How to Avoid Risk in Real Estate & In General

THE MAJESTIC BEAUTY OF PALMS IN THE NEVADA DESERTof Las Vegas  If you use emoji and want to find an image to depict vacation, you’ll probably use a palm to convey the subject with one click. In fact palms are well-known symbols for the tropics and vacations.   There are nearly 2600 hundreds of di...

A Rose is a Rose... A rose is defined as: “a prickly bush or shrub that typically bears red, pink, yellow, or white fragrant flowers, native to north temperate regions. Numerous hybrids and cultivars have been developed and are widely grown as ornamentals” Often roses are given as a sign of love ...

What’s On the Market in New Fairfield, CT  These Days? As of today (September 27, 2016), there are 116 properties on the market in the town of New Fairfield in Connecticut. That level of inventory for this time of year is about normal for New Fairfield.It goes up in the spring and down in the win...

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE HEAR THE “F” WORD IN CONNECTICUT? When the “F” word is uttered, we know the “S” word will follow before too long...  We heard it yesterday, from the weatherman, for the first time this season: “FROST”.  Once we hear that, we know it’s adios summer, although our Indian summer...

BOOK AND MOVIE LOVERS - HUGE SALE AT THENEW FAIRFIELD, CT LIBRARYWho doesn’t love a good book, especially when it’s at a great price and the purchase will help your local library? Come out to New Fairfield’s Library this weekend and Monday to get your book and DVD bargains. The Friends of the Lib...

THE SIMPLE BEAUTY OF FALLIN CONNECTICUT WOODS Do you enjoy the simple pleasures of walking in the woods, enhaling the aroma of the earth and leaves? Welcome to fall in New England! It's a great time to go hiking, or just to take a little walk or run in the woods. In Connecticut, we have many trai...

BUYERS - DO YOU WRITE MUSHY LETTERS TO GET THE HOME YOU WANT? What is a “mushy letter”? It’s what I call a letter that as a buyers' agent I encourage my clients to write to be presented along with an offer. Basically, it means “emotional”, intended to appeal to the seller’s strong attachment to t...

DO BLIGHT LAWS HURT OR HELP COMMUNITIES? Blight laws may have different definitions. In the real estate context, they generally apply to houses that are in foreclosure, usually vacant and neglected. Blight laws are intended to induce the new owners, that is banks, to maintain these empty homes to...

ARE GEN Z’S MORE FOCUSED THAN MILLENNIALS? I don’t really know if they are or not, but I do have some personal observations that I found interesting. Those observations were gleaned while doing extensive college tours over a span of eight years, between 2007 and 2015.  We have four children, two ...

WHO ARE GEN Z’S AND  WHERE WILL THEY LIVE? Much attention has been paid to the group called Millennials recently, from many different perspectives. Demographers try to discern their salient characteristics, while marketers try to read into those traits to target Millennials in their ad campaigns ...