The end user, the consumer of real estate property listings, local community information wants speedy, complete delivery.Video for real estate is so powerful in the delivery of both the what's for sale, what's it like around the property listings on the current market. Up for grabs but needing spotlight exposure in the match making with the buyer who can buy a listing today and the seller that has to move it out scout. Video for real estate is versatile and highly mobile. No matter what time of day or night, the weather or location of your real estate property listing buyer, videos do the job using the eyes and ears.And everyone knows two senses are better than the read read, read back and forth.Get more using more than just relying on the scan with the blue, brown, green, whatever colo... 04/02/2016

Half the fun of most things in life is the anticipation that add to the actual experience. If you have dreamed of owning a lake front property in Maine, working toward that goal is it's own reward. Like a vacation planned, just one you have not pulled the trigger. Packed the car, arranged for someone to feed the pets and you're off on another well deserved adventure.And today, lots of wasted, expensive trips to view the new listings on the market does not have to happen. you can sit still, we deliver the information hot and ready.On demand, open house for our waterfront, all our property listings happens at the real estate diner where we may doze but that never closes.A different, more efficient online approach is available with real estate videos.Help yourself. Save time, gas, money an... 03/29/2016

Something for everyone, not just catering to one small narrow crack of the Maine real estate market.That is what being a general, jack of all the types of real estate is all about in a small local rural Maine property sale market. Not just high end, not just the cheap properties with issues but low number price tags hanging off them. The call, text, email or office visit in our real estate lobby often starts with a conversation about moving, relocation to Maine.Then once the local information is brought up to speed for someone brand new to the area.With specific questions needing answering, all tidied up.The shift to properties in Maine searching starts.The what's for sale in Maine for listing, real estate starts.Examples, here's a home, 45 acres of Maine land, on a dead end road in Her... 03/24/2016

People are beacoup busy, multi tasking like bloody, blurry eyed banshees and up to all hours of the night stalking real estate property and area information.Our peak time of the real estate day is actually 10:30 at night. And to get these surfers to sneak a peek at a new property listing for sale in Maine, how do we do it best? To carefully tap them on the shoulder, excuse me. To approach them slowly so as not to startle from out of the corner of their I spy with their little eye.Getting the attention of the herd that is out there looking for a home, other property listings in Maine. Well by far the easiest way to make the informal introduction bumping into them casually on line is using real estate video for the engagement.But like everything in life, you can point to the sky and holle... 03/21/2016

It happens, new ways everyday to mess up a real estate sale from buyers and sellers who knowingly or not throw a wrench into the process. Have had a call from a Dad who asked how much do I have to list the place for so it will NOT sell. I probed for why would you want to go through the listing, marketing, showings and not get the front row invitation to attend a formal sit down real estate closing. Because my kids are pestering me to move eight states away to be close to them but away from the ladies down at church who are shuffling their feet. To bring me blue ribbon winning at the state fair type covered casserole dishes round the clock. To make it easy for the kids to see me to remove guilt and all those miles on the car to come home and back. And to take me away from my bowling at t... 03/17/2016

The mission to tidy up the living space becomes critically important when the time for a sale of a Maine home is clearly spelled out, shows up in the tea leaves.When an elderly couple who have called the house home for a long long time, throw in the towel and wave the white flag. Surrendering the use of the roost as the Maine home for many moons.The furniture inside the Maine home, racked and stacked in the place can really pile up. Making it like that little square handheld game without the batteries. Where you only have one space to move to create a path to keep going to win the game.Why all the couches hanging around that arrive each ten years?Because the Maine home owners brought up during the depression years of don't waste anything or throw it out.And we might need that second, th... 03/09/2016

Let's face it the real estate professional is in the business of providing fresh, current information. Drive through, on demand day or night quick and you better get all the order correct. If you want them to come back to build toward a purchase. Or to sell when what they bought from you becomes a new listings to hop onto the round and round MLS real estate carousel.On property listings, on the local area where the real estate populates the in town neighborhoods or rural countryside, folks have questions needing answering. Your don't want your real estate customers relying on the big west coast portals that take what we feed them and mess it up royally.Where the agent or broker is limited by the platform and so much is left out that is pertinent to know about on the other end of the sig... 03/03/2016

