Numbers

Preparation costs, selling expenses, likely proceeds, and the cost of your next home.

Decide What's Best

Choose your path and the preparation worth the time, money, and effort.

Put Steps in Order

Belongings, preparation, selling, buying, and moving, sequenced around your needs.

Execute the Plan

Bring your home to market on or off the MLS, priced and presented to compete.

Navigate to Closing

Offers, negotiations, inspections, appraisal, and settlement, through to the proceeds hitting your account.

More Options. Full Control.

Acting now doesn’t mean selling now. It means understanding your options while you still have them. Whether a move is months or years away, an early conversation can clarify value, preparation costs, timing, and family priorities before decisions become urgent.

The earlier you understand your choices, the more control you have over what happens next.

Two ways to sell:

  • Off the MLS: one buyer at a time, no clock, and you set the terms.
  • On the MLS: every active buyer at once, a clear launch date, and competition sets the price.

Real Decisions. Real Results.

Northern Virginia real estate since 1992. Most of my clients come through referrals from past clients. If you found me here instead, you get the same first conversation. Until you choose to sign anything, you have the right to say no to me, to a recommendation, or to moving at all. And if you list with me and aren’t satisfied, you can end the listing early with my satisfaction guarantee.

34

Years Experience

1000
+

Number of Transactions

100
%

Right to Say No

100
%

Satisfaction Guarantee

Before You Make a Move, Know Where You Stand.

Most sellers guess at what to fix, and many spend money buyers won’t pay back. My Home Audit replaces the guessing with numbers.

We walk through your home together, then compare it to the homes buyers will see alongside it. You get three paths side by side: sell as-is, make selected improvements, or fully update. Each comes with estimated costs, a likely price range, and what you’d net.

You’ll know what’s worth doing, what isn’t, and where you stand, before you sign anything or hire anyone.