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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Nations Princeton-Nassau Inc. d/b/a NATIONS
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THE NEW JERSEY ANIMAL IS....THE HORSENEW JERSEY IS ALSO KNOWN AS "THE GARDEN STATE" WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL FARMSWHEN GROWING UP I HAD THE PRIVILIDGE OF MY FATHER TAKING ME HORSE BACK RIDING...AN EXPERIENCE WITH GREAT MEMORIES....NOT ONLY WITH THE HORSES....BUT WITH MY FATHER.A FRIEND OF  MY FATHERS ...
02/16/2007
AFTER OUR RECENT BLAST OF A WINTER SNOW STORM...TODAY IS SUNNY AND COLD...17* THIS AMREAL ESTATE LIFE GOES ON...BRAVE THE DAY...ENJOY LIFE!!I AM NOT A WEATHERMAN,BUT NATIONS NEWLY DESIGNED WEB SITE GIVES A DIRECT LINK TO WEATHER.COM A NICE FEATURE FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS TO SEE WHAT IS PREDICTED O...
02/15/2007
One of the first questions buyers ask...what do I do first?The first step is being pre-qualified by a mortgage lender....including credit profile.why first????WOULD YOU WALK IN WAL- MART WITHOUT ANY MONEY YOUR POCKET...without knowing your ability to purchase...your just a shopper...not a serious...
02/15/2007
DID YOU KNOW...THE STATE ANIMAL IN NEW JERSEY IS.... THE HORSE!....WE ARE THE "GARDEN STATE" KNOWN FOR OUR AGRICULTURE...THE TERM "JERSEY FRESH" IS USED WHEN MARKETING OUR PRODUCE....BUT THE HORSE IS ALSO A PROMINENT PART OF OUR EQUINE CULTURE.DID YOU KNOW...THERE ARE MORE HORSES -PER SQUARE MILE...
02/15/2007
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY IS BEAUTIFUL........WE ARE "THE GARDEN STATE"....TODAY THE GARDENS ARE MOSTLY COVERED WITH OUR RECENT SNOW....THE CRISP AIR IS A MERE 17*.....TRUCKS CAN BE SEEN  PULLING THEIR SNOW MOBILES ,SEIZING THE CHANCE TO ENJOY THEIR RECREATION.....A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW THOSE SAME ADVENT...
02/15/2007
Like a fine wine with proper aging, experience comes with time.  The best teacher is experience, learning along the way, how to do it better every day...better than the day before.  In 1976 I was first licensed as a New Jersey licensed real estate sales person...a much thinner man with brown hair...
02/14/2007
Real Estate has historically been one of the greatest investments a consumer can have.  Markets do adjust.  I remember in 1987 when townhouses sold for $155,000 [plus or minus].  Two years later I sold a similar townhouse in the same community for $115,000.  Today that same townhouse, now 20 year...
02/14/2007
The last time the real estate market in my area peaked was November 1987.  Like the weather, real estate markets do change but not on a "daily basis" as the weather.In softening markets, I have always asked my clients if they would like to lead the market or follow it.  If they sell today, they l...
02/14/2007
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