Kenny's Blog

Today, my daughter and I took one of our daddy/daughter walks through historic Fredericksburg. Everytime we go it brings back childhood memories. I grew up in Stafford and Fredericksburg is where you went shopping. We didn't even have a grocery store in Stafford when I was a kid.On today's trip m...

  "America's most historic city." My wife and I bought our first house in the City of Fredericksburg. It was on the old VEPCO Canal, now called the Fredericksburg Canal. Fredericksburg is another historian's dream. Capt. John Smith sailed up the Rappahannock River and literally left his markLand ...

Growing up in Stafford County is a history buff's dream. We are so rich in history. We were founded in 1664George Washington's boyhood home was in Ferry Farm (this is where I live)Pocahontas was kidnapped at Marlborough Point (my father & I have built houses there)Civil War sites are everywhere &...

Welcome to the Fredericksburg Area Association of REALTORS® (aka FAAR) discussion group. The purpose of this group is to discuss any subject that relates to real estate in the Greater Fredericksburg area. This area includes the City of Fredericksburg and the following counties: Stafford, Spotsylv...

Please share your success stories with us. I know it would be encouraging to me to hear that someone is actually closing deals using HouseValues. I've been told by people that this is a long term marketing plan. That may be so, but it's an expensive marketing plan that hopefull will turn a profit.

This is a good question:Can you accept a holiday gift from another settlement provider who is in a position to refer business to you?I came across this question when reading my Weekly MRIS e-news. At the bottom was this questions with a link to news from RISMedia. So I clicked and the answer was ...

This is a list of some of my favorite Christmas rock songs/videos. I like the older rock tunes. Back in the 1970s I was transformed into a rocker... and then in the 1980s into a head banger. I'm still a head banger at heart, but I still like all styles of rock music.Boney M - Mary's Boy Child/Oh ...

I was wondering if Christmas decorations influence the possible sale of a house? I haven't had a listing during Christmas time before, so I don't have any experience with this. Now that I think about it... there are 2 types of Christmas decorations. Christian decorations (ie baby Jesus, manger sc...

So... how many leads have you signed up for?I signed up for 6 leads in the area where I live. Obviously, cost was a consideration. Being that I'm totally new at this, I wasn't sure if 6 was enough or too much. But then again... how much is too much? I know of someone who spends well over $1k for ...

I didn't until the other day...Finshed Room Over GarageSometimes we want to jam a ton of abbreviations or acronyms into the remarks section of a listing. This sort of reminds me of that phone commercial with the kid talking to her parents in acronymns. It's funny when the parent tries to talk bac...