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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Besides providing Feng Shui Consultations, Reiki Healing sessions and more, I've been playing for local bands based out of Long Island, Brooklyn and New York City. I had the pleasure of joining forces with Dan Strauss and Zigline to perform at Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem, NY on Wednesday night (April 17th, 2024). The evening was filled with soothing eclectic experimental sounds featuring Dan Strauss as the lead vocalist on guitar, Todd Rogers on violin, Raymond Russel on bass and myself, Laura Cerrano on percussion. To watch a live recording of our performance you can click on this link, Dan Strauss and Zigline at Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem, NY. Enjoy!P.s. this is an example of living the Feng Shui lifestyle.  In this case, it was planting a seed of an idea that brought j...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Have you ever resented or hated your home? This is a topic in the Feng Shui community not often spoken about, but is extremely important to be aware of. Occupants who resent or hate their home enable huge levels of unsettling energy that have the potential to engulf the entire home if gone unchecked. The intention of this article is to bridge science, practicality and a simple Space Clearing healing ritual to realign your home and self with harmonizing frequencies of love, compassion and peace. Read the full article by visiting: How Does Resenting and Hating My Home Affect The Energy?I'm working on a second article to offer an example of this situation to provide more context. 
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By Aimee Aballo, “Get it Done Gal”
(LoKation Real Estate)
Yes, but how??? I have not been in the business long enough to get word of mouth referrals.  The only listing I ever got, was my next door neighbor, and my manager STOLE the listing from me for himself!  He made me do all of the work, actually, OFFERED that I could do all of the work to get buyers, and he got the sale side.  Luckily for me, I worked my buns off and got a direct buyer so I got paid.  I do mailings, blah blah... but I can't seem to get any LISTINGS, not even a nibble! Come on, Active Rain, share your secrets... I work with a ton of buyers, have been hounded by lead generating companies, have five websites, place legal 'generic' or 'puller' ads, and have gotten plenty of TIRE KICKERS...I've done GOOGLE Words, GOOGLE AdSense, I've done it all.  Persistence pays, but not thi...
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By Toronto For Sale By Owner
(HomesByOwner of Toronto)
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 5.5 percent last month, the biggest gain since July 2003. The National Association of Realtors on Friday said that sales of existing home rose to a 5.18 million-unit annual rate from the 4.91 million-unit pace set in August.  The median national home price declined 9 percent from a year ago to $191,600, the lowest level since April 2004. Sales jumped 16.8 percent in the West, while rising 4.4 percent in the Midwest and 2.2 percent in the South. In the Northeast, sales fell 1.2 percent. Sales of single-family homes, which represent the lion's share of the market, rose 6.2 percent. Sales of condominiums held steady.  
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
A New York Feng Shui Consultant-And Some FAME   A huge principle in Feng Shui is simply "Get your NAME out to the Universe."  Something we do all the time now on websites, blogs, and the business cards and market materials we give out. We also address the area of FAME which is also our REPUTATION at home and our offices.  We can do it with the INTENTION of getting our name "out there" and it's an important area to address. The area of Fame means:  How you are known to the world and how you would LIKE to be KNOWN.   The color that ignites Fame is the element of FIRE, RED.  If we're doing a retail space it would be a good place to put our licenses there but also think about how you would LIKE to be known.  As a wonderful father, mother, wife are also ways many of us are known.  The Black ...
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By B River Holdings, LLC
(B River Holdings, LLC)
This is a conceptual idea on how to create a profitable commercial lender while protecting all parties involved. There are four separate groups that would need to be aligned to make this work but if you were able to put all four together it would create large revenues for each one. The four parties that need to be aligned are:Commercial Lender- Take in the transactions from a retail perspective, validate transaction through due diligence, writes the loan and table fund it. Generates fee revenue at closing & YSP from the sale of the loan.LC Provider- Would provide the credit lines to the Commercial Lender, generates profits from loaning out funds on short term basisInsurance Company- Insure the loans AA or higher rated, generates profits from the premium collectedLoan Servicer- Services...
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By B River Holdings, LLC
(B River Holdings, LLC)
What is the real difference between Equity Financing & Debt Financing?By definition debt financing is: When a firm raises money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling bonds, bills, or notes to individual and/or institutional investors. In return for lending the money, the individuals or institutions become creditors and receive a promise to repay principal and interest on the debt.By definition equity financing is: The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation.Debt financing is what I like to call collateral intensive and is backed by the credit of the individuals/businesses that are borrowing money. T...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
What I LOVE about being a Feng Shui Consultant in New York I was tagged not long ago by the lovely Julie Neerings Julie Neerings~Lifting Hearts ♥ Building Dreams~Utah REALTOR®   to write about what I LOVE about my profession.  From Home Staging to Home Inspection to Real Estate Agents to Feng Shui Consultants I believe we ALL have a love (and in my case a bit of a fascination) with HOMES-and care very much about the PEOPLE who live in them. Having realized through working in Wholistic Health that not only the Energy of your BODY but the Energy of your surroundings can have a huge impact on your life, it all made sense to me.  From the very first time I heard of Feng Shui I knew it was something I HAD to learn.   What makes my profession so special to me?  There are the CLIENTS first and...
