First floor...getting on one level as you contemplate a Maine retirement, relocation real estate purchase.

Here's another New Limerick Maine video example of a place with over 20 acres, near the Houlton ME Community Golf Course , several lakes like Nickerson, Drews, Skitticook and others. One owner, set off road, tile everywhere and 3 baths. Plus a five car garage for toys. $329,900!

Or need one that's a real blue light special, Black Friday Thanksgiving specially priced Westfield Maine home in the $teens ? This ranch is surrounded by trees, has a rolling lawn, new septic and extrra cabin. It's on a brook, offers nearby Big Rock snow skiing and Mars Hill Maine golfing. 

It is a ranch, a bit cycloned but on a quiet side road.

And if you are handy with a hammer but don't want to build from stratch...(reaching in to Santa's big red bag) here is a finish me off Maine real estate video example. 12 Acres. Extra guest cottage and on a dead end road. All on one floor. Amity Maine is where this home lives..where you will tell loved ones you hang your hat after you see it, buy it. $74,900!

     Neat as a pin one bedroom Easton Maine real estate video shows a super place NOT big enough for lots of relatives to land here, to stay around long enough to wear out their welcome. Easy to heat, keep ship shape clean. Double garage too. $50's!

     One more, this one is energy rated as a real miser. Economical but tiled, set off road and with a major Oakfield Maine foothills view. Watch this last Maine real estate ranch style video example. $159,900.

     Oh..you wanted a ranch with over 200 Maine acres..something with space, Okay, one more Bridgewater Maine real estate video added to showcase this 214 acres of Maine land for sale in Aroostook County. Waterfront, fields, woods, wildlife here. Could not be much closer to the Canadian border either on this one.  Dead end road quiet.. Monteith Road. Surveyed and has barn, extra machine farm shed. $224,900!

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

The media has a tendency to report for the nation at large. 

     With 50 states, broad brush statements that reflect the nation are not accurate and mislead. It boils down to not being like that everywhere and a feeling of disenfranchisement can permeate. In one blog post I read today on Active Rain it's indicated that one out of four homes is worth less than is owed on the four walls.

     Boy, that is not a statement that applies to Northern Maine. Aroostook County did not have the foreclosure rates that happened in say a Detroit Michigan or parts of Florida. The Maine banks were making conservative, quality loans BEFORE the recession that hit other areas. Many homes are paid for. Not mortgaged to the hilt. Not saddled with grotesque, ready to pop at the seams equity lines.

Folks are not way over extended. People don't live day to day 20 minutes away from financial ruin. They have untapped equity lines with cobwebs and dust from lack of use. The lines set up for peace of mind if disaster hit but never utilized because savings are in place. Their standard of living below their means so funds are squirreled away for a rainy day. And reading that one in four statistic can send an alarm thru an area where the real estate air raid siren does not need to be activated...and does not apply. But think of the anxiety caused because the panic headlines are broadcast anyway.

It used to be the headlines of upside down folks in other states were a concern, but not a worry for you personally. You thought "I'm in okay shape" if everything went black for a spell. You were brought up to plan for it, expect it, anticipate the ups and downs. But now we all have deeper jitters, worries because all of us will have to bail out the folks that did not live within their means. Those that never learned a life lesson on picking yourself up by the bootstraps, planning for set backs. Or taking care of your family without expectation the government will catch me, help me, fix it. Or that I am entitled, deserve the best others can provide with a permanent out stretched hand playing "beat the buffet" that others put on. Folks that brought no covered dish to the pot luck supper. Just arrived and stayed long with a large, bottomless appetite. It's the Titanic, late at night and have you taken a life boat count and done the math if an iceberg happens by the bow? Not planning for the unexpected, the unpleasant does not make it go away or not happen.

    The Maine real estate house prices are lower than many other areas which helps. That average figure for a price tag in Northern Maine is in the $80,000 bracket.

Everything is so much lower, reasonable, down to earth and affordable here in Maine.

    It may be not just be real estate market oriented but the way some follksrun their financial lives. If the average American, another media headline, is carrying $17,000 for credit card debt, maybe the economy spotlights the loose financial reins on the household spending. The recession is the smypton...the poor personal spending habits or addiction is the bigger illness, the cause of the cracks, aches, pains. I remember reading the Bearstein Bears books to the four kids when they were little and one in particular called "The Galloping Gimmees". Maybe not everyone else read that one, remembered the lessons of over indulgence and paying the piper if drunken sailor spending becomes a daily occurrenceor need, compulsion. Maybe living in Maine meant our outdoor recreation all four seasons was the fun were did not have to pay for living in "Vacationland".  Money was not the end all, in shorter supply and handled carefully is the lesson we learned, saw demonstrated.

