ma: Helping the homeless in Wellesley, MA
- 01/30/11 11:37 PM
RE/MAX Landmark and Susanne McInerney and her Mass Estate Team have joined Bobby Baker in a fund raiser for The Boston Minstrel Company. On Feb 13 2011 Art From the Heart will be on display at the new RE/MAX Landmark Wellesley office located at 462 Washington Street in Wellesley. The photographic arts of Bobby Baker will be on display and for sale to benefit the Boston Minstrel Company and their work. This event is by invitation send your RSVP to info@massestateteam.com for admission.
Susanne, Ginny and Chuck of the MassEstateTeam.com are excited to be raising awareness for The Boston Minstrel Company … (1 comments)
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ma: Be the voice of reason
- 01/12/11 12:15 AM
Newspapers and the electronic media continue to spew inaccurate, or misleading information about the state of the housing market and this perpetuates the fear in the public. We, as real estate professionals, need to be the voice of reason. Make it point to reach out to your clients and prospects providing them a fuller and less biased view of the real estate market. There are still foreclosures and there will be more to come, this is true but the true facts here in Massachusetts as in other areas of the country is that prices have stabilized and in some cases moved … (7 comments)
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ma: Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers
- 01/11/11 12:20 AM
The Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers (MBREA) is a 77 year old organization serving the needs of professional appraisers in Massachusetts. Education, answers to difficult valuation questions, connection to other professionals are just a part of what this organization provides its membership each and every day. The MBREA is lead by Steve Sousa and a board of appraisers that are elected new every year. This practice allows the organization to continually grow with new ideas and better programs.
In November I went to one of their events and interviewed many of the current members about why they joined the MBREA … (1 comments)
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ma: Dedham Market Snapshot-3 months trailing
- 01/10/11 12:04 AM
The ability to understand leading trends in home sales is based on the statistics of homes actively on the market and the ones sold. The banks use the trailing three months models because the market has been somewhat sketchy the last year or so with the mortgage backed securities melt down caused by the banks.
Dedham is a wonderful community located to the west of Boston. Here is what Wikipedia has to say. Dedham /ˈdɛdəm/ is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.[1] The population was 23,464 at the 2000 census. It is located on … (0 comments)
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ma: Real Estate Friends
- 01/04/11 11:54 PM
Real Estate is like every industry. There are honest hard working people, there are people cutting corners, there are people with no clue and there are brilliant people. The trick is to surround yourself with the best possible people out there. Find people who are using techniques and tactics that are better than what you are currently using. Engage these people. Since most of us are proud of our hard work and, if you don’t directly compete in our area, are happy to share with you what they have learned through their efforts.
On the flip side of this equation are … (3 comments)
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ma: List upon list.
- 12/29/10 11:56 PM
The Word Press theme for this website was changed a couple of weeks ago and is moving towards another change to begin the new year. All last year I used Studio Agent with some color and design adjustments I paid for. A couple of weeks ago I uploaded some updates and went to the Twenty Ten platform. Later this week I will move to the premium theme Genesis architecture with some skin I have not picked out yet. The changes are so that I can better distribute my daily blogs, videos and pictures and have all the sites work together. Building … (6 comments)
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ma: Snow Day Bliss
- 12/29/10 12:29 AM
Unexpected snow days are a joy now as they were when I missed school, or work as a teen. There is a sense of freedom about the unexpected day off. Everyone shares the same joy/misery. I feel far more joy than misery. It is nice to mix it up and have to do things that are not in my regular routines. Like shovel a foot of snow from a long driveway and walkways. A new State Law here in Massachusetts mandates that if someone falls on your property from lack of snow removal you are liable. Geez, we need the government … (8 comments)
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ma: All New Websites
- 12/28/10 06:06 AM
I am psyched and a bit scared. I am going to redo all my websites so there is a cohesive plan directing and engaging traffic. I have my daily blog site, Truth and Service and my corporate video site, YourStorys. There are also my real estate sites like this here on Active Rain, and RE/MAX Landmark as well as all the social media sites. Creating good and useful content is it's own full time job and that is why all the websites need to be easy to use and navigate. Frankly, I would like to post in one spot and have … (2 comments)
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ma: Winter Wonderland
- 12/27/10 07:09 AM
We got snowed in a bit today with over a foot of the white stuff. It was heavy and did cause some outages throughout the state. Since this was the first big snow storm like this in a while it draws out comparisons to all other snow storms. Inevitably it goes back to the Storm of '78. I didn't arrive in Boston until 1980, in '78 I was in San Francisco with an earthquake, well tremors. I wasn't in San Francisco when the earthquake canceled the World Series and took out part of the Bay Bridge. I was in Boston … (2 comments)
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ma: Pre-visualization or fooling yourself?
