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Bahts or Dollars?Real estate suggestions for selling your home are the same:  First impressions count:  Home sales are lost each year to cluttered rooms, neglected yards, dirty kitchens and bathe, and unpleasant odors.Know your competition: Your property will be competing with other houses for bu...
04/26/2007
4 Comments
"A current Science-Fiction Technology scary story"If you did not have to read this, I would have you close your eyes for the full effect!Look around you-The Zombies are everywhere: in the city, in the malls, in airports and on the trains. Some might be in your home or office.  The Zombies are kno...
04/26/2007
20 Comments
The word PERFECT on a listing contract can end up costing you some money.The dictionary definition of perfect:  Without flaws, excellent or complete beyond improvement.One of the agents used the word PERFECT to describe hardwood floors that were covered with carpeting. The owner said that the flo...
04/25/2007
I was not aware of this foundation. Some of you may know of it, but for those that do not I will pass the info on.The Homeowner Preservation Foundation has reported a significant jump in the number of homeowners calling its 888-995-HOPE hotline for assistance in avoiding foreclosure. The national...
04/25/2007
19 Comments
I sold this family this wonderful building lot, complete with trees, open areas , privacy at the end of a cul-de-sac. This was everyting they had been looking for to build their dream house. They customed designed their home with a local architect and the builder was ready to start. The contempor...
04/24/2007
6 Comments
Traveling gnomes existed well before the highly recognized Ad for Travelocity.It happens every year in April or May. The yard ornaments that were under the snow re appear in the yards.It is a well know fact that in my area, the gnomes, the 7 dwarfs, buddhas, flamingo, etc, begin their mysterious ...
04/22/2007
12 Comments
Or marijuana??? What is that smell??? If your guess was marijuana, you are correct.What a landlord nightmare! He was trying to sell his occupied investment property. The tenants were kids. (POT ENTREPRENEURS) to be exact. Grow lights in the closets were helping a thriving crop.The listing was not...
04/21/2007
8 Comments
I know what you are thinking:Another boring way to get a For Sale By Owner to list with you advice. You are wrong!!!!FSBO was the name of a 6 month old yellow female Lab. Now you are interested!FSBO was entrusted to my care for about a week. I couldn't leave her home alone. She was just too wonde...
04/19/2007
10 Comments
My partner Carmine Pagano and I decided to try advertising on cable TV. This was not the usual TV ad but a full blown 30 minute program. The show was taped every Monday morning for two years and was aired three times on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The format was easy: A guest related to the Rea...
04/19/2007
I find it very difficult to put the emotions I am feeling on paper. I feel a deep need to travel to the campus and to walk the grounds and to feel the spirit of the victims and of those that survived. Maybe then I could find the words I am searching for.The pictures of the victims bring on a feel...
04/18/2007
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Interesting comments on the Dutchess County Real Estate Market.