Hear The Question Daily..."Got Anything Cheap, Nothing Special, Doesn't Have To be Large Or Filled With Fine Features...Just Want To Own Something, Anything In Maine."  The need to just own something in Maine is a strong one.  Motivation?  If all heck broke loose where John or Jane Real Estate Buyer live now, they have a small parcel of land or a second home to retreat to in a hurry. Recreational value of local property is extremely high while the price tag for it is incredible low in comparision  to where the buyer hangs his hat at the end of the day now. Property is so inexpensive compared to the rest of the world that buyers feel like a kid in a candy store.  They want to, and can buy multiple properties due to the real estate dollar's buying power in Maine!      Last week close... 08/14/2008

Neat how technology links you to the events as they happen! Local drive Lucas Grant is in the top nine..the winner of the local Houlton Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race 2008!  Proud of the parents and driver...and in a small town, everyone knows the folks they are cheering, hooting for.  Here is the link for live streaming of the big world series of racing in Akron Ohio!  Houlton Maine has been the site of the largestr local race in the country five years in a row!  Go Lucas Grant!  For local derby program visit website.  Lucas Grant and Sara Heath are in Akron Ohio for the week.  Here is the live link address...its a long one but to make sure you get it all  http://media.myfoxcleveland.com/livestreaming/FF_NEWS_CHAT_B.html  07/26/2008

Houlton Maine...with under 7000 population is a vibrant community found at the beginning of I-95 In Aroostook County.  Next door to the Atlantic provinces of Canada, the quality of life with clean air, unpolluted water and low population add to the beauty of 4 season living.  Recreational opportunties abound whether your fancy is paddling lazily around a nearby lake, or hiking the steepest trail Abol on Mt Katahdin at Baxter State Park or playing the challenging Houlton Community Golf Course.  Enjoy the local McGill's Community Band playing most thursday nights behind Cary Library in a special outdoor amphitheatre offering a chance to meet the local population  of down to earth, hardworking individuals.  You come for the day and may stay a life time.  Houlton Maine has superior schools ... 07/23/2008

 Video for the 208 Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race has been posted...the winners imaged...but the rest of the scenes....they are parked here! Fun with the family in spirited down hill soap box derby race on "Derby Hill" at Community Park in Houlton Maine.  Over 50 racers in this year's gravity race...up to 172 in previous years as new groups of kids enter the racing circuit from around Aroostook, Washington and Penobscot County Maine!  The Houlton Maine race was the largest in the country 5 years running...pretty awesome for a town of 6700 and an area spread out over Northern Maine.  It is an example of the kind of people..the type of parents that live here. Volunteers, family oriented...giving kids an event to be proud of with tons of local community spirit!  Here are some of the hi... 07/22/2008

A Maine REALTOR cares about his community with fierce pride.  He or she is involved in the civic organizations, local events and has a volunteer heart as big as the Pine Tree State.  Home grown involvement makes the local flavor of Maine towns special.  These three videos show you a taste of that local flavor...Maine REALTORS capture it..package it, broadcast it thru blogs, podcasts, vidcasts, website placement and videos thru the many options available. Maine..the way life should be. Just now it is not a secret or known by just the locals.  Spread the word, beat the drum for how vibrant your home town is!   Local Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race!                                                                                Local 4 Day 4th Of July Celebration & Fair In Houlton Maine ... 07/17/2008

Northeast of Baxter Park and Katahdin lies the Houlton Region. Part wooded wilderness, part agricultural landscape, this region stretches from Sherman Mills in the south, up through Houlton and the end of the Interstate, then due north to Mars Hill. Most of the towns in this region are located on or near the Interstate and Rte. 1 and the lakes most populated with properties are generally the smaller ones that are closer to the towns. Spaulding Lake and Timoney Lake are 116 and 55 acres respectfully - quite small comparatively - but generally have properties listed for sale on them. Conversely, the northern reach of East Grand Lake, which bumps into this region and is one of Maine's largest lakes, usually has properties for sale. Also check out Small, Pleasant, and Mattawamkeag lakes and... 07/17/2008

     Aroostook Internet, Fairpoint DSL (formerly Verizon), Pioneer Wireless, GWI, and a slew of other high speed internet options exist in Houlton Maine & Southern Aroostook.  Maine in general is pretty savvy when it comes to offering fast internet service in remote areas you would not expect to be able to log on without the standard pokey dial up option.  Make sure to do a site evaluation if you plan to telecommute to your regular job on line where you live now in the move to Maine.  And BEFORE you buy a particular spot of real estate in Maine.  The terrain and mean even removing a limb or tree will not yield the high speed you desire! Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Houlton Maine & Aroostook County Real Estate & Area Information Links 07/13/2008

