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Mason, OH Real Estate News

By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Tennis Anyone?  Western & Southern Open at Mason's Lindner Family Tennis Center August 13-21 2011 If you love watching that fuzzy ball get whacked left to right and back again at speeds that'll give you whiplash, then THIS is the event for you!  The annual Western & Southern Open in Mason is coming up fast, and this is one of those mandatory stops on the big time tennis tours (ATP World Tour and WTA).  You get the top 10 men AND women at this one!  Unless they've got a signed doctor's note, those tennis stars and stars to be will be there for your entertainment (and of course trying to win the big money!).  This will be the first year that the men and women's tournaments will be held simultaneously, and the Lindner Family Tennis Center has spent $20 million upgrading the facility to han...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Discount Tickets for Kings Island! You LOVE roller coasters!  With this record heat and no pool in your backyard, Kings Island's Boomerang Bay sounds like a FANTASTIC way to cool off!  But that normal $52.99 per person and $12 parking fee BEFORE you even start thinking about food and drink?  That's just a budget buster!  You need Kings Island Discount Tickets to make this plan work! Now maybe a season pass just wasn't in the budget this year, but you've just GOT to make a trip to Kings Island this year!  Did you know you can drop that $52.99 price to $35.99 plus parking by buying your ticket online?  That's right, visit www.VisitKingsIsland.com, click Tickets, purchase an e-ticket, print it out and bring it with you!  And they even take Paypal!  Another option is to spend $52.99, but it...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Coasting for Kids Fundraiser at Kings Island July 24 2011 You like riding roller coasters?  You like fund raising for a great cause?  Then we've got the perfect combo for you! Kings Island is hosting the 3rd Annual Coasting for Kids July 24th!  Ride THE RACER for a marathon session and raise money that benefits "Give Kids The World Village".  Give Kids The World Village is a 70 acre non-profit resort in Central Florida whose mission is to make fantastic memories for kids with life threatening injuries (similar to Make A Wish!). Registration fee is $40, and you need to also raise AT LEAST $35 more to be eligible to participate.  Since there are obviously limited seats, get registered early and get your fund raising in high gear!  For more information contact Kara Dhuse at 407.396.1114.  ...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Want To Be In The Guinness Book of World Records?? And Get a Discount Ticket to Kings Island? There's Win-Win, and then there's THIS Kings Island Event.  It's a WIN by every definition except MAYBE Charlie Sheen's! :)  Sorry Charlie!! July 31st Kings Island is hosting an attempt to get THOUSANDS of people into the Guinness Book of World Records, and the cool thing, NO special skill is required with the exception of wearing a pink shirt! Here's the deal, in support of efforts to eradicate breast cancer, Kings Island is teaming with the Greater Cincinnati affiiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure to host the creation of the world's largest human pink ribbon!  This is where YOU and that pink shirt come in!  The current record is 3,952 people in Saudi Arabia in 2010, but we think the Ci...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Cincinnati Pops to Perform at Deerfield Township's Cottell Park July 30 2011 Mother Nature wasn't cooperative June 10th for the previous planned performance of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, so they're back for Round 2!  They've rescheduled for July 30th, 7 - 9 p.m. at Cottell Park (5847 Irwin Simpson Rd). The event is FREE, with parking available on site and the Northern Cincinnati Youth Orchestras are the warm up act with a 6 to 6:30 p.m. performance.  Bring your own chairs and blankets. The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is world famous and currently led by conductor John Morris Russell.  What's NOT to like about a FREE performance AND a short drive to see them?  No hassles with navigating downtown Cincinnati when they're coming right to your doorstep! Thought you might enjoy this video c...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Mason's The Beach Waterpark Offering a Full Slate of July 4th Weekend Activities! You've got a LONG weekend!  The kids are out of school!  It's HOTTTTT (insert whiny cranky voices....)!!!!  What's a parent to do?  Head to The Beach!  But we're not talking a long drive through holiday traffic, but just a quick local trip to our local The Beach Waterpark!  Located at the Kings Mills exit on the west side of I-71, this is a SHORT drive from anywhere in Warren County. And this weekend, in addition to the usual numerous water slides, tubing rivers and wave pool, they've got some bonus extras for you!  AND they're offering a pretty good price with admission 4 general admission tickets for $54.  Tickets good any day July 1-4!  Purchase online for the best deals! Saturday July 2nd: They have th...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Local Company Revives Mason's Red Rhythm & Boom Celebration for 2011! Just when it looked like Mason wouldn't have it's annual Red, Rhythm & Boom July 4th weekend fireworks demonstration for 2011 due to budget cuts, a local company has stepped up to the plate and saved the day! And wouldn't you know it, they're a fireworks company!  