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By Aimee Aballo, “Get it Done Gal”
(LoKation Real Estate)
I don't know if I'll ever get used to the game of pricing, offers,  BLAH BLAH BLAH "If you want a price of A, then you better ask for more, because buyers always want to pay less, and then you won't get what you are asking." But if you overprice, or 'buy listings" as we call it, then you are getting buyers in the wrong price point!  It is very annoying to me to have to play the 'game'.  Have you ever had an offer that was accepted without negotiation?  Is it really an art, or just a P**SING contest?
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui Facts:  Stopping a Consultation is NOT a Good Idea! Whether I'm in Manhattan having a Feng Shui Consultation on site or doing a distance one over the phone, we come across all different kinds of people.  We have the ones who are my favorite-ready for inspiration, light and CHANGE to come into their lives and they look forward to making the changes.  We also have Feng Shui Clients who don't realize that the changes that will occur with Feng Shui will be different for EVERYONE.  No two people are alike, no two homes are alike....changes can happen like a whirlwind overnight or be more of a process that may take some time. Knowing in the process of Feng Shui and believing in it will help you either way.  If I have a client that wants what they want NOW after a consultation, they ...
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By -- Casey Brischle, Spokane Home Loan Mortgage Professional
(Columbia Bank)
After graduating from the University of Oregon, a good friend of mine moved to Seattle to begin his career.  An avid UO Duck football fan, he found it frustrating to find a local bar to watch his Alama Mater play on Saturday.  He knew he couldn't be the only one, so he developed: University of Oregon graduate Ryan Lewis '02  founder of www.FanSpan.com has a solution. www.FanSpan.com gives sports fans the opportunity to search for a local, fan-friendly sports environment to watch their favorite teams.  The website locates and categorizes these bars/restaurants as watch sites, and identifies them by the teams and sports they associate themselves with.     Lewis says, "Our vision for FanSpan.com is to connect sports fans in both a virtual environment as well as a physical one.  With FanSpa...
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By Aimee Aballo, “Get it Done Gal”
(LoKation Real Estate)
It drives me crazy when agents try to make a listing look better through distorted photos, or exaggerated features.  Don't tell me it's a 2 bedroom when the room is 8x9 and can barely fit a desk and chair!  Let's work together to find our clients what they really want and not waste everyone's time.  If your property boasts outdoor space, get it right!  For those of you not familiar with New York City construction, a 'terrace' is a set back patio because the building gets skinnier as it is built higher.  Traditional penthouses were built on the rooftops and were surrounded by a 'set back terrace'.  If i have a client who wants a terrace and your listing really has a BALCONY, it drives me mad!  Balconies are built sticking out of a building and usually have one above and below and typical...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui in New York--With a Side of Inspiration. What an exciting journey life can be!  We were taught so many things growing up, to be polite, to respect others, to go to school and get good grades.  We weren't taught some very important things, probably because they are only learned through the school of "hard knocks."  I must have been absent that day but life lessons and challenges presented themselves and through the years I've learned how to (hopefully) best deal with this wonderful life gift we have been given. Try some Feng Shui Inspiration on "those" days: WITH THE FLOW GO:       Things are not going to always go in the way we would like.  Actually quite often they will go in the opposite direction from what we expected the outcome to be.  It's not what presents itself to us ...