The need to sell, list the Maine real estate that we market and sell is a long and varied list.Sometimes the nest is too small and a bigger home to house the troops is needed. Or a relocation, move to another area to work that is a job promotion or out of sheer necessity is the reason for spearing a for sale sign in the front lawn of the home sweet home. Marketing the Maine real estate is never the same plan of attack.Or investment for renting out or flipping with a little elbow grease and new paint to spread the love around a neglected property is why the real estate property listing sale comes about.Maybe a waterfront offering, a piece of dirt, farm or woodlot acreage is what is up for sale after years of use. Or because the family that inherited it is just too scattered. Too far on d... 03/01/2016

Prepare for a round the clock surprise on property listing prices, always find low cost, cheap homes for sale in Maine. Like this example, a place at 8 Winter Street Houlton Maine 04730. Get one pretty piece of real estate, an affordable home with fireplace, siding, new roof and 2.5 baths. Hardwood floors, archways, french doors and lots of entrances/exits. Which make this cheap Maine home for sale one excellent candidate to seriously consider for extend family members. To all join forces with the monthly income to get more for less.The Houlton Maine home for sale has plenty of housing living space.When five bedrooms and an extra expandable attic with stairway exist and can be divided into more rooms. That is more than than ready to put to work.Your housing needs just found a property l... 02/25/2016

Business people deal with long drawn out negotiations, set backs and surprises when wheeling and dealing in real estate property transactions.The average Joe and Jane Home Buyer and Zeke, Sophie Home Seller don't. The property sale loses its razzle dazzle fizz. Not everyone's emotions are high, lovely dovey in a good way like they once were.The more time delays and expensive roadblocks and everything hanging goes on, the less chance of a real estate sale happening. The clear to close memo being sent out for all to come and get it at the sit down conference room pass the house keys please.Like surgery, longer is not better on the operating table because complications come up when the patient is put under the knife wearing the mask and hooked to all those beeping monitors.The buyer and se... 02/21/2016

Because not all the real estate property listings in Maine are purchased by local buyers, the need to hunt and peck about the area surrounding what's for sale is needed.Because folks invest in real estate because of the three L's. How high are the property taxes on a listing for sale in Maine is crucial information.Because the move from the populated center below Maine is what drives the process for many.Wanting to escape the high cost of living and searching for a cheaper place to live.That is safer, more spacious and less populated.The stage of life that a buyer of Maine real estate is currently parked affects the line of questioning too.Like divorce in Maine, buyers, sellers of real estate in Maine that are in the split desperately want questions answered to figure out how to move th... 02/13/2016

What do we have here requires a story. One that pertains to the task at hand.There is an old Maine saying that applies in most cases. It is hard telling without knowing. What is best for the mission at hand. What do you need help with Bub, Sport?Real estate is not a purchase you make and if regrets happen, then just toss it in the back of the closet. Out of sight and to soon to be forgotten.No no.It is taken way way more serious than that. Or should be.Because people are involved, lots of them. A hear that? A clock is ticking very loudly that puts a person's life on hold. Time is money. It is one costly mistake if every aspect of the property listing purchase and sale is not handled correctly. Things go south or sideways.Sharpness is needed out on the trail. Paying close attention. With... 02/03/2016

Often times where you make the best salary is not where you really want to live. And most of the extra coins in the paycheck size quickly get eaten up living where the cost is higher. So sure, you make more, you spend more. And Uncle Sam wants you to dig deeper when April 15th rolls around and it is time to settle up on the IRS taxes. Pay in, but rarely get anything back of your own money.So Maine. What about Vacationland, the Pine Tree State?Maybe it is time to get serious.Ask not swallow those hot, burning questions.More on the FAQ.To get your motor running. Wet the whistle.Because as the Maine expression reminds, it is wicked hard telling, without actually knowing what's up Bub. Don't rely on information on your end from someone that has never even set foot in the state of Maine. Mis... 02/01/2016