You have shelled out a tidy sum for new windows and  new siding with insulation board added underneath.  You have updated heating systems, added new insulated doors..you are all set right? No...many Maine homes or business property that are one floor have no hatch or a small opening to access the attic.  What is in your attic in this Northern state that needs to be added to for insulation? Make the opening in a closet ceiling...and beef up what is there..heat rises remember? And around a chimney, there may be a gap causing a major draft. Don't just lay insulation over that gap..seal it off..put gasket insulation into the crevice in the attic and in the cellar to stop the draft.  Duct tape and seal off the heat loss and make a blanket of 2 feet of insulation in that attic before next win... 07/12/2008

Warm weather, sunny skies and lots of local community effort to make the Houlton 4th of July fun, safe and offering something for everyone! Parades, fireworks,animal exhbits, truck pulls, mud runs, concerts, rides, food, demolision derbies, shows, and mingling with your neighbors at "midnight madness" retail shopping just part of what the 4th of July is all about. The Houlton Fair works hard all year long on this event. Over $200,000 invested. Maine is "Vacationland" and more and more out of towners settle in to the Houlton venue for the state fair.  Watch the video on the event here at this link  below....   http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=AeXxiY0ZmpY! Maine..the way life should be! Visit www.houltonfair.com For All The Events! 07/07/2008

Great weather, super local community involvement.  That is small town, home made family fun.  Most of the local folks working on some aspect of the 4th of July in Houlton Maine which adds to the involvement and home town pride.  Parades, fireworks, animal exhibits, horse shows, beano, rides, food...food and more food.  Visiting with alumni home for school reunions, catching up with relatives you bump into, watching the demolish derby.  Houlton Maine's state fair is one big operation.  Over $200,000 invested and runs for 4 days1 The entire Southern Aroostook area takes part..starting with "Midnight Madness" retail business sales town wide! Great job Houlton Fair Committee that starts today on work for next years event..booking shows, performers, brainstorming on what went right, where th... 07/07/2008

     Neat website to check out that shows you July 4th fireworks from different areas around the country.  Can't be in New York for the 4th?  Go on line, hooked to your 52" wide screen and take in the hundreds of thousand dollar show put on around the nation!  Ahhh..the internet and ability to go boldly where no one with a mouse in their right hand has gone before..all from the comfort of your home sweet home.  Check out the fireworks in Boston MA, New York NY, Washington DC, Philadelphia PA and San Francisco CA at the EveryScape website!  The site is neat to scope out...and you can become an "Escape Artist" making sure your home town or city is represented on line the way it should be. Visit www.houltonfair.com for all the events from mudruns, truck pulls, horse shows, demolision derby... 07/03/2008

As a Jimmy Olsen cub reporter  or a Clark Kent that doubles as a full time real estate broker, your job is to capture and post area information.  You as a broker feed the local portal to the world thanks to the internet.  Within ten minutes of the news event, it is posted and everyone who cares about your home town sees it.  Nothing the NBC News would need to cover but news to local folks around the area.  They saw smoke and wondered what's that all about.  In small towns, no local TV outlet to capture and post.  But with video camera, you can post it.  Not just the parades, local ball or hockey teams and listings you have for sale.  Capture the local flavor of your area and in this case, see the Houlton Fire Department in action.  Offer to feed it to the nearest TV station which in Hou... 07/02/2008

     You finished your second cup of black coffee as the sun rises...off to the barn to throw some hay down for the small critters you are raising.  Your partner is getting up too and fixing breakfast and you have plans if the weather cooperates to climb on the old John Deere B tractor to pull a plow thru the back five acre field. If you get rained out, there is a box stall door needing repair and a long list from the job jar to tackle.  Jack up the settling porch. Fix the fence charger. Head to town for parts. This is Maine farming. No extra money to hire out the chores, repairs, updates.  You can do it. You become a bit of a mechanic, part gambler, a half baked carpenter but all with the satisfaction of working the good earth.  You burn wood from the sections out back that are studded... 06/30/2008

