This is a shot I took this morning while rowing towards the Cape May bridge. It reminded me of all the great moments in this area where you could imagine being in any number of exotic locations around the world. I thought of some river in Thailand early in the morning with exotic birds echoing from the trees off in the distant. 40 minutes later you could easily see the bridge and the houses across the canal. I feel very fortunate to be able to see these special places almost daily. As a Local Realtor with RE/MAX at The Shore I know of many treasures to find just off the beaten path. For help in finding your way through the fog of real estate please give me a call or shoot me an e-mail

Have a great day,

David

Well, our season is finally upon us and everyone I know has been anxiously awaiting the great weather. Even with the high gas prices, the Cape May area sits within a tank of gas from the Philadelphia and New York . Money has been tighter and home prices have fallen a bit so now is the right time to pick up your beach house. In a recent article I read it stated that more millionaires are made in down markets than up markets to an eye opening 8 to 1 ratio. If that's the case these times we are in are overflowing with opportunity.

 These are some of the happenings in Cape May this weekend.  The weather is supposed to be very nice so we are expecting alot of visitors. For any questions about Real Easte for sale you can contact me at RE/MAX at The Shore .

Well, after several years of fighting and changing plans and local land use regs. the state of new Jersey finally gave their CAFRA approval to the first high-rise project in the city of Wildwood . After the recent building and Real Estate boom, the Island was left with many demolished motels that once handled the towns strong convention business. With the coming of the new high-rise properties their are strong hopes to return the Wildwoods as a leading convention destination by being able to provide more of an upscale resort experience. Here is the link to an article in the Press of Atlantic city today about the big story.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/151630.html

I attended a seminar on Short sales a few days back sponsored by a local Title company and our local board. The speakers were some folks from the Title company, a bank representative, and an attorney. It was a good event for the most part, much of which I already had some experience with but it was good to be refreshed. it seams in our market more and more properties are being sold this way so it's good to be well versed in the process.

One statement I couldn't stop thinking about was when the attorney said " in these times everyone has to get a haircut" .  At first I understood him completely but the more I thought of it the more I realized I haven't seen an attornet take a haircut in any transaction I have been involved in.

One of the bigger insults to the whole issue is corporate bonuses for Mortgage company execs. There was one from Countrywide who is being paid 2.5 million to stay at his job just until March 15.  But the mother of them all is Chief executive Anthony Mozillo also of Countrywide who will walk with over 66 million for running a company into the ground.

So much for everyone getting a haircut.

My brother and I have a summer rental property that rents week to week. Normally the rent is from a low of $900 per week to a high of $3000 per week. We were thinking of having the cleaning people leave a welcome basket on the kitchen table each week for them .  Since we are at the beach I figured it could be useful things for them such as some coffee, sunscreen etc.  Does anyone have ideas that they have used or heard of and what costs would you think would be appropriate?

Any ideas would be appreciated .

Thank you ,

David Green