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Buy A Job, Make What You Are Worth, Run A Tight, Efficient Profitable Maine Business.

   

Day in and day out, get up, wolf down some breakfast, watch the clock, wrestle with traffic, get to work,maine snowsledding,me snowmobiling,winter recreation come home, hit the sack.

And the next day do it all over again. Are you satisfied with your day in and day out routine at your present job? If you worry about whether you'll have a job like the Pontiac dealership employees around the world, maybe this is time for a change. Is the time to take the next life exit coming up for you? Hit the blinker to signal your intentions. Maybe the nice little town you moved to 20 years ago is not so nice anymore. That's where Maine comes in. (Tapping chaulk board with pointer).

    

Take out the yellow legal pad now or on your next vacation and outline the pros and cons of turning around your personal wagon train.

Life events like an elderly parent needing your attention, or kids in high school that would never forgive a move heading into their senior year kind of thing post pone the relocation or even early retirement if a golden parachute is an option for you.

     Maine has jobs, the cost of living is so much lower with smaller price tags, the 4th lowest crime statistics and the help you out, friendly attitude of the local maine real estate agency,realtor,brokerpopulation. Consider a business in Maine. Be the skipper of it whether its a collection of apartment houses you putter on, or a mom and pop grocery, or a sporting camp or downtown commercial building. And don't forget development waterfront land, or a Maine farm. Owning a business, making what you are worth, building value you are proud of and may pass on to the next generation is a win win situation. Maine..you could not find a prettier state to live, work and play in all four seasons. Here are some Maine real estate options. 

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Vacations...The Busier You Are, The More You Need Them.

  

Americans work 42 percent more hours over the last five years I read in a newspaper while heading out onmaine ocean scene,welcome to maine vacation.

No matter how hard you work, and how much you think you could not be lived with out at work, you need a vacation.

 

    You can not afford not to take a vacation with the family and come back refreshed, full of vim and vigor and new ideas to implement. To me cruising is the best vacation dollar value. Everything is paid for, unless you get overboard gambling, drinking up a storm or just whip out the credit card too much at ports of call.

   Here's a video below of the highlights of last week's vacation with my youngest son and his girlfriend. Did you take your spring school break vacation and where did you go? I live in Maine which is "Vacationland" right in our own back yard. But still nice to see blue green water and a whole new landscape on a Carribean sea cruise. Watch the cruise video below!

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Hear It? You Need More Cow Bell. We Can Help.

The sun is rising in Maine. You just finished throwing some hay into the critters, the watering bowl is maine farm land picture,aroostook county landworking fine, animals all grained.

As you sit on the open porch having a coffee with your wife or girl friend and consider what's on the agenda for the rest of the day, you feel you are where you should be. Growing your own food, raising your own beef, owning as couple milk cows, chickens, the Maine family farm. You think in the crazy world that is starting to spin faster that maybe a piece of dirt of your own for your kids is the best investment for peace of mild for whatever the future holds. Can you see yourself in this picture? We can. Check out all the Maine farms and Maine land for sale. And for an easy A-Z of Northern Maine real estate, maine real estate broker,andrew mooers realtorcontact us to talk about your future, your budget and your real estate needs.

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It's Like "CSI Real Estate"... The Episode About The Building Inspection Report.

   

You listed a quailty ranch with a walk out daylight basement.

Quick occupancy, in good shape, many snow making machine, maine ski areaupdated like new roof last year, modern heating, new half bath, etc. Dead end street neighborhood with big generous lots, plenty of elbow room. Near schools. Priced in line with the market and there are always a shortage of this type listing. These are the type of properties you wished you had more of to sell in inventory.

    

So, when this home goes under contract in a co broke sale, and a building inspection derails the sale, it does make the seller, broker and even the neighbors wonder what happened? It's not always clear and suddenly things can get fuzzy, hush hush as the buyer exits the sale.

     Get a copy of the report and compare it with the full blown one in this case done by a structural engineer degreed inspector that your seller's had done. But also remember, don't make the assumption that the behind the scenes home inspection is the reason for the sale failure. Consider another home came up on the horizon, a change in the relationship situation or life event like job change, lay off,etc happened. But if a small issue or two do crop up that were important to the buyer and their home inspector, you have to wonder why the buyer and their broker would not work thru the wrinkles if they really wanted the place. Home inspectors, like appraisers, real estate brokers, lawyers, bankers give opinions based on their experiences. Add in the human element and speed of life and other events being juggled, and it is no wonder misunderstandings and miscommunication happens when without the home inspector's report, you have to run the spectrum of CSI solutions for what happened. Don't jump to the automatic conclusion that as the seller of real estate that a derailment of a sale due to a report negative building report is due to that report solely. If maine realty agency logo,property for salethere is something wrong with a place you want to know and getting a copy of the report will help you know what areas and issues need addressing if at all as you move forward in yout marketing of a property back on the active listings roster.

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Vacations...You Earn Them, Need Them, Learn Much When You Leave Your Home Town.

    

I run into folks that are considering a move to Maine and often they say the reason is they had no free cruising carribean,taking vacation cruisestime to live where they have been parked or stuck on the planet previously.

