Canney Hill Woods subdivision on Wildwood Dr. in Brookline NH offers buried electric lines, open space, preserved acreage on approximately 80 acres. Close to lake Potanipo where Brookline NH residents can swim, part of the Hollis-Brookline school district SAU41, close to Hampshire Hills Raquet and Fitness health club with weight rooms, tennis courts, swimming pools, nutitional and other health related seminars and dining facilities. Near also to the Mile away restaurant as well as commutable to Nashua, Manchester, Hollis, Worcester MA and the 495 Belt. Downtown Boston in just over one hour. Bring your builder or use ours! See it at http://www.popesays.com including video!
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You could find an agent that did not require you to sign up foir anything!
Your agent hired a home stager to give you a written report of what you needed to do to sell your home!
You had an agent that provided every listing with a professionally shot video!
Your agent provided market data snapshots for you on a customized basis to keep you informed
You had one to two page summaries of your active competition and comparable sold properties including stats on Days on market, price per sq foot, original list to current or sold price, taxes...all on ONE or TWO sheets!
Your agent gave you the exact logic by which they arrive at the suggested pricing for your home
You had guaranteed page one Google placement for your listing on your agent's website
You had a Realtor with local knowledge gained over a lifetime of living in Southern NH
Your Realtor had years of negotiation experience
Your Realtor had testimonials from some of the biggest names in business
You needed and found an agent that had experienced firsthand the issues when dealing with elderly transition?
You could actually get written feedback on all showings
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Here it is in one spot- greater Monadnock area links for The Monadnock Region of Southern NH
This is not meant to be all inclusive and this poster makes no claim as to the accuracy of the information posted in these links. Still useful to have!
The market "chatter" is picking up here in Southern NH...calls into the office, website and video viewings, showings...so far this has not translated into a a lot of sales on the board, but it does mean that historically low interest rates are serving as an attraction to get those on the sidelines at least out and into houses for a look. Buyers are still very choosey so all the tips toimprove the curb appeal and have your house looking its best are still essential. The Credit crunch has definitely been a factor in at least 3 instances I have personally experienced in stopping a sale in its tracks...the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction in my opinion. For instance 80-10-10 loans will soon be a thing of the past...here it is from Jack Walsh at Great East mortgage recently:
"The guide lines in the Mortgage industry have sadly changed. The 2nd mortgage is virtually a thing of the past. If you have an 80% 1st they will give you a 5.00% 2nd with a great credit score... but it needs to be in a market classification "1" which means no homes have lost value in that county. [IF] the house you are purchasing is in a market classification "2" which means they allow no second mortgages over an 80% CLTV ( combined loan to value)," ... [then you are out of luck on an 80-10-10 and an 80-5-15.]
Other options like jumping to a jumbo loan require you open yourself to poorer rates, increased PMI...in my opinion the lending guidelines are throwing the baby out with the bath water. Hopefully the credit markets will loosen with the influx of taxpayer capital and the banks and other lending institutions will stop hoarding and start lending...don't get me started.
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...It's called the LEAP program and is intended for those residents having early to mid signs of dementia, those that may need a little watching or some extra care, but are not ready for primetime secured living. It's another sign that this facility is flexible and foreward-thinking. The price of the rental includes 3 x daily meals in a restaurant atmosphere, housekeeping, laundry, senior trips, social hour (cocktails folks!), scheduled entertainment, and in-house nursing oversight. Here is the award winning video, please watch it and if you would like to share it you can do so at www.thepopeofrealty.com where the capability exists for sharing this video via email or link or actually embedding the video on your own site.
It is The Isle at Ledgewood. If you are an agent this is a "threshhold" type of rental listing...there are approxomately 60 units that need to be filled, there is an alzheimer's and dementia section of the facility and there is an early dementia program called the LEAP program. I have toured many many of these facilities in my day and this belongs at the top. A well run facility, with meals, laundry, housekeeping, senior trips and an in house nursing presence. They even encourage small pets...The location at the top of the hill in Milford NH is perfect and the views are far reaching. Cleanliness and compassion and understanding are the keywords. If you live in nearby Nashua, Amherst, Manchester, Bedford or Peterborough or Keene, if you are coming from out of state or other towns in state, this is a facility that definitely should be on your radar. But don't take my word for it, watch the video now!
It is The Isle at Ledgewood. If you are an agent this is a "threshhold" type of rental listing...there are approxomately 60 units that need to be filled, there is an alzheimer's and dementia section of the facility and there is an early dementia program called the LEAP program. I have toured many many of these facilities in my day and this belongs at the top. A well run facility, with meals, laundry, housekeeping, senior trips and an in house nursing presence. They even encourage small pets...The location at the top of the hill in Milford NH is perfect and the views are far reaching. Cleanliness and compassion and understanding are the keywords. If you live in nearby Nashua, Amherst, Manchester, Bedford or Peterborough or Keene, if you are coming from out of state or other towns in state, this is a facility that definitely should be on your radar. But don't take my word for it, watch the video now!
