Aaron Poling's (aaronpoling) Blog

Today is the last day of the Home Show located at the Martinsburg Mall, here in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. I will be at the last shift today from 3pm to closing time around 6pm. If anyone is in the area, stop by and see me! Typically the last shift is slow and things are dwindling do...

Recently I have blogged about our local home show and I have blogged complaining about the rain. It has taken me until the last day of the Home Show to realize they are connected. Since the home show started friday morning we have been hammered with rain. I thought this was a terrible thing. I wa...

A few weeks ago I was willing to accept any weather if the snow would go away. The snow was killing my business, I couldnt show houses and all my current deals were getting bumped. Since then the snow melted, we had a few beautiful days, and now the rain. The rain moved in Friday morning and we h...

I am headed to the home show. If anyone out there in Activerain land is in the Martinsburg area, stop by and see me. I will be at our booth today from 12-2. Hope to see you guys there. Aaron   Aaron Poling Long & Foster 304-283-0214 www.aaronpoling.com www.aaronpolingsblog.com  

I have just recieved information from a local mortgage company, that the USDA loan program will be out of funding by the end of April 2010. For those of you like myself, that deal with a lot of first time home buyers this will be devastating. I encourage everyone to contact your local, state, and...

  REALTORS Excelling In Association Leadership is a free self study course offered through the National Association of Realtors. This is a great resource for anyone wanting to find out how to get involved in volunteering in their association. The course is made up of five modules that can be comp...

  Recently we had our office Top Producer awards. I was awarded with Outstanding service to the Foxcroft Office. I was completly shocked to win the award. The best part was that this award is given by nominations from the other Realtors in our office. I personally nominated other agents who have ...

I was recently asked to join the Education Committee for the Eastern Panhandle Board of REALTORS. I have been considering getting involved with my local board by volunteering for a committee. What could be a better than contributing to the Realtor Education. Today was my first meeting. Although I...

Come visit the Home Show this weekend in Martinsburg W.V. The home show will be located at the Martinsburg Mall. Last year the home show had about 4,000 visitors, and we are expecting a great turnout this year also. Our Booth will be near GNC, close to the food court. I will be around all weekend...

I recently recieved my SFR Designation. Watching the market change and seeing client after client needing help work through the housing crisis. I started working with short sale sellers and buyers, to help people through the process. It didn't take long to figure out that this is a difficult and ...