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Goshen, IN Real Estate News

By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
If Goshen, Indiana is where you want to live, I have a new 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home for Sale in the Weaver Woods Subdivision.  This is a new short sale listing. A short sale means you cannot sell the home for what you paid for it in todays real estate market. Weaver Woods Subdivision is just a few years old only a few streets have been developed so far.  This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a subdivision while it is still young.  You will be convenient ly located at the end of CR 17 at CR 28. Major shopping, restaurants, car dealerships and schools are just minutes away on US 33, the bypass and Indiana Toll Road is but minutes away. Elkhart County Parks are available for fishing, hiking, soccer, football, softball and baseball are conveniently located throughout the cou...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
This was my second year of participating with LaCasa Goshen and their annual Help A House...Each year they take names and addresses into consideration for their generious Help A House program and this year they had a vacant home that needed painting, inside and out.  Prior to our arrival the old paint was scraped, sanded and dusted so that once the participating REALTOR(r)'s arrived, it was ready to go.  We started inside and as soon as the exterior primer arrived began painting outside. The weather was on the cool side with gusts of really cold wind.  It mostly kept us moving faster to keep warm.  Sometimes it was still pretty chilly.  Participating REALTOR(r)'s were from, in no particular order, Prudential One Realty, Cressy & Everett, Realty Group Resources, Coldwell Banker, Centery ...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
 Goshen, Indiana is located just south of Elkhart, Indiana and is home to one of my newest listings.  This well maintained newer home features 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. A patio just outside the kitchen door has been extended by bricks to enlarge your ouside enjoyment. The Home Owners of this home have taken good care of the interior and exterior and recently added a fountain to the front yard. If you are looking for a home in the Goshen Community School district, this could be it!  Please call Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Reatly at 574-304-7148 to make an appoint to see this home today!
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
I just received this FREE Food Voucher from Grace Community Church in Goshen, the time for sign up is between March 2nd to the 6th, between 10 am and 2 pm.  You must show up in person.  Grace Community Church is located at 20076 CR 36 ask for the FREE Food Voucher. This information is brought to you by Elkhart Indiana Real Estate Expert and Certified Short Sale Specialist Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Realty.  She can be reached at 574-304-7148.
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
In Goshen Indiana, there is a happy man, who closed on an investment property that was draining him.  He was so gratefull he wrote me the following reference letter: February 10, 2009     TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:   Several years ago I thought it would be nice to invest in some fixer up homes near the Notre Dame Campus in South Bend and rent them out to students, after I renovated them.  I work at an RV Manufacturer and had sufficient income to do this.  Then the gas prices went up and people stopped going on weekend trips and vacations in Motor Homes.  Eventually work hours were cut and we were lucky to even have a job. The student house needed to be sold, as I could no longer to afford to fix it up and continue making the mortgage payments.  My Brother is a Mortgage Broker and knew of a...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
You won't have any drive-by traffic from Goshen, Indiana at this home!  4.20 acres tucked behind another home (perminant shared easement) up on a hill.  Beautiful, serene acerage with lots of wildlife. This manufactured home has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, kitchen, formal dinning room and living room with a full unfinished basement.  One end of the basement has a roll up door so you can easily drive in.  There is no access to the basement from inside the home. Located just under 2 miles from US 33 in Goshen, this home sits in Jefferson Township and the children are educated under the Jefferson School System.  Close to town, yet complete privacy...if this appeals to you call Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Realty at 574-304-7148 for your private showing of the grounds.  Perhaps if we a...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Elkhart Indiana Real Estate Expert and Certified Short Sale Specialist Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Realty helped another family sucessfully sell their home.  My Clients are so relieved to have gotten their home sold prior to Foreclosure and save their credit score from a 7 to 10 year hit.  Yes, it will be bruised for a couple of years, and they won't be wanting to jump back into homeownership any time soon.  But in a couple of years they can.  