A. Ian Lim Joins Long & Foster’s Strawberry Street Sales Office

June 11, 2020
Ian Lim

Long & Foster Real Estate welcomes A. Ian Lim to its Strawberry Street Sales office in Richmond, Virginia. Lim will specialize in working with homebuyers and sellers.

“We are very excited and fortunate to have Ian join our team of highly trained professionals,” said John VanderSyde, manager of the Strawberry Street office. “The combination of Long & Foster and Ian’s unique skills and knowledge will no doubt provide the highest level of service to local buyers and sellers.”

Lim is participating in Long & Foster’s Success Path program, which offers extensive training and resources for agents at any stage of their career. The program’s curriculum includes tools for agents to build their business, mentor-style programs, techniques for prospecting and working with buyers and sellers, skills for negotiating and more. Lim holds membership in the Richmond Association of Realtors.

“The dynamics of today’s residential real estate market are constantly changing. Participating in our Success Path program has provided Ian with the right tools to meet those changing dynamics,” said Larry “Boomer” Foster, president of Long & Foster Real Estate. “We welcome Ian to Long & Foster, a company that has helped local buyers and sellers reach their homeownership goals for over 50 years.”

Born in the Philippines to physician parents, Abe Ian Lim, emigrated to the United States at age five. He is known as “Ian” by his friends and family, and they will be the first to tell you that his interests in business and entrepreneurship started at an early age.  As a child, he bought candy in bulk and sold it to his friends and classmates.

Even though he was raised in a family with a strong background in healthcare, Lim forged his own path, graduating with an undergraduate degree in business management. Later, he completed a masters in business administration while working full time for a large multi-state health care system as a computer analyst.

In 2009, a job offer from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System encouraged him to move to Virginia. Shortly after, at Siné Irish pub, he met a life-long Virginian who was to be his future wife. They were married in 2012 and live together in the Fan area of Richmond, Virginia with their two beautiful boys.

Inspired by books like “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and “Multiple Streams of Income”, Lim began his real estate adventures in 2010, by purchasing a three-unit residential property on W. Grace Street.  By using “house hacking” techniques, he was able to collect rent to completely cover his mortgage payments. More importantly, it gave him the means to acquire additional properties, which he managed himself while maintaining his full-time job with VCU Health System.

Through each property’s acquisition, inspection, repair, and long-term management, Lim has built a wealth of real estate knowledge and experience, and a nice portfolio of investment properties. He has also found himself inspiring friends, relatives, and tenants to pursue financial success and freedom via property ownership, further enhancing his real estate expertise and value as a licensed Realtor.

Taking a position in real estate sales with Long & Foster is an excellent fit for Lim. He helps buyers find their perfect home, and imparts in them the knowledge that their home can also pave a way to financial wealth. Lim also assists sellers in achieving top dollar for their property, knowing that a good sale is just as crucial as a good buy. Above all, Lim offers a smooth, pleasant, non-pressured and professional experience in all his encounters.

Outside of real estate and time with his family, Lim enjoys travel, science fiction books and movies, food, history, weight lifting, electronic dance music and dancing.

Long & Foster Real Estate is the nation’s No. 1 real estate company as part of HomeServices of America. For more information, visit LongandFoster.com.