I know this photo is pretty BAD but there's a really GOOD reason for that! We had 3 offers on this house within 4 days of it being listed - SOOOOO I never got to retake the exterior photo or to take ANY interior photos!   This deal was a real pleasure - both the sellers and the buyers were gracious, appreciative and NICE.  So the house was priced really well and closed at $815,000 on April 1, 2011 with NO glitches! Congratulations to all the happy parties!   122 East 17th Street, North Beach Haven, Long Beach Island New Jersey 04/05/2011

Many people on LBI love to do birdwatching so I thought I would pass on this information from an article I read about How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard..... Bird watching is a popular past time that is shared by many, but what if watching your fluttering friends was as simple as peeking into your backyard?  Thanks to a few landscaping techniques, you can trade in your binoculars for a lawn chair and enjoy bird watching from the convenience and comfort of your own home.  Attracting Birds Of A Feather  If you want to attract birds to your backyard, you have to make it a place that they will be drawn to.  One way of doing this is by studying the feeding and/or nesting habits of the birds that you want to attract.  Like any other animal, birds have unique characteristics that are specif... 04/05/2011

An LBI favorite, the Dockside Diner in Spray Beach on Long Beach Island is open once again!! The diner has had a nice little face lift so go an see it for yourself (the photo above is from last year!) The food is still terrific, the staff is friendly and the atmosphere is as beachy as ever!  Breakfast was delicious today and the crowds were piling in....by 10:00 am the booths & tables were filled but there was counter seating still available.  Visit this little gem the next time you're on LBI, you WON'T be disappointed!  04/02/2011

You are one click away to the BEST Long Beach Island homes and real estate portal on the web: your single stop for finding a home in Long Beach Island. Here you can search every available home for sale in Long Beach Island. As of today there are many homes and properties for sale that are available to search. The number of homes changes daily, so be sure to keep coming back right here, to the best site for Long Beach Island homes for sale. Neighborhood Info for Long Beach Island In addition to Long Beach Island homes for sale, here you'll also find a comprehensive Long Beach Island School Report, full Long Beach Island demographics, and real estate insights second to none. Please feel free to browse the site to learn about Long Beach Island Real Estate homes for sale, and get in touch w... 03/20/2011

You are selling your house.  I list it and price it to sell.  If I told you I could get you an offer the same day which will most likely lead to a final contract for 94%-96% of your asking price, you would probably laugh out loud and wish me luck.  Well guess what.  It can happen. And it can happen in this market.  To tell you the truth, It has happened.  Now I am not going into any specifics but I want to portray to you how such an unbelievable event can go terribly wrong.  This goes for all sellers.  There is a point in talking with your Realtor that you come to terms with what is the best listing price to get to your ultimate goal.  You can't come to that realization without first figuring out what you ultimate goal is for your property. Most people can reach that point, although som... 03/15/2011

It's time to put the spot light on my dog training company instead of my Real Estate company What better way to do that than with lots of cute pictures of my dog Haze and her family and friends.  For those of you that don't know, I have spent the past 5 years learning about and practicing the art of dog training.  I have to say it is a rewarding experience.  With limited time and working so hard in real estate I do not practice full time, but I am amazed at how many people have misbehaved dogs.  I started a company called Common Scents Dog Behavioral Service.  I have been helping family and friends for years now learn some easy techniques and practices to help them regain control of their lives.  There is so much to communicating with a dog that humans don't know about.  You might be ve... 03/09/2011

Long Beach Island will be the setting of a play written by Zach Braff and will show in NYC this summer. Zach Braff's new play, All New People, will conclude New York's Second Stage Theatre's current season. The show will begin erformances on June 28 before an official opening in mid-July, according to TheatreMania.com The play takes place in the dead of winter in the summer vacation getaway of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, where Charlie, heartbroken, just wants some time away from the rest of the world, but finds his solitude is interrupted by a motley parade of misfits who show up and change his plans. Braff received both WGA and Independent Spirit Award nominations for his screenplay for the feature film Garden State. His stage credits, as a performer, include Paul Weitz's Trust at ... 03/09/2011