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By BILL CHERRY, Broker & Wealth Coach
(Bill Cherry, Realtor)
For a number of years I traveled back and forth from Houston to New York City, doing business primarily with the fashion industry.  My purpose was to prospect them as tenants for retail outlet malls.  Parenthetically, it was fun.  I got to meet and know well many of the stars of the industry -- ones whose designs are named after them. While I loved the general excitement of Manhattan and all of it facets, I did my best to make sure that on each trip I did something different...something to make the trip have an expectation of excitement. I was waiting for my barber in his shop one afternoon in Houston.  I picked up an Architectural Digest that was on the table, and began thumbing through it.  Lo and behold, there was a story with many photos of a young designer and his partner who had c...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
A New York Feng Shui Consultant AND a Roving Reporter Feng Shui in Manhattan.  Feng Shui on Long Island.  THIS is what I do and have been doing for well over a decade.  But lately I have noticed something else...I HAVE BEEN TURNING IN TO THE ROVING REPORTER! It's not MY fault.....Blame it on Activerain!!  Having signed on so long ago after being on other blog sites, I discovered AR.  I was on EBlogger, Ezines, Selfgrowth and many other online publications.  And as a Feng Shui Consultant I was ONLY writing about Feng Shui. Activerain changed all that.  I believe it was one of the very first posts I read that advised me to ALWAYS CARRY MY CAMERA.  I didn't have a good one at the time but a trip to B & H in Manhattan changed all that.  I came out with a lot of help, a great price and a won...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Central Park AGAIN?  Well, yes and no.  I was in Central Park in Manhattan not long ago when they were celebrating their 150th anniversary!  A beautiful day (and a post to follow) but there is just ONE shot I wanted to show you: I loved the huge balloon and many other things scattered throughout the Park to commemorate this occasion.  And was struck by this fountain as well....I later found out it is the oldest fountain in Central Park.  I thought it was beautiful and that I must have passed it before---It looks so familiar. There are so MANY fountains in Central Park but this one was nagging at me.  Feng Shui Consultants LOVE fountains and use them and recommend them to our clients for certain ‘cures' and reasons.  They even make tiny desktop fountains now that run on batteries they ha...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
New York City-Manhattan---A Feng Shui Consultant's Day.... The San Gennaro Feast in Manhattan is something I NEVER miss.  I know some people LOVE New York City....and others are not so fond of it!  The San Gennaro Feast runs every year and is the oldest, largest and best known Italian Feast.  St. San Gennaro is the patron Saint of Naples and people come from all over the world each year to attend this festival.  Feast of San Gennaro 1.5 million attended this year.  Laura Cerrano and I accounted for two of those : )  If you can't stand crowds, noise or unpredictable weather, this is not something you would enjoy.  In fact I was dismayed to hear from one of my AR friends that last years post-when not a DROP of rain was predicted but we had a heavy and unrelenting downpour is the way I wil...
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
The USS Intrepid was towed to its home at Pier 86 in Manhattan from Staten Island yesterday after being moved to undergo almost $120 million worth of repairs and improvements. The interior of the ship has been completely renovated.     The World War II-era aircraft carrier made its way through New York Harbor, passing the World Trade Center site and the Statue of Liberty along the way. 400 guests and former crew members attended while hundreds of New Yorkers greeted the ship with waving American flags along the west side of Manhattan. The Intrepid had served as a sea, air and space museum for 24 years at its Manhattan dock before it sailed away in December 2006 for an overhaul. The Intrepid floating museum is scheduled to reopen on November 8th. The Intrepid is also a unique venue avail...
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By Peter Ciurczak
(REMAX Diamond Realtors - The Luz Group)
Avenel NJ - Commuters Delight -- price recently reduced to $359,950 !! (edit/delete) Don't miss viewing this spacious, updated Colonial close to major highways and walking distance to the train in Avenel NJ.  Enjoy the sun drenched living room with the bay window that easily flows to the dining area and into the 2 yr young kitchen.  The kitchen is complete with corian counter, ceramic backsplash, tile floor and more !! Call today for a viewing appointment: Peter Ciurczak - REMAX Diamond Realtors (908) 391-4528 http://www.pciurczak.remax-nj.com pciurczak@remax.net  
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
The new Museum of Arts and Design, which occupies a 54,000-square-foot space at 2 Columbus Circle, opened today.Its permanent exhibit contains more than 2,000 objects, including the largest collection of contemporary jewelry in the country.This weekend, the museum will be free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.The museum is housed in the former "Lollipop Building" that for the longest time was covered in scaffolding. It had the nickname The Lollipop building because it's Venetian inspired vertical palazzo had perforated port like holes at the base - hence lollipops. One of New York's most photographed buildings it never received landmark status. It has been on the National Historic Trust's 100 most endangered sites on earth. For years preservationists have been fighting to s...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Central Park New York. Who Doesn't Love it? The Complete Guide to Central Park and Central Park Zoo For those that have visited I always find they want to go back; for those who haven't yet seen it, it's an absolute treasure!  The "Gem of New York City." As a Manhattan Feng Shui Consultant I spend a lot of time in the Park because I love it--and you never know WHAT you're going to find. They are ALL highly rated in Zagats and a trip to New York City has to include at least one of these on your itinerary.  ZAGAT: Ratings & Reviews for New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco ... Inside most Gems is another treasure and Central Park has one of mine-A Manhattan legendary restaurant called "Tavern on the Green."  Tavern On The Green The ambiance is pure elegance and though it's difficult to get...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui-- Real Estate and Home Staging.  Two ‘jobs' that seem very different but are more interconnected then most people realize.  I have been asked so many times what it's like to be a Feng Shui consultant and while I can't speak for others, I CAN tell you what it's like to be THIS Feng Shui Consultant. While we may get calls for very different reasons (my calls can range anywhere from someone seeking more money, enhanced health, feeling "stuck" and homes where my clients are seeing and hearing things) we are also called quite often by people who's homes have been on the market for a long time or those wishing to purchase a new home or condo that they feel will support them in life-they want another perspective to a place they will not only love but will be successful in. If the cal...
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