I recently had an agent call to set up a showing on one of my listings. We had done business together before, and I was thrilled that she was interested in this property. She said she had been out of the loop for a while and needed to get back in the game. Of course I asked what she had been
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01/05/2012
I was out in the field all day yesterday, and I came across a low water bridge just outside of Front Royal, VA. The water was literally inches below the top of the bridge. The river was up and rushing. The bridge was narrow and old. I was driving a heavy vehicle at the time, and it was a litt
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01/04/2012
Owning a real estate brokerage and an electrical contracting company has a number of advantages for me. It's not unusual for me to offer electrical services to a client as a thank you for buying a home through our company. We just did that for a broken water heater. It can save the client a lo
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01/03/2012
I grew up with a beagle named Tab. He was a typical beagle. That means a lot of things for those of us who have been beagle owners. In my case, Tab was a barking, bellowing rabbit chasing escape artist. If he saw an unattended door he would bolt out of it, and he would be gone for hours. Y
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01/02/2012
I'm starting to see a new trend in short sales in our area. I recently had a client who wanted to buy a property. I met with him and his wife, and I had them get pre-qualified with their lender and they qualified for a nice property. Off we went in our search, and after a couple weeks we found
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01/02/2012
Anna, has a great list of ideas to help you not only make resolutions this year, but to keep them. Enjoy, and please stop by her blog and leave a comment. She'll really appreciate it! If you are like most people than you probably started out this new year with a list of new goals for yourse
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01/01/2012
OK, Chad references one of my all time favorite books. So, I had to read his blog. He has some good ideas about what a Realtor can delegate in order to stay in the business of creating business. It's worth a look. Please drop by Chad's blog and give him a kudos! He'll really appreciate it!
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01/01/2012
David, offers some simple, yet important ideas about reflecting on our lives. Since this is the time of year that most of us stop long enough to reflect, you will find his thoughts encouraging. Enjoy, and please drop by and leave him a comment. He'll reall apprecaite it! Life Mirrors. Do y
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01/01/2012
OK, if you enter 2012 with a resolution to go to the gym, you will love Cherimie's blog. It's funny, and it's easy to say, "Oh yeah, been there." Enjoy, and if you'd like to leave a comment, please leave it on her blog. She'll really appreciate it! The confetti settles, the resolutions res
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01/01/2012
It is unfortunate that in our age of advanced technology that we have not been able to create a GPS for life. You know, one that tells you to turn right, turn left, take the motorway (my GPS voice is a lovely British lady named Mandy), please turnaround when possible and you have reached your de
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01/01/2012
