Sharon's Blog

I did what I had been told I shouldn't have done:  I took 4 months off from working.  No prospecting, no follow-up, no lead generation, phone calls, emails, open houses, appointments.  Nothing.  I spent the time at home with my family, and giving myself a long and much needed break from the stres...

Just helping out a couple of fellow 'rainers.  Hey, the good guys stick together right?Hi folks. My good friend and fellow ActiveRainer, Margaret Rome, is getting close to launching her first book "Real Estate the Right Rome Way". I'm sure most of you know Margaret but if not....stop over and che...

Yes, now.  You hear about how it's a buyers' market, sales are down, prices are sliding... so why is now a great time to sell?   Stop and think about what the market was like when you bought your house, and how much equity have you gained over the years.  Is most of your (assumed) equity because ...

Excellent owner occupied or investment property located in Syracuse's near east side.  Bruce St. is a residential neighborhood convenient to shopping, highways, LeMoyne College, Syracuse University, and downtown with access to Centro buses at the intersections of Salt Springs Road and East Fayett...

Today's Syracuse Post-Standard has a front page article titled "Sellers in CNY feel a shiver".  I'm not providing a link to the article because of what it contains:  the address to a house currently listed for sale and disclosure that A) the house is vacant, and B) that the sellers (credited to t...

I've been told that I am oddity when it comes to birthdays.  I hate celebrating my birthday.  I always have.  I don't mind celebrating someone else's birthday, just mine.  I also hate telling anyone how old I am, and will avoid a direct answer at all costs.   However, I am trying to come to terms...

That is singularly the easiest and most difficult question to answer.  But what about market conditions / holidays / winter approaching?  You can't answer the primary question with those questions.  So when is the right time to list your house for sale?   The easy answer is when you're ready.  Bu...

The Bodacious Broads began as the collective brainchild of a group of woman who became friends here on AR.  We are open, friendly, encouraging, supportive, loving, loud, obnoxious,  and often raunchy group.  We don't really have a founder so much as we have mothers who gave birth to an idea.  One...

               In honor of Nancy's birthday, and her blog Sex and the 60 yr Old, we are having a say it with pictures night.  This is also because I saw that Leesa changed her photo, I changed my photo, and we all want to see pictures of Greg's new 'do, or is that without a 'do?   Try to keep you...

My 13 year old daughter just announced that she knows how to make millions.  Solar powered motorcycles.  Wind powered cars.  Lawn mowers that run on grass.  And she doesn't want me to post this on the internet in case someone steals her ideas and makes money from it before she gets a chance to.  ...