One of the great things about being in business over many years, is that eventually business starts to follow you around instead of you chasing it. That's not to say that you don't keep marketing and promoting your business, but the success you've left in your wake will generate as much business
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04/17/2015
This was a great week to be a parent to the Cooper house. My younger son, Wes, graduated from the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy. Wes is a correctional officer at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center. The facility is a great facility. I was the chaplain for the first t
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04/12/2015
The Winchester, VA real estate market continues to evolve in the new economy. Overall sales have increased 13% from the same period in 2014, and distressed property sales were down 3%. The available inventory has also retreated from 2014. Local available listings came in at 650. That number is st
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04/08/2015
When I was a young Christian (early 20s), the country was just coming out of the hippy stage. In that environment, we played a lot of rock music, but there was also a folk element that lingered within the ranks of that community. As many of us began to turn to Christ, many talented musicians al
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04/04/2015
I have a simple pattern I follow each morning. I get up, turn on the coffee, glance at email, delete anything that looks like I don't want to fool with it and then I read Active Rain. I check out the front page of featured blogs, and then I check out the bloggers I subscribe to. I don't always
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04/01/2015
Just when you thought you couldn't possibly split your commission with another entity, another one has reared its head. Granted, we all pay local real estate board fees, lock-box fees, NAR fees, E & O insurance, and that doesn't take into account our cars, fuel, auto-insurance, business cards, ma
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03/31/2015