Finding a Big Payoff For Your Local Knowledge.... As real estate professionals we all know the tremendous value of knowing what is good in your marketing area and what you find the public needs to know about if they decide to buy and live in your niche area. I have spoken to so many of my fello
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07/29/2015
THE BEST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS IS AHEAD!!! This historical 4-square traditional, located on one of the most desirable streets in Southampton Village is on the market for under $5million and offers a pool, tennis court and close proximity to the famous Little Plains Beach just blocks to the cent
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07/01/2015
Inspired by Michael Jacobs post: WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK?THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK: Do you remember the first time you road a bike? Remember how everybody told you that once you learn how to ride it you will never forget?Well basically that's how I look at ActiveRain---once you learn h
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06/21/2015
HOW DO YOU VIEW THE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON NAR?It has been some time since I have read such scathing things about the real estate profession, but this one takes the cake: article recently published by The Washington Post.I believe we all recognize the frailties of the real estate business and
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06/21/2015
THE CHARLESTON NINE...It struck me today, after three days of news coverage of the awful events in Charleston, that we the people are in such a state! We are grieving with these families and yet we have no way to explain the atrocity or the reasoning behind it.Yet look at the way things are unfol
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06/20/2015
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE!!!This is a post that I wrote a year ago as we settled in here in the hamptons for a wonderful summer. This summer has begun with the normal crowds but this year more than last is a beauty--the weather has been spectaular and after that long horrible winter
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06/14/2015
THE TOWNHOME BUSINESS IS ON FIRE!!!...at least it is here in Southampton Village.It has been almost a year since I last posted something here on AR and it feels so good to be doing it again!,First of all, this has been a record two years for me in real estate so finding the time to blog has been
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06/12/2015
THE MOST OBSCENE THING TO HAPPEN.... There! I knew I would get your attention by the title! Now, I can tell you what it is: Activerain has been taken over by the likes of Trulia; and my blog posts and all the time I spent over the years since 2007, now belongs to this BEAST of a website! All my h
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01/28/2015
BIG HOUSES ON SMALLER LOTS: "AFFORDABLE LUXURY" In 2011, I sold two small capes on small lots (.33 acre lots) and a developer bought them through me. With my guidance and his builder's and Architect's acumen we created a whole new market for this historical Village of Southampton. Both of the ne
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11/03/2014
THIS WAS ALL ABOUT WASTING MY TIME!!! HOW TRUE! THE AR DEVILS (I USED TO CALL THEM GODS!!!) JUST CUT OFF THE BOTTOM OF MY POST--- MY TIME IS MY MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY! Not too long ago, I decided to evaluate my time spent doing things in my business that are considered part of "Doing Busines
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11/01/2014