     When you grew up, do you remember parents being on the brink of financial disaster? Was the money brought in to the household coffers spent as fast as it came in? Beyond the income stream? Were your parents conservative and did you feel secure that there were savings and you were aware that a mortgage burning party was a goal you saw worked at, achieved?

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

Real time..what is happening in small communities like Houlton Maine in Southern Aroostook County.

54th Rotary Auction in Houlton Maine

     Each year the Houlton ME Rotary Club designates certain projects to be the major beneficiaries of the Auction. This year's major project beneficiaries are:

• Little League Field of Dreams Project!
• SAMHA Southern Aroostook Minor Hockey Association
  

Auction Proceeds will also benefit the:

• Houlton Community Arts Center Seat Campaign
• Houlton Rotary Club Youth Exchange Program
• Dollars for Scholars (SAD 29, SAD 70, SACHS, East Grand)
• Cary Library
• Salvation Army
• Student Recognition Day
• Boy & The Boot Houlton Regional Health Services Foundation
• Northern Maine Soap Box Derby

      Tune in, make bids and support the local Houlton Maine community projects The Houlton Maine Rotary Club gets behind. This is the district 7810 Rotary Governor's new letter to let you know what is happening on this side of the Maine border and on the other side in to New Brunswick Canada. We are lucky to be part of an international club! And contrary to what some believe, the world wide Rotary clubs not spies or a bunch of evil doers. Watch the Rotary Houlton Maine Auction video and see what the process is all about.

Nearly 3 Maine acres, 3 baths, 3 car garage. The New Limerick home is ideal for a relocating border patrol, customs, immigration Maine home buyer or for retirement plans. The living area is wide open, cathedral ceilinged. There are sky lights, paved parking lots, extra storage shed in the rear. New rugs, everything is in order. Ask lots of questions. Enjoy the Maine real estate video.  New Limerick Maine is roughly fourmiles from downtown Houlton, the county seat for Aroostook County. Houlton Maine is on the New Brunswick Canada border. Cruise up Interstate 95, visit the vistorian town of Houlton Maine.

Kids, bedtime stories, rocking them to sleep.

     He is a Chief Master Sergeant in the USAF.  As high as you can go in enlisted ranks (E-9).

John Gebhardt's wife, Mindy, said that this little girl's entire family was executed.

     The insurgents intended to execute the little girl also, and shot her in the head...but they failed to kill her.

      She was cared for in John's hospital and is healing up, but continues to cry and moan. The nurses said John is the only one who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.

He is a real Star of the war, and represents what America is trying to do.

This, my friends, is worth sharing.  

Go for it!! You'll never see things like this in the news.

Maine REALTOR ANDREW MOOERS

Fatal attraction...it was a movie that made you squirm in the theatre seat.

     You had hoped for the best scenario thru out the house rehab but maybe the real estate is under a bad spell..one your do not have the time, resources, "power" to over come. Now you sit slurping a coffee on a Sunday morning in a home's living room that is torn apart, needing a major cash infusion and your undivided attention. If the lot was worth what you paid for it and the cost to demo is not excessive because there is no hazardous waste to add to the fun and games removal exercise, there is one plus. If the foundation, roof, lay of the land for drainage is healthy...wheezing but breathing on it's own, that's another bonus. The place is level, the heating and plumbing are better than the early pilgrims had so add another small check mark.

You should have asked other people you know in your community and contractors mistakes they made in early home renovations on places that had ten foot pole marks all over them but they bought ignoring those pole marks anyway.

     The properties, homes or whatever structures in eye sight of your "castle" are way way better condition than the purchase you are eyeing, considering so that eases some of the real estate tension. But before you reach for your wallet to slap down that deposit to make it yours, examine your motivation and drive to buy right now. Are you buying with your heart or your head? Are you thinking you will be way over your head in real estate quick sand and are there any doubts, fears you are pushing to the back of your mind? Listen to that voice in your head. Are you in a hurry for this project to keep your college kids busy next summer or over semester break?

     Or is work slow and as a business owner, are you buying to just keep your employees busy on a side project..one to keep you from having to lay anyone off? Noble but fool hardy? You'll know eventually and we'll get back to you on that one. The jury is still out as you nervously figgit with your check book pondering what do you do. Have you watched too many "flip this home" shows expecting only to donate a few hours of your time and under a $100 of materials to hit one major league real estate home run? You did not order the real estate TV guru's tapes and books too did you?

