The 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup ended last Sunday with Jimmy Johnson(#48 Lowe's Chevrolet) being crowned for the unprecidented 4th consecutive championship. For years, NASCAR has held the CUP banquet in NYC at the Waldorf-Astoria and recently televised on second tier channel ESPN Classic. For
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11/27/2009
One of the GREAT joys of living in Virginia's PREMIER Hunt Country is the annual Blessing of the Hounds held each Thanksgiving morning at Grace Episcopal Church on Gordonsville Rd. The Keswick Hunt Club hounds are brought to the church and the members of the hunt club come with mounts for the ble
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11/26/2009
PRO applicant? What is that? They are applicants who want to become your tenants and they have perfected methods of gaining the keys to your property without paying rent. They usually come on the weekend and need to rent a home right away. They come in clean cars, usually with 2 adults and one or
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11/25/2009
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/16/real_estate/Real_estate_bargains.moneymag/index.htm For the last several years, many magazine and newspaper articles touting real estate investment and the "joys" of buying foreclosure properties always mention the business of being a landlord and rarely do they pr
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11/19/2009
I rarely get phone calls at 8A....since my office phone rings through to my cel phone, it went off with REO's "Evil Woman" at o'dark 30 this morning.....I got the message that the caller left a voicemail and I returned the call. A guy is separating from his wife and needs a rental property ASAP a
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11/10/2009
I recently attended a free seminar at our local association outlining the e-Pro course and designation. I can't remember seeing a property manager with the designation; however, never one to turn down extra letters after my name * CPM * GRI * and seeing the need to "buy some vowels", I went to th
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11/06/2009