new hampshire: You Want To Be A Real Estate Agent? You're Kidding Me!
- 09/12/09 03:35 AM
After many years as a music educator, I "jumped into" the real estate field eight years ago. My wife, son, and daughter all said "WHAAAAAAAAT? You'll hate it. You're not a salesman." Well, eight years later they say "Who would'a thought." My family was right that as soon as a "salesman" started a heavy duty sales "pitch" I would head in the other direction. I had loved teaching and had learned a great deal from my students and colleagues. One very basic thing that I had learned was that we respond best when someone is genuinely interested in us as a person, (42 comments)
new hampshire: Living the Good Life in New Hampshire and Vermont's Upper Valley
- 08/18/06 02:57 AM
The Upper Connecticut River Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont, just called the Upper Valley by "us locals," strides the Connecticut River, with New Hampshire on the east and Vermont on the west. Lebanon, New Hampshire is its economic powerhouse with a lively commercial area on Route 12 A and many research firms. Lebanon is also home to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the largest employer by far, and supplier of superlative health services not often found in rural areas. Blessed with lush natural beauty - mountains, rivers, lakes, fields, barns - and a plethora of recreational opportunities, the Upper Valley also enjoys cultural (2 comments)