How you opt in to text messages from FOCUS on NoVA

FOCUS on NoVA (Barrett and Associates, LLC DBA FOCUS on NoVA; Focus on NoVA Real Estate, the team of Tracey Barrett, Associate Broker, CENTURY 21 Redwood Realty) sends one-to-one text messages to its own real estate clients: deadline reminders, appointment coordination, replies to your questions and occasional check-ins. No marketing texts. This page shows exactly how we collect your consent before we text you. Our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy apply. Last updated October 2026.

1. On our website

On our contact form you enter your mobile number and may tick the optional Text messages box. It is unchecked until you tick it, and you can send the form without it. The box and the wording under it read:

Yes, FOCUS on NoVA may text me about my inquiry and, if I become a client, my transaction.

One-to-one texts from FOCUS on NoVA (Barrett and Associates, LLC) only: deadline reminders, appointment coordination, replies to your questions, occasional check-ins. No marketing texts. Message frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help. Consent is not a condition of working with us. Terms & Conditions: focusonnova.com/sms-terms · Privacy Policy: focusonnova.com/privacy-policy

The contact form on focusonnova.com: name, email and phone number fields, then the optional Text messages consent box, unchecked, above the Submit button

Close-up of the Text messages consent box and the wording under it

We store the consent wording and the date and time with your submission.

2. In person or by phone, when you engage us

Your agent reads you this script, word for word, and records your answer, your mobile number and the date on your file:

“As your agent I’ll text you about your transaction: deadline reminders, showing and appointment coordination, replies to your questions, and I may check in now and then after closing. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help or STOP at any time to stop. Our Terms & Conditions are at focusonnova.com/sms-terms and our Privacy Policy at focusonnova.com/privacy-policy. Is it OK to text you at this number?”

3. You text us first

If you text our number first, you receive a one-to-one reply to your question only.

Enrollment confirmation

Whether you opt in on the website or in person, the first text you receive from us confirms your enrollment, before anything else:

FOCUS on NoVA: You’re opted in to texts about your real estate inquiry or transaction. Msg frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out.

Stopping and help

Reply STOP to any message to stop receiving texts from us. Reply HELP to any message for help, email tbarrett@focusonnova.com, or call 703-359-7800 ext. 3801. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Mobile information and text-messaging consent are never shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. See our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.