They want to sit back and take cleansing deep breaths for awhile and enjoy the now stress-free Holidays.  They are truely thankful to have sold their home... Now the Buyer's (not my Clients) are a young couple, cute as they can be, walking around Goshen, Indiana  with the BIGGEST GRINS you have ever seen.  Their Real Estate Agent told me t...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Yesterday I was at LaCasa, Inc. to help a Home Owner with a predatory loan, and look at solutions for their family.  While at LaCasa, I picked up a book about living in Goshen, Indiana.  They have a Neighborhood Guide to follow, whether you are a Rentor or Home Owner.  What a great idea!  It covers everything from Garbage Collection and when you can set out your bags, the noise level, property upkeep, Recycling, Vehicle storage, Repair and Parking and Neighborhood Resources.  What a great plan!   They encourage neighbors to work together on keeping the neighborhood clean, safe and friendly. The participating Neighborhood Associations are:  Crescent Street, Historic Dickerson Landing, East Lincoln Crossroads, Historic Racemere Penninsula, Historic Southside, Northside, Parkside, Pickwick...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
401 Hawthorne Drive in Colonial Farms Subdivision will be have an OPEN HOUSE today, Sunday November 16th from 2 to 4 pm. This is a Quad Home with 4 levels of living space and is looking for a new owner.  If you are in the market for a Home in Goshen, this could be the one.  Located just a few blocks from major shopping like, Meijer's, Wal Mart, Penny's, Lowe's and Michaels Art and Craft. Martin's Grocery Store is close by too... Colonial Farms Subdivision is an established neighborhood and home to many single-family homes when.  401 Hawthorne Drive features 2024 sq.uare feet of finished square feet from top to bottom and has an enclosed porch off the Dinning Room, and a custom patio just a few feet off the enclosed porch, perfect for those summer cook outs. If you are looking for a home...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Goshen's Greencroft Senior Center offers choice activities and programs for all area adults, 55 and older, at no or low cost.  For more information please call 574-537-4090.  Also available for private rentals and catered events, with seating to 500.  Real Services meals served Monday through Friday at 11:30 am.  Meal reservations are at 574-971-6016 between 10 am and 11:30 am the previous weekday. Donation: $3. Adult day Services at the Thelma A. Schrock Homestead, Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm.  Call 574-537-4000 and ask for a marketing associate, or contact them via greencroft.org. Homemaker, handyman and companion services for those 50 and older in their own home provided through Greencroft at Home.  For more information please call 574-537-4006. This public service announce...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Bridlewood Subdivision is home to one of my newest listings in the short sale position. An almost new home, just built in 2006 and barely lived in. Call your Elkhart County Real Estate Expert and Certified Short Sale Specialist today to preview this home...It is priced to sell quickly! 574-304-7148 is her private line Are you familiar with the term "Short Sale"? A short sale is when the Home Owner owes more for the property than it is currently worth. When an offer is made on the property and the bank will net less than the balance owed, it is referred to as a "short sale". This is why you want an experienced REALTOR (r) that knows the complexity of processing and required documents needed by every Lender in order to bring the offer to closing.
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Elkhart Township is actually part of Goshen Indiana, but still inside Elkhart County.  We have 277 homes currently listed for sale and the prices range from $29,900 for a ranch with 2 bedrooms, one bath and 600 square foot and top the scale at $385,000 for 4 bedrooms and 5 baths and 4,986 square feet in a 2-story. The Elkhart Township Trustee and Assessor is located at 106 N 5th Street in Goshen, 46526 and can be reached by phone at 574-533-2066.  Goshen Community Schools educate the children of Elkhart Township. To see any of these 277 homes, or any others listed in the Multiple Listing Service of Elkhart County, please call me at 574-304-7148.  I am your local Elkhart County Real Estate Expert and Certified Short Sale Specialist, Evelyn Johnston, Prudential One Realty. Cleveland Towns...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
 In Elkhart County, parenting teenagers is a difficult job, and Individuals and Families in transition (iFIT)'s Family Empowerment program is sponsoring a free workshop designed to help parents through those tough years. Guest speaker Michelle Braun will meet with parents Thursday to talk about boundaries, setting limits and communicating with teens.  Braun leads a group for at-risk teenagers at Oaklawn and works closely with their parents to teach effective parenting skills. The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee.  It will be held in the Anna M. Schrock Auditorium on the lower level of the Goshen Public library, 601 S. Fifth Street, Goshen.  The workshop begins at 6:30 pm. RSVP by contacting Michelle Oliver at 574-295-6596 ext. 112, by Wednesday. The first 35 people thr...
