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Contributing author for the Real Estate section of the Washington Blade. The Washington Blade is an LGBTQ newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area. The Blade is the oldest LGBTQ newspaper in the United States.•Write articles about factors affecting the local and regional housing market in the Washington DC area.•Feature topics including first time homebuyers, competitive offer situations, interest rates, offer strategies, renovation tips, down payment assistance programs, home inspections, home insurance. migration patterns, move up buyers, downsizing buyers, foreign buyers, and renters.•Pair with local experts in home renovation, home lending, and other real estate adjacent industries to provide readers with content that educates and removes the fear of the unknown in the process of purchasing or selling a home.https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/joseph-hudson/

Real estate agent with Compass, licensed in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Experienced advisor for buyers and sellers.•Negotiate and win multiple offer situations, educate buyers via homebuyer seminars, recommend lenders, title companies, and home inspectors.•Advise on various terms to strengthen offer or negotiate better terms for clients.•Clients include: all cash buyers, traditional mortgage obtaining buyers, and buyers who have used DC Opens Doors as well as HPAP and EAHP (Down payment assistance programs), primary homeowners and investors.•Sell condos, single family homes, traditional DC row houses and co-ops.•Educate buyers on best practices when going under contract, what the various provisions of the contracts state and mean, as well as what actions could result in default of the contract.•Coordinate home inspections and termite inspections. Review various offers with sellers and collectively arrive at a decision.•Execute contract termination when buyer or seller fail to secure financing, or subject property is deemed unwarrantable.•Market properties in the MLS, Instagram, Facebook, using paid advertising, boosted posts, email blasts as well as broker opens and open houses.•Gather feedback from other agents on property condition and sales price.

Bartender at Nellie’s Sports Bar, one of the busiest LGBTQ bars in the District of Columbia, frequently voted Best Gay Bar and Best Sports Bar.•Serve customers food and drink, utilize Micros and Breadcrumb computer system (POS) to input orders. •Maintain knowledge of drink specials, menu and happy hour specials. Promote specials via outdoor signage, Facebook and Instagram.•Develop, maintain, and contribute to the company’s Instagram page from 2014 through 2019.•Coordinate with management and staff for a social media strategy featuring the food and drink specials, holiday events, featured DJ’s, touring drag queens, scheduled sports events, as well as the many sponsored teams that used the bar as their home base.•Become familiar with repeat customers and anticipate their order. Ensure that customers have a pleasant dining experience and want to return.•Utilize proper cash handling procedures. Assist with keeping bars and dining room tidy and comfortable. Maintain service bar, while attending to other customers.

Licensed at the end of 2014, spent four years working with the Bediz Group at Keller Williams Capitol Properties.•Enter listings into the Bright MLS, assess days on market for clients and advise how to craft and submit a winning offer.•Conduct open houses, homebuyer seminars, coordinate tours for condos, co-ops, and single-family homes.•Navigate the contingency periods with my clients and advised accordingly.•Helped clients to review condo documents, budgets and bylaws,•Advertise listings on the MLS, Instagram, Facebook, broker tours and open houses.

Bartender and Server at Right Proper Brew Pub in Shaw, Washington DC.•Learn the ever-changing product line and menu, explain differences and nuances of house-made beers and barrel aged beers for our clientele.•Promote an enjoyable customer experience every time. Advise items for food and drink. Maintain relationships and conversations with regular clientele, serve at a high volume and speed when needed.•Ensure customer satisfaction, know when to intervene with customers or notify management if a guest has a complaint or a special request.•Clean bar, tables, keep area clean and tidy. Bus plates and glasses when needed.•Perform side work, opening work, and account for funds earned utilizing the POS system and reports.

Provide customer service to new and regular customers during brunch service or dinner service. Make specialty drinks, use good judgement and follow state regulations for alcohol service.