     Thinking about expanding a business in Aroostook County Maine? Or starting one? Look into the economic advantages with the Aroostook County Empowerment Zone!  The Northern Maine Development Commission is an Aroostook agency that helps educated business people on new programs the federal, state and local goverment's offer in Aroostook County.  Together, Northern Maine is growing and becoming know as the best place on earth to live, work and play! For more on all the resources and areas NMDC works, visit their website!  For Southern Aroostook area information and help with development visit the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce and The Southern Aroostook Development Corporation MAINE REALTOR ANDREW MOOERS - HOULTON /AROOSTOOK COUNTY REAL ESTATE & AREA INFORMATION 06/28/2008

Is pulling into a lake lot cottage with full bath, microwave, satelite tv and video games for the kids your idea of "camping"? Or is hiking with a 60 pound back pack up into a remote tent site and drinking hot black coffee at sunrise in the woods your desire?  Or something in between?  The word camping is wide in meaning for folks making the trek to Maine this summer.  Some "campers" strap on cross country skis, and shoe shoe thru ice and snow to a summit of a mountain to crawl into a tent with gas heater. No power, no people, just the wide open Maine outdoors.  Depending on your age and stamina, camping can mean many things to Maine bound real estate buyers. Over and over I hear the comment that "we just want to get away..feel cramped and crowded where we live now".  Maine countryside... 06/28/2008

     The weather turned out super, over 50 drivers raced down Derby Hill in Houlton Maine June 21st! And the winner of the Stock division was Sara Heath..for Super Stock Lucas Grant came out on top! Safe race, families helps the drivers and a big party afterward at Community Park!  Watch the You Tube video for more action and imagery from the big race!  Maine Realtor Andrew Mooers' Property And Area Information 06/22/2008

Does your son or daughter have to tote a taser to a school that has 2400 kids in the graduating class alone?  One of the top three reasons to move to Maine is the high quality educational system, small class sizes (70 in the graduating class) and a friendly community helping raise those children.  A happy childhood full of love and confidence building events is a given in Maine. No taser, no drugs dogs, no metal detector. Simple family oriented lifestyle. Couple the school atmosphere with low cost housing and areas where white tail deer out number the local population of people, and you have the right place to live, work and play.  Maine's outdoor unspoiled 4 season beauty awaits you...Maine...the way life should be.  Come for a vacation and stay a life time! For a visitor's package of ... 06/19/2008

Promotion of the area you live in.  It starts with the thoughts and perceptions in your head.Do you figure you lack some man made attraction like Disney Land or a major league baseball or other franchise team, etc and that you have nothing to toot your horn about?  Sometimes what you don't have is what you promote.  This is the way it is in Northern Maine...what we don't have..tons of people and traffic. No pollution. The folks that live here are friendly, we don't lock doors, we don't have crime.  What we do have is unspoiled 4 season beauty..crystal clean lakes, miles of rolling fields and forest, plenty of wildlife, and scenery like no other place.  Capture the beauty and let others see it.  Share it. Create a photostream of what you do have but also push what you don't have that is ... 06/13/2008

     Get a big fat crayon, and circle September 6th a bunch of times...for the Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood Comedy Show coming to Houlton Maine.  Stars of the hit show "What's My Line Anyway" will entertain at the Millar Civic Center as one more comedy act hits Houlton Maine in a string of top performers with the likes of "Larry the Cable Guy" and others! Visit the Houlton Maine State Fair site at www.houltonfair.com for all the details.  While you are in there seeing about tickets to the comedy show...take a gander at all the events around the 4th in Houlton.  This July offers Midnight Madness shopping promotions with local merchants, the state's largest fireworks display, animal, car and exhibit competition, Demolishing Derby, truck pulls, a midway of family orient rides and way way ... 06/10/2008

Many areas with population centers have many zip codes for the same city or large town. But in Houlton Maine and Aroostook County zip codes mean something different. For example, Houlton's 04730 zip covers all of Houlton that is six miles by six miles in size geographically. AND you get parts of the town of Littleton...to the north. Some of the northern section of Littleton Maine spills into 04760 which is the post office jurisdiction of Monticello Maine. To the west of Houlton you get Hammond, Ludlow, to the south into Hodgdon, Linneus, etc. So when someone says you are looking for a home on such and such an address with the Houlton Maine 04730 zip, don't assume it is actually in Houlton. For years everything from RFD 1 and up which at least helped the reader know oh...that is out the ... 06/08/2008