Peggy's Blog

STATE CONVENTIONS ARE FUN

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:13:47 -0500

Good day everyone!!!Have not blogged for a week or so. I attended the State Real Estate

Convention in Girdwood, Alaska this week and heard some dynamic speakers. The convention was fun

and knowledgeable. Speakers were Walter Bond and Danielle Kennedy and we were honored to have

Pat Vredeoogd-Combs2007 President of the National Assoc. of Realtors from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This was the first time that a national president of realtors has ever attended. Next year from what

I understand the Convention will be in Talkeetna, Alaska and the year after that Fairbanks.

HOOKED ON KENAI, ALASKA

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:52:04 -0500

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PENINSULA( AND THE TOWNS LOCATED ON THE PENINSULA) WITH HOMER PROBABLY BEING THE MOST POPULAR WITH THE VIEWS OF THE GLACIERS GO INTO MY WEBSITE, (AS FAR AS LISTINGS I DON'T HAVE THEM UPDATED YET) WWW.AKHOMESANDPROPERTIES.COM AND CLICK ON THE RESOURCE PAGE....THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREAS AND I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD FIND THESE TOWNS INTERESTING.

Alaska-Land of Extremes

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:34:16 -0500

I recently wrote about my town which is in Kenai Alaska on my blog, please feel free to visit.I thought I would write something about Alaska in General.

Alaska has the biggest this and the biggest that meaning......we have the world record 97 pound 4 ounce king salmon, the biggest halibut halibut at 459 pounds and the tallest mountain...lots of them 39 mountain ranges with Mt Mckinley being the highest and Mount St. Elias at 18,008 feet being the nations's second largest.

Alaska is one-sixth the size of the Lower 48 and has more coastline than the rest of the states combined, with 30,000 plus miles. We have 100,000 glaciers in Alaska. The Malaspina Glacier is larger than Rhode Island and the Nebesna Glacier is 80 miles long. Both are in St. Elias National Park.

We have 80 volcanos, 44 of which are active and the strongest earthquake on record in North America (9.2) (Glad I did not live here then)There are 17 national park systems, 54 million acres which comprises 13 percent of the state's landmass. We even have our own dialect in the Last Frontier...."Breakup" marks the end of winter and beginning of Spring. "Bush" means anywhere in Alaska that's off of the the road system. "Cheechako" describes a new comer. "Interior" means area around Fairbanks. "Sourdough" means newcomer and "Termination dust" is the first light snow on the mountains, it means summer is ending.

I know one thing we don't have and that is the hot heat in the lower 48. It was 67 today and tourist love it.

Sincerely,

Peggy Nash, Broker

Alaskan Homes and Properties Rlty, Inc.

My Town

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:47:23 -0500

It has been a sunshiny day and but as I look out the window from my office it appears that we are going to have some rain this evening. Oh well, I hope it is nice as we are having Industry Appreciation Days and the Governor Sarah Palin is coming to town.....besides there is free food and music.

I would like to write about my town. I live about 15 miles from my town called Kenai, Alaska.As you are coming into Kenai you will notice a sign that says "Village with a Past, city with a Future".As I reflect on that sign, this is really true....Kenai really has an interesting past and I see it as having a wonderful future. Kenai is the largest city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. (We don't have counties, we have Boroughs in Alaska. and is home to 7,125 people and has a numerous wealth of natural resources. Kenai was settled in 1791 by the Russian fur traders and only a few years later after the United States purchased Alaska in 1867 the first canneries were build.Kenai overlooks the mouth of the Kenai River and from the bluffs of Kenai you can have a spectacular view of the Cook Inlet and the canneries. You can also see Mt Redoubt and Mt Illiama.

Kenai has 28.5 square miles of incorporated city land, which is located between Kenai Mountains and the Alaska Range. Kenai is the largest city on the Kenai Peninsula. We are famous for the world record 97 pound 4ounce king salmon caught in the Kenai River. As of today, no one has ever beaten that record.

Tourism and outdoor recreation brings a tremendous influx of temporaty residents to the city during the months of May through September. A lot of retired people keep their homes and residency and become "Snowbirds" , living outside in the winter, living here May through September. Besides that, who wants to give up their Permanent Fund. This year I understand it is to be $1500 per person and us older people also get to take advantage of the free fishing license and the free property taxes on our residences.

The Kenai River Property has increased tremendously in the last few years. It use to be 45 to 60 thousand an acre.....now it is 200 to 300,000 an acre (Wished I had kept my acre on the River). Instead of fishing from the bank of the river this year I had to go dipnetting for my fish to can. But what an experience. If you are an alaskan resident you are allowed to dipnet 30 salmon as head of the household and 10 more for each person in your family. My husband and I managed to get our 30 and yes it went into the canner. But the experience of wadeing out into the water, seeing the hundreds of seagulls, and dipnetting a salmon (around 8 to 10 pounds) is wonderful. The dipnet season is usually from July 10 through July 31. There are over 15,000 permits issued annually with a harvest of 110,000 salmon. Four different species of salmon return to the Kenai River each year and the lakes and streams surrounding Kenai are filled with trout, grayling and many other sports fish.

I am going to sign off now and more in my next Blog on the "Ring of Fire" and other towns on the Kenai Peninsula.

Thank you for comments

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:53:57 -0500

I would like to thank Linda Scanlan, Leon Austin,Kris Wales of Macomb County Michigan Real Estate and Maggie Dokie of Miami Redland Real Estate for making me welcome on this site and for their response and encouraging words to my previous blog....Will write more next time about this area, real estate and yes Maggie will definitely let you know why we have the best governor in the country.

Sincerely,

Peggy Nash, Broker/Realtor

Alaskan Homes and Properties Rlty, Inc.

New kid (well, actually I am not a kid) on the Block

Alaskan Homes & Properties Rlty — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:40:55 -0500

Even though I am a professional Realtor/Broker....I am not yet comfortable with this Blog.,..this is my very first introduction to a Blog....but when I do get comfortable...(opening up and perhaps relaying information that will be beneficial to the public and relaying information about the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska) you may hear more from me.

It seems as though there are a lot of people in the lower states that are purchasing land on the Kenai Peninsula...thank goodness for that since the housing industry has taken a major decline. Is there anyone out there who own land on the Peninsula and who would like to sell. (Some people buy lots so that they can come back and fish every summer) or who knows perhaps those 90's and 100 tempertures are getting to a lot of people. Well, whatever the case may be Welcome, Welcome there are a lot of misconceptions but Alaska is a wonderful place to live and We have the best Governor in the whole Country.

Will BLOG MORE WHEN I GET THE HANG OF IT.

PEGGY NASH, BROKER/REALTOR

ALASKAN HOMES AND PROPERTIES RLTY, INC