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2013
OPEN HOUSE ... Saturday, Sunday, Monday - "913 First Street" ... Ocean City, New Jersey Northend Single Family, built in 1985 on the "900" Long Beachblock ... "the third property from the beach," and on the right side of the street (ask if you don't know what that means), great views from the f...
08/30/2013
"Have a Wonderful Labor Day Weekend!!!" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey At this time of year here on our lovely barrier island just off the coast of Somers Point in Atlantic County, Ocean City is once again starting to celebrate our Labor Day Weekend ... that Friday through Monday that celebrat...
08/30/2013
"Building My Fall Reading List" here in Ocean City, New Jersey I did some good solid reading over the summer, but with the summer rental business, the visitors to Ocean City in general and to our house in particular, I never get caught up. I also get a bit more involved in reading books that a...
08/28/2013
"New FEMA Maps have been Released" ... Ocean City, New Jersey These FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) maps were released in late August. FEMA considers them "the best available flood hazard data." The preliminary work maps represents another step in the process toward updating FEMA'...
08/27/2013
"Seasons of the Year ... A Turning Point for Your Business" ... Ocean City, New Jersey As we move in and out of various seasons here on our barrier island just off the mainland in South Jersey in general, and Ocean City, NJ in particular; I see that "changing time period" as a real opportunity ...
08/27/2013
"Open House on Labor Day Weekend" ... in Ocean City, New Jersey All the rental properties slowly make the change back to either sale properties, week-day vacant properties and week-end owner-used properties, or some other interesting configuaration because the kids are back in school and summer...
08/27/2013
"So You Want to Buy a Shore Property in Ocean City" There were five earlier blog postings on this topic. Please visit my Active Rain account at www.ActiveRain.com/DustinAPeters to review the earlier blog postings. The topic of this blog is ... finding the right mortgage vendor. Unless you are...
08/25/2013
"Shoulder Seasons Play a Significant Role" ... in Ocean City, New Jersey What exactly is a "Shoulder Season." Let me give you an example: we have our "Summer Rental Season" that runs roughly from "Memorial Day to Labor Day," but also have our "10-Week Major Rental Season" which takes place fr...
08/25/2013
"Final Saturday Check-In for August/A Short Rush in the Buying Season" in Ocean City, New Jersey In mid-week it looked just like a normal rental week of the summer season, maybe a bit slow as it is the end of August, but that was mid-week. By Friday afternoon, I had three or four requests to s...
08/24/2013
"My 'Pre-Fall' Listing Log Update" for Owners & Some Buyers" ... in Ocean City, New Jersey As many of you might know, I write a "Listing Log Update" monthly or a bit longer for my Listing Owners ... and I also share some of the information with Buyers as well. Two of the more important "Update...
08/23/2013