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By Jody Jones, Elkhart County Real Estate Agent
(REALTY GROUP RESOURCES)
Like so many kids growing up I could not wait to get away from Goshen, a small town in the midst of walls of corn that seemed to go on forever.  My wish came true and I did grow up and move away. Only with the distance of time and miles did I come to appreciate all that I left behind. I returned some 25 years later with eyes that could and still do appreciate all that this little town still has to offer.   The nostalgic part of me wishes the downtown area still hosted some long gone favorites like Kline's Department store, where the clerks called good morning to you by name and where a walk into Murphy's Dimestore tickled your hearing as your footsteps made the old oak floors creak so loudly you wondered if they could support the weight of the dusty shelves loaded with dishes and penny ...
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By Jody Jones, Elkhart County Real Estate Agent
(REALTY GROUP RESOURCES)
So sorry for those of you who do not live here or those who are even too far away to travel here. One of the best fairs in the state of Indiana is happening this week in Goshen, Indiana. We have free grandstand shows and some of the best entertainment around! Kellie Pickler, Hootie and the Blowfish and many other shows can all be seen from the grandstand for just the price of admission. I have always liked going to the fair.  My birthday falls around the Centerville MI fair week and every year when we were kids, we went to that fair for my birthday. I was in 4H and one of my entries one year was selected to go to State Fair in Indianapolis. I thought I was hot stuff, but when I got there, it didnt seem so much better than our fair at home! It still doesnt! I went to the state fair a few...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Elkhart County, Indiana, home to La Casa helps homeowners everyday, all year long, but one day a year they organize a day for REALTOR's to give back to the community.  This is the first time I have volunteered to "Help A House" and I gotta say, it sure felt good.  The home we worked on was an early 1900's home in pretty sad shape, located in Goshen.  The homeowner and her three children were there to run fetch things, hand out drinks, donuts, pizza, or help tear apart or put bak up whatever needed doing at the moment. Did I mention how great it felt to give back?  And expect nothing in return?  Today, it really was about them, them, them. We were served a pancake breakfast by the local United Methodist Church, all 250 volunteers (not all REALTORs) ate to their hearts content and left wi...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Goshen, Indiana, with the imminent arrival of garage/yard sale season, city of Goshen officials are reminding residents of policies for those events.Garage/yard sales are permitted up to four times per year by a person or group for a maximum of four days per sale.  Unsold items must be cleaned up between sales.City policy prohibits posting sale signs on trees on public rights of way or on utility poles or light standards.  Owners must give permission for signs to be placed on their properties or buildings.'Report signs in violation to Nic Allen, the city's ordinance administrator at 574-533-9857.This public announcement is brought to you by your Local Elkhart County Real Estate Expert, Evelyn Johnston, Prudential One Realty.
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Goshen's Greencroft Senior Center offers choice activities and programs for all area adults, 55 and older, at no or low cost.  For more information please call 574-537-4090.  Also available for private rentals and catered events, with seating to 500.  Real Services meals served Monday through Friday at 11:30 am.  Meal reservations are at 574-971-6016 between 10 am and 11:30 am the previous weekday. Donation: $3.Adult day Services at the Thelma A. Schrock Homestead, Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm.  Call 574-537-4000 and ask for a marketing associate, or contact them via greencroft.org.Homemaker, handyman and companion services for those 50 and older in their own home provided through Greencroft at Home.  For more information please call 574-537-4006.This public service announcemen...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Elkhart County, Indiana Goshen Public Library located at 601 S Fifth Street can be reached at 574-533-9531.Celebrate National Library Week by reading new books in the library.Awesome Author contest for grades K-5.  Check in the children's department for details.  An awards program will be held at 6:30 pm Tuesday.Jane Mayse/Friends of the GPL Scholarship: A $1,000 scholarship for Elkhart Township high school seniors is available.  Pick up an application by Tuesday.Babytalk Lapsit for babies up to 18 months at 10:30 am every Monday through May 19.  Must be accompanied by parent or caregiver.  No registration.Wonderful Wednesdays at 10:30 am for toddlers 18 months to 3 years old.  No registration.Terrific Thursdays at 10:30 am for ages 3-5.  No registration.This public announcement was bro...
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By Evelyn Johnston, The People You Know, Like and Trust!
(Friends & Neighbors Real Estate)
Goshen Air Center, 17229 CR 42, Goshen, Indiana is hosting the Elkhart County 4-H Aerospace Club at 7 pm.  Elkhart County kids in grades 3-12 are invited to attend.  Meets the Second Tuesday of every month.  For more information please call Amy Coons at 574-586-0404 or 574-848-7594. This information was brought to you courtesy of your local Elkhart County Real Estate Expert Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Reatly at 574-304-7148.
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