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larry lawfer: Holiday's for a Realtor®, The gift of service - 05/29/12 06:03 AM
Yesterday was a beautiful day in Cambridge. The streets were warm with people walking leisurely through the morning air on the brick walkways that criss-cross throughout the neighborhoods. Harvard Street is equidistant between Harvard Square and Central Square. The streets are tree lined and yesterday the stately Colonials were festooned with American Flags. This is a very sweet neighborhood and we were in town to do an inspection.
An inspection of a home before you go to the P&S is a wonderful time to see and understand the inner workings of the house you are planning to buy. An inspector will … (4 comments)
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larry lawfer: Opportunity Comes a knocking - 05/24/12 06:25 AM
Getting off the blocks fast Opportunity knocks
What do you do when opportunity comes a knocking on your door? What is your response when that opportunity comes with some effort, some push back, some hurdles to jump through. Successful people push through. They see the hurdles as mere stumbling blocks. They see the end even though the end can not be seen at the moment. Book after book, program after program repeats these messages over and over again. Where are you when this happens.
Mapping Opportunity strategies for success
In real estate the process of buying and selling your home … (2 comments)
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larry lawfer: Vacation Homes: The real opportunity - 05/21/12 01:05 PM
The real opportunity with a vacation home is not the fact your family will love you, or your friends and colleagues will covet your home and want to visit. The real opportunity is to put your money into a growth investment that you can use. Real estate is at a point right now that you can sink way less than the $2,000,000,000 that JP Morgan Chase lost in the market last week and come out so much further ahead in 5-10 years. No sense in throwing your money away, why not have your money work for you while it works for … (2 comments)
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larry lawfer: Expansion and Contraction - 05/17/12 05:55 AM
Expansion and Contraction of our business is a daily occurrence in real estate. The ups and downs can be hourly. Over the last couple of months, maybe several I have undergone a lot of this change now in my second year. In the beginning I was here everyday all day to learn, share and grow. It is wonderful. As I went into my second year I had even higher goals and got down to business. With the new focus and the growing knowledge and experience came growth, a lot of growth. I lost my first listing in classic style. I had … (6 comments)
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larry lawfer: Home Video boosts Sales, The Boston Herald - 05/07/12 05:05 AM
The work of a real estate professional is amazing on many levels, and yet it can be overwhelming with all the varied tasks that we have to be good with to compete for our clients. Firstly real estate is a financial transaction and your real estate professional needs to know, understand and be able to communicate complex transactional and legal matters with you. Although they always say they are not lawyers or accountants and your should hire ones to professional opinions, the more your Realtor® knows about the process through trainging and experience the better for the client. Transactional details are … (2 comments)
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larry lawfer: West Newton MA 17 Llewellyn Colonial Home for Sale - 03/28/12 06:18 AM
17 Llewelin Rd, West Newton, MA Colonial home for sale
Part of the charm of living in New England is the Center entrance Colonial homes. Their stature, their sturdy and recognizable a Colonial home and New England are synonymous. 17 Llewellyn Rd in West Newton is a great example. West Newton is a great part of Newton. There are parks, and restaurants, and shopping and church all within walking distance. The streets are lined with interesting and varied Colonial homes. Burnished wood floors, fireplaces, space for office, formal dining room, Open Kitchen and Family Room, Back Deck, Garage and yard, but … (2 comments)
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larry lawfer: Changing of the Guard-My Desk gets cleared - 03/26/12 09:18 AM
Real Estate is change, forever and continually. The deal today is not the deal yesterday, nor is it the deal tomorrow. Opportunity comes and goes. Right now it i coming. By all indications predicted and transipiring the real estate market is picking up because there is some confidence building, some restrictions lifting and some political pressures for the news to turn brighter, and it is. Word of bidding wars has returned, but before you get too giddy, word is also that more foreclosures are about to be released because of the settlement between the government and many large banks, like Bank … (16 comments)
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larry lawfer: Living in a Contemporary Home, Weston, MA 02493 - 03/23/12 06:37 AM
Living in a contemporary home is quite different than living in a box-like construction like a Colonial. Contemporary home such as the one at 63 Westcliff Road in Weston, MA 02493 provide a very different and more intriguing use of space both inside and out. Block architecture, the kind used by Frank Lloyd Wright and the architect of 63 Westlcliff, Maurice K Smith is fundamentally different in it’s approach to living and space. An architect that uses Block Architecture first thinks of the individual rooms with no consideration about how it all might go together later.
The primary concern with … (6 comments)
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larry lawfer: Winning Awards, winning in life - 03/22/12 11:52 AM
This month has been big for me. I have been an agent in MA for 18 months now and have already won some awards. My commissions in my first year were just below $100,000 which put me in the Executive Club for the REMAX system. Not bad, but I wanted to do better and I will this year.
