Jersey Shore Views...

ActiveRain members have a lot to say about how we, as REALTORS®, can better our image with the public and be recognized as professionals.  Well, we might  be fighting an uphill battle!

In one of my local daily newspapers, a headline in the weekly real estate section caught my eye.  "Are you ready to become your own boss through real estate?"

I had no problem with most of the article...statements like "Real estate can be an exciting profession..." or "Helping others achieve the dream of homeownership is not only emotionally fulfilling..."  Yada, yada, yada!

What really bothered me were the statements about being a REALTOR® New Jersey "...it only take a few weeks and several hundred dollars to get started in real estate."

OK, that can be true, and it might be an "attractive option for the unemployed or individuals who can't afford an expensive two or four year education."

But for this broker to state, "Perhaps the greatest benefit a career in real estate provides is flexibility."  Not so bad you say?

This broker goes on this say, "The flexibility also makes real estate a great choice for those who have another career or are pursuing other interests, but would like to supplement their income."  HUH?

What other industry advertises employment opportunities by saying, "Our industry is a great choice for you while you continue your current job, and pursue your other interests?"

Until our brokers and fellow agents begin treating real estate as a profession, we're fighting an uphill battle!

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The Battle of  Old Cedar Bridge Tavern, 2009

Homes For Sale in Little Egg Harbor - Little Egg Harbor, NJ February, 2010 Housing Market Report

With an average of 388 homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor in February, 2010 there's still plenty of inventory.  Here are the figures for homes for sale and sold in Little Egg Harbor.

There are promising signs in these figures, even from the January, 2010 Homes for Sale in Little Egg Harbor Report.  Only 9 homes sold in Little Egg Harbor in January, and the number of days on the market for those homes was also greater.

If you really want to be encouraged by the February, 2010 Homes for Sale in Little Egg Harbor, you need only look to one year ago!

While the median sold price of homes in Little Egg Harbor is down in the February, 2010 Market Report compared to last year, it has been inching up of the last few months.

Of the homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor that sold in February, 2 were bank owned and 1 was a short sale.  8 waterfront homes in Little Egg Harbor sold last month.

If you're interested in homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor and need the advice of an Accredited Buyers Agent (ABR®) give me a call.  If you are considering listing a home for sale in Little Egg Harbor, or need information on a possible short sale in Little Egg Harbor, let's talk! 

What the Blip...

I have done my best to keep up with advances in client conact through various social media, but this one step too far.  The newest entry into to apparent need for people to share personal information (way too much IMHO)?  

Blippy joins Facebook and Twitter.

Blippy is a service that allows you to automatically share your credit card transactions as you make them. This includes the place you made the purchase, the amount, and in some cases, the item. This is all placed in a social stream where other Blippy users can comment on and “like” the various items.

Call me old school, but this is way too much information!

Take a look at what three south Jersey REALTORS are doing to fight hunger in Cape May County.  Please read and contribute if you can!

Learn Coastal Navigation at the Tuckerton Seaport

The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 77 is sponsoring a basic coastal navigation course at the Tuckerton Seaport this weekend and continuing Saturday mornings through March.

Coast Guard Auxiliary 77 

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Tuckerton Seaport 

The Jersey Shore's Best Beach....The 2010 Polls Are Open

While the Jersey Shore gears up for another predicted snow storm later this week, take your mind off winter and vote for your favorite New Jersey beaches.  The New Jersey Top Ten Beach project has opened its 2010 on line poll and voting will continue through April 30th, with results announced on May 27th.

Think summer, think Long Beach Island!

Last years results had Long Beach Island ranked second and first for the Best Beach for Family Vacations.  The overall winner in the 2009 balloting was Ocean City, NJ.

The format of the survey remains the same.  In this, the 3rd Annual Top Ten Beach Survey, users vote on line for their favorite beach town in each for four categories; Family Destinations, Day Trips, Eco tourism and Shore Events.

So beat the winter doldrums, vote now for your favorite Jersey Shore beaches.

Snow in the forecast!

The annual Top Ten New Jersey Beach Project is the work of the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant and the Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center.

This survey is friendly but competitive.  So if you're unfamiliar with the best beaches at the Jersey Shore, trust me,  vote Long Beach Island across the board!

Click here to vote for New Jersey's Top Ten Beaches!

After days of clouds, rain and snow today promises to be beautiful at the Jersey Shore!  I hadn't planned to go the gym this morning, but had a little extra time.  The photo was taken with my phone on the way back home from the gym at 7am, just of Route 72 in Manahawkin, NJ.

I have to make a point of bringing my camera everwhere.  The sky was just beautiful when the sun poked through!  

Homes for Sale In Tuckerton - Tuckerton, NJ January 2010 Housing Market Report

The number of homes for sale in Tuckerton remained stable in January, 2010 when compared to December, 2009.  But when comparing December 2009 to January, 2010 you'll see a substantial drop the median sale price of homes in Tuckerton.

 But it's good news when compared to the homes for sale and sold during January, 2009.

None of the homes in Tuckerton that sold in January were on the Tuckerton waterfront, but half of the new homes for sale in Tuckerton listed in January, 2010 were waterfront.  The new waterfront listings in Tuckerton range in price from $229,000 to $399,000.   

Of the five Tuckerton homes that sold in January, one was a mobile home in a Tuckerton adult community, one a condo in Tuckerton Meadows and two were older homes in downtown Tuckerton that, under current zoning, can also be used for business.

Only one of the homes for sale in Tuckerton that closed in January was bank owned.  It's a 3 bedroom, 3 bath home off of Nugentown Road (4th Street) that sold for $176,000.

If you're interested in homes for sale in Tuckerton and need the advice of an Accredited Buyers Agent (ABR®) give me a call.  Or if you are considering listing a home for sale in Tuckerton, let's talk!

Paradise Cove, Tuckerton, NJ

Information in this Tuckerton Housing Market Report is based on reports from the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service.

The Homes for Sale in Little Egg Harbor Will Have to Wait Another Day!

The appointments were set, most of the sellers were cooperative.  A busy day, to the office, an appointment to list some vacant land and an afternoon full of showing homes in Little Egg Harbor!

Early this morning at the Jersey Shore it didn't seem too bad.  When I got up to go to the gym, it was snowing but it wasn't sticking to the roads.  Fast forward 45 minutes, and it was a different story.  The roads were covered and a little slippery.  Now several hours later, it's not looking good!

Snow again at the Jersey Shore!

February 25, 2010

Seven of those homes for sale in Manahawkin that closed in January with waterfront homes, one was a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath condo and one was a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath adult community detached unit in Fawn Lakes, according to the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service.   

If you're interested in homes for sale in Manahawkin and need the advice of an Accredited Buyers Agent (ABR®) give me a call.  Or if you are considering listing a home for sale in Manahawkin, let's talk!