Richard McGuire

Born and raised (yes, sometimes in a barn) in Paducah, Kentucky.

Started at the University of Kentucky in 1973 and enjoyed it so much that he finished in 1980, graduating with a degree in business. He started as a pre-vet student and took a couple of detours. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and a huge Wildcat fan.

During one "detour," Richard McGuire earned his real estate license (at age 20). He also earned a broker's license making him the youngest broker in the state (he's not sure if that record stands). Richard worked for his father's small real estate company for two years. At his dad's office, he learned that when his family's name is on the sign the business defines your reputation in the community. Your character and integrity is held to the highest of standards and every transaction involved a personal commitment.

When Richard hired agents in multiple states during his tenure in corporate relocation, he preferred family owned and operated firms for those reasons. Today, the McEnearney name on a sign signifies the same degree of trust and excellence for Richard.

When he returned to UK, he was a little older, wiser and much more motivated! He continued to work in real estate in Lexington, at the largest Century 21 franchise in Kentucky. Oddly enough, working made him a much better student and graduate in 1980.

Richard moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Equitable Relocation in early 1981 - It was a huge move for him and he thinks he considered it a temporary move . . . sort of to get a taste for the big city while he was still a young man. Richard was hired to initiate a buy-out of transferred employee homes, and then re-sale them. This was an extremely hard task to do in a bad economy. Adverse selection took on a whole new meaning and there were great challenges to selling these vacant homes. His experience at Equitable had a profound effect on him. He learned how to work and sell homes changing from a seller's to a buyer's market. Oh, he also met his wife, Katie, who worked at the company.

A couple of years later, Richard was hired by the Employee Relocation Council (ERC), a professional association that represents the corporations, government and military, who regularly transfer their key employees, both domestically and internationally. Members were typically the human resource managers who administered the relocation benefits to their company's employees. ERC also had vendor members the included 6,000 of the nation's top real estate companies. He was hired as the expert on real estate issues that affected the home sale process.

During his tenure he was responsible for the standardization of the appraisal, real estate broker and home inspection reports and still used today. Richard also contributed to the instructional guides and hosted regional training sessions on how to use the reports and interact with the transferred employees in their stressful time of transition. All relocations aren't voluntary, or enjoyed, by the entire family unit.

Now Richard is back where he started--in residential real estate--a job that he has always loved and stayed involved in via his corporate careers. And the past thirty years have given him more than just gray hair. At 60 he has special expertise that he could never have acquired if he had stayed in residential real estate. His father taught him how to sell, but he owes his ability to see the bigger picture and understand multiple markets to his years at Equitable and ERC.

He has worn many hats in his community since he moved to Alexandria in 1983. Some people know him as a soccer coach to his kids, or just a parent at George Mason and TC Williams High School functions. Others might know him from his leadership work at Trinity United Methodist Church. A few years ago, Richard lead a group on a mission trip to Belize. Still, others might know him from his 12+ years on the board at Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April).

This is Richard's life condensed. If he can be of assistance in the Northern Virginia area, please allow him the opportunity to show how he can represent you in the purchase or sale of a home.