Designations: Licensed Realtor since 1984 -- EDUCATION: Completion of Real Estate Broker Training Program; M.A.(Psychology); AVOCATION: Certified Program Producer, Director and Studio Technician, Montgomery Community Television

Awards: Distinguished Achievement: Montgomery County Association of Realtors

Special Interests: PROFESSIONAL: Buyer Agency. PERSONAL: Writing, Musician, Ethics, Business Consulting

Buyer's Agent - Master Performer
Licensed since 1984, Jim works almost exclusively as a Buyer's Agent. With more than 22 years of experience, he has an established record of success based on a proven set of contract writing and effective negotiation strategies.

• Master Performer - Buyer's Agent
• Silver Spring/Takoma Park Specialist
• Representing Buyers - Exclusively!
• Expert knowledge of the local market
• More than 24 years buyer agency experience
• Winning competitor in multiple-offer scenarios
• AND, most importantly ==>
• Integrity, intelligence, skill!

Professional Experience
Jim has a very high-level of experience as a Buyer's Agent. He is particularly adept in preparing offers designed to prevail in a very competitive market in which every transaction typically involves sellers considering and choosing among multiple offers. Prior to establishing a full-time practice in real estate in 1990, Jim was president of The Performance Group, Inc., a management and consulting firm which he founded in 1979. The Performance Group provided strategic planning and project management services to such clients as MCI Communications, AT&T, the Departments of Justice and the Navy, the American Red Cross, Bell Atlantic as well as small businesses and non- profit organizations. Prior to his consulting work, Jim was a Research Psychologist with the Department of Health and Human Services.

Professional Recognition
Recipient of several annual "Distinguished Achievement" awards from the Montgomery County Association of Realtors. In prior career work, Jim was recipient of the Dept of Health and Human Services award for “Outstanding Performance.” Also, in "after hours pursuits," Jim won the “Best in Festival” Award in 1996 and again in 1997 for his television production work at Montgomery Community Television. Jim has a Masters degree in Psychology. He and his wife reside in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Expert Knowledge of All Inside the Beltway Communities
Having lived and worked in Silver Spring-Takoma Park, Bethesda, Washington and Northern Virginia since first moving to the area in 1966, he knows the local market extremely well.

Effective Use of the Internet
Send Jim your search criteria via email and he will search for property on your behalf -- sending you regular email reports and MLS listings that match your criteria. Jim has considerable experience working with individuals who are re-locating to the DC area.

Favorite Links:
Information about Silver Spring
Information about Takoma Park
Information about Bethesda
Information about Washington DC
MAP: See & navigate all of MD, DC & VA
Washington METRO System (Subway)
Washington DC School Information
Montgomery County School Information
Prince George's County School Information
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