This morning in New Windsor, New York, I had the privilege of witnessing the Orange County Association of Realtors overwhelming vote in favor of merging their association with WPAR (Westchester-Putnam) and ROCBOR (Rockland) to form the new Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. This was the thir
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11/02/2011
I like nice people. You probably like nice people too. Nice people are...nice. Given the choice, I prefer to do business with nice folks. Especially here in rushed, rude, New York and occasionally aristocratic Westchester County, nice people are such a breath of fresh air. Of course, in business,
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11/01/2011
48 powerless hours and two chilly nights where the temperature in our home hit the 40's can affect a guy. Like many people who lost power in the worst October snowstorm ever to hit Westchester County, we had to "camp" a little in our home, getting acclimated with flashlights, candles, sleeping ba
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10/31/2011
This will be my first-ever blog post written by candlelight, courtesy of my Verizon 3G hotspot and a generous battery life on the laptop. When you mix a severe combination of snow and ice to trees that still have all of their leaves, you get downed fallen branches by the thousands and power outa
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10/30/2011
The best use of an agent's time is to be in front of someone who wants to buy or sell real estate. That is what we work for- we advertise, blog, do mailings, answer the phone, and some even knock on doors to be belly to belly with someone who want to buy or sell real estate. So I really have to
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10/29/2011
Bizarro World continues in the real estate industry as our government and business leaders raise tanking consumer confidence in the market to a fine art. Take today's exchange I had with a fellow agent for example. I have a very aggressively priced southern Westchester County listing in a beauti
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10/28/2011
People are hurting in this economy. Many good folks who did nothing wrong are caught in the undertow of the recession and can't find a soft spot to land. Upon occasion, I run into people in those circumstance. If they had been born at any other time in history, they wouldn't face foreclosure. The
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10/27/2011
This afternoon at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Suffern, the membership of the Rockland County Board of Realtors voted overwhelmingly to merge their organization with the Westchester-Putnam and Orange Associations. This was the second thumbs up in three days, as Westchester-Putnam had a similar yes-vo
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10/26/2011
Today was the annual meeting of the Westchester-Putnam Association of Realtors (WPAR), and it was not your typical annual meeting. Elections were held for both the Association and the Empire Access MLS, and Yours Truly was confirmed for a 3rd term as MLS Vice President. Among my duties in the pas
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10/24/2011
What can you get for $540,000 in Tuckahoe, New York? I'm so glad you asked! $540,000 can get you a pretty, pre-war tudor on a quiet residential street in the Tuckahoe school district just a hop skip and a jump from New Rochelle and Bronxville. If you are like our client, you'll get an 1840 square
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10/22/2011