Ann Peterson's Blog

The City of Rochester held its Annual Recongition Dinner to acknowledge the many volunteers who commit their time helping the city.  We are turly a blessed city to have so many people helping at all levels to make and keep our city great.  This year's food was catered by Catering by Katherine.  W...

Well, the buzz on the street today is the dreaded "Short Sale" or as noted the "Long Miserable Sale" after a front page cover story on Short Sales appeared in The Oakland Press.  The government is changing the rules and the banks will have 10 days to accept an offer.  So the banks will no longer ...

WOW! Rochester is hopping with new businesses, the Farmer's Market is in full swing and is bringing in lots of visitors to our great city.  We are in the process of planning for the big 2012 MAIN STREET RECONSTRUCTION (that will be a challenge to say the least) and in doing so we are converting o...

Hello Future Homebuyers, As Realtors, we have several responsibilities and a Code of Ethics we must uphold at all times.  Our first priority is educating potential homebuyers and homesellers in the sale/purchase of real estate.    A fellow Realtor encountered this today and I feel compelled to sh...

WOW!! Submitting offers today to offices representing bank owned properties can sure leave you questioning what is right and wrong.   Let me explain.  My clients wrote an offer on a bank-owned property, we submitted it on Monday around 12:00 p.m..  At the time of submission there were not any off...