The Washington herald., 1921-12-18
AN FACE FUTURE WITH LITTLE FEAR" SAYS H. McKEEVER
SUCCESS OF MKEEVER- COSS
HERE READS LIKE STORY BOOK
Firm Is Now in the Front Ranks of District
Realty Leaders.

Organized, only eighteen months
ago, the real estate firm of Nc
keever e. Goss, 1405 I street,
has had a phenomenal success and
today. although one of the youngest
firms in the city in years, is general
iy regarded as among the leaders
and is setting a pace that Is rapidly
bringing the firm to the attention
OF the entire real estate field The
members of the firm are r. L. Me-
keever and Earl f. Goss.
Mr.. McKeever before forming the
parterniship with Mr.. Goss. was
business property specialist for the
hrm OF Shannon & Luchs and prior
to that was sales manager for the
same firm. Mr.. Goss, prior to enter
ing actively into the real estate
business, was manager of sthe White
Cross bakery of Washington and
Tor many years had been interested
IN real estate both in Washington
and Baltimore. He Is recognized
throughout business circles as an
expert on the management of prop
critics and is an expert on business
and automobile insurance.
During the first year of the part
nership. this firm did a total real
estate sales business of over $500
oo0. or this large total S2.515,o0o
was represented by sales made
through the Business Properties de-
partment, which is directed person
ally by Mr.. McKeever and made up
OF the following we'll known bust
ness property specialists, Arthur J..
Woipe, Maurice T. Church. Leslie
a. Daley, and Wayland e. Shaffer.
The house sales department. which
also comes under the personal direc-
ton of Mr.. McKeever, consists of
eight Of the best qualified sales
men in the city and in the first
year of its existence did a total
business of sl030,000.
Since June 80, 1921, both the Bust
ness Properties and House sales de-
partments have increased the
amount OF business done over the
same period of the previous year
and according to present indica-
tons. the firm estimates that this
years sales figures will be well
over 100000.
Some of the more prominent
sales made through the Business
Properties department recently are
the McVeagh mansion. 1929 Six
teenth street, which was sold to the
Republic of Mexico: the present
Mexican Embassy, 1919 I street
which was sold to Eugene A
Smith, who, it is understood, in
tends to remodel II for the use of
the Lawyers Title Company; the
International Building, 1881 F
street. which has been recently re-
novated and rented through the
property management and Rental
department of this firm, has been
recently sold to an out of town
investor for nearly three quarters
of million dollars.
Because of its reputation OF look
ing after its clients interests first
and its policy of Maximum Scrv-
ice," the firm has been able TO
build up one OF the largest rental
and property arrangements depart
ments in Washington. This depart
ment is under the personal super
vision of Mr.. Goss. In few offices
in the city does member of the
firm look after this business person
ally as this one does. The eXcep-
tional growth of this department
of the business is also due to a new
safety Bank Guaranty plan. which
the firm has inauGurated for the
protection of its clients money. An
other well established custom Of
this department is to look after
it's clients interests first and does