I noticed a pretty substantial uptick in Linked In requests around the end of May and the beginning of June. A lot of the solicitations were from younger professionals in the real estate and lending professions. If I don't know the solicitor, I tend to look at his/her profile to see if we have s
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06/18/2014
I do envy those who have glowing reports of their fathers on Father's Day. I've had many friends who had amazing dads, and I really enjoy their enthusiasm for their dads. It's heartwarming, but not all of us had that dad. Unfortunately, a lot of us had a different dad. My dad left our family when
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06/15/2014
What would happen if you were given a drug and you couldn't avoid the sticky issues we sometimes face in real estate? How would a listing presentation go, or a negotiation or a client interaction go? I'm sure for most of us, nothing would change, but on those rare occasions when "telling it like
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06/14/2014
I'm sure you probably get sellers calling to invite you to interview to list their homes. I've had a lot this year. Ironically, I almost never list properties because I work as a buyer's broker, but I decided to start taking on a few listings to see if I would like it this time around. As a new l
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06/10/2014
Having trouble figuring out what to blog about? Grab your camera. I was out Saturday without my camera lamenting that I didn't have it. While I was walking around the area, I saw so many things that I would love to tell the world about Winchester, VA. A photograph can spark a thought, a story, an
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06/09/2014
June 6th is remembered for the D-Day invasion of western Europe, but in Virginia, and the other southern states, it has a second meaning. June 6th is the day that the southern war dead are remembered.Every year just before the 6th of June, ancestors, community groups and history buffs line the Mt
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06/07/2014
OK, if you're going to move out to the country you need to be aware of a few things. One, we have spiders. Two, we have snakes. Three, we have great houses. I do get tickled when clients come out to the country, buy a home with a little land and then they're shocked when they see a snake or a spi
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06/06/2014
Today is the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. That one day changed the course of history for the world. Without it, we could be living in a radically different world today. The men who fought their way onto the beaches of France had no guarantees that they would succeed, but they went anyway. T
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06/05/2014
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06/05/2014
I had a client send me an email today that just about sent me over the edge, but I responded in a way that said, "If you don't like the way I do business, please bite me." I have to laugh at these self-important home-buyers. I spent 16 years of my adult life in the toughest prisons in the US hel
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06/04/2014
