Buying North Conway real estate can be a bit like the beginnings of a dating relationship. The initial meeting might be an open house so there are other people around to take the pressure off. This allows you to just dip...
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Savvy Savings Strategies
Before the turn of the century (Sweet Moses, that sounds awful!) I lived in Portsmouth with 2 roommates. For reasons that have left my memory at this point, we all participated in a "fast" for an entire week. This meant nothing other than water and tea for a full 5 days. (We weren't about to cramp our weekend style!) There were two prominent lessons we all seemed to pick up from this experience. First was how easy it was. Sure we were hungry through the first 36 hours or so, but after that the hunger dissipated. The second lesson was how much extra time we had in the day. Removing shopping, cooking, eating and cleaning from the day freed up at least 2-3 hours. In the end, we learned more about what we could live without and a ton more respect for those who don't go hungry optio...
August
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Risks and Rewards
For some reason, I have stumbled across a handful of articles lately about investment properties. Never wanting to be left out, I figured now is as good a time as any to join the fray. Even if you are not in the market for a new home, how about exploring the possibility of buying a home as an investment.
If, after all the facts were in and all the calculating and figuring was done, you could own a piece of real estate while having someone else pay the mortgage; would you do it? I think most of us would say a resounding "Yes!". There are a few more factors to the equation than just the financials, so let's take a look at a few of them.
Time: When I purchased my first investment property it was a 2 family home in Southern New Hampshire. All wa...
August
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Disclose What you Know
August
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A Chat with the Sellers of 120 Pine Hill Road in Warren, NH
This property has been sold. But, we've got more Warren, NH properties available for sale. Check them out on our website.
We are pleased to bring this feature to our blog, a chat with the current homeowner of 120 Pine Hill Rd. Warren, NH. The homeowners of this energy-efficient Ranch with full walk-out finished basement, attached two car garage sitting on 8.72+/- acres of land now offer this Ranch with mountain views and ATV/snowmobile trail access to you. Mt. Moosilauke is the back-yard scenery as this rancher is nestled on a large lot of beautiful land.
To get a sense of wha...
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Chapter 18; Building Rockwood: A Chef's Kitchen
May day. And it's so nice to have spring upon us. This was from May 1st. And I for one am loving that the air is warmer, we see new signs of spring. I love this time of year with all the different hues of green. The varying stages of leaves popping out. Which also means that sugar season is over. (When the sap flows for the liquid gold of maple syrup). The canopy seems to become one lush blanket over the mountains. Inside, Rockwood is coming together nicely. The wall of windows is beautifully accented with the rocks. With the side walls also highlighted with rocks. I think this has come out beautifully. You will see the green boards are for the front columns which you will get a great look at in the next blog. It will be a beautiful combination of the green accents and stones. The kitchen is coming together too. The granite counter tops are in and have been kept protected through the construction process. Two ovens. What cook (I'm a huge foodie so I am in...