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        <Summary>Local &amp; National Media Calls on Local Northern Virginia REALTOR Brian Block</Summary>
        <Description>&lt;h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I don't let success go to my head.&amp;nbsp; My wife won't let me.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Ready for my next interview" height="207" alt="Ready for my next interview" hspace="8" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/5/8/0/0/ar120802225400851.jpg" width="254" align="right" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you a member of the press?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; T.V., newspaper, radio, or online media?&amp;nbsp; Perhaps you scour the internet and the blogosphere for tidbits and news to help you with your news stories.&amp;nbsp; In the area of real estate, whether you are looking for a local, regional, or national story, please feel free to contact me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm not shy and I'm always willing to help out.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; After all, there's no such thing as overexposure, except maybe if your name is Paris Hilton.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you contact me for a quote or an interview, you'll be in good company.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's the press coverage for which I've been consulted in the last month alone:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img title="The Washington Post" height="71" alt="The Washington Post" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/9/7/1/1/ar12080224611794.JPG" width="478" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/strong&gt; -- Front page of today's &lt;a title="Clicking with Buyers" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041101935.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;April 12th Real Estate Section, &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Clicking With Buyers&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;discusses online home searches and features several local Northern Virginia REALTORS including me, and a photo of one of my current clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img title="WBAL AM 1090" height="74" alt="WBAL AM 1090" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/8/0/2/5/ar12080225552081.JPG" width="182" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WBAL Radio AM 1090&lt;/strong&gt; -- this Maryland radio station features one of my recent blog posts, &lt;a href="public/item/201479" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Virginia Welcomes Migration of Maryland Millionaires&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, under its &lt;a href="http://www.wbal.com/shows/smith/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Hot Topics section on its website&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; My post discusses the newly imposed &amp;quot;Millionaire's Tax&amp;quot; in Maryland and invites wealthy Marylanders to consider purchasing a home across the Potomac in Northern Virginia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img title="CBS The Early Show" height="149" alt="CBS The Early Show" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/4/7/9/9/ar120802266599745.jpg" width="181" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CBS News The Early Show&lt;/strong&gt; -- Interviewed by national broadcast news, my segment aired on March 29th, and I was cited as an expert in a piece on foreclosures.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="CBS The Early Show" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3979214n" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Click here for the video&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img title="Falls Church News-Press" height="56" alt="Falls Church News-Press" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/6/9/9/7/ar120802280979967.JPG" width="191" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Falls Church News Press&lt;/strong&gt; -- my advice to buyers of foreclosure properties is heavily quoted in this March 13th local newspaper story, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fcnp.com/news/the_many_facets_of_foreclosure_20080312.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&amp;quot;The Many Facets of Foreclosure.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The public gets weary of seeing the same talking heads day after day.&amp;nbsp; There's only so much that everyone can stomach of Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson discussing the latest woes in the housing market.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Besides when's the last time that Ben or Henry helped someone buy or sell a home?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Coffee Talk" height="183" alt="Coffee Talk" hspace="8" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/0/4/1/7/ar120802446971406.jpg" width="292" align="left" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Need help with a story?&amp;nbsp; Get it from a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="You've got Personality" href="public/item/195342" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;REALTOR with personality&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="Look Who's Buying a Home in Alexandria video" href="public/item/200665" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;good sense of humor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Give me a call.&amp;nbsp; We'll talk.&amp;nbsp; No big whoop.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; I'll even pay for the coffee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reach Brian for comment at 703-626-0715.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Description>
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