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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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2018 

When I started blogging in 2011, I had no idea what I was doing. Thankfully, a number of really generous Active Rain members sent me private emails about formatting, graphics, misspellings, grammar mistakes and many other issues with my blog presentations. I was so grateful for their help for a n...
06/30/2018
Some real estate deals are smooth as glass.  Other deals are fraught with challenges and frustration.  As a real estate professional, you can make the those challenging deals less stressful for your clients.  I  closed one Friday that had a lot of perils along the way.  It was a first time purcha...
06/29/2018
Everyday brings a series of choices.  You can choose to stay in bed.  You can choose to try something new.  You can choose to do the same thing you always do.  You can choose to learn something.  You can choose to ignore something.  You can choose to be engaged.  You can choose to disengage.  You...
06/29/2018
OK, I have to admit that I married a nature weenie.  My wife was the farmer's daughter, but you would never know it.  She's not a big fan of the outdoors, critters, bugs, sweating, livestock, gardening and now snakes in the pool.  My son dropped by today to take a swim and was greeted by a snake ...
06/29/2018
I seriously doubt that I will ever be convicted of having been a traditional pastor. My twenty years behind the pulpit was anything but conventional, and that's OK. Jesus was a bit unconventional. Unfortunately, it got Him killed. I managed to hang on to my head until retirement.Today, I was thin...
06/28/2018
When my oldest son was about 2 years old, I wrote a letter to him explaining what I did for a living. I was a pastor of a church. In that letter, I explained how my job came about. It wasn't a role I chose. It was a calling I responded to. I explained to Jonny that he didn't need to follow in my ...
06/28/2018
I wanted to bring back a blog I wrote in 2011. Today, I heard a report of a school asking kids not to compete too strenuousouly at a field day outing. How do we as adults expect kids to have an internal throttle to pull back when they might be about to over do competition?    I am so glad my son...
06/27/2018
I've been extra weary lately, and I think it all boils down to I'm worn out, a little burned out and in need of a break. That happens in life and in business. Today, while I was catching my breath, I started thinking about an event that took place in my life a few years ago. It was an event abou...
06/27/2018
There is always a blog floating around about poor customer service.  We've all been there.  Someone said something, did something or didn't do something they promised to do.  Maybe a product didn't live up to expectations.  I've had my share recently, and it seems like when I need for everyone to...
06/26/2018
When I was growing up, we had never put a man on the moon, there were no cell phones, no personal computers, no iPads, no fax machines, no video games, no large screen TVs, no color TVs (part of the time), no electric cars, only a few medical breakthroughs and on and on and on.  Alright, quit tha...
06/25/2018
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