No vacations for seven years kinda of pace. Now I love my job, have a full schedule as a full time single dad, real estate business owner and a 300 acre hobby farm on the side. But darn it, a week's vacation is not going to upset your apple cart. They are a needed must do with family. Give you a a whole new change of scenery, fresh outlook. My familv's preferred vacation is climbing on a cruise ship, hitting three or four islands and enjoying all  cruising offers. Green water, lots of food, friendly staff from all over the world making the trip fun, memorable. Sit in the sun and read a book while the surf pounds on a white sand beach. Yeah, sure that's no fun. You'd rather be at work right? All work and no play makes Jack Real Estate Guy boring, limited, out of touch with the rest of the world that takes their job serious, but can have some fun because they need it, earned it and enjoy family trips to explore new areas. Meeting new folks doing the same thing you are...getting away for a few days for some r and r, rest and relaxation.

    

Right now, I'm killing time waiting for the troops to rise and and shine to climb on an airplane in Portland Maine to head to Miami to make our home for a week on a Carnival cruise ship, the Triumph.

Hectic to tie up loose ends to head out on a vacation but makes them all that much more delicious when you make a habit of taking them. Dollar for dollar cruises are your best vacation budget stretcher and everything once you get on the boat is paid for..the shows, dinners, scencery, everything but drinks and gambling if those are you passions. Here's last year's cruise video below and will post another as the week unfolds. I'll bring you back  a t-shirt.  Where did you go this year on your vacation? 6800 views and climbing on last's years trip. Watch this maine realtor association,mar,nar,national association of realtors, mooers realtysimple video about the trip..and if you are still dragging your feet thinking video is not going to catch on or really that popular, remember this. 98 million on line views for video last month alone is something to ponder if you are not using real estate video in your marketing operation.

Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine Is Vacationland, Get A Piece Of Your Own.

When you are at the end of your life reflecting back, you will never regret or say "Gee..I wished I had not gone on those family vacations..." You will wished you went on more while you could, when you were healthy. You have the time to make trips a priority to enjoy the world around us. Your kids are watching too and you teach them the habit of work hard, but have some fun along the way. Budget for vacations for your mental health and for guaranteed fun in the sun. Yeah mon. You be cruisin' dat for sure.


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Think You Could Used To 100 Maine Acres To Roam?

Just knowing you own 100 acres with a log cabin in Maine could give you  mental boost and a place to go on mooers realty property for sale,maine log cabin land acreagethose three day weekends, yearly vacations.

Explore and discover what wide open space without traffic, smog, noise and fewer but friendlier people is all about. Enjoy the ME land video below...I'll personally escort you in to check out the cabin..it's pretty basic and pretty special!  Hunt, fish nearby Grand Lake and snowsled or hike around this land in Maine for sale.


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Plenty Of Space. The Kind Around You, Not With Planets And Stars.

    

Wall to wall people all your life. Space. Lacking real space in your daily diet on a regularhighland maine cow,maine beef cattle day to day basis.

You've always hankered some real space.  It's not that you are claustrophobic either. Room to breath, to grow, to relax, to think. When folks are jammed into an area where there is a state average of 1000 people per miles or higher, you may be a candidate to consider living in Maine's Aroostook County with 11 people per square mile. Or even Alaska's one person per square mile for personal mental health reason.

     People. Where you are now every where you look, people and suddenly if that closeness was gone.  May be a hard concept to wrap your mind around. Maybe you are a city mouse and like all the people, goods and services where you can reach out and voila. Maybe it's never been any other way and you like reaching out and touching someone, lots of someones.

But if you have an anxiety, a bone tired weariness that you have carried much of your life, it may be simple lack of space.

I hear it alot in my job as a Maine real estate broker. And the older you get, the more you want to have some space you don't have to fight for, struggle to get.  Your personal force field for elbow room may be weakening or drawing so much phantom energy day in and day out. It can rob your enthusiasm, get up and go. What if you lived in an area full or part time that you no longer needed that power hungry force field you set up and carry around you where you live now to survive in an urban center? Like swimming without water wings or a life perserver. No more bike training wheels. No need for a taser, no dead bolts, no club in your car. No fear of gangs, loss or damage to your person or property. Safety for your family. Wouldn't that be one huge load lifted, like a blue sky and sun after years of overcast and hazy diet?

     That's why just owning land in Maine can be a life saver. You need some Maine dirt in your diet. Having freedom and not  worrying about being on your guard to avoid bumping into, bothering or protecting yourself from too many people of the good, bad and pushy kind. You are not anti social, can be the life of the party but just need time away from people. To recharge, to not have to be polite and engage on any level. To spend some time with yourself. That's how you figure out how's your life going, what goals and plans you have for yourself, your family and even what community service work or professional enhancements you need to pursue. You do your best thinking alone, on a walk, mowing a lawn, in the shower or with a hot coffee to sunrise on the deck. It's your life and Maine is a place to put it all together.  Maine is a place to be able to pull back and see the bigger picture of what is worthwhile, what is needed along the way of this experience called life. It's not a cowardly retreat, it's getting a lot more for less. Lots of acreage, less people, for less money. Maine is the 4th lowest crime state. Traffic? What's that? Your day is not wasted with extra details, maneuvers, swerves to say just get to and from work in the shortest time when you live in Maine. That leave the house early, get maine baby cow calf,home late due to accidents, traffic and missing the family dinner or your child's school activity does not happen. Is that something you are ready, have been looking for? Then we need to talk. Maine, the way life should be.

