Robin's Blog

Please click on the “play” button to see my New Years message…enjoy! ................ . ..................................................................................................................................................................... This is one of the cleverest marketing tool...

As real estate professionals, we can appreciate the impact and importance of relationship building. With this in mind...I thought I'd share with you, my recent correspondence with a national coffee retailer.     So...I've been a Starbucks fan and loyal customer for decades. Ask anyone who knows m...

         I just viewed the film "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and I was struck by the profound insights to be found in the context of this screenplay.  A quick sojourn to Google reveals that Steven Pressfield's novel is actually a modern retelling of one of the greatest classics of Hinduism, the ...

    Are there any answers I think not One man’s God is another man’s rot We search and search from tender youth To find what we consider truth But even if we’re open minded How shall we know when we find it For everything learned limits our thought And who’s to say what’s to be taught Perhaps the...

Onward rides the soldierYoung and braveSwiftly to battleEager to save“Why,” whispers the wind, “Do you ride     so hard?”“For my love” cries the boy,    “So she may not suffer.”“Whist, whist” says the wind.“And when you lie cold On the blood-wet ground,While scarlet banners danceAnd bugles screa...

    Onward rides the soldierYoung and braveSwiftly to battleEager to save“Why,” whispers the wind, “Do you ride     so hard?”“For my love” cries the boy,    “So she may not suffer.”“Whist, whist” says the wind.“And when you lie cold On the blood-wet ground,While scarlet banners danceAnd bugles sc...

It's a sad day in Maryland. Chevy Chase Bank is closing its doors.    Capital One to Buy Local Banking Icon Chevy Chase               The writing was on the wall. The vultures circled, and this fine banking institution and member of our community has sold out to the highest bidder. Unfortunately,...

  In light of today's Washington Post article Treasury Weighs Action on Mortgage Rates    which reports that our government is now considering offering bonds to help alleviate the housing market crisis, I think this bears repeating. John clearly disclaimed that he is not a government advisor. Per...