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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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2016 

Early in this series, I talked about dealing with an assailant face to face. In this blog, I'd like to talk about safety related to your car. A car presents a number of issues, but all of them are easy to overcome with a little situational awareness.We need our cars. They're fun. They take us to ...
09/25/2016
The most recent world events have left many shocked, and some are fearful. I completely understand. We live in perilous times. It doesn't matter if it's a terrorist attack or an attack on a Realtor. It's all unnerving and scary, but there are things you can do to be prepared and to protect yourse...
09/25/2016
September is Realtor Safety Month, and it's a good time to reflect on how we conduct our business. I tend to be a pretty lighthearted person. Actually, I think life is pretty funny, and I generally find humor in most things, but there is one thing I’m totally serious about. It’s Realtor safety.  ...
09/24/2016
Winchester - Frederick County, VA Home Sales - August 2016Winchester - Frederick County, VA home sales for August 2016 showed a lateral move and not an up or down move. Total home sales for July were 172 with August adding 175. The percentage of REO and short sales (distressed properties) were 7%...
09/19/2016
I find it helpful to get the whole story before forming an opinion on just about anything and everything. If nothing else, politics have proven how easily the masses can be led astray by a Facebook meme or a bogus article, or news that is one-sided. This week, I received an email from Agnes Donna...
09/18/2016
The Stephens City, VA real estate market continues to impress.The Stephens City, VA real estate market continues to impress as 2016 marches on. The August sales volume was 33 sales with only one short sale. Distressed property sales have nearly fallen off of the Stephens City, VA real estate mark...
09/17/2016
Life is a funny thing. When you're a kid, you think things will continue on forever without change and nothing could be further from the truth. The experience and view of life is radically eschewed for a kid. The first thing you know, a grandparent passes away. Then another one. Maybe a parent pa...
09/16/2016
For any of you who know me, or have read my blog, you know that I was a guitar playing headbanger for more decades than I can remember. I love playing metal music, and I love a hot-handed guitar player. Jimi Hendrix and Joe Satriani are two of my all-time favorites, but I ran across someone today...
09/15/2016
“It takes a very long time to become young.” Pablo Picasso I'm convinced that in the infinite wisdom of God, children were placed on the earth to keep those of us who have reached the height of cynicism as we look upon our world, from reaching a level of being jaded that it draws us down a dark p...
09/15/2016
Winchester, VA Real Estate - Real Estate FunnelsThe Winchester, VA real estate market is a lot like other rural real estate markets in that it operates on a funnel principle. In a funnel-shaped market you have different categories of buyers and sellers. They do tend to follow the same patterns, b...
09/14/2016
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