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You Have An Internet Conveyor Belt Humming, Whirring In Your Real Estate Office.

    

People looking for real estate call you, email you, stop in requesting information on property.

Once it maine map, houlton maine locationis figured out what they want or don't want, and if they are outside your area, you efficiently, complete and quickly ship them the information. Email the package, and presto, gone, sling shotted down and out the real estate shipping conveyor. On its way around the globe at warp seven and hopefully landing in the prospect's email in-box before they call back in five minutes and say they don't have it yet. If they remembered the correct email in a call or visit and give it a little time to snake thru their security, target acquired, locked on, successful hit. Or if a reply to their email to you with the attached package is not met with an iron curtain of spam protection or direct shuttle to their trash can so that they miss it altogether.

     But do not forget or neglect the cat that has resisted the internet, is not on line, has no email address. Doesn't want one or had one, but no hooked up and the computer is in a shipping box ready for the move somewhere, maybe your home town where you peddle property. When you ask for an email, what is the inner response in you when he says there is none and no, don't have any friends on line and I'm not trotting to the library for access to all your wonder images, maps, videos on property and the area. He wonders, can't you just send me something snail mail. Sure you can and have brochures, listing sheets and lots to send. You just wished you could give him the full treatment media wise, and be able to answer most of his questions if you could just get his eyeballs scanning the electron set for property like he is asking about or that you think he should consider.

    

Don't make the real estate customer feel like he is a technological caveman.

Explain nicely there is lots more to share with maine real estate broker, realtor,houlton maine 04730him if what you do get the postman to take him perks his interest. Let him know you only need an email, his, someone's like his sister, neighbor, one from work to ping him the full meal deal. But in your hurry to be efficient and get on to the next email that land at your inbox day in and day out like a fly airport, plan some of the real estate shipments are the old slap a stamp on, print some copies and send a package. It's more time consuming but you don't as much anymore with 85% of people on line for anything they need.

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Maine Farm Land, Woodland For Sale In All Prices, Locations, Shapes And Sizes.

Your faith in the stock market is at an all time low. You wanted a solid, permanent investment and if you can enjoy it recreationally or even make a living from it, all the better.

Maine offers real estate land, farm and waterfront property that is affordable, attractive and is the best hedge against inflation.

Here are a few chocolates from the box to chew on....See the images, watch the videos, consider the possibilities.maine moose deer woods,

Linneus Maine 52 Acres Plus With Three Ponds, Cabin, Near Lakes! $90's!

Silver Ridge Maine 225 Acres With Cape Home, Privacy. $149,900

Masardis Maine 155 Acres With Well, Septic, View, Stream! $129,900

Be On A Maine Lake, Over 2 Acres, Over 200' On Water! $40's!

Bancroft Maine 36 Acres With Just Wildlife, No People! $32,000!

Haynesville Maine 86 Acres On A Large River For Sale! $95,900! 

Over 20 Acres, Maine Cabin For Sale Near River, Many Lakes! $54,500!

Over 50 Acres In Weston Maine Near Grand Lake With Cape Home! $142,000

Just hitting the high spots and if you really want Maine farm, wood, waterfront or recreational land, log on www.mooersrealty.com All price ranges, all types, all sizes and locations if you want to invest,  to own Maine land! Curious like the furry four legged animals peeking at you in the above image? These are your maine multiple listing service,maine idx real estate, mooers realtynew neighbors in Maine, the way life should be. Get here as quick as you can.

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You Were A Kid With 8 Basic Crayons, And Then Voila, You Get A Box Of 128...Whoa.

    

Simple is better. Less is more.

As a kid, you graduated from the standard set of 8 crayons to 8 pack crayola crayons,basic colorswork with to the more populated boxes of strange, exotic colors and tempting choices to reach for. The temptation was to use them all. There was a definite crayon honeymoon period. Take every single one for a test drive on every piece of coloring artwork put before you. Color freedom, the fence was open to leave the pasture, the barn yard, the coloring prison. You had the new coloring tools, use them you figured. No more limits like the standard 8 pack days. Sky's the limit, drunken sailor approach to eat, drink and color merrily. Eventually you did come down off the cloud nine coloring high. You settled in and realized just because you had a slew of choices, like easter basket straw green, or the blue sky over Montana in spring shades, you pick and choose to match the occasion, the coloring job.

     The same holds true with video editing software and when you graduate from the basic windows movie maker program loaded deep inside most computers. But just because you can use more options, don't. Pace yourself.

In the effort to look more slick, professional and stand out above the other 8 crayon real estate brokers, the reverse happens with "kid in a candy store video" or worse, the dirty, ugly "ss word"... slide shows with a zillion bizarre transitions