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!