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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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2011 

Pam, took a simple idea and made it great!  You will really enjoy this post.  If you'd like to make a comment, please leave it on Pam's blog.  She'll really appreciate it! Honesty Is the Foundation of Any Real Estate Sale – Temecula Valley California Short SalesI read a blog post this morning, “ ...
08/31/2011
So, a short sale means that the Realtor has to be under 5' 3" tall?  No, not really, but there are a lot of scammers out there that are trying to convince people in distress that they are short sale experts.  In the process, the home goes into foreclosure and the homeowner's life is wrecked.  So,...
08/31/2011
When I was a pattern day-trader, I had a saying that is relevant to real estate as well.  I always said, "You never try to catch a falling piano."  Why?  I think it's obvious that your chances of survival are very low.  My wife has a baby grand piano sitting in our living room, and I can tell you...
08/30/2011
My lovely wife is not the jealous type, but she does have a unique way of describing my former girlfriends in ways that don't reflect the girls I knew.  One in particular girlfriend seems to get the brunt of her humor.  I made the mistake of telling her that this particular young lady stuck a str...
08/30/2011
I realized something today that might be worth a little reflection.  I was at an REO I'm prepping for the market, and I decided to join in the fun by doing a little weed-whacking.  The property is nearly ready to launch, but the most recent rain caused the drought starved grass to spring up for j...
08/29/2011
Have you ever gotten up in morning and just had a strange premonition that it as going to be one of those days?   You know it's going to be one of those days when, You see a "Sixty Minutes News Team" waiting in your office Your twin sister forgets your birthday You turn on the news and they are j...
08/29/2011
I'm starting to see an interesting phenomenon with the high volume of short sales in our area.  I recently had a client who wanted to buy a property.  I met with him and his wife, and I had them get prequalified with their lender and they qualified for a nice property.  Off we went in our search,...
08/28/2011
Whew, what a week we've had around here.  First, we had a 5.8 earthquake that shook our houses and rattled the nerves of many residents, and just about the time the local community had stopped talking about that, Irene showed up.  The wind and rain begun to arrive in our little community late Sat...
08/28/2011
During a real estate class last year, I realized that Realtors speak in code.  The class was made up of mostly new salespeople.  As I watched the poor newbies in that class, I wondered if they felt like they had fallen into a black hole and popped up in some foreign land where they didn’t speak t...
08/27/2011
Hurricane Irene needs to head out to sea because Winchester, Virginia is going to be too hot this Saturday night to be inside.  The Second Annual Salsa Fest will be taking place at 126 N. Kent Street from 6-10 PM.  The event will include: Spicy Foods Best Tasting Salsa Competition Spicy Salsa Dan...
08/26/2011
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