My Day in Salem County

December Blogging Challenge - Day 31, Toasting In The New Year In keeping with our annual tradition of toasting in the New Year, the team at Coldwell Banker Pino Agency met at noon today for sparkling wine, snacks and words of wisdom & hope.  In the past years, I think we were toasting OUT the ol...

1st Day Of Training For My New Assistant I just love my new assistant!  He is always so happy and pleasant when I ask him to help me.  And he dresses quite nicely for work.  He's thorough, loyal and attends to details. I couldn't ask for a more devoted helper. Billy went right to work when I aske...

Merry Christmas To Me:  A Gift From A Client I received a call the day before Christmas Eve from a past client.  It turns out that he is ready to sell an investment property that he has been rehabbing since March of 2011.  He wanted to know if I was available to come right out to list it.  There ...

New Pino Vision For The New Year! What is that saying? "If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there." Our company worked on our mission statement back in 2009.  We decided upon "To be your trusted friend in Real Estate."  This statement said everything that we felt was important....

Songs of The Season at The Old Salem County Courthouse Bishop Freddy Washington and The Word Church Choir of PennsGrove Opening music by The Salem Community Youth Choir Come one come all to enjoy internationally acclaimed Music Minister Bishop Freddy Washington as he headlines a traditional gospe...

  Merry Christmas From The Funniest Little Nutcracker A pair of nutcrackers greeted me at my last open house, at 65 North Main Street in Woodstown, NJ.  At first I didn't notice that the large guy on the left didn't have a nose.   I found him to be a most whimsical kind of guy.  (I suppose someo...

Today's Real Estate Activities - Dec. 9th, 2011 Today may prove to be a very interesting day.  One of my listings has recently had a home inspection performed on it and the dreaded word "MOLD" is written in big letters.  The confusing thing is that in the great state of New Jersey, there are no s...

The Sounds of The Season:  Tuba Christmas! 2011 On Sunday afternoon, there was a lot of brass -- Low Brass --that is, in Woodstown, NJ. A group of musicians, some professional -- some not -- met at Woodstown High School earlier in the day to play both traditional Christmas Carols and nontradition...

Unique Holiday Shopping Experience 12/3:  Auction for June Longley, 1305 Glen Lake Blvd., Glassboro, NJ If you've never attended an auction before, this one is looking to be a great one.  The items are interesting, the weather looks to be cool & crisp and the auctioneers are ready-to-roll!  The f...