Created a "Training and Events Bulletin" for OTI (Office of Transition Initiatives - USAID) employees, which informed them of relevant events in the DC area and internal/external to USAID training opportunities. Researched USAID University course catalogue to pick out relevant courses, searched local University and non-profit websites for speakers, events, etc. to highlight on a weekly basis. Attended trainings about the Office for Transition Initiatives (the client) to understand the broader perspective of who we work for and what they do.

Ordered office supplies for two teams of subcontractor employees. Managed two conference rooms, handling scheduling and logistical set up for day long or partial day trainings. Troubleshoot issues with Avaya phone system, disseminate information regarding wireless access, working from a token, setting up phone bridges. Set up an office information center with phone lists, relevant computer/software information, training opportunities, etc. Set up employees' badges to obtain access to the 8th floor office suites. I received an interim clearance for this position. Maintained the dissemination of training opportunities through the "Training and Events Bulletin" I developed as an intern with OTI.

Resolve complaints and issues from customers regarding their meals, whether it be about the service or quality of food. Coordinate with the hosts and servers regarding the seating of customers, in large parties or smaller groups. Enforce company policies and utilizing the employee warning (write up) system when needed. Track data such as amount of wines or desserts sold on a shift for use in the employee incentive program. Assist with ordering items such as coffee, hot teas, dishware, and other restaurant supplies. Meet regularly with general managers and the owner to discuss the needs of the restaurant and the staff, and to give feedback on aspects of the daily operations of the restaurant. Document the amount of items voided off checks (which helps with tracking food and drink costs), physical maintenance needs, and management/motivational issues with the servers and support staff. Assist with hiring process.

Coordinate smooth office functioning, including processing requests for checks, reimbursements, financial reports. Handling the daily client fees, depositing them in the bank, and keeping records of each daily deposit. Providing financial information for relevant grant and contract reports. Acting as the point person to ensure that Federal Contract money is correctly deposited in the organization’s bank account, and providing the necessary reporting. Coordinating signatures between the board treasurer, director and program directors for checks. Coordinate payment to various contractors for the renovation and construction of the new building. Prepare reports for the auditor as well as respond to questions regarding various financial policies. Interview and research potential candidates for administering the organizational retirement plan. Coordinate meetings with staff and investment advisors to sign them up for the retirement plan.

at the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information; Coordinate the delivery of journal articles to off site abstractors. Ensure processing of abstractor invoices, Respond to requests for information off the four informational databases. Provide assistance to patrons of the library, who are searching for relevant articles, books, or other information for their research. Give tours of the library to groups, such as teachers. Assist in the coordination of scanning of journal articles, screening materials for relevancy, and creating records on the library's database for information on alcohol and drugs, prevention materials, or social marketing. Assist with videotaping of weekly inservice meetings for the Clearinghouse staff. Search for acquisitions to the library's collection of alcohol and drug information.

Complete paperwork for consultant hiring and travel, assist with necessary administrative functions to purchase needed equipment for the Guatemala City office. Maintain contact with consultants and field office staff regarding details for consultant travel, wire funds transfers, coordinate mailings to the Guatemala City office, research relevant information for the consultants, provide other support for the project director and other project personnel. Complete travel advance forms and check travel expense reports for accuracy. Assist with entering book and journal information into library catalogue.Assisted business development department with proposals for RFP's from USAID.OTHER EXPERIENCE - Non-USAID

Assist with the planning and preparation of continuing education conferences for teachers in partner organizations and schools. Assist the meeting planner and also travel to the conferences, provide administrative and logistical support before, during and after the conferences.

Prepare for five different sections of Language Arts classes, between fourth and eighth grade. Assess student's prior knowledge, prepare learning objectives and tasks to meet those objectives. Assess students retention of subject matter, involve parents in the learning objectives and behavioral goals of the children. Creatively think of ways to make the subject matter exciting and relevant to the students' experience. Serve as a friend and mentor when needed. Provide English tutoring to students with English as a Second Language designations. Refer students to counseling when appropriate.