John's Blog

In the "old days" before the time of the internet and the invention of the microchip, people actually had to learn a few of life's lessons the hard way. The first lesson I learned was that no matter how painful you must own up to your own mistakes and shoulder the burden. I have seen so many post...

Number 25 on the list is the Pit Toilet or outhouse! There are 670,000 households that are still using this method. That's about 1.3 million people. Holy shit! I won't repeat the whole list here but there are a couple of things that we might not want to see on the list. The first change that I wo...

Has anyone seen the cover of the New Yorker Magazine? I really think that when the (press) starts going after family members as easy targets we need to let them know that this is unacceptable behavior by not buying their product. What do you think?

When did we become so complacent in this country? When did we become so unaware of history repeating itself? Why do we not even attempt to stop the insanity that is being pushed on us from the current political regime. If a corporation fails the first question should be why. Then having found out...

If you didn't already know, home sales are down as well as prices and volume. Here are the grom numbers from 2008 to 2007. Remember however that all is not lost! If you price the home right it will still sell. It just may not be sold for what you thought it was worth before this year.   Price Ran...

Wish I thought of it first. This site should be checked out by all realtors. It contains not only the bad neighbors but the sex offenders and the good neighbors as well. Certainly it is at the least another tool to show your clients that you have inside (if not biased) info on there neighborhood.

Here are the statistics comparing single family homes from June this year to June last year. As you can see, sales and prices are down. Hopefully July will be better!! Price Range # of Avg. Days Average Average SP:LP Average SP:OP Listings on Market Sale Price List Price Ratio Orig Price Ratio $5...

Oh I know she's dead, I just can't believe what I heard on the news last evening. The former Queen of Mean decided that she would leave her $8 Billion dollar estate to the dogs! I love dogs and have one of my own but lets be serious for a moment. There are approximately 24 million people in this ...

just take a moment to reflect on the patriots who made it all possible. no, not the New England Patriots, the real rebels who decided that they did not want taxation without representation. Our ancestors who wanted nothing more than to own real estate and not be indentured to a King. I know that ...

Certainly there are many others to choose from. Some may even be better than me, and I bet they are all happy to tell you that. Anyway I have put together a short list of why I might be the best agent for you in the Quincy area. 1.     I will listen to you. Sounds simple but most people are so bu...