Each and every home is different in some way or other.   While your home may be the same as the model home, when built, it is different in it's own right and has to priced accordingly.  Custom and unique homes in the Ridgewood area demand attention for their grandeur, style and for all of the reasons that prople gravitate to this part of the country.  Mass transit, highways, shopping malls and lifestyle are some of the assets of living here.  Several people that I deal with during the year that are relocating from other parts of the country / world, have sticker shock over the prices of homes.  Helping them to adjust to this can be quite a task.   When reality sets in that all they might afford here is a Cape Cod home when they just came from a large split level or colonial home elsewhere, they may become sad if not despondent.  Helping them cope with this is part of my job. 

It's my job to show them other homes that meet their needs for their price range and also showing them what a home that they had is worth here.  I need to enlighten them to the fact that this is one of the most populated areas in the world per square mile.  I take them around for a tour of the local area shopping, town facilities, malls, schools and anything else that they may have a need for.  I don't want to limit myself to think that I just sell homes.  I believe I sell opportunities, an opportunity to have a piece of the American dream, to have a lifestyle that people have an affinity for, to live where there are malls after malls for shopping, where many schools have received awards for one thing or other.  The list goes on and on.

These customers need and demand more time to adjust and need my help more than ever.  I have afforded myself with the time and tools necessary to handle people relocating to the Ridgewood NJ area.  If you know of someone relocating to the Ridgewood NJ area, please have them give me a call.

About the author: Jeffrey Helton is a RE/MAX Elite Associates sales agent/ REALTOR in Montvale, NJ and specializes in Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Wyckoff, Ho Ho kus, Hillsdale, Westwood and Washington Township. If you are interested in buying or selling real estate in these areas contact Jeff at 201-566-8272 or visit his high tech website at GettingMyHouse.com.  Jeffrey is also the creator of RidgewoodBuzz.com an online experience for Ridgewood residences.