Maybe the best way to deal with tagline - leave it out of the logo itself. But use the tagline as a sentence and put the logo at the end of the sentence. Most of the time the logo would appear by itself. But when making a statement the tagline and logo would be used together. What fonts are you using in the latest version?
Steve, I have one more request before you wrap up for the weekend. Instead of using tagline, can you try "Michael Shetler's Buying In Bergen" or "Buying In Bergen w/Michael Shetler". In other words, get my name in there instead of tagline.