BEACH NOTES

The "Summer Wind" & the "Winter Wind" at the Jersey Shore (Ocean City, NJ)   Most of the readers of this blog posting are familiar with the "summer wind" here at the shore.  Down on the beach the umbrellas are flapping around most of the days.  The evening breeze across the porch causes tenants t...

A Sale & Rental Thought for 2015 ... Ocean City, New Jersey   As we drift along through the holiday and new year time frame, let me share some real estate thoughts with you.  Whether you are a possible summer rental tenant, or a potential buyer of shore property, or an owner who might be interest...

A Long Cold Holiday & New Year Break - Ocean City, New Jersey   The days seem shorter, the darkness comes along sooner, and the cold weather is here for quite a spell.  For most people who know about Ocean City, New Jersey ... this does not seem to be a normal thing.  But once winter arrives, it ...

Your best approch is to do something that most buyers won't do   .... and at a time when buyers are not even thinking about l estate.  That immediately gets you into a location where you can meet agents who wANT TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING WHAT THEY (THEMSELVES) LIKE TO DO.   The colder the...

What do you do at this time of year ... in Real Estate?   We're reviewing our notes, our back log of contacts, the emails coming in, and all of the other types of contact out there.  It's a slow time for real estate here in at the South Jersey Shore in general and in Ocean City in particular. We ...

Thanksgiving Break ... Just in Time (Ocean City, NJ)   Coming and going "from the shore" and "to the shore" is always a type of holiday tradition. Mostly, a short visit to the shore is the traditional thing to do.  Have a great Thanksgiving Day, hit the downtown stores on Friday, maybe the Boardw...

Ocean City, New Jersey ... In the late Fall & Winter   The calendar reads Friday ... November 21, 2014.  It's cold outside.  No snow like the "lake-effect stuff in the north, but it certainly feels like winter.  It warmed up just a bit yesterday, but cold again today.  The holiday season is slowl...

We're Closing Out the Season Here in Ocean City, New Jersey   It appears like we're always closing out another season here in our resort town, the most northern and the largest community in Cape May County ... and the only one on a barrier island. So as we start to conclude the "fall buying perio...

The Dog Days of Winter Appear Early Here at the Shore ... Ocean City, NJ   It's the 13th of November ... the closing days or weeks of the "Fall Buying Period" here in Ocean City, New Jersey.  It always starts the day after Labor Day ... when the rental season slowly comes to an end. But this year...

OPEN HOUSE ... Saturday & Sunday 10/4-5/2014   Dustin A. Peters from Goldcoast Sotheby's International Realty in Ocean City, NJ will be holding two "open house" weekend efforts on 10/4-5/2014. On Saturday I will be at 137 Ocean Road in the Gardens section of Ocean City.  This is one of the premie...