About Us     

Chris & IQ
Working Together For You!

Specializing in: Buyer Agent Repesentation; Residential Sales; New Home  Construction; Investment, Commercial & Residential Properties; Land Sales; Short Sales & Foreclosures; SENIORS Real Estate Specialists; Certified Home Rescue Experts

IQ SLUSHER CHRIS THOMAS

Real Estate Experience:

  • Over 30 Years as a Licensed Realtor in MD
  • Certified SENIORS Real Estate Specialist - NAR
  • Certified Home Rescue Expert [CHRE]
  • Workforce Housing Certification - MAR
  • Certified Trainer for "Credit Smart" - a Freddie Mac Program helping consumers to understand, build and maintain better credit

Distinguished Service Awards Received:

  • Southern MD Assn. of Realtors -
    • 1996 Bronze Award for Residential & Commercial Sales
    • 1999, 2001, '02 Distinguished Silver Sales Award
    • 2003, '04 Distinguished Gold Sales Award
    • 2003 inducted into the SMAR "Hall of Fame"
    • 2006, '07 Bronze Team Sales Award
    • 2009 Bronze Sale Award
  • Century 21 National
    • C21NM Ruby Award rec'd. in 1st yr.-2003
    • 2004 Emerald Sales Award - Century 21

Career Experience:

  • 34 Yrs. in Federal Law Enforcement
    • FBI (6yrs); US Secret Service (28 yrs)
  • Owner/Mgr. TAX HELP USA (tax & acctg firm)

Community Affiliations & Personal:

  • Calvert County Resident since 1972
  • Honorary Life Member, National & MD State PTAs
  • Instructor, Calvert Co. Pub. Schools Adult Ed
  • Maryland Community Service -
    • State Education Accountability Committee
    • Shell Corporation Scholarship Cte.
    • History Fair Judge, Calvert Co. Pub. Sch.

 Real Estate Experience:

  • Licensed Realtor in MD since 2003
  • Certified SENIORS Real Estate Specialist - NAR
  • Certified Home Rescue Expert [CHRE]
Professional Affiliations
·         National Assn. of Realtors (NRA)
·         Maryland Assn. of Realtors (MAR)
·         Southern MD Assn. of Realtors (SMAR)
·         National Screenprinters’ Assn.
·         Association of Maryland Notary Publics
Distinguished Service Awards Received:
  • Southern MD Assn. of Realtors -
    • 2006, '07 Bronze Team Sales Award
    • 2008 Silver Sales Award
    • 2009 Bronze Sales Award
Career Experience:
  • Administrative Manager to Legal & Private Industry; Public Education
  • Owner, The Artful Image, Inc., retail screenprinting business (1988-1992)
Community Affiliations & Personal:
  • Calvert County Resident since 1995
  • Life-long Maryland Resident
  • American Cancer Society – Calvert County Walk for Life Participant
  • Calvert County Christmas in April Community Project
  • Member, Huntingtown Methodist Church & Choir