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2008
When sellers have come to me to give them my opinion about renovating/or improving their homes to increase the property value before they list their home to sell. I usually recommend that they bring it up to *show worthiness* by putting their best foot forward, and do some improvement projects, f...
04/17/2008
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I've been working in real estate for years now, and there are times still that a client will come up to me and thank me for going beyond their expectations. Hearing that makes my day. I explain to my clients that I was in their shoes at one time. Wanting to buy real estate, needing to sell anot...
04/17/2008
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The other day, a friend/client came to me and said that she has to sell her home and would like to do a short sale. She is getting a divorce, and her husband has moved out. She knows that he is supposed to help out legally, but in reality, he doesn't make enough to support his present place and ...
04/15/2008
As we all know the real estate maket has been unstable for a while. I was looking to fill in the slack of sales with that of rental listings. Yes, I have worked with these in the past, but when did they become sooooo much work for little return? I had a rental for a property on Main Street in C...
04/14/2008
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Here it is another Sunday, and I just finished another open house. Yes, a lot of people came by, which is good to see there is activity going on..and being spring and warmer weather here in Cromwell, Connecticut, I think more people are beginning to look. Once again these people are either just ...
04/13/2008
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During the course of the year I try to be aware of our environment. I recycle all my cans, glass & newspapers and when I'm (or my two sons) are not in a room, we don't leave the lights on, we make sure it is off. I know I can probably do more, but I feel like I am at least doing something. So w...
04/13/2008
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For some time now, and not always, I have seen sellers list their homes with agencies/realtors not in their area. If I lived on one side of the state, I would not use a realtor from a part of the state that was more than 1/2 hour away from where I live. I've noticed when sellers do this, they do...
04/12/2008
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Cromwell, CT DOWNSIZING???? JUST STARTING OUT???? OR JUST WANTING TO MOVE??? HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN YOUR OWN HOME IN THE COUNTRY. THIS ONE BEDROOM LOFT CONDO FEATURES A GALLY KITCHEN SPIRAL STAIRCASE. EXPOSED BEAMS, SKYLIGHT, HARDWOOD FLOOR IN BEDROOM WITH A WALK-IN CLOSET. SLIDING DO...
04/12/2008
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We all realize that the feds have been dropping the interest rate in order to try to stimulate the market. This seems to be helping some, but I feel people are still being cautious. With everything going up, gas, food, utilities, gas.. Oh, did I say that twice? It is going up so much it is wor...
04/11/2008
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I realize that in todays market it is hard to sell a home, especially if it is not priced right, or is there is a flaw with the home. But my question and thought is why keep relisting with the same agency/realtor if it hasn't sold. I can understand (sort of) if the realtor you are using is a fam...
04/10/2008
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