I just heard I have been named for the second time in 18 months as the "Agent of the Month" for REMAX New England. There are a lot of great agents in New England and this is quite an honor for me. When … (5 comments)
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larry lawfer: The importance of giving--Active Rain Ambassadorship - 03/21/12 04:08 AM
What is Active Rain is a question I get often from real estate agents in the Boston area where I live and work. It is an easy question to answer, but a more difficult answer to absorb it's importance to the people asking. Active Rain is the largest technology company working in the real estate industry. It is chock full of Brokers, Agents, Realtors®, Investors, Lenders, Stagers, Inspectors and more. It reaches across the country and because it is on the web, across the world. It assists the people just mentioned in learning and growing best practices in the industry, but … (10 comments)
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larry lawfer: Wellesley MA single family housing report Feb 2012 - 03/15/12 08:37 AM
Wellesley MA single family housing report Feb 2012 shows a lot of activity. There are 179 homes in the Active, Under Agreement, Sold, Expired and Canceled sectors. This is up from last month. It is clear that Spring season is upon us. 139 of this homes fall into the Active area, but many of them are showing some kind of agreement before the sale, meaning there is an Offer but they are waiting for some verification before putting the home under agreement. This is a lot of homes and will give buyers a lot of choices in almost all the categories. … (4 comments)
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larry lawfer: West Roxbury, MA City address with Suburban feel - 03/14/12 12:34 PM
West Roxbury, MA is a Boston City address with Suburban feel. West Roxbury is located in Boston's southwest corner. It was originally part of the town of Roxbury when that town was separate from Boston. Today West Roxbury is known for it's civic activism and neighborhood feel. Many of the cities homes are occupied by the cities police and fire professionals. There is a great deal of youth programming available for the kids in this area. The streets are tree lined and all the single family homes make up the feel of living in a suburban neighborhood. Centre Street anchors the … (0 comments)
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larry lawfer: Milton MA 02186 Single Family Housing Report Feb 2012 - 03/13/12 06:09 AM
Milton MA 02186 Single Family Housing Report for Feb 2012 has a total of 117 homes listed in the Active, Under Agreement, Sold, Expired and Canceled areas. The vast majority of these home fall into the Active area. It is Spring and so the market heats up at this point. We will see more homes on the market and hopefully more sales. There is an almost equal distribution of homes in the Under Agreement and Sold categories for almost of third of all the homes. This is good. Let’s get to the numbers. Look at the DOM for the Under Agreement … (0 comments)
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larry lawfer: Wayland MA 01778 Single Family Housing Report Feb 2012 - 03/13/12 06:06 AM
More homes have come on the market in Wayland. It seems as though the people who were waiting for the Spring market have jumped into action. With 102 properties listed in Wayland and 82 of them Active sales there is lots of inventory to review. Days on Market are still way high for this town. it is good to see the Sold DOM is considerably lower than the Active’s and Under Agreement listings. The other thing to notice here is that the homes that were sold are a bit smaller than the average home for sale in the town.
Single … (0 comments)
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larry lawfer: European Sensibility, Contemporary Living. Weston Home for sale - 03/12/12 07:29 AM
63 West Cliff, Weston, MA Patio
Weston MA does not have a whole lot of European Sensibility, Contemporary Living in the many beautiful center entrance colonials that dot the landscape in the town. Contemporary homes have a different feel to them. 63 Westcliff Road in Weston is a showcase of this living. Designed by noted architect Maurice K Smith and built in 1968 this home stands the test of time in providing unique living space and a connection to the landscape from every room. Built in the “Block” style of architecture each individual room has it’s own unique connection to the … (4 comments)
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larry lawfer: Focus; Best friend or worst enemy? - 03/10/12 04:48 AM
It is known that people with the ability to focus for long period of time with a single mind on a task are often successful. Successful people and people of genius are known for this ability to focus completely. In the real estate business this is true as well, or is it. Most agents are able to multi task a whole bunch of things at once. They prospect while they transact and return phone calls while they set up a lunch meeting. It is somewhat crazy. Real estate has such broad and diverse tasks that need to be addressed … (6 comments)
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larry lawfer: Past Performance is an Indication of future results - 03/09/12 05:08 AM
In the financial world they have to say that past performance is no indication of future earnings. I understand why this is necessary, but it is wrong. It is especially wrong in Real Estate. An agent who has a track record of quick sales at and above the asking price is more likely to repeat that for you. An agent who has lackluster numbers is likely to do that for you as well. You have to ask yourself as a Seller, do I want to work with a top agent who can get my house sold, or do I want … (4 comments)
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larry lawfer: Weston MA 02493 Housing Report Single Family - 03/09/12 05:05 AM
63 Westcliff Road, Weston, MA 02493
With the weather turning springlike again it is time for Open Houses and the ritual of looking for your next home. Activity has not been crazy in Weston this last month. Things are still moving slightly slow, although there was one agent who was interviewed for a local media outlet and this agent reported that $2 million dollar homes in Weston were going quickly. Sadly this agent is full of it and her “puffery” incriminates all agents. Here are the real facts from MLS.
Single Family Active Listings: 78 Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 5,255.91 … (0 comments)
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larry lawfer: Weston, MA. A town for nature lover’s near the city - 03/08/12 07:58 AM
Weston, Massachusetts is the perfect community for people who love the urban culture and nightlife of a city like Boston, but want to live with a connection to nature and the outdoors. This homey, bedroom community, just 12 miles west of the city, is close to Boston, yet worlds away.
Despite its close proximity to Boston, the town has demonstrated a longtime commitment to land stewardship. The Weston Land Trust and Land’s Sake are non-profits dedicated to the preservation of open space and responsible land management. The Weston Forest and Trail Association is also engaged in conservation activities as … (2 comments)
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larry lawfer: Upgrades go to the Buyer, Weston Contemporary Home - 03/07/12 06:26 AM
63 West Cliff, Weston, MA Kitchen The $450,000 of upgrades to this contemporary home in Weston the owners have put in, stay with the house. During their stewardship of this remarkable contemporary home they have done everything they can to keep the integrity of the original design while adding upgrades. A new roof and painting the exterior are to be expected and were completed 6 years ago. All the kitchen appliances were upgraded to the newest technologies. Lighting was completely redone in the house during their time. The lighting installed in the 1960′s is not anything like the system that is … (1 comments)
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Larry Lawfer, Realtor®, I.R.E.S.
Weston,
MA
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