Jim Mellen-REvolution Real Estate Services

01/21/2026

I love it when agents add things to listing details like
1. Seller requests local lenders
2.seller requests no lockbox- but then puts the worse thing they can on the house- a combo lockbox
3.No agent cell number but an office phone
4. Don’t know how showing time or any other showing service works

As a buyers agent id like sellers to use local agents, realtor secure lockboxes, and put your damn cell number in your profile and stop being a du***ss when it comes to representing sellers …

10/31/2025

Yep….this is a good insight!

10/29/2025

Originally posted last summer before the required changes to the agent fee disclosures and MLS rules changes last August. It’s 11 minutes long but worth watching if you’re a buyer or a seller in today’s world. Just my two cents worth….work with any agent who shares your values, understands your needs and goals and can undeniably demonstrate they are working for YOU!

09/15/2025

Yep, this is why I went flat rate and why I went out on my own to offer the same services for a fair price. You can’t do what I do and work in a traditional brokerage model.

05/11/2025

Here is a new williamsburg listing! Coming soon and available to show starting Thursday! $724,000 for 4000 SF on a 3/4 acre lot!

Virtual Tour | This wonderful home is located in the popular Powhatan Seconda... | Img 20250510_120612_563

02/09/2025

Here is my fee schedule for new clients through April 2025:
Buyers $5000
Sellers $5000 under $400,000
Sellers $7500 under $600,000
Sellers $10,000 under $1,000,000
Sellers $15000 under $1,500,000
All sellers still get professional photography, 360 virtual tours, floor plans, marketing and peace of mind!

Listen to this article There were 102,509 home sales in Virginia in 2024. That’s 4,000 more than the previous year, according to Virginia Realtors. “While Virginia’s 2024 housing market ended stronger than 2023, it was still relatively slow compared to average levels,” Ryan Price, chief econ...

02/01/2025

Check out today’s open house with $25,000 in seller concessions for any represented or unrepresented buyer!

Virtual Tour | This townhome is located in the City of Williamsburg in the po... | Front view 2

01/18/2025

This is solid advice. Many water heaters also recommend you remove a gallon or so from the drain valve monthly. That way you remove sediment before it accumulates. The anode rod makes a chemical reaction and attracts things that that will corrode your tank and make your water smell (that’s my technical explanation🤣)

01/06/2025

Below is a comment I made on a real estate page I follow. Agents were talking actual commission rates and discussing what-ifs.
REALTORS within the code of ethics cannot talk rates. Licensed agents who are not REALTORS are not obligated to any Code of Ethics. My comment has no bearing on agents vs REALTORS, but was my opinion on who pays who in a transaction…

“OMISSION FOR COMMISSION…
When the seller is paying excessively to a buyers agent only the buyer loses. It screams of the potential for misrepresentation, collusion, omission. Personally my problem is one client paying two agents. You haven’t sold your value to a buyer until they are willing to PAY YOU for the hard hard work you will be doing for them. Why should the last seller in the process pay you for 6 months of the buyer putting you through the wringer until they finally realize everything you told them day one was true?”