LAND. BUILD. LIVE.
Building New is an Adventure and we want to make you a Hero
You start your HERO journey here.
Some life changing event is impending
You have fears that need to be overcome.
Enter the professionals at Land Build Live.
Now you are ready to act and begin the quest.
Who can you trust? Who are your Allies and Enemies?
You have the tools and plan needed to face the Ordeal.
Buying your lot puts you in the pool, no more toe dipping.
You conquered the enemy, and now you are ready to rule.
Now you will take on the tasks of working with your team.
The house is now complete and you need to do your final walk through.
You’ve grown, learned, faced obstacles, and are now ready to start a new life.
Value is built
FROM THE GROUND UP
The Land Build Live team (LBL) is about more than purchasing, reselling, building, and developing. We are value creators.
We are peerless in the local area. Our team presides over a network of real estate professionals that create strategies for buying and selling from the ground up. In addition to our network of engineers, architects, and financiers, our team brings years of negotiation experience and success to every real estate transaction we touch.
No other firm can handle all aspects of the new construction or resale transaction process while matching the decades-long relationships we’ve established at Land Build Live.
Our enhanced sales model allows us to maximize value for all parties, from sellers to builders and developers to buyers. The hundreds of lots and homes we’ve built, bought, and sold for our clients – over 500 in the past 10 years alone – have secured our reputation.
Our formula for success is predicated on three distinct elements
LAND
We know what you may not. Our team is the connection between land/lot owners and qualified, reputable home builders and developers. We are well-versed in evaluating lots and maximizing their potential from either a buyer or a seller perspective in accordance to the ever-changing real estate market.
BUILD
You don’t know what you don’t know – but that’s OK. Building from the ground up is new to almost everyone. Our team’s decades of unmatched local experience means we’ve seen it all. We are prepared to address the most complicated question that can arise when selling, developing or building on a parcel of land or lot.
LIVE
Purchasing and selling decisions are based on more than the final sales price. The most important element is an effortless transaction through to the end result. Understanding construction principles, material quality, and craftsmanship helps us guide our buyers and sellers to the ultimate market value of the property.
With over three decades of experience as Realtors, we’ve honed our process to efficiently match the right buyer with the right seller, and vice versa.
NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES
This market is here to stay! Communities are transforming themselves. New materials, architecture, building techniques, and processes are invading the market. We want you to be on top of it. Whether building on raw land or in a knock down scenario, this market niche has become very popular. Accomplishing your goals in this environment is a heroic achievement.
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
New construction involves so much integration of pieces, parts, and variables that the process is very hard to define and follow. There isn’t much help out there from people who are familiar with all the building costs, financing options, lot/land identification and acquisition strategies, and the necessary variable site work/development costs – all of which play a significant role and are all interrelated – so finding someone who is, can make you a real HERO!
BEFORE THE JOURNEY
LEVEL 1
ORDINARY WORLD
You start your HERO journey here in your “safe place” in the known world, where you are comfortable (maybe) but you may need or want to make a change.
CALL TO ADVENTURE
Some life changing event is impending or is already upon you and you begin to hear calls for action that will disrupt the comfort of your normal World and manifest itself in a quest that must be undertaken.
REFUSAL OF THE CALL
Although you may be eager to accept the quest, you have fears that need to be overcome. Second thoughts enter with personal doubts that you may not be up to the challenge. You may find the quest too much to handle and the comfort of your existing situation more attractive. Most will sympathize with you; but everyone loves the reluctant HERO.
MEETING THE MENTOR
You are at the crucial turning point, leaving the known world and entering the unknown world of new construction and you’ll want guidance from a Mentor to help keep you safe along the way. Enter the professionals at Land Build Live who have the knowledge, experience, and insight into your dilemma having provided strength and courage to thousands who have already taken on this quest!
Fred started his Real Estate career in 2010 coming down a slightly different path. Fred is a Naval Academy graduate, a retired Naval Officer, and has worked in several different industries over the years after his naval career. He was a 3-year starter in football at Navy playing safety and QB and 3 winning Army-Navy game clashes. After his Navy days, he has worked in finance and banking, defense industry publishing, the auto business, and hi-tech. He brings a broad knowledge of businesses and how they operate to help create our unique home-buying/building process. Married for nearly 35 years, he is the father of 3 boys, has served as a youth coach in multiple sports, held leadership positions in organizations, and is an avid golfer.
Fred P. Reitzel
Director of Land Acquisitions, Sales, & Business Development
(703) 675-8850
FRED’S BIO +
Fred started his Real Estate career in 2010 coming down a slightly different path. Fred is a Naval Academy graduate, a retired Naval Officer, and has worked in several different industries over the years after his naval career. He was a 3-year starter in football at Navy playing safety and QB and 3 winning Army-Navy game clashes. After his Navy days, he has worked in finance and banking, defense industry publishing, the auto business, and hi-tech. He brings a broad knowledge of businesses and how they operate to help create our unique home-buying/building process. Married for nearly 35 years, he is the father of 3 boys, has served as a youth coach in multiple sports, held leadership positions in organizations, and is an avid golfer.