Houlton Maine is parked smack dab on the US - Canadian International boundary border. We have a big new shiny border crossing and Canada has the same just a little up the pike from Uncle Sam's port of entry.When the loonie, toonie is hurting for buying horsepower, Americans flock to Canada to shop.When the American dollar is weak in the knees, the Canadians do the same in this direction.So how does the value of Maine real estate react to the rise and fall of the currency exchange rate?Depends on the business sector you are in but general the entire areas senses the missing, or reduced Canadian traffic.In the trickle down economy any small Maine town feels in the circulation of dollars of any kind. The parking lots at the big box stores seem lonely, extra spacious.Less flow of cash into ... 01/27/2016

Are you a landowner in Maine or wishing you were one? If you farm your Maine land and look at the wooded sections as something needing the same attention to details you pour into the effort with your soil, then the Maine tree growth program may be something to check into and kick into gear. Talked with forester Irving Tower out of the Patten Maine this morning about the tree growth program. The intent of the program is to improved your woodlot, to manage the timber resource with respect for the environment and to safe guide the land use. Not just to save on your property taxes with a reduction if you file and continue your ten year woodlot tree growth plan.How to cut your wood seems less of a science when the woodlot being put into tree growth has been hit hard already.And not much of a... 01/25/2016

What works, or "meh", not so much in real estate marketing shifts constantly.But it never is a case of all or nothing. Just adjustment of the show and tell dials to boost the volume on this marketing tool. Pulling back a little on this lever to reallocate a little less or just a different mix of the resources of time and money. I love the game, sport of marketing Maine, the real estate property listings in it for sale. And all the neat people we meet in the matchmaking, musical house chairs experience with buyers, sellers and the exchange of properties of all kinds.Your profit is often in your expenses in the highly competitive world of real estate list, twist and sell (repeat).So real estate brochures, do you use them and how is that working for you in your property listing marketing A... 01/19/2016

Anyone in real estate listing and selling knows no two markets are the same. Ever thought of changing places in real estate duties where you practice now just to see how very different? There are a number of Maine real estate agents, brokers who also have a license in nearby New Hampshire or the sunny south. Places like Florida, the Carolina's or even in the exotic islands of the Caribbean. For the surf and turf and split seasons to work where you play. To juggle two places to call home.But wherever you list, twist and sell real estate, the higher the prices, the more players involved.You don't run into home stagers on  homes for sale in Maine priced in the teens, low twenties.The houses for sale on the west coast with 7 point this, 3 point that and all those zero places do.  And you br... 01/18/2016

Who needs a four bedroom home for sale in Maine? (Sound of happy kids jumping, hollering I do I do like the old Trident gum commercials.) So how about you? What is it you say?  When the average family size is declining in US households according to the census information collectors.I read this morning in a scan of the peepers that the average household size declined to 2.59 in 2010, dropping from 2.62 people in 2000.How come? One-person households is part of the reason reckoned during head count results. The number of single parents under the roof running the household rose from 25 percent in 2000 to 27 percent in 2010. This math statistic shows the figure is more than twice the percentage. From back in round not rectangular black and white television days in 1960. When number of the si... 01/14/2016

Every real estate agent, broker, REALTOR has property listing sales where a divorce is underway or has happened. Sensitivity to the home owners in a divorce situation takes extra effort and lots of after hour calls and emails.If over half the population is divorced at least once, it is a big wrinkle in real estate home sales that can not be ignored.Divorce adds to the number of houses for sale, needing to be bought.Had a seller call today about whether or not a re-listing agreement on a piece of land in Maine had been received by our office.My secretary let her know no, we don't have the paperwork back yet.The out of state property owner explained the delay could be because the pair of owners had split, gotten a divorce during the Maine land listing period.And when sympathy expressed, t... 01/11/2016

Online you read statements, reports about the real estate market across the land.Giving the impression it's pretty much carbon copy everywhere you go. When checking in on the properties that are listed and sold in any particular real estate market. Then drawing the conclusion that it is the same as you hop around to any new market. Sweeping, generalization statements are all over the media streams for the one size fits all. Well, like the weather forecast overhead where you are following this real estate blog post today.That won't work in every other location, real estate markets run differently too.Like most things in life it depends.Change happens in the black and white absolutes that turn many shades of gray. The property for sale is a fixed position asset.We wil have a seller ask of... 01/09/2016