- 12/20/10 02:24 AM
Pre-visualization is a powerful skill that helps people with a solid dream and plan to get there. Saying you are something that you are not and making all your efforts to convince people of that fact rather than do any of the work to get there, is a waste of your time and the people you are trying to convince. Actions talk, and BS walks is the only path to success. The BS way falls into "you can fool some of the people some of the time..." Pay attention to what you are thinking and doing and you can make progress. … (4 comments)
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ma: This is a STEAL!!!180 Main Street - Unit 1 - 201 List Price: $88,999 Bridgewater, MA 02324
- 12/16/10 08:15 AM
I am conducting an Open House this weekend at 180 Main Street in Bridgewater, MA. This house is currently empty and the owner is highly motivated to sell. This is a second floor unit and has a range, dishwasher, disposal, refrigerator, freezer. There is an in-ground pool on the property as well as a tennis court. The area has walk/jog trails, stables, golf course, medical facility, laundromat nearby. The property is not currently FHA approved and so you would need a 10-20% downpayment to make an offer. There is a possiblity that a local bank would be able to help with … (2 comments)
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ma: Not always motivated, no problem
- 12/15/10 12:06 AM
No one runs at full speed all the time. The very fact we call it full speed is because it is in contrast to other speeds you may be running. Everyone has both good and bad days, again there is contrast which tells us so. I have always been a big believer in constant and never ending improvement (CANI-for those in the know), but when I think of that it occurs to me if you live your life that way that you might achieve perfection at some point. I am not sure perfection is the goal, but doing well every day … (4 comments)
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ma: Storytelling
- 12/13/10 12:55 AM
Storytelling is not just the act of telling someone, or some group a story, it is also the ability to listen to a story and react. Those successful in the real estate business are first proactive in their education, experience and knowledge with information. They know before they do, but doing is what it is all about. After knowing where we want to go and how to get there we can help others. At that point our job is different we must now be reactive in listening, really listening to our clients needs. It is through our listening and our questions … (5 comments)
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ma: 10 things I love about Real Estate
- 12/10/10 12:37 AM
Real Estate, they are not making anymore and to me this means it is knowable. I can know the land, the houses, the community and the people who live there. I like knowing because I am paid for my knowledge and not just information. It is immutable. What is yours is yours, it is different than the others and you can own it and make it your own in most any way you want. (that is unless you have some HOA that wants to control you) People build on it and people live in those buildings. That means that you can … (7 comments)
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ma: The oak sleeps in the acorn
- 12/09/10 10:20 AM
The oak sleeps in the acorn. The eagle dreams of flying while still in the shell. What kind of a year are you planning for yourself as you write your goals. Are you thinking wealth strategies, or are you planning to work harder in hopes of doing better. I want to share a story of success with you. I met Green Bay Greg on a mastermind conference call set up by an agent in Pennsylvania this year. Both Greg and I were invited into their secret club for a brief period of time. They were hoping to recruit us to their … (4 comments)
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ma: Selling Papers, Selling half truths
- 12/07/10 11:48 PM
Well they did it again, another front page article about the devastation of the the real estate industry by the Boston Globe. As they fight to keep their doors open they continue to look for the Rupert Murdoch type story. In this one they found a couple who are making combined over a six figure income in their jobs and they want to stay renting. They are quoted as saying about the economy, “It seems like an unsteady time. The housing market’s a mess.” The headline for this clunker is Rentals soar as more people steer clear of home-ownership.
The author … (4 comments)
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ma: December Newsletter
- 12/03/10 12:19 AM
Finding the right template to use for your communications is important. Trying to find content that people are interested in is the first step. Getting in front of those people is another step. Engaging them in some kind of dialogue, relationship, or in you just being a plain resource is the ultimate step-engagement. As I start here at RE/MAX I am working through learning RE/MAX Design center. I will want to make use of the tools the brand offers and a great deal is offered. For me it has to work in conjunction with Top Producer and that is what I … (2 comments)
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ma: What is asked.
- 12/01/10 11:54 PM
I have a friend who allows himself to have bad Tuesday’s. It seemed that when he was feeling his worst and he thought about it, it was always Tuesday. So when Tuesday rolls around he is ready to roll over. Not that any of us can roll over, but we all feel like that at times. Yesterday was my Tuesday and I thought of calling my friend. Then I realized having a bad day is not news, we all have bad days. I began to think about why I was thinking about bad days and it had to do with some … (3 comments)
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ma: What have I done for you lately?
- 11/29/10 11:41 PM
In answer to the many people who have asked me for some more material about what we spoke about in your offices. Social Media marketing and storyteller marketing for the real estate industry is going to change the way people buy and sell homes. This industry is already changed completely with the use of the internet. More the 85% of ALL people begin their search for homes on line. This goes on for several weeks before any agent is contacted. At the point of needing an agent it is usually connected to getting into a house that they have located and, … (6 comments)
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ma: Things I know and things I do
- 11/22/10 12:01 AM
I don’t always do what I know, and sometimes I know what I am not doing, but that doesn’t stop me. Or should it? Massachusetts land and housing laws go back for hundreds of years and that is comforting to me. There is a real sense of place and ownership about land and homes that is very American to me. I do believe home ownership is a privilege open to everyone who is qualified. Right now those qualifications are very stringent. That is another story.
With ownership comes the pride of that owning. The time spent taking care of the place … (6 comments)
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RE/MAX Landmark and Susanne McInerney and her Mass Estate Team have joined Bobby Baker in a fund raiser for The Boston Minstrel Company. On Feb 13 2011 Art From the Heart will be on display at the new RE/MAX Landmark Wellesley office located at 462 Washington Street in Wellesley. The photographic arts of Bobby Baker will be on display and for sale to benefit the Boston Minstrel Company and their work. This event is by invitation send your RSVP to info@massestateteam.com for admission.
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