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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August
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Undoing the Ugly
We've all see the billboards screaming "We Buy Ugly Houses". For the sellers in the crowd, today's lesson is about ignoring those billboards and focusing on making your North Conway NH home the opposite of ugly. The first home I purchased was a bit on the ugly side, but in that case it was exactly what I was looking for. For some buyers, the lack of attention to the home's aesthetics can be an attraction. Many buyers are looking for a fixer-upper and the sellers don't need to do anything to attract them. For the rest of the buyers in the market, this is a big mistake. Let's look at some of the more obvious areas that you can ensure that your p...
August
18
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Are You Real Estate Ready
When I built my home over in Lincoln I had a decent job, had been there almost 7 years, had good credit and I had a sprinkle of money in savings. That said I still did not feel ready to jump into the deep end of the real estate pool. It is one thing to find a home you like and buy it. It was a bit more than I expected having to "GC" the construction of the home, wriggle the finances for 3 lots of land (split from a single lot), work with the town, banks, construction companies, attorneys and more. But still, with the help of a few invaluable mentors, a business partner and lots of time, we got it done.
Getting into North Conway NH real es...
August
16
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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
15
15
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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