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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of visiting the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY.  Having a Bachelor's in Fine Arts, this was truly a treat to see their home and barn in-person as this is where some of their most famous paintings were created.What does the Pollock-Krasner House have to do with Feng Shui and predecessor energy? It's a great example for sharing how Feng Shui goes beyond just moving furniture and artwork selection. Predecessor energy referrers to the history of a space and investigate the type of energetic imprint placed onto the aura of a home, workspace, and objects.    Stepping into the farm home and barn of Pollock and Krasner, you could truly sense the energy of both. I literally got chills down my back (in a good way) and felt so inspired! It was very su...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
East Hampton NY Feng Shui Home Assessment Times for home or business assessments are typically 1 hour First: An on site interview is provided to help gain an understanding about the history of that space and previous occupants.  Ms. Cerrano would also like understand the key intentions for why you are seeking to live or work in that given location. Second: Laura will due a walk through of the entire space as to read the energy and use the Ba-gua to assess the flow of energy.  She will also point out any major areas of “Feng Shui” concern, if any. Third: Once the on-site assessment has been completed, you will receive a 3-9 page assessment summary recapping all major areas of your potential new home or business to be mindful of. Home or Apartment Feng Shui Assessment: $170.00 (one hour m...
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By Jackie Connelly-Fornuff, "Moving at The Speed of YOU!"
(Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Babylon NY)
  1st Annual Tee-Off for Our Teens Golf Invitational East Hampton NY When: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Where: Maidstone Club, East Hampton, NY Only eighty golfers will have the opportunity to play on one of the world’s top-ranked and country’s oldest courses, while enjoying spectacular views overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.  Registration begins at 11am, with a shotgun start at 1pm.  Following play, participants are invited to enjoy a lobster dinner and live auction featuring playing opportunities on America’s top courses. Individual player spots are available beginning at $1,250 and foursomes at $4,500 each. Sponsorship opportunities are available.  Field is limited to 80 golfers, reserve your spot today by contacting MaryAlice O’Connor at moconnor@licadd.org or calling 516.747.2606 ext....
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui love for Food by Feng Shui Long Island NY This New York Long Island based Feng Shui consultant loves to eat.  This was a recent dish I ate while visiting eastern on Long Island near Montauk and the Hamptons.  This was one of the best Ahi Tuna meals I have had, absolutely delicious! What made the food taste even better was the presentation.  In Feng Shui we always promote presenting your living and working space create excellent energy flow within those spaces.  Yes, you can do the very same when cooking and presenting food to guests.  My mother Carole Provenzale would refer to this as "cooking with love."  It really does make a huge difference.  Bon appetit        Feng Shui LI *Carole Provenzale was a Certified Feng Shui Consultant who graduated from the Country's very first S...
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By Jill Sackler, LI South Shore Real Estate - Broker Associate
(Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc. 516-575-7500)
"FOR SALE" SIGN RESTRICTIONS   Found on the south fork of eastern Long Island, is a collection of small towns collectively known as "the Hamptons." Recently, a debate on sign uniformity has popped up. Village officials in East Hampton, specifically, are considering imposing stricter requirements on the real estate community in an attempt to make their town more attractive. While Westhampton already has the requirement that every real estate sign be white, with blue lettering, East Hampton has abandoned the color proposal. However, the next public hearing sometime in March will be discussing signs with specific dimensions that are not even large enough to allow for the selling agent's name and cell phone number. In the future, consideration will also be given as to where and how the sign...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
sweet and simple: Enjoy your day off! by New York Feng Shui consultant Laura Cerrano Laura Cerrano Feng Shui Li consultant Wishing you all a happy Memorial Day.  Enjoy this excellent New York day with friends, family, and loved ones.  Summer is here!! Feng Shui Long Island NY in New York Feng Shui Long Island Fan Page on Facebook *Carole Provenzale has been a Certified Feng Shui Consultant since graduating from the Country's very first School for Feng Shui Studies that was licensed and accredited in 1997. Carole provides on site Feng Shui Consultations Long Island NY, Queens New York and New York City -Hamptons NY. Feng Shui Manhattan in New York City Feng Shui Manhattan Fan Page on FacebookConnect with Laura Cerrano on Facebook New York Feng Shui Manhattan New York City Manhattan NYC C...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
A friend of mine recently applied for a home loan modification, and ultimately was denied for having too much equity in her home... but that's another story.  What I want to share is this.  She always paid her taxes and homeowner's insurance herself.  After she was denied the modification, she decided to refinance the house at a lower interest rate.  After spending what seemed like forever on paperwork for the bank, she was approved and on her was to closing.  Here's the interesting part, apparently, since she applied for a home loan modification, it somehow kicked in that her mortgage company paid her taxes for December.  She also, not being aware of this, paid her taxes for December.  So, when she went to get her closing dollar amount, it was nearly $4,000 more than what she anticipat...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
My son, Logan just turned five years old as many of you know.  And he is a lovely polite boy, very well mannered (if I do say so myself).  And one thing he loves is psghetti.  He insists on twirling the fork into the spoon to get a nice sized ball of psghetti.  The only thing is, well, it's a little messy.  He's an adorable boy under all that sauce.
