My Real Estate Blog
Choosing a Real Estate Agent
Choosing a new home is a challenge, you are picking the place where you are going to be spending a majority of your time for the next multiple years. Therefore you want it to be a home that is comfortable, safe and affordable. When you are choosing your home, you are going to need a [...]
Making Your Dream Home Yours
The time has come to make your new home a dream home! But wait, you need to take a step back and think over some last-minute things to do once you get the keys to the house of your dreams. Some of these are no-brainers, some that you wouldn’t even have to take a [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Life Lessons I learned from my Mother! Don’t forget to call your Mother! It’s the little things in life that truly makes us happy! A day at the beach can solve all your problems or at least lessen them for a while. Food = Love (maybe I shouldn’t have learned that one so well!) Enjoy beautiful [...]
17 Ways to increase your Home’s Curb Appeal
Spring is here & although we still have snow here in Maine, now is the time to start thinking about ways to improve your Home’s Curb Appeal. One of my favorites sites to get ideas is Houzz.com. See the link below to get more information. If you are planning to list your home this spring, [...]
Understanding Credit Scores
I recently attended a continuing education class on credit scores and I was surprised how scores are calculated. Here are a few tips I learned that may help you achieve your best scores when you are ready to apply for a mortgage. 1. Contact your Mortgage Professional who can provide you with all the fact [...]
Real Estate Resolutions
If you’re like me, the New Year always feel like a new beginning, an exciting time to get started on your resolutions/goals. We are six days into the new year & my resolutions, or I prefer to call them goals, are still fresh, but in about six weeks the excitement of succeeding at our [...]
A Fall Day in Maine
Fall in Maine is a magical time of year with it’s crisp cool days & assortment of color making every drive extra special. On Columbus Day I took one of my Favorite Day Trips to Acadia National Park to photograph the foliage atop Cadillac Mountain. These are a few of my favorites. [...]
10 Mistakes Buyers Make
Quitting your job or transferring to a new job Posting your Real Estate intentions on social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) Buying big ticket items prior to closing Making negative comments at a showing… assume you’re being recorded Finding a lender on the Internet or an out of state Lender Hiding info from your loan officer [...]
Remembering 911
Who doesn’t remember what they were doing on the September day? At the time I had a home office & my morning routine consisted of taking a walk with my dog, but that morning I had some emails & phone calls to return so I skipped my morning ritual. While I was in my [...]
Closing Costs Explained
Here is an overview of the types of closing costs you may incur when closing on your new home. Some are one-time fees, while others reoccur over the life of the loan. When you apply for your loan, you will receive a Good Faith Estimate of Settlement Charges, and a booklet that will explain these [...]
REALTOR Rally
On Wednesday, May 16th, 48 Realtors from Maine boarded a bus (sounds like the making of a song!) in our state Capitol to take the 13 hour road trip to our Nation’s Capitol to attend a Rally sponsored by the National Association of Realtors®. We arrived just outside of DC early Thursday morning & with just [...]
Super Moon over Penobscot Bay
The big talk on Cinco de Mayo was all about the “Super Moon”, this is when the moon is about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012. I have a fascination with the moon and I always strive to get that elusive shot, so we took a drive from Bangor to Bayside [...]
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