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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Cornerstone Business Group Inc - 0225086119
My blog covers whatever is on my mind. It travels the spectrum from Real Estate in Northern Virginia, local events, market reports, neighborhood data, business profiles and personal stories, and once in a while just some random craziness. I hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to drop a note.

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2012 

HP has a great commercial about a small fishing company.  In the commercial, there is a background chant of "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it.  It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it.  It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, that's what gets results."  What ...
10/31/2012
Hurricane Sandy left the Shenandoah Valley wet and soggy today.  She also left a lot of people without electricity.  One resident had her electrical service turned off because water was running into her electrical service panel.  The fire company responded to a distress call and found water runni...
10/30/2012
Sandy has come and gone, but she did leave a few things behind.  The Winchester/Frederick County area was soaked with rain most of Monday into Tuesday morning.  High winds and downed trees have been seen throughout the area.  Both Shenandoah Valley Electric Coop and Rappahannock Electric Coop had...
10/30/2012
I have to admit, I'm enjoying the challenges of hurricane Sandy.  Just the fear of that name (sorry Sandys both far and wide) has closed our local schools, reduced the traffic in the community and has given me a good reason to hang out at home and relax.  After a few really busy months, a day off...
10/29/2012
What makes one person a great success and another less successful or even a failure?  There is the theory that some are just born with the ability to be successful and others are not.  There is also the theory that success if born out of the substance of a person.  It can be learned, but the seed...
10/27/2012
Distressed properties in the Winchester, VA area are holding steady at 17.3% of total active listings for the month of October 2012.  The number has barely moved since May 2012. The biggest difference in the October and January numbers is in the "what kind of distressed property" category.  The b...
10/26/2012
OK, it has to be said, "REO and BPO providers, communicate with your vendors in the same way you want to be communicated with!"  How many of you have received those annoying, "Send this back ASAP!" or "I need this back IMMEDIATELY!" notes from a company you're providing a service for?  Not only i...
10/25/2012
I hosted an open house today, and quit frankly, it was a bust.  I did get a lot of work done between visitors, but it didn't inspire a sale or much interest.  I don't normally do open houses, but due to circumstances, I agreed to host this one.  Anyway, that's the way my day started, but it's not...
10/20/2012
This week, I stopped by a local phone store to buy a tablet, and the salesman said, "We don't sell that one."  I said, "Really?"  Then he looked it up and proceeded to tell me it's really a phone and not a tablet.  I held up my iPhone, which had a picture of the tablet on it, and said, "No, it's ...
10/19/2012
OK, I admit I've been a bit too busy lately, but it really came to light in the past two weeks.  I guess there is a point where you shouldn't continue adding things to your schedule, but I have a hard time seeing that line sometimes because I'm a "make hay while the sun is shining" kind of person...
10/18/2012
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