     Okay, if you are seriously going to do this, get your estimates on materials, your home inspection done. Round up the contractors you will need on the areas way over your real estate expertise..the dark murky areas on the other end of the home renovation pool. You need this information to know the full list of what's ahead for projects. To avoid wasted steps, unnecessary duplication of effort. Plan your work, work that plan kind of emergency room real estate logic. Consider all the worse case scenarios..not because you are a negative Joe or Jane but because you are preparing yourself for disaster and to protect from hearing your own voice in your head kicking, screaming "I told you so". Your friends, neighbors, relatives will want to add their two cents too so with the information and racing ahead to look back, how does this purchase help you with sleep at night, your desire to eat and think about something else going on in your daily life routine. Is it a hobby, passion, going to be fun or do you see cracks in the logic of putting your name on the real estate deed?

Watch a quick video on the process of rehabbing a home, the fun and games in the process.

Think about it. You just had a huge dinner, with loved ones surrounding the table and the talk of buying a piece of real estate comes up.

Read a ActiveRain blog indicating winter real estate is slower, blah blah blah.

real estate markets

You the real estate broker with fire, desire, and push that aggressively, skillfully puts one by one the marketing components on line for every property you list should not suddenly see the real estate plug pulled. Not without friendly objections made known loud and clear. Your blogs, video, real estate marketing machine working year round. That is the mission...no dead air, dark screens, or waiting. Don't see it removed if you can convince the owner of the mistake made by doing so. Modify the possession date, but don't stop the marketing due to a little white stuff on the ground, the roof of that property. Wait until spring to relist means you pull down an iron curtain around that listing that was live, active, radiating on line until withdrawn, deleted from consideration. Hopefully you had the place lots of spots on line. All that careful work undone..dismantled, tucked away in a dark real estate closet.

You have folks you are emailing on this particular place. Or were. Now theses folks wonder if it is sold, under contract. They watch real estate sites seriously..like real estate hawks. They see the missing hole on your site, realtor.com and other venues. And like a missing front tooth, it is obvious it is gone from consideration. Hidden so the buyer forgets all that you used for real estate bait on that one to make the phone ring, to generate specific incoming emails or visits to happen to your office.  To generate business.

Lead lining it so no one sees it on real estate radar makes no sense. Don't stop marketing. Delay possession but never stop the real estate fireworks..keep sending up real estate ordinance, artillery, splash to attract attention of real estate buyers on line year round.

     If the fear is if my home is on the market, I have to move in thirty, sixty or whatever time frame, remember the possession is part of the terms and conditions. The buyer may not want to move right now either but he is motivated to own before the end of the year for tax reasons. He has a 1031 real estate tax exchange sale clock ticking...or a myriad of other carrot and stick situations pushing him in to gear.

     If your seller's property is suddenly gone, disappeared on line...just when this buyer was warming up to the neat imagery, copy, video you splashed....the prettiest girl at the junior high dance has suddenly left the building. No longer by the punch bowl. Darn...but like the expression that "the girls get prettier toward closing", the fewer homes that are remaining on the market may get a second, third look...and the flirting with what is there to work with comes in to play.

     If winter means traditionally in your market that there are fewer homes, farms, land or whatever for sale...then I want my seller's listings front and center. Beaming those image jewels, blogging about the real estate, videos showing on portable screens everywhere from airport travelers killing time. And eyeballing what you post to families crowding around the computer after way too much turkey around Christmas who get the bright idea to see what is on the market in Maine. Maine snow...any snow or times of the year when the red in the thermometer lowers on the glass tube are still important real estate marketing opportunities to not waste. Does not mean you have to be holding an open house when the family is drinking egg nog by the fireplace and eating divinity fudge. You can black out showing times...just don't stop the internet marketing on line.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

Maine..your heart is already here.

207.532.6573

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Amity Maine..population under 200.

Near East Grand Lake too!

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

You answer a Maine real estate buyer call. The lights dim as energy is transfered over the phone line.

     It can be like the question "what is a diamond worth?" If you ask the Maine real estate buyer this question, it can slow the pace of interrogation..I mean questioning so that a one sentence answer is not coming with out a few of my own questions to really say, it depends on you. And we need to know more about you, the caller. How talented you are with a hammer?

What does liveable mean to you beyond heat, good roof, clean and safe.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers