Pembroke is Touring…Lets Network, learn the market!!! get tips!! and more

Pembroke Tour

May 3rd, 2011

Meeting at Boston Connect on Schoosett Street in Pembroke

Between 9 and 9:30

We can carpool…Lunch is at Boston Connect after the tour!!

Bring Colleagues…spread the word!!! 

Great things happen when we work together!!

 

Leaving at 9:30 Sharp!

 

24 Hill Farm Road with Renee Hogan of William Raveis

 

230 Mattakeesett with Paul Sears of Tarantino Real Estate

 

95 Phillips Road shown by Renee Hogan of William Raveis

 

119 Furnace Colony listed by Boston Connect’s Trish Flynn

 

23 Bishops Path with John Green of Jack Conway

 

64 Lake Street with Maureen Mansfield of CBRB Scituate

 

18 Oakland Square Drive with Liz McCarron of CBRB Norwell

 

10 Great Rock Listed by Elaine Cole of CBRB Cohassett

 

27 Archer Ave with Joe Dooner of Tarantino Real Estate

 

234 Birch Street with Joe Dooner of Tarantino

 

90 Taylor Street with Cody Rohland of Success RE

 

801 Washington Street with Michelle Burt of Success RE

 

11 Mira Mesa with Ben and Kate of RE/Max Paramount

 

275 Water Street Extension with Susan Schollin of CBRB Scituate

 

 

Thanks to all!!!  Remember lets bring colleagues and pass this along!!

I tried to make it the best way possible to see the listings..

I hope all are happy with the tour!!!

 

Sincerely yours!

Amy L. Troup of Molisse Realty Group

www.dreamscometroup.com

781-775-5229

Pembroke Caravan Tour….!!!! May 3rd!!! Next Tuesday!!

Meeting at Boston Connect between 9 and 9:30 where we can carpool…and enjoy the tour with colleagues!!  The More Realtors…the more seeds we plant to grow towards sales!!!, advice on staging, advice on pictures, some other points of view and more…… 

Ask Michelle Burt how it helped her listing in Middleboro!! 

or Deb Murphy how her home in Pembroke sold!! 

 

Exposure! is the way! to move our listings for the most we can!!!  We can also learn the market…to help us price our soon to be listings!  We will know the product!!/Supply!!!  better after we see the homes that are on the market!

Deadline to participate!!  Friday, April 29th by 6pm

Please send along your name, listing and mls number to Amy Troup at dreamscometroup@ymail.com!!

…and this weekend…you will receive a schedule of the tour! which you can use to invite others!!!  and show your clients!!!

INVITE COLLEAGUES…lets really make this an Expose!!

Lunch will be served at the end!!!  Thank you all in advance!!!!!

April Showers bring May Flowers

Good Friday!…Easter….May!!!

Happy Vacation Kids!!

Imagine working from home..in an office attached to your home! with a separate entrance!

The Kids are waiting to go fishing, swimming, boating at East Monponsett Pond!..Halifax’s Private Lake!

They are playing a pick up game in the back yard!!

They made their beds in the bedroom wing..

watched t.v. in the Great Room after eating breakfast at the dinette in the kitchen!!

(see the great room through the doorway…..)

You are looking forward to taking in the rays!

This could be your reality!!!

HERE:

19 Plymouth Street in Halifax

Plymouth Street offers an Estate!

Stately Estate!  Framed with Reaching Pines..  Mostly Evergreen Landscaping providing greenery all year…and Yes..Insulation!!!  from the wind! and Cold!!!

Roof line with windows:  Why!!!?  It lets light in…(solar, light) while keeping the privacy!

Pellet Stove…and a Beatiful Hearth!!  Do you want romance and chestnuts roasting on an open fire…or ?..a movie and some pellet warmth!?

Have your friends over for a game, movie night, Girls Pocket Book Party OR???….All their coats will hang nicely in the foyer hallway closet!!!

 

And more..and more!

See the list of UPDATES!!, Maintenance and more!!!

Make your private appointment today..and be sure to come here regularly…For more in depth looks at 19 Plymouth Street…and other fine homes!!

Tour for Pembroke..coming up on the 27th of April

TOUR!!!!

 

LOOKING FORWARD!

APRIL 12th!

Spring Tour of Halifax!

While the rates are low!

The Loop and Train drive lead us in proximity

The Lakes will blossom with boats, swimming, fishing and sunsetS!

Lets introduce the world to Halifax!

Nesserellas will open soon!  Fresh Veggies!! Hooray!

JOIN THE TOUR WITH YOUR LISTING!

Tour Schedule is in your hands…to distribute throughout the weekend (9th and 10th and 11th)!

Lets really expose Halifax! bring a colleague!

GREAT DEALS on a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon in Halifax MA!

Don’t miss out!!

  • 497 Monponsett Street with Patricia Doyle
  • 13 12th Ave with Mr. Chris Bruce
  • A rental to see on 76 Elm Street  with Amy Troup
  • Franklin Retreat Estate…#170 shown by Amy Troup
  • 8 Marjorie Drive with Mary Ambria
  • 225 Twin Lakes Drive with Chris Gibson!!
  • 8 Ash Road with Debbie Ulich!!!

And

Lunch will be Served by Trip Miller of Wells Fargo! at 19 Plymouth Street in Halifax! 

Lunch will be served at 19 Plymouth Street in Halifax!

Plymouth Street offers an Estate!

 This home is influenced by Great Architecture, set on a lot that offers a Grand Framework of Pines, Evergreens, Stacked Granite Garden borders, and much more..  If you have not seen a Frank Lloyd Wright Home..this is a must!  definitely will appreciate the layout!, features, and meaningful characteristics of this home!

 

Shows Pride of Ownership and offers a grand lifestyle, simply because the home has wings! 

Come see it fly! and Catch it! before its flown into another buyers arm!

MAKING YOUR DREAMS COME TROUP

Amy

781-775-5229

Molisse Realty Group/PASS REALTORS/REALTOR

Working for you for over 7 years

www.dreamscometroup.com

dreamscometroup@ymail.com

NAMASTE

Marching into April

 

All Aboard!!! Spring Caravan!
Middleboro Broker Caravan

MARCH 29th, 2011
We will meet at our first house on tour… at 9:15
9:15
FIRST HOUSE is hosted by Den Forbeighs of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
229 Plymouth Street

We will leave about 9:45 a.m. for the next house!!
To tour all the properties!
64 Willow Street with Samantha Nichols of ERA Belsito & Assoc.

South to 8 Lovell Street shown by Karen Hover of EXP Realty

Onto 15 Courtland Street shown by Jack Conway-Lakeville’s Hugh Harp

Over to 17 Webster Street with Jeannie Carr of Success RE

Up to 94 Fuller Street Thanks Kim Sweeney of Seagate Properties

East to 6 Brook Street with Zip Realty’s Paula Welch

LUNCH at:
842 Plymouth St
Middleboro, MA 02346
with Michelle Burt of Success RE

Please bring colleagues..tour the area we sell!

Thanks to everyone for your participation!
Looking forward to Tuesday!!
See you soon
Sincerely,
Amy L. Troup
Molisse Realty Group
www.dreamscometroup.com
dreamscometroup@yahoo.com
781-775-5229

Marching into April

My thoughts of consideration for your contemplation!

We have had our lucky day of the year…that Lucky day represents more than just the luck of the Irish!  The luck of the winter nearing its melting point; the clocks spring ahead, lighting our world, hearts and minds!; crocuses have snuck out of the ground and held the snow off!; April will bring water and blooming and excitement in us all!  Welcome out of your caves!  Welcome to the New World again!!! 

Doesn’t this time of year bring an excitement to most of our life?  unless you are an avid snow sportsman or woman!! we are all vying for the sun, vitamin d, dreaming of the beach and our endless summer nights!  But…I am talking about the Spring Housing Market!  when we come out of the cave…we may want, need, desire to find another home!!, another cave for the winter!  One of my clients has a goal to have a driveway by next winter!  that is their goal!  Others may want to purchase their first home!!  others move to end long commutes, move to prevent private school tuition and still some others move for the feeling we are enjoying now…all year!!

My Advice!!  If you are just out of the winter hibernation and feel a sudden need to move!!  Do a pros and cons list!  Do you want to move?  or do you want to change your life from hibernation to motivation?  Is it that you wish your bathroom was brighter, more up to date? or that you had a deck on the back of  your house? 

Did you get this urge when the sun stayed up late?  If so…are you feeling an urge? or is it really what you want!!  Buying a home is very serious purchase.  One decision in life that needs to be done with the right questions, the right reasons, the right education on home loans, location, home maintenance and much, much more!! 

Has it been a topic for the winter?  Did you research dream and think of the “Why?”…if so..still get that pros and cons list together.  Think of your life and what you want it to be like!  Make sure you can afford that home through thick and thin!  Make sure that you are not planning on a move in two years…make no mistake..real estate can be a wonderful addition to your retirement portfolio..but it is by no means a way to make money in two years…(nor was it). 

Think of the whole picture.  where would you want the center of your world to be?  where would it make most sense to live in the situations of work, play, obligations, friends and family?  what size home would you need?  what kind of work can you do to a home?  paint, wall paper, tile?  landscape, flowers, love? clean?   this should be taken into consideration…what condition home can you handle?  Im sure you don’t want a headache you can’t cure!  BUT if that home has some things wrong or need of update!!  maybe its way below your monthly range and you can afford to fix a bathroom, a floor, a roof?  but…sometimes the mortgage, interest, principle and taxes and insurance add up to make this home feel like a money pit!!  if so…it may not be the place for you

HOME IS A PLACE TO FEEL COMFORT, PEACE, LOVE, AND ESCAPE FROM THE WORLD WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE..even if its just you!  Make it that way with the proper guidance in all arenas of the process!  A buyers realtor that educates, makes you think of the why?, does NOT make you buy quickly or remind you the rates are going to go up!  A mortgage company or bank that really cares; one that will put you in a loan meant for you!  Fixed rate, no prepayment penalties, balloon payment, good rate!  MY ADVICE on rates:  the rates are at an all time low..fix it.  We don’t know what the rate will be in two years why ARM? (arm:  Adjustable Rate Mortgage), I also recommend someone that you can walk in and see! 

Home Inspector:  someone that is very knowledgeable about homes and the care they need, want and the way to fix and maintain things!  Why?  every home..(almost) has something…the question is…what is the something…and how can you fix it, have it maintained…and YES, keeping up on maintenance and cleaning is the ONLY way to keep your house in good condition!  just like..shower, shit and shave!  Clean, rid it of dust, dirt, repair and shave..Umm..scrape and paint!!  anyway you get it!!

GOOD TEAM, GOOD THINKING PROCESS, EDUCATED DECISIONs, pros and cons on a home you would feel at HOME at and with!  and security!  Its a dream that happens everyday!  Buy a home..not a problem..buy a home, not an investment! (unless your an investor!!, but even then think of what the buyers want!!, need “what would you buy?”)

Making your dreams come troup for over 7 years!! and counting!

Halifax is the subject of this Boston.Com Article

along with our favorite Barbers!  John The Barber and Son!

The town of tenacious roots

John Shea (right), barbering with son Darren, says Halifax “very seldom” gets newcomers. (Debee Tlumacki for The Boston Globe)

HALIFAX — Susan Basile, 66, has lived her whole life in this small South Shore town, like her father before her, and his before that. And so on.

“We go back a long way,’’ she said. “All right here.’’

In this close-knit commuter town, where most everyone knows everyone else, here is where most everyone is from.

Being “from here’’ was once a well-worn truism in New England, where people and families famously stayed in one place. But in an age of surging mobility, where bouncing from job to job and place to place is the new norm, this town and its neighbors stand out as an island of the old way, with outsiders few and far between.

Some 88 percent of Halifax’s 8,000 residents, or 22 out of every 25, were born in Massachu setts, according to new census estimates, the highest of any Massachusetts community larger than 1,500 people. And most of those in Halifax, people here say, have lived much of their lives in this town or right nearby.

“Everyone I know who was born here stayed here,’’ said Paul Blette, 68. “There was no need to move.’’

At the diner, old-timers reminisce about their high school days, about growing up and settling down, about the hulking Walmart across the street, and how everyone used to get along fine without it. A pair of wiry young men, Patriots hoodies spackled with paint and plaster, grab coffee for the road. They’ve known each other for 20 years, ever since first grade.

It is a striking phenomenon in the swath of suburbs between Route 24 and Route 3, where well over 80 percent of residents of East Bridgewater, Hanson, Abington, Pembroke, and Whitman were born in the state — compared with 64 percent of all Massachusetts residents.

“It’s true; you don’t run across too many people from Iowa or Ohio here,’’ quipped Michael Manoogian, the police chief in Halifax. Manoogian was quick to point out that he grew up in neighboring Plympton and only recently moved to Halifax. In 1978.

“If your great-great-grandfather wasn’t from here, you’re not really from here,’’ he said with a half-smile. “But everyone’s welcome.’’

John Shea, 66, who runs a barber shop with his son in Halifax, said the town and its neighbors were the last stop for many Irish and Italian immigrants who migrated, generation by generation, to towns south of Boston.

“Very seldom do you see someone move here from the North Shore,’’ he mused.

Shea’s three children all live nearby, with one son buying his grandfather’s house in town.

“They’ll all be happy here,’’ he said.

Some who moved away eventually came back, drawn by family and fond memories. It was a nice place to grow up, they said, and to raise a family.

Not too far from Boston, but not too close, either. Even those who move away for years still think of Halifax as home.

“We always wanted to move back,’’ said Patty Forsstrom, a 51-year-old who lived in North Carolina for 16 years before she and her husband moved back to care for his mother. “We loved it down there, but this is where we grew up.’’

The pull of family, locals say, accounts for much of the town’s high quotient of the Massachusetts-born. The older generations, raised in a time when people seldom strayed far from their hometown, stayed put, and their children often came back to be near them as they aged. Once back, many decided they were staying put, drawn by solid schools and affordable homes with big yards and broad driveways.

“And the small-town feel, I think,’’ Forsstrom added.

At the same time, a small, out-of-the-way town isn’t exactly a magnet for newcomers to the Boston area, and even the outsiders are from other South Shore towns.

“A lot of people from Whitman moved here over the years,’’ Blette offered by way of explanation.

On the opposite end of the Massachusetts-born spectrum is a mix of cities with sizable immigrant populations (Boston, Somerville, and Lawrence) and wealthy suburbs that draw successful professionals (Newton, Wellesley, Cambridge, and Brookline). Lowest of all is Seekonk, a town of 13,000 that hugs the Rhode Island border, where only 20 percent of residents are born in Massachusetts.

The figures are estimates from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, conducted from 2005 through 2009 and released in December. The data allow town-by-town comparisons for the first time in a decade.

Although not surprised that Halifax boasted such a heavy in-state contingent, locals were divided over whether that gave the town a distinctive character or disposition. Sure, the town has its Dunkin’ Donuts and Tedeschi’s, its sub shops and package stores. There are relatively few jobs in town, so most people commute. Bars always have the Red Sox on, and people love their Keno.

But that’s the same in plenty of towns, people said. What sets Halifax apart is a core of families who have called the South Shore home for generations, and a pervasive belief that there is little reason to leave.

“A lot of people have lived here a long time,’’ said Blette, a retired carpenter who raised his family here. “I never really put two and two together, but everyone I know is from here.’’

For newcomers, that insularity can be daunting. Christine Carrico, a mother of two who moved to town about a year ago from Plymouth and now works as a waitress at the diner, said she felt a bit like an in-law at a family reunion.

“It took awhile, getting used to things,’’ she said. “Everybody knows everybody.’’

No one in town is expecting an influx from other parts of the country anytime soon, and interviews with about two dozen residents turned up only Massachusetts natives, usually born and raised within a 25-mile radius. But locals say newcomers are more than welcome.

“I guess it would be OK,’’ said Jean MacDonald, a Halifax resident who could not recall meeting a single neighbor who was not from the area. “I’ll just have to check them out first.’’

Barbara Gaynor, who in 2009 became the town clerk after working at the elementary school for years, records births to parents who were students there in the early 1990s. They may have gone away for a while, she said, but they’re back now.

In her time as clerk, she has never come across anyone from out of state, and rarely from beyond the South Shore.

“We might get some people from Plymouth,’’ she said with a chuckle.

Matthew Carroll can be reached at mcarroll@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @globemattc. Peter Schworm can be reached at schworm@globe.com.

© Copyright 2011 Globe Newspaper Company.

Spring into your new home…

I know its been snowing…but its melting quicker now!!!

Make your private appointment to see this L shaped ranch with many characteristics invented and imagined

by Frank Lloyd Wright!

Designed for comfort and energy efficiency

 vaulted ceiling tops the heart of the home blessed by a grand fireplace including the Family room with a wall of windows making the back yard, the everchanging master piece!, open to the dining room leading to sliders…and open across a buffet into the beautiful maple kitchen with solid surfaces and a dining area!

Through the kitchen and the foyer hall and the Family room…the Great Room can be found.  The Great Room offers pellet stove and WET BAR!! great for entertaining!

and sliders that open up onto the long mahogany deck…(YES!!! the same one that the dining room has sliders to access!! )  Gotta see this!   and its hidden in an L nook for privacy!

 The Entertainment wing continues on into the 2 car attached garage and the separately entranced office!

Through the two Car garage is the entrance to the expansive..basement!  The basement offers space to grow! into with a Warranty on NO Water in the Basement

and meanwhile on the other leg of the ranch

•Located in their own wing, three bedrooms AND two full baths.

Master Suite with beautiful romantic layout decorated by peak windows and side windows that reach from the floor to the ceiling.  Double closets with Organizational Shelving and Hanging Storage…and the Master Bath…Warm..Romantic, Private off the back side of the home…

The other two bedrooms…also each unique…both with hardwood floors, closets set up with organizational storage! and window detailing and decorating…  Each room Unique!

All the bedrooms are off a Vaulted Ceiling Hallway…that brings in light from above..

and all of this can be yours for $379,900

and believe me…there is more! than this..and more than meets the eye!

need 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths…

Need 2800 square feet!!

this should be on your list!!!

 

What EXPOSURE can do!?

When we all get together and EXPOSE our properties!!!  We get together and chat about staging, experience, tips, views, laugh, discuss, experience, know, get to know, learn, educate, show, create networking friendships and relations, realize buyers we have may be great for a property, put homes into a memory bank..introduce ideas, really get hands on knowledge of the market place…meet other professionals linked into the business of Real Estate, have lunch, and MORE

Contemporary Masterpiece sheltered by the pines

Today I showed my listing to 10 People…may get a showing! and I saw 6 other great properties, created relationships with new people, enlightened an agent to make an appointment to show my listing…  Others are going to receive activity, buyers, deals, sales…and more!!

Ask me how I sold this home

 or got this home under agreement

One Snowy Nightask Deb Murphy of C21 alliance about what tours have done for herand keep in touch to find out what will happen from this tour!Where Halifax and Plympton Meet to EXPOSE THEIR PROPERTIES!!1 Coming into Halifax on 106 from Plympton

Caravan Tours for Brokers are very important in our area….because unfortunately our Broker Open Houses on Fridays are not very well attended.  Do what works in your area!  Get your home on our next tour!!  and

GET EXPOSED

 

HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON

www.dreamscometroup.com

dreamscometroup@ymail.com

781-775-5229

Amy L. Troup

Making your dreams come troup...also makes everyone arounds dreams come troup

Making your dreams come troup!

Halifax and Plympton EXPOSURE Caravan

 
 

PLYMPTON AND HALIFAX MEET!

 

Meeting at 300 Plymouth Street in Halifax

When:  February 15th, 2011

Caravan will start the EXPOSURE tour at 9:30 a.m.!

 

  • Starting in Halifax

Starting in Halifax

39 Annawon with Laura Sullivan of Options 1-5-3

21 Grove Street in PLYMPTON with Harold Taylor of Conway in Plymouth

497 Monponsett Street with Patricia Doyle of Vantage Point Realty Advisors

507 Thompson Street with Robert DiMartino of ERA Belsito

170 Franklin Street shown by Amy L Troup of Molisse Realty Group

 

Over to Plympton…

95 Center Street with Christopher Coute of Brownstone Realty Group

60 West Street with Kathy Welch of Conway in Hingham

6 Cranberry Knoll Drive with Kyle Belken of Debbie Blais Real Estate

16 Trout Farm Lane with Dave Bugbee of Bugbee Properties

17 Cushman’s Landing with Ann Peck of Prudential Prime Props/Mayflower Realty

And Lunch Served by Rockland Trust’s Joel “the Sugar” Sugarman    At

 19 Plymouth Street in Halifax! 

On the Plympton/Halifax Line!

Listed by Amy L. Troup

Molisse Realty Group

MAKING YOUR DREAMS COME TROUP

X-Pose Your Properties…Making our Area Known and melt that Snow with Activity!

 contact me for further information

dreamscometroup@ymail.com

 

Combined Town Caravan Tour…Plympton and Halifax

After the Lovin…Caravan Tour

February 15th, 2011

Deadline to participate with your listing?!!:  February 11th..  Make your reservations before the big day! 

Meeting at “The Perfect Cup and More”   300 Plymouth Street in Halifax….Leaving at 9:30 Promptly

Last Stop:  19 Plymouth Street in Halifax…for Lunch and a Raffle Item…

Email:  realestatebyamy@yahoo.com to participate…again by February 11th at 6pm

Bring Colleagues from your office and your friends from other offices.  The more Realtors the more Exposure we will have! 

We all need to work together to move this market!  Lets start as soon as NOW!

Even the feedback we receive is priceless! 

Thanks in advance for Networking on the Caravan!

Amy L. Troup