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Northern Virginia Real Estate specializing in Stafford, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Prince William, Caroline, King George and surrounding areas. Also specialize in REO and Distressed Properties. Certified as a CDPE and with REO Trans, REO Connections, RES.net, to name a few.
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     Some of you may be asking what is a USP??  A USP is a Unique Selling Proposition. When you develop your listing presentation you should have something that is unique and different than what anybody else is offering.  Not so easy, huh?       I am currently trying to come up with my USP.  What...
11/19/2007
 Yes folks, the following wins the award for the Best Bumper Sticker in History:Welcome to Northern Virginia...EXPECT DELAYS.Those of you that live here (and those of you "just passing thru") I'm sure will agree! We do love this beautiful state we live in, but the traffic is a nightmare at best. ...
11/19/2007
     In a few days we will be gathering with Family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving over a huge dinner.  We'll all probably eat too much and then watch football (Geaux Tigers!).  It struck me last night as I was preparing to head down to North Carolina to be with my family that I have so mu...
11/19/2007
     I have reached the big 5-0 and I don't know how I am supposed to feel about it.  A part of me says, "Embrace it!" and another part says "Just cover your head and stay in bed all day and be depressed!"  I'm not really ready for the later because I am pretty happy with where I am in life.  I h...
11/17/2007
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             We recently had our annual Thanksgiving Luncheon at our office and I realized truly how much we have to be thankful for...our health, our families, our friends & co-workers and the fact that everyday we wake up to a day full of opportunity! Our life is filled with so many things we a...
11/16/2007
     The #3 mistake that most agents make is trying to make it without getting on the phone.  What??? In real estate  we live and breathe by being on the phone.  This might have been the most shocking on the list for me.     As I discussed in #2 blog we must prospect!  If this is the thing you li...
11/15/2007
     The number two mistake that most agents make is allowing your time to be vampired.   For example, you go to the copy machine and there are two or three agents talking about how bad the market is and then they draw you in to the conversation.  Now you've wasted 10-15 minutes on negativity.  I...
11/15/2007
     The #1 mistake that some Realtors make is believing that they can make it by sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.  That is simply not possible.  You have to do the marketing--if you don't have much money then print your own flyers and go out and deliver them yourself.  I started out...
11/15/2007
     Today was our coaching call day and I am pumped up on what I need to work on based on the following list given to me by my coaches Jay Kinder and Mike Reese.  I plan to give you the list in this blog and then discuss them more individually in separate blogs so that you can all give me your f...
11/15/2007
  As the holiday season rapidly approaches, I would like to remind everyone that a simple act of kindness goes a long way. When you are making out your Christmas cards this year please include one to the following:           A Recovering American Soldier          c/o Walter Reed Army Medical   Ce...
11/13/2007
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The Bacon Group, Inc specializes in residential real estate in Stafford, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Prince William, Caroline, King George, VA and surrounding areas.