It is The Isle at Ledgewood. If you are an agent this is a "threshhold" type of rental listing...there are approxomately 60 units that need to be filled, there is an alzheimer's and dementia section of the facility and there is an early dementia program called the LEAP program. I have toured many many of these facilities in my day and this belongs at the top. A well run facility, with meals, laundry, housekeeping, senior trips and an in house nursing presence. They even encourage small pets...The location at the top of the hill in Milford NH is perfect and the views are far reaching. Cleanliness and compassion and understanding are the keywords. If you live in nearby Nashua, Amherst, Manchester, Bedford or Peterborough or Keene, if you are coming from out of state or other towns in state, this is a facility that definitely should be on your radar. But don't take my word for it, watch the video now!
This idea is a little outside the box, I mean whomever heard of listing assisted living units through the MLS as rental property? But we checked with our local governing MLS and it is OK in our area.
What brought me to this was a chance meeting of an old time aquaintance in the Post Office, someone I had relied on for advice when my own parents had been in need of assisted living. One thing lead to another...Eldon Munson had been appointed the Executive Director of The Isle at Ledgewood and he asked me for some help in marketing these units. It came to me in a flash...list them as rental units subject to normal assessments for residency. Advertise in theaters, advertise on supermarket baskets...
Here is my question...I enlisted the cooperation of my company, The Masiello Group to go ahead and do this, I listed 4 representative styles of assisted care units and now have begun my advertising campaign. I have many ideas for managing this, however, I am also interested in getting other ideas as well....budget plays a part.
Question: If your budget were approximately $1500 out of pocket to get this facility "out there" in the public sphere how would YOU spend those dollars most wisely? My company advertises very braodly on about 50 websites already, so I am looking for more local, offline ways of getting the word out to the right demographic which I see to be the children of these seniors or else the seniors themselves. I am intersted in other demographic groups you think I should market to.
Please note: the town has reather severe sign restrictions and the facility is not on a main road, it is at the top of the hill from a main road. The town has allowed them only a VERY small sign. So, signage is NOT the answer as RE signs have restrictions as well except on the actual property.
Stay tuned for future blogs on why this is a project very dear to my heart...the facility has alzheimer/dementia services, a hair salon, a senior bus, senior entertainment, movie nights, a huge grand piano... All meals 3X daily, linens, housekeeping and laundry included in price. In NH, see MLS#'s 2733452.
In the last couple of years I was inimately involved in the transitioning of BOTH of my (late) parents to assisted living homes. In the case of my father, whom suffered with advanced late stage dementia this stay was short lived, but it gave my (then) 89 year old mother the peace of mind to feel more comfort in letting home care helpers into their house to care (at last) for her, a move she had rejected because she wanted to be the sole caretaker for my dad, but which her children insisted on because their situation of "living as usual" was not entirely safe for them and frankly she needed help.
So we got her help. Interviewed many, finally chose the most flexible group we could find...Even so, these workers would come and she would be escorting them to the door because she wanted to care for my dad herself, despite her age and despite that she herself was not the picture of health.
Eventually there were falls on the part of my dad and after a couple of time when I came over to pick him off the floor, as was bound to happen, there was that time where the police were called by my mom and they came and got him situated again. Things were getting dangerous.
Finally, it happened that the ambulance was called because the police could not continue to be placed in this awkward position...in short, it was not their job. Once the ambulance came and took him to the hospital for evaluation, then the social workers (Medicare/Medicaid)were called and upon his return to the home the appointed therapist came (for my mom)-that went over like a lead baloon-, the managing case social worker came, the home nurse came...all to my mother's chagrin and dismay. The Irish theatrical came out and never before have I felt so guilty! My parent's both, but my mom especially, viewed this as an intrusion and she had this unique ability to delude herself that everything was alright again, despite the history of it all. Eventaully, they found a routine again, and we kids (grown up ourselves and resisting the temptation to fall into childhood patterns ourselves) allowed a transition to home helpers that came to visit, ones that we hired as opposed to the ones the State had sent.
Working with the elderly in late life transitions is trying at best. One must have patience and understand that the "client" is actually many "clients"...there is extended family each with their own agendas whom may have drastically different ideas about how best to take care of mom and dad. There is also the point at which the traditional roles of parents to offspring goes upside down where the offspring become the parents and directing forces and decisions need to be made, and advocacy chains of command must be established between siblings so that hospital bureacracy does not overwhelm...POA's, wills, trusts, DNR orders...all must be reviewed. It is very easy for mom and dad to get lost in the shuffle. Prescriptions seem to mount, this pill, that pill, too may pills...
So oftentimes there needs to be a home sold in order to raise the funds to pay for an assisted living or nursing home...that is where getting a REALTOR that has been through the process, one that has made the cirular trip from nursing home to hospital to rehad back to nursing home/assisted living home, one that has sensitivity to the family issues that may be involved... You REALLY need to think it through.
When it comes time for the house to be sold, I harken back to the seven deadly sins of buyers and sellers, especially items 1 through 3. These are the first important steps in any listing and marketing effort...in elderly transitioning, the management and understanding of whom the principals are is foremost...oftentimes THEY need a guide one whom is versed in the process and one whom knows when to delegate or suggest that other experts be brought in, experts such as tax advisors, elderly in-home care groups, estate sale groups, final clean-up of the home before listing outfits, cleaning experts...there has to be a plan!
Similarly there has to be a plan in marketing to best position to achieve what MAY need to be a quick sale or rental of mom and dad's house. With best positioning under multiple Internet media (webpages, video exposure, over 100 sites and portals...and affiliated with NH's top company, THE MASIELLO GROUP, I feel I am very well qualified to help you get this maze sorted out.
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