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
I apologize in advance to all photographers for posting a picture that is far less superior than it could have been.  I took this photo through the glass and screen of my bedroom window, rather than opening them to get a clean shot.  But, have some compassion for me, it's 29-degrees outside!  :)
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
I was just reading the online  REALTOR® Mag which states that sellers have a better chance of selling their houses by using a REALTOR®.  HomeGain.com did a survey of 1,000 homeowners; nearly 60% were successful selling their home with a REALTOR® as compared to the 39% that were FSBO's.  The survey found that 83% of the surveyed used a REALTOR® while 17% tried to sell it on their own.  According to NAR's 2010 Profile of Buyers and Sellers, 88% of buyers were assisted by a real estate agent. “It is especially striking that home owners fare significantly better in selling their homes using a REALTOR®  than selling on their own,” says Louis Cammarosano, general manager at HomeGain. “Due to that relative success, the level of satisfaction in the home selling process is also higher for home s...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
Today is my son's fifth birthday.  He hasn't stood still long enough for me to take a picture of him.  But I'll share a cute one, or two of him before he suddenly became King of the Castle, LOL.  He thinks he rules the roost today... and I suppose we'll let him.  Just for today.  He's so easily pleased with just a few activities and presents.  I love that about him.
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
I heard that Facebook has been changing their privacy settings without letting the Facebook user know about it.  A friend of mine said she saw a news report recently that looked into this and it turns out, even if you delete your account, you still have to delete each photo you uploaded one at a time or they are in Facebook cyberspace.   Check your privacy setting on occasion as a precautionary measure, so that your information is seen only by those who have your permission.   A teacher was fired from her job when she complained about her students on Facebook, thinking it was only going to be seen by friends.  But instead, because her settings had been changed without her knowledge, the world got to see it and she was thusly fired. Please feel free to add any information you've heard on...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
Today there were a lot of open house cancellations due to the weather.  I don't think many of us expected to have to brush three or more inches off of our cars this morning.  We're right on the border at 31-degrees this afternoon.  The snow has stopped.  Some beautiful powder has donned the bushes and trees.
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
When House-Hunting Is a Wild Ride This is a fun article to read.  It was in the New York Times this morning, discussing what an agent does to show houses in the snow.  It includes bringing them to properties on horseback when the 4-wheel drive fails, that she has snow shoes, skis, and snowboards at the ready for her customers.  It's really a good read.  Heck, she even takes her customers to sign the contract in a horse drawn carriage (with ice skates, too!)
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
I was just reading an RIS Media article describing what the difference between those who are successful in today's market and those who aren't.  Toward the end of the article it discussed having a positive attitude, which clicked with me and made me want to write this blog post. To keep it short and sweet, we can go around complaining about how difficult this market is and how much the banks suck, etc.  It's all over the news, in the papers, on the web... it's difficult to get away from the negative news.  So, I think we should speak more of our success stories; of the deals and short sales that go through, the buyer with questionable credit who got the mortgage, and the sellers who ARE listening to the comps and pricing their houses correctly. Attitudes are contagious.  There's nothing...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
I know a lot of people are struggling financially and, when selling their home, are opting NOT to list their home with a REALTOR because they don't want to pay the commission.  But, let me caution you against this. First of all, it is a statistic that homeowners make MORE money on average when they use a REALTOR.  Secondly, there is so much inventory out there, you need the proper representation to make your house stand out and be shown. REALTORS will put your listing in their MLS database or similar database for all agents in your community to see.  So, when a buyer walks in to Agency B and describes a house with features similar to your home, you will get a phone call for a showing.   REALTORS will advertise your home in local newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet.  Most home sea...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
My darling son, Logan, soon to be five years old this month.  He's lost both of his bottom front teeth.   Sorry the pictures are so dark.  It was getting late.  You can see Logan here simply trying to walk through the deep snow.  Poor thing can hardly make a dent before falling on his bottom.
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
Celebrity Real Estate Padma Lakshmi Sees What's Cooking in $11 Million Village Condo   Share 91     Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Is the East Village no place to raise a family? First Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher announce plans to ditch Astor Place now that The Donald's daughter is knocked up, and today the Post's Jennifer Gould Keil reports that Top Chef hostess Padma Lakshmi—currently going through a very public custody battle—is thinking about following suit. Lakshmi, whose bio also includes stints as a model, cookbook author and wife of Salman Rushdie, owns a drool-worthy $1.65 million loft on Second Street near Avenue B. Even if Alphaville is out, Keil reports that Lakshmi still wants to keep things below 14th Street. She has been spotted checking out "multi...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Are You Afraid to Be Successful? RISMEDIA, February 3, 2011—In my 14-plus years of coaching real estate agents to be successful, I have uncovered that many people have a deep-seated fear of success. When I probe for the reasons behind this fear of success, the pattern is very similar. The clients that I work with who are afraid to be successful often had situations in their childhood that caused them to retreat. There were hostile environments, turmoil, chaos and fighting, and the individual did the only safe thing to do, which was to withdraw and form the belief that it’s really not safe to be visible. Along with that, other core beliefs that were formed were: it’s not safe to express my feelings; it’s not safe to be myself; it’s not safe to succeed. ...
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By Kimberly A Norgard
(Devlin McNiff Halstead Real Estate)
...The seller and their children being home during a showing.  Now I know this sounds harsh.  And as a mother myself, I know we think our young ones are absolutely adorable.  But when it comes to selling your home, you should take the kids somewhere while the house is being shown. I think my almost five year old is the most polite boy in the world, though he thinks passing gas is funny.  Kids are unpredictable and you don't want something they do or say be the main thing the potential buyer remembers about the house. Children are distracting no matter how well behaved they are.  The buyers will be polite, but probably annoyed by the distraction.  They are there to focus on the house.  When you sell your house, you want it devoid of most things personal, that also means you and your fami...
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