REALTOR Andrew Mooers' Maine Real Estate Blog

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Real Estate Agent - MOOERS REALTY - ME Broker License 106759
All Maine real estate agents, brokers, REALTORS are the same right? No...each real estate agent, broker has different sets of skills unique to their market. In a small rural market like northern Maine where there are 11 people per square mile, the day to day routine is different than a broker in a city with wall to wall brokers and a myriad of transactions. In rural Maine, our prices are much lower, people don't lock doors, more smaller commission sales. Unspoiled scenery and what life's like in Aroostook County and its real estate market. Affordable property listings, no crime, no traffic, just wildlife, friendly people, fresh air, clean water. Ready to start the dream? Maine, the way life should be.

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2010 

     You see the Maine real estate sign go up, in time the weeds shooting skyward around the home and when it does not sell, other brokers, real estate sellers blame it on the market. Bob, the price is wrong. In the best of markets the property is way way over priced. Heads and heels above the re...
05/14/2010
The price of a Maine view..this one dubbed the Million Dollar View many years ago and time for an update to adjust for inflation. What would you do with this vacant building...hog it all for a home, convert to apartments, run a business to lunch/munch with the view in the background? Or all the a...
05/14/2010
A real estate salesman knows his product and area in Maine backwards, forwards, up and down, in and out right? And the start from property listings thru the marketing and the final stretch of heading to the real estate closings should be fun, helpful, informative, and flexible to handle any bumps...
05/14/2010
In the 1960's a local appraiser named Sam Sylvester from Houlton Maine had many duties but one of them was appraising properties. The ones where the local bank manager himself did not just trot out to the Maine real estate and make sure the collateral was sufficient for the loan being considered...
05/14/2010
For $17,000 you can own over 2 acres of land in Portage Lake Maine, in Aroostook County. Surveyed, paved road frontage, driveway with culvert in, peaceful surroundings. Portage Lake is over 8000 acres large. Clean, I guess it is clean. Watch the Maine video. Study the property details. Questions ...
05/13/2010
The property you check on the Maine mls shows it has been on the market over 1000 days. Oh oh. Real estate kryptonite and it all boils down to two major reasons property does not sell. Not priced right, not marketed right or both. Oh sure, there are lots of variables affecting the value, time it ...
05/13/2010
Grew up on a Maine farm, and instead of cross word puzzles, pearl one, knit two for a past time, I plant crops, harvest them, send someone a cow on Farmville. I am amazed at the dedication some Farmville game users have. And have gotten calls from players who want a Maine hobby farm for real.  So...
05/12/2010
If you were engrossed in a good movie, and someone came in and turned the volume off..maybe because the phone rang or to hear a conversation in the other room, you would be annoyed. You would also be missing a big part of the movie because the days of silent black and white "non talkies" with a p...
05/12/2010
Why are taxes so low on this Dyer Brook Maine ranch, and property in this Southern Aroostook County town? The town owns wooded land that they manage with a forestry outfit to make a profit, get a return that offsets the taxes local residents pay. Pretty clever huh? A town in Maine run like a busi...
05/12/2010
Maine homes are special because of the location first, then the home itself cranks in to the equation. This Linneus Maine 6 acres is a corner country lot. Long lawns, surrounded by trees..hey check out the Maine home, land video. Four bedrooms, double garage, lots of Vermont slate, tock work and ...
05/11/2010