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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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2015 

As a licensed real estate professional, I've seen my share of FSBOs. Most of the time, they end up with a Realtor sign in the yard after months of languishing on the market with a "For Sale By Owner" sign. I just passed a former FSBO yesterday. As usual, I chuckled when I saw the Realtor sign in ...
07/24/2015
The Winchester, VA real estate market has made a steady climb during the first six months of 2015. The lowest number of sales were during the months of January and February which had cold and messy conditions. The first sign of Spring brought buyers into the market with a 28% jump in real estate ...
07/24/2015
The June 2015 real estate market in Winchester, VA continued to show growth and stability. There was a 35% increase in homes sold in June over May 2015. That's substantial since May was 17% higher than April 2015. Distressed properties stayed at 9% for the month. The total value of original list ...
07/23/2015
Just about any week, I receive a phone call from a distressed homeowner who has an electrical problem. Electricity is a wonderful thing, but it also scares people, and rightfully so. It is dangerous. It can burn your house down, and it can kill you.When something electrical goes wrong in your hom...
07/23/2015
Active Rain isn't just about top quality education and very smart, witty and clever bloggers. It's also about networking to get things done. I've got multiple deals going right now that include people in different states with a host of needs that affect their home buying in my state. Five years a...
07/22/2015
Buyers and sellers, trust your real estate agent. If you can't trust your agent, get a new one. I can't count how many times, in the past 60 days, I've had a caller say, "My agent said this," or "My agent said that," only to find out the agent was wrong. Of course, all agents are fallible. There ...
07/21/2015
I've been blessed to have two sales recently where someone I've known for decades called me out of the blue, gave me an address and said, "I want to buy this house. Would you write it up?" Absolutely. Only one looked at the house, but they both had done their homework so thoroughly online that th...
07/17/2015
Sometimes, your clients trust you like a baby trusts an adult, and sometimes they don't. In those cases, you may have to earn that trust if that is even possible. Regardless, real estate is a tricky business in that the different players are often jockeying for position and an advantage in a deal...
07/16/2015
There are few things that will bring people out into the hot summer sun in Winchester, VA, but the annual Blues House Music Festival will do it every time. It's that time again, and the festival is gearing up for another great year. This year's beneficiary of the proceeds will be Habitat for Huma...
07/15/2015
I've always been proud of my community, and it's nice to see others point to the benefits of living in Winchester, VA. The August 2015 copy of Kiplinger's magazine features Winchester, VA as one of the top 10 Great Places to Retire. Many of my clients are soon-to-be retirees who come to find a ba...
07/06/2015
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