Aaron Poling's (aaronpoling) Blog

One of my favorite parts of selling real estate is meeting new people. I am definetly people person, so selling real estate is the perfect job for me. Last December, I got a new client from a desk duty call. We began looking at houses and put a contract on a short sale. Months later the contract ...

Last friday, we had a bake sale for Charity. It was part of our company wide community day initiative, to help give back to the communities that we live and work in. It was a huge success, we raised about one thousand dollars total, that will be divided between three great charities. Our charites...

This Friday, June 11th from 10am until 1pm, we are having a charity bake sale. This is part of Long & Fosters Annual Community Day. We at Long & Foster Real Estate know how important community involvement is, we are living, and working within the community all year. Our community day is our annua...

I recieved some great training today from Bartles and Associates. Earlier today my broker provided us with Marketing training from Bartles and Associates. It was individual training sessions, custom fit to our personal marketing plans. They were able to look at my current marketing/promotions pla...

Next monday is Memorial Day. It is a federal holiday and a great day to visit family, friends and bar be que. Make sure you do not forget what Memorial Day is really about. It is a day to honor men and women who died while in military service. These great men and women are the reason that we live...

Now is a great time to buy in Martinsburg West Virginia. According to Zillow listing prices for homes are at their lowest point since January 2009. See the chart below. For more information on homes in Martinsburg, West Virgnia, please contact me. Thanks Aaron Median List PriceYou need the latest...

This weekend come celebrate the 14th annual West Virginia Wine and Arts Festival. This Saturday May 29th and Sunday May 30th. There will be live performances all weekend, come enjoy some wine with your friends and neighbors! It takes place in Martinsburg, at Boydville. Follow the links below for ...

Long & Foster has a new title partner in West Virginia, and its Crawford and Keller. Tasha Keller Catrow spoke at our sales meeting this morning to kick off the new partnership. Crawford and Keller has two locations, Martinsburg, and Charles town. They will negotiate short sales, this makes it ea...

I just finished with a closing on one of my listings. It was a short sale, this alone tells you it was not easy. I listed in in August 2009, and had it under contract shortly after that. I then put a backup contract on it. The primary contract was not able to close but tried up until it expired t...

In today's world it has become very popular to become more environmentally friendly, and for good reason. It only makes good sense to take care of your surroundings. This means less waste, conserving energy, reusing products and all around better planning. There are lots of ways to do this but m...