Prestige Fireworks of Mason recognized the need to keep the event going and has offered to take care of the equipment and insurance costs for the event to be held July 4th at Corwin Nixon Park. While the event may be scaled down from some years past, no big name music acts, it should still be a fun time for everyone!  Food vendors and fireworks are a good formula for some good holiday memories.  The Mason Community Band has volunteered to provide entertainme...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Deerfield Township Movies In The Park 2011 There's a LOT to like about Deerfield Township:  convenient to Cincinnati, GREAT Schools WITHOUT the Mason City tax, convenient shopping, good eating, lots of parks....  did we say parks? How about some Friday night movies at some Deerfield Township parks?  And FREE is the cost of admission!  Movies start at DARK, bring your own blanket, chairs, snacks and drinks, they'll provide the family friendly flick! So here's the summer lineup: June 24      Cottell Park   Yogi Bear July    8      Landen Deerfield Park      Cats and Dogs 2 July  22      Cottell Park   MegaMind August 5    Cottell Park   Justin Bieber  (the MOVIE, not the guy!) August 26  Landen Deerfield Park    Toy Story 3 September 9  Cottell Park    Tangled September 23  Fleckenstein P...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Windseeker Takes To the Skies Today at Kings Island! You've been watching that TALL blue tower going up at Kings Island since March.  You've seen the TV reports, you've heard it was coming!  You've seen the Dinosaurs Alive exhibit, and Windseeker is the other big 2011 launch.  Costing $5 million to make, it's another serious capital investment in Kings Island. Well TODAY is your day you thrill seekers!  Windseeker goes live today!  301 foot tall, so 30 stories above the ground!  Riders swing in pairs, up to 30 mph, going out up to 45 degrees, a total of 64 riders per ride.  See the video below for the similar ride at Cedar Point! Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs, Liz and Bill aka BLiz P.S.  Want to cut down your commute time to the park?  We can help you find the ri...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Mason Community Center Offering Free Admission for Military July 3-9 2011 Here's a fantastic deal for our Active Duty Military and Veterans offered by the Mason Community Center!  For the week of July 3-9, stop by and get a FREE family admission card good for the entire week!  Just bring your active duty military ID or a copy of your DD-214 to the customer service desk. Mason Community Center is EASILY one of the best community centers in southwest Ohio, so it's worth taking a look!  You don't even have to be a Mason resident to enjoy the use of the facility. And for those who take advantage of this offer, you can convert your membership to a new premier or basic membership and get your first month free! So for more details, check out our previous post on the Mason Community Center!  Ad...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Mason Ohio Patio Homes:  Whispering Falls Community Want to live in Mason and enjoy the low maintenance, patio home lifestyle?  Welcome to Mason's Whispering Falls, where you'll never have to cut grass, shovel snow or rake leaves as long as you live there! With close proximity to a number of golf courses, Voice of America Park and plenty of dining options, you're going to LOVE the location!  Conveniently located off Mason Road, only a short drive from the Tylersville Rd/Liberty Way I-75 interchanges, and a short drive to Union Centre. This small pocket community of ONLY 27 patio homes has low turnover, so your opportunities to live there are limited.  As of this writing, there is only one on the market and only three have changed owners since the beginning of 2009.  These homes are Dre...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Dinosaurs Alive! Opens Today at Kings Island Today's the day!  Just a little more time until the gates open this morning at Kings Island and the Grand Opening of the Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit! Dinosaurs Alive! will be the world's largest animatronic display of life size dinosaurs! Admission is $5 with park admission, and includes about 60 dinosaurs with the entrance located next to The Vortex roller coaster (one of my personal favorites!).  After Tuesday night's fire, they're short a Ruyang Yellow River model, their largest dinosaur!  Talk about having a RED HOT exhibit! With options including a 3D movie, and a kids' dig area (for dinosaur bones), this walk through the woods will give you a feel for what these big dinos were like. For more details, click DINOSAUR'S ALIVE AT KINGS ISLAND!...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Another Liz Spear Team of RE/MAX Elite Listing Under Contract!  7188 White Oak Ct in Mason Now Accepting Back up Offers This lakeview condo with bonus views of Kings Island fireworks in now under contract!  This well appointed 3 bedroom 2 bath condo in a great Mason location, includes a walkout deck from the living room, a finished lower level with walkout, and a study with French doors!  This immaculately kept development is going to be a great home for the new owner! Visit 7188 White Oak for more details on this condo! If you're looking for a REALTOR® Team to help sell your Mason home, please give us a call! Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs, Liz and Bill aka BLiz
