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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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2012 

I had the privilege of honoring one of the most amazing men I've ever known, today.  My father-in-law turns 80 on Monday.  That alone is hard for me to believe.  He has always been 49 in my world.  That's about the time I met him, and he is ageless.  My father-in-law, Alfred Snapp, Jr., has been ...
03/31/2012
As Realtors, we talk about overpricing a lot.  An overpriced house is a lonely house.  It soon becomes stigmatized and ignored by most Realtors.  If it receives low offers that are countered by an insulted seller it will also acquire a reputation as a house that is not worth the trouble. I had a ...
03/29/2012
It's that time of year.  The annual Pedal for the Pooches is just around the corner.   On April 28, 2012 at 10:00 am, cyclists from far and near will be joining together to help support this wonderful facility.  The Briggs Animal Adoption Center hosts this annual event as a fundraiser to support ...
03/29/2012
I have a mantra I wish more people would follow.  It is "Stick with the professionals!"  My electrical contracting company does a lot of work for the Community Housing Partners.  CHP is a Federally funded weatherization company that helps low income homeowners weatherize their homes. Weatherizati...
03/28/2012
I'd like to introduce everyone to Jay Taylor.  Jay is an app developer with Cre8tiveapps.com a mobile communications application.  He has recently joined Active Rain, and he has two blogs out talking about mobile blog apps; Marketing your services in a digital world, and Building a mobile friendl...
03/27/2012
The rental market in Winchester, VA is on fire.  Much like the housing sales market during the 2000s boom, the rental market has become very competitive, and good properties don't stay on the market long. The Winchester, VA rental market only has 61 properties currently available for rent.  Of th...
03/27/2012
Last week, I wrote a blog about being the CEO of You, Inc., but your role in your company doesn't stop there.  You are also the marketing department of You, Inc.  You can pay others to do online marketing for you.  You can have a custom website made (most of us do).  You can have a graphic artist...
03/26/2012
I've mentioned numerous times that I have two companies.  One is an electrical contracting company, and the other one is a real estate brokerage.  They overlap more often than not, and my clients in one company end up being clients in the other company.  It's a nice relationship. The overlap of t...
03/26/2012
I'm sure most of you have received the scam emails Karen Fiddler wrote about in her recent blog, "Do you open spam email?  Why not?"  They promise unimaginable riches for just cooperating in a transfer of funds from some obscure location in another country to your ready and waiting bank account. ...
03/25/2012
Yesterday, I wrote a blog about the potential for technology to make us less social, and that brought up another topic.  Are our smart-phones making us less smart?  What do I mean?  Think about it.  How many phone numbers do you remember?  How many addresses can you recall?  How many calculations...
03/24/2012
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