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        <Description>&lt;h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"&gt;&lt;img height="187" alt=" " src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/2/8/9/6/ar119124880369827.jpg" width="265" align="right" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Married to a &lt;a href="http://www.theweddingdancespecialists.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;professional ballroom dance instructor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and as an avid dancer myself&lt;/strong&gt;, I often use dance metaphors when discussing real estate.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brianblock.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="95" alt=" " src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/3/5/1/1/ar119124886111532.jpg" width="95" align="left" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brianblock.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Buying or selling a home in Northern Virginia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is much easier when you know the right steps&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;SEE &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/182059/Selling-a-Home-in" rel="bookmark"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Selling a Home in Northern Virginia &amp;amp; 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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;However, when quick action is necessary, I'll &lt;strong&gt;Hustle&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Quickstep&lt;/strong&gt; to help you weigh choices and make the most practical and economical decisions possible in a timely fashion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Planning&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img height="199" alt=" " src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/2/2/2/3/ar119124910232226.gif" width="150" align="right" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;is essential both to a successful&lt;strong&gt; Salsa &lt;/strong&gt;performance and a successful real estate transaction. &lt;strong&gt;You should not attempt to dance before a crowd before careful planning of your dance steps and until you have repeatedly practiced your routine.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Similarly when involved in a real estate transaction, working with &lt;a href="http://www.blockrealestategroup.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;the right Realtor &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;will save you time and money because the Realtor has already done the planning.&amp;nbsp; 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