Mary's Scoop on Rochester Real Estate

No time for real estate today! Became a grandma! Liliana Michelle Ryan was born 8:39 this morning at Highland Hospital. Everyone is healthy and happy! 

The time between the Thanksgiving holiday and New Years is traditionally a very slow time for the real estate market. Face it, people usually have other things on their mind than buying or selling a house. Does that mean it is better to wait till the first of the year to put your house on the mar...

We are in a panic here. I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my husband's family. Before I got into real estate I use to think real estate agents were domestic goddesses, second only to Martha Stewart. After all, we're the ones that tell people how to make a house look like it belongs in a magazin...

I spent the day with clients from North Jersey. They came to Rochester looking for investment property. I spent as much effort introducing them to Rochester as I did showing them property. And every time they asked me about a location, I assured them it was 15 minutes away. The malls are 15 minut...

 We almost didn't do a final walk through. These buyers were suppose to get possession of the house they were buying 5 days in advance of closing. That would have allowed them to move at a leisurely pace and then a day of cleaning up for the new owners of their house. At the last minute the selle...