News, articles, and advice for Maine real estate licensees, loan officers, and all professionals who assist the consumer in the real estate transaction.
| Posted by: | Terri Perron |
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| Posted on: | September 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm |
| Filed under: | Home Buyers, Maine, Maine Real Estate Laws, Real Estate, Real Estate Education, System, Time Management, Uncategorized, Your Real Estate Business |
This week let’s talk again about time management. There are some time saving tools within MLXchange which some of you may be well aware of and are taking advantage of, but I know there are others who aren’t.
Through a class with Cathy Libby/MREIS and some invaluable information provided to me by Angela Pierce/Maine Agent Solutions, I am able to bring you these very helpful tips. Below is a list of some of these tools and brief description on how they are used.
| Posted by: | Angela Pierce |
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| Posted on: | September 18th, 2009 at 11:55 am |
| Filed under: | Fire Prevention, Fire Prevention Awareness, Information for Maine Homebuyers, Maine Association of Realtors, Maine Real Estate Laws, Maine carbon monoxide detector law, New Maine smoke detector law |
In a nutshell, this law requires that all single-family dwellings and multi-apartment buildings sold or exchanged in the State of Maine after October 31, 2009 and newly constructed single-family dwellings have photoelectric-only-type smoke detectors and at least one carbon monoxide detector in an area within or giving access to a bedroom. The detectors in multifamily dwellings and newly constructed single-family dwellings must be powered by both the electrical service in the building and by battery. The purchaser must certify at closing that the property is provided with both smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in accordance with the law.
| Posted by: | Terri Perron |
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| Posted on: | September 10th, 2009 at 2:15 pm |
| Filed under: | Goals, Home Buyers, Home Sales, Maine, Mortgage and Lending, Real Estate, Real Estate Education, Real Estate Laws, Tax Credit, Time Management, Uncategorized, Your Real Estate Business |
Is time running out for 1st time home buyers?I’m sure you have heard or said yourself- “Now is the time to buy, especially if you are a 1st Time Home Buyer!” And in case you don’t know, time is running out…. OR is it? There has been some talk that the tax credit may be extended into next year and it may also be expanded. It’s anyone’s guess. But according to Ilyce R. Glink, in a July Blog
we’d have to see real estate sales drop off completely, or watch the official unemployment rate go to 11 or 12 percent nationally before the federal government would push through another home buyer tax credit.
| Posted by: | Terri Perron |
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| Posted on: | September 1st, 2009 at 8:27 pm |
| Filed under: | Mold, Real Estate, Real Estate Education |
Do you have Mold Lurking?
Some sort of mold is lurking in all homes. Most home owners realize that regular maintenance of their home is necessary in order to keep it nice and to help hold it’s value. As a home owner most of us know that if the roof shingles look bad, we fix or replace them; most of us have the furnace serviced annually; we repaint when the paint is dull or chipped, clean or replace carpets and/or flooring, etc. But there is another factor that could be lurking in your home that, if not cared for, could also damage your home as well as your health. This factor is MOLD.