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Pay It Forward:  It's HAMMER TIME for Habitat For Humanity!! Today is perfection in weather!  Cool with a nice breeze.  God gave us the ideal conditions for Christ's Church at Mason's Build The Walls event this morning! We had a goal to build FIVE home's walls for Habitat for Humanity.  Jesus was a carpenter, so what better event for our church's outreach program?  And with an estimated 600 people turning out today, with ages from young kids to senior citizens, the goal was EASILY met in less than 4 hours! The team from Louisville Kentucky that runs the event has this down to a fine science.  They travel church to church holding the event and have it systematized to train non-carpenters in how to pull the build off with minimal hiccups .  With a cut session on Friday, EVERYTHING was sta...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Kings Island New Attractions for 2011:  Windseeker and Dinosaurs Alive!  It's ALMOST that time again!  King's Island opens April 30th for it's first day of the season! Then open again May 6-8, then full bore daily starting May 13th!  The place is packed with more rides than you can squeeze in, and roller coasters galore!  Conveniently located off I-71 just a bit north of Cincinnati, it's a huge draw to Warren County and a popular place for local residents to have some fun! And what's a new season without NEW additions to the park?  This year not just one but TWO new attractions will be opening during the season! First, you have Windseeker under construction!  As you drive past, look for the big blue tower with the red top!  At 301 feet tall, once you're fully elevated in this ride you'l...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Another Liz Spear Team of RE/MAX Elite Closing:  7907 Winding Creek of Simpson Creek Farm in Deerfield Township, Ohio Once again we had to tell someone to leave their home!  Pack up the four kids and the dog, here's the date you've got to be out or there will be trouble!!  And we expect you at this office location at 3 p.m. Friday to sign away your rights to that home!  We know you've got a lot of memories in that home, but it's time for you to go!!  You know the rules!! And they did show up at 3 p.m. yesterday!  Willingly signed all the paperwork, handed over the keys, the garage door opener, even a list of nice things to know about the house for the new buyers!! Yes, this wasn't a bad day at all!!  Our sellers were one step closer to living in their dream home to be built by Drees Hom...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Hot Neighborhoods:  Simpson Creek Farm in Deerfield Township You've seen all the articles about gloom and doom and woe is me for the real estate market, but real estate is local....VERY LOCAL!Some neighborhoods are slow.  Country homes with acreage move even slower.  But some places have the right recipe and demand is there.  Simpson Creek Farm in Deerfield Township is one of those neighborhoods!  Actually Simpson Creek Farm is split by Socialville Foster Rd into two sections: the south section of the development does not have amenities, the north section has a pool and play area.Simpson Creek Farm has a fantastic location with easy access (off Socialville Foster between Snider and Mason-Montgomery Rds).  Just minutes from Deerfield Towne Center (shopping and LOTS of restaurants!), top ...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
The Beach Waterpark Hosts Eggstravaganza April 16 2011! Okay, a waterpark might not be the first thing you associate with the Easter Bunny...but we're going to make an exception this time!  Mason's The Beach Waterpark doesn't open until May 21 for waterpark  (seriously....you've been outside and unless you're wanting to do your penguin and polar bear impressions....you know you need to wait for the water stuff!), but they're hosting a FREE Admission Eggstravaganza event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday April 16th! The event includes Easter Egg hunts, pictures with the Easter Bunny, petting corral, pony rides, a moon bounce, and more!  They're also offering special Season Pass offers that day! The one thing they WON'T be providing...Easter baskets...so BYEB :) Parking ISN'T free:  $6. Cal...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Paying It Forward:  Helping "His Hands Bear Ministry" The senior group at our church (Christ's Church at Mason) has a very neat outreach program called "His Hands Bear Ministry".  Once a month they get together and make dozens and dozens of little bears (about a foot tall from toe tip to top of their heads!). Each bear is truly unique!  While the shape may be uniform, the ladies put a lot of creativity into making each bear different, with a variety of fabrics, perhaps a vest or tie, maybe even a hat! Now you may wonder what happens to these bears?  Well, they're donated to cancer patients at local hospitals to help give them comfort!  From children to adults, hopefully to let them know that God and strangers DO care about what happens to them as they go through such a challenging time!...
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By Liz and Bill Spear, Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs
(Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com)
Mason Community Center Open House April 9 2011! Been thinking about trying on one of the area's premier community centers but haven't gotten around to it yet?  Well here's a perfect opportunity to try on the Mason Community Center for size! Saturday April 9 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., use of the facility is FREE!  Bring your exercise gear or swim suit and find out more about the facility and give them a test drive!  The Mason Community Center will be providing tours, and the personal training staff will be available from 8 a.m. until noon.  And BONUS deal, enroll for membership that day and get a 15% discount on personal training programs and a FREE one month membership!  What's not to like?? Located at 6050 Mason Montgomery road, visit our previous post on the Mason Community Center for mor...
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