Nora Abdi Real Estate with the Keri Shull Team Call or text (240) 363-3803

Moving down, at your pace — not anyone else's.

If you're thinking about selling the home you've lived in for years — maybe decades — and moving somewhere smaller, you don't need a push. You need a plan that starts when you're ready, and someone who will do the heavy parts with you.

Talk it through — (240) 363-3803 See how it works

Backed by the Keri Shull Team — over $5 billion in sales volume, 5,275 homes sold. You get that whole team's reach, and you work directly with me.

A smiling older couple packing boxes together in the living room of their longtime home
The boxes are the easy part to picture. Everything around them is what I help with.

No deadline

We move when you're ready — this season, next year, or whenever the right next home shows up.

No pressure

A conversation is just a conversation. If the answer is "not yet," that's a fine answer.

Never left in between

Your sale and your next home are planned together, so you're never without a place to land.

First things first: where do you even want to go?

Most people who call me about downsizing aren't stuck on selling — they're stuck on the question before it. That's normal, and it's where we start. We'll look at real options together, in person, until one of them feels right.

The overwhelming parts? I do those with you.

Thirty years of belongings, a basement full of "someday," repairs you've been meaning to get to — that's the part that stops most people. It's also the part I actually show up for. I'm your project manager for the whole move, and I'm hands on and local.

  • Sorting and cleanout helpWe go room by room, at a pace that respects what these things mean to you.
  • Donations handledGood items go to people who can use them — arranged by me, at no cost to you.
  • People hired and paid as neededHaulers, cleaners, small repairs — I line them up and manage them so you don't have to.
  • The small fixes that change everythingSometimes the best money in a sale is a weekend of work nobody thought to do.

Linthicum Heights, Maryland

The carpet nobody pulled up

My sellers there had done a first round of cleanout themselves and were looking at a junk removal bill of about $1,000 for the rest. I did the second round myself — brought in help where I needed it, paid them, and donated what could be donated, all at no cost to the sellers.

Then I pulled up the old carpet and found wood floors underneath. That one weekend changed how the whole house showed. It sold much quicker — and for more — because of work that cost my clients nothing.

That's what "hands on" means when I say it.

Protected on both ends

Selling one home while buying a smaller one is a timing puzzle, and it's my job to solve it — not yours to worry about at 2 a.m. Every contract I write for a downsizer is built so the worst case can't happen.

You are never left homeless

Your sale is structured with contingencies tied to your next home, so you don't hand over your keys until you have somewhere to go.

Your deposit is never at risk

On the buying side, we write the protections in from the start — your earnest money stays safe if anything falls through.

Contracts that stay together

Deals wobble. Appraisals, inspections, cold feet. Keeping a contract together through all of it is a skill, and it's one of mine.

45–60 days

The rent-back cushion. When your home sells, I'll ask the buyer for a 30-day rent-back on top of the usual ~30 days to closing — so you stay in your own home for 45 to 60 days while we finish finding the next one. Want longer? I'll ask for longer. And the moment your home goes under contract, that's when we go hard on the search — not before, not after.

You get a proven team — and me as your project manager

Most downsizers hire one agent and hope that agent can do everything. When you work with me, you hire me and the Keri Shull Team — over $5 billion in sales volume and 5,275 homes sold across Maryland, DC, and Virginia, with 20 years of experience behind it. Those numbers matter for you: our homes sell for 99.3% of list price in 24 days on average, and your home gets marketed to 159K+ clients already in the team's database. You still deal with one person — me — but behind me is a whole bench of specialists doing what each of them does best.

$5B+In sales volume across the DMV — Maryland, DC & Virginia
5,275Homes sold by the Keri Shull Team
99.3%List-to-sale price ratio — homes priced to sell for what they're worth
24 daysOn market, on average
20 yearsOf experience behind the team
159K+Clients in the team database your home is marketed to
  • Keri Shull, team lead — pricing & negotiation strategyKeri leads the team and built its listing training and systems, backed by 20 years of experience. That training shapes how we price your home right from day one, position it against competing listings, and negotiate when offers come in — so you don't leave money on the table or sit on the market.
  • A dedicated listing manager & listing teamYour paperwork, deadlines, disclosures, and details are tracked by someone whose only job is exactly that. Nothing slips because one person was busy showing houses.
  • An inside sales team that answers — fastWhen a buyer calls about your home, team members like Gary pick up and get a showing booked on the spot — no phone tag, no missed buyers. Speed matters: the first conversation is often the one that turns into an offer.
  • Marketing & a database of buyers in waitingYour home isn't just posted and prayed over. Our marketing team puts it in front of 159K+ clients in the team's database, by email and social, plus a coming-soon runway where it helps — so demand is building before your first showing.
  • Top-of-the-line photography, video & prep guidanceProfessional photography on every listing — bright, wide, honest shots that make buyers stop scrolling and book the showing — plus clear guidance on staging, decluttering, and which small fixes are actually worth doing before photos.
  • Transaction coordinators — contract to closeOnce you're under contract, coordinators track inspections, appraisal, lender milestones, and closing dates on both your sale and your purchase, so the two timelines stay locked together.
  • Showing partners & buyer specialists for your next homeWhen it's time to hunt for the smaller place, you have coverage for tours — including off-market and coming-soon homes our team hears about first — without waiting on one person's calendar.
  • A trusted bench of hands-on helpCleaners, haulers, handymen, painters, movers, and donation pickups — vetted people I can line up and manage for the cleanout and prep work, so you never have to coordinate five strangers yourself.

And through all of it: me, as your project manager

A big team can feel impersonal — that's exactly what I'm here to prevent. I'm your single point of contact and the person who knows your whole situation: why you're moving, what you need next, what you can't be rushed on.

I set the plan and the timeline, coordinate the listing manager, photographers, marketers, coordinators, and cleaners, and I show up in person for the hands-on parts. You never have to wonder who to call, or re-explain your story to someone new. You get the team's power, run by one person who answers to you.

A sunlit living room with gleaming hardwood floors, professionally photographed for a home listing
Bright rooms and real hardwood — the details good photography makes impossible to miss.
A well-kept brick one-level home with a Maryland flag by the front door and a neat front lawn
One level, a manageable yard, a front door of your own — what most downsizers are really shopping for.

You'll never wonder what's happening

Good news or bad news, you'll hear it from me directly. And if there's no news, I'll tell you that too — because "no update yet" is still an update, and silence is the one thing you won't get from me. I don't just tell people what they want to hear. I tell them what's true, early enough to do something about it.

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A conversation, that's all

We talk through where you might want to go and what your home could sell for. No paperwork, no obligation, no clock.

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We make a plan together

Cleanout, small fixes, timing, and your next home — mapped out in the order that keeps you protected on both ends.

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You move when it fits

Your home sells, your next place is ready, and the rent-back cushion means the two never have to collide.

Whenever you're ready — even if "ready" is just a question.

Call or text me. We'll talk about your home, your options, and your timeline — yours, not mine. If the answer ends up being "not yet," you'll still leave the conversation knowing exactly where you stand.

Call or text Nora — (240) 363-3803

No pressure, no deadline, no obligation.