What are riparian rights and how can they affect my property on Long Beach Island NJ, 08008? If you own a waterfront property on Long Beach Island, chances are, you need to know the answer to this question.  Not only do you need to know this question but also a multitude of other questions: Do I have riparian rights? If so is it a grant or or a license? What are the differences between the two? If I don't have any riparian rights, is it possible that I have a tide-lands claim? What is a tidelands claim? All of these questions and more can be answered at the NJDEP Land Use web site Ring any bells?  This is the confusing stuff that most Realtors don't take the time to understand and it can severely impact the value of your property, good and bad.  So lets get down to it. (All of these ans... 03/08/2011

Everyone loves a good start to their morning. Coffee with Toast is just the way to do it.  Of course there are more complex, tastier breakfasts.  But none funnier than Coffee with Toast. Yes I am talking about a website! www.CoffeeWithToast.com As a Real Estate Agent, I have my Google Reader filled with real estate blogs.  Techsavvy agent, RealEstateTomato.com, GeekEstate, and Social media globetrotter are all ways I keep up to date on my real estate info every morning.  Sometimes I just get plain bored!  Everyone does.  So thanks to my good friend Sean Herman and a talented bro squad, I get to LOL a little bit every every morning as well.  Of course, their humor needs a welcoming ear, but what comedian doesn't?  The web site includes: Surfing Blogs featuring Sean Herman and friends Fun... 03/07/2011

Why you should list with CJ Davies I have spent hours and hours, researching and learning about the newest Real Estate Technology so that I can maximize the amount of exposure for every one of my listings.  There are so many aspects to marketing in today's real estate market, especially on Long Beach Island.  In this blog I wanted to summarize and explain everything I have been learning about and or utilizing.  I am hoping that I can get all of this written down and organized not only to help every one interested in Home sale on long beach island but to help my self put everything into one place so that I can further hone my marketing skills when it comes to direct mail and other non-web based tactics. Now I am going to hit you with a  lot of information right now, but If you live on Lo... 03/04/2011

Spring is quickly approaching, which means it's "The Wedding Season."  The Wedding Road Show of Long Beach Island (LBI) will feature Spring Weddings and planning a Spring wedding is easy with tips and advice from muliple venders participating. Get the latest in Spring Wedding ideas and insight. The Wedding Road Show taking place throughout the Long Beach Island Region on Sunday April 10, 2011 has attracted brides locally and from across the country. This complimentary self guided tour is a series of open houses that features forty chamber members who represent venues, shops and services that are directly tied to the wedding industry. There will be three registration points for brides to begin their day. The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce site, which will be headquarters for ... 03/04/2011

The entrance to Long Beach Island has been marred for almost 20 years by an unused gas station. The plot of land in Ship Bottom is located between Eighth and Ninth streets and adjacent to the end of Route 72 eastbound. After the closure of the gas station, groundwater contamination was discovered at the site. The cleanup and remediation process has been going on for 10 years. This parcel of land, located at the gateway to Long Beach Island includes two parcels which werre purchased in 2004 and in 2008. The demolishing the of building and trying to finish the remediation, which will take a couple of more months, before submitting plans probably for the April meeting of the Planning Board.  The developer of the project has said that "it's pretty much going to be an old business with a ver... 03/02/2011

What do you mean I actually have to do something to get noticed?  You think you have done all of the right things.  You have joined all of the social media networks you could possibly thing of. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Active Rain You got your self a brand new web site and put all of your listings up.  Still no one is visiting your sites, your not getting any feed back or leads.  Social Networking is useless to you That statement is completely correct if you don't know how to leverage it.  It is a very complicated thing and actually can be oerwhelming at first, especially if you aren't a computer person to begin with.  My story is similar to this.  Although I had experience with computers in the past and I knew all of the basics, I stil couldn't wrap my head around the concept of socia... 03/01/2011