Melissa started her Real Estate career in her early 20s working in a Real Estate office and then becoming one of the first buyer agents in Virginia. Real Estate was something that came natural to her as her Mother was a Broker Owner of a Real Estate franchise from early childhood. Using the skills and leveraging mentors throughout the first 10 years of practice, Melissa became one of the top Realtors in the USA. Melissa offers a world of experience with over 30 years and thousands of clients. At the top of her resale career, Melissa sold over 130 homes in one year. A Mother of 4 boys and her first of many grandchildren, many call Melissa Momma Bear. Melissa has had several Foster Children and many other young adults who called her home a safe haven. Melissa earned her title as Momma Bear from the adoptive family she helped. However, she is known to fight for her clients and serve as a protective force. Melissa and her husband of 28 years also run a non-profit that works with Vets and Young Men to train them in the construction trades offering them a lifetime of improvement. Melissa enjoys section hiking the Appalachian Trail, solo camping, and riding her stand-up jet ski around the Public Side of Lake Anna.
Melissa larson
Director of New Home Sales
(703) 929-5427
MELISSA’S BIO +
Melissa started her Real Estate career in her early 20s working in a Real Estate office and then becoming one of the first buyer agents in Virginia. Real Estate was something that came natural to her as her Mother was a Broker Owner of a Real Estate franchise from early childhood. Using the skills and leveraging mentors throughout the first 10 years of practice, Melissa became one of the top Realtors in the USA. Melissa offers a world of experience with over 30 years and thousands of clients. At the top of her resale career, Melissa sold over 130 homes in one year. A Mother of 4 boys and her first of many grandchildren, many call Melissa Momma Bear. Melissa has had several Foster Children and many other young adults who called her home a safe haven. Melissa earned her title as Momma Bear from the adoptive family she helped. However, she is known to fight for her clients and serve as a protective force. Melissa and her husband of 28 years also run a non-profit that works with Vets and Young Men to train them in the construction trades offering them a lifetime of improvement. Melissa enjoys section hiking the Appalachian Trail, solo camping, and riding her stand-up jet ski around the Public Side of Lake Anna.
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
You’ve thought about it, you like the idea, you have your doubts and you’ve got your Mentor. Now you are ready to act and begin the quest into the unknown world of building a home from the ground up.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
LEVEL 2
TESTS, ALLIES & ENEMIES
Lot sellers, engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate agents, builders, easements, covenants, RPAs, storm water management, septic systems, zoning, rezonings, ground coverage, building materials, flooring, cabinetry, the list goes on – all hurdles to understand and overcome. Who can you trust? Who are your Allies and Enemies? Your skills will be tested and you can count on your Mentor for guidance.
APPROACH THE INMOST CAVE
Your mentor, LBL, has educated you on how to sift through the morass of possibilities and prepared you with the tools and plan you’ll need to face the Ordeal. LBL taught you how to pick your builder, understand site work, and determine your best financing options, now you are ready to face the Ordeal of lot acquisition.
THE ORDEAL
Buying your lot puts you in the pool, no more toe dipping. There is no turning back on a project once the lot is purchased. This is the step where most people make the mistake of starting the process but you have taken the HERO’s path and are fully prepared to overcome this most difficult challenge.
SEIZE THE REWARD
You won the deal, you acquired the lot of your choice, you conquered the enemy, and now you are ready to rule. You have greater knowledge and have transformed yourself into a new found level of existence. Take a brief respite to celebrate and now you are ready for the journey back to the ordinary world where you will, once again, be comfortable.
A HERO IS BORN
LEVEL 3
THE ROAD BACK
Now you will take on the tasks of working with your team – mentor, builder, engineer, architect, and bank – to build your home the way you want it and within your budget. Following your Mentors guidance, many decisions will have already been made before the final outcome, but more decisions will need to be made to complete the project deciding on the final choices like interior and exterior finishings.
RESURRECTION
The house is now complete and you need to do your final walk through. This final undertaking represents something far greater than one’s own existence as its outcome will affect others. You heeded your Mentor’s advice. You pulled a crack team together. You navigated the path with your eyes open. You made prudent decisions. You are now ascending to the level of HERO!
RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
This final stage of your journey where you return to your Ordinary World a changed successful person. You’ve grown, learned, faced obstacles, and are now ready to start a new life. Your final reward brings fresh doubt to your detractors, motivated others, enabled you to become somewhat of a Mentor, and maybe the self-realization that you did something you thought you couldn’t do!
LAND. BUILD. LIVE.
Let’s meet and begin YOUR journey.
6846 Elm St. McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-1840
