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2018 

The TIMING (and success) of any future mortgage application could rely heavily on how recently a late mortgage payment was made.       HOW and HOW MUCH Late Mortgage Payments Can Hurt You     From client info, applications, communications, mortgage industry news, marketing ideas, to social media ...
04/19/2018
Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month April is National Grilled Cheese Month and Chef Dolores has been making some wonderful grilled cheese sandwiches for our lunches. Every combination she has tried has been delicious. Please visit and follow my Grilled Cheese board on Pinterest. Just click on...
04/18/2018
District of Columbia ActiveRain MeetUp Memories I visit old blogs and reblogs on a regular basis and thought you might enjoy the photographs from an April, 2013 MeetUp. When Pat Kennedy plans an ActiveRain MeetUp, you can be sure it will be a success.  Pat asked Cindy Jones and me to co-host this...
04/18/2018
Your communication skills will make a difference between success and failure. Did you know that most people say that communication is their biggest challenge.  It really does not matter the setting.  It could be sales, leadership of a team or simply sending an email.  When you speak or write you ...
04/18/2018
Coffee with a Cop, Lake Marion Community Center Montgomery County, Maryland police officer Kim Jones has announced the next session of Coffee with a Cop that will take place at the Lake Marion Community Center in Montgomery Village from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, 2018. This is a ...
04/17/2018
Book Recommendation: Faded Coat of Blue by Owen Parry Faded Coat of Blue (1999) is a historical fiction novel with a murder mystery during the time of the Civil War featuring Union army Captain Abel Jones by Owen Parry, a pin name for American author Ralph Peters. This is the first book by this a...
04/17/2018
Marketing is about meeting someone’s needs and wants as well as meeting your own. Marketing today is one of those complicated subjects, which has now become even more incomprehensible in the age of the Internet. The simple and fundamental truth of the essence of marketing has been forgotten and i...
04/17/2018
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, Montgomery County Fairgrounds The popular Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will take place on April 20, 21, and 22, 2018 at the Montgomery County, Maryland Fairgrounds. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets ar...
04/16/2018
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, Montgomery County Fairgrounds The popular Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will take place on April 20, 21, and 22, 2018 at the Montgomery County, Maryland Fairgrounds. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets ar...
04/16/2018
Emancipation Day, District of Columbia, Monday, April 16 Emancipation Day is a holiday in the District of Columbia.  This holiday marks the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862 by President  Abraham Lincoln.  It is held annually on April 16.Local govern...
04/16/2018