Every time I think I have mastered a marketing technique, i discover another aspect of technology i need to learn about.  I mentioned in some of my previous blogs that I would keep all of my readers up to speed on my interactions with the newest technology in the real estate market.  I have mentioned in passing my new web site that should be up and running on March 15th 2011.  I have described my wrestling matches with learning how to blog, THE RIGHT WAY.  I have learned so much from researching on Active Rain and I am still trying to impliment everything. I have now stumbled upon an easy way for people to stay up to date with my blogs with out having to read anything!  All you need to do is press play and my blogs will be read to you via pod-cast word for word.  How cool is that?  Gran... 02/21/2011

A great thing about living at the Jersey Shore is you're never too far from the Atlantic Ocean.   With temperatures on the mainland at 65 degrees today, and finding 90 minutes in my schedule, it meant only one thing. Over the Causeway to Long Beach Island.  Though it was a little cooler over there, man and dog were shaking off cabin fever!   Fresh Ocean air! It's Spring at the Jersey Shore! And dogs be here!  02/17/2011

On February 19th, the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park Interpretative Center, will be holding a seminar on the winter population of seals and the work the Marine Mammal Stranding Center does to rehabilitate injured marine life. In conjunction with Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce's LBI Chocolate Week, each attendee will receive a chocolate kiss. Information: 609-494-2016 The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC)is a private non-profit organization based in Brigantine, New Jersey. Since the Center's founding in 1978, staff and volunteers have responded to over 3610 calls for stranded whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles that washed ashore on New Jersey beaches.  These animals range from a 5 lb. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle to a 25-ton Humpback Whale (both of which are endangered sp... 02/14/2011

Long Beach Island Polar Bear Plunge 2011-Super Bowl Sunday Long Beach Island, at the Jersey Shore is again the site of the 2011Polar Bear Plunge on Super Bowl Sunday, February 6 at 1pm.  We call it 'The Super Plunge'.  Registration fees benefit the Southern Regional High School Swim Teams and the St Francis Community Center.   While most Polar Bear Plunges happen on January 1, we in southern Ocean County at the Jersey Shore perfer the colder temperatures of February.  Currently Atlantic Ocean temperatures at the Jersey Shore are hovering at about 36 degrees. Trust me, that's cold! If you feel like braving the New Jersey winter and you'd like to participate in the 7th Annual Super Plunge on Long Beach Island you can still register.  Click here for the registration form. If you're not wil... 01/31/2011

A lazy day in August... What a difference a few months make! One of the many Barnegat Bay beaches on Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore! It won't be long now... 01/19/2011

Long Beach Island Region Chocolate Week is ‘chockfull' of fun things to do on the island and surrounding area from February 11th to February 20th.  Celebrate Valentines Day with romantic gift ideas; dinner, a night at a B&B, a massage, and of course, chocolates!   February 11 - Daddy O Restaurant presents Valentine Themed Wine Dinner offering 4 courses all paired with a different wine and decadent dessert.    February 12th  - The LBIF will be giving out "Chocolate Turtles".  While you're getting your chocolate fix, learn about green technology.  Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences 120 Long Beach Blvd, Loveladies.   Feb 12 - Our Gang Players present Hello Dolly featuring a chocolate themed intermission during their Saturday performance at the Ocean First Stage Performi... 01/12/2011

It's December, and I am getting back to my winter schedule.  That means my gym visit is early!  After working out,  sometimes my car knows just what I need.  I don't know how it knows, but it takes me across the Route 72 Causeway to Long Beach Island.  Just in time for the sunrise. Ship Bottom, 12/2/2010 6:55AMAt 7:00am it was just me & the gulls!It's a great day to be a REALTOR at the Jersey Shore! These pictures really don't do justice to today's (12-2-2010) sunrise in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island.  Though it's chilly, the sunrise over the Atlantic brightens my outlook and gets my day off to a great start.   Hope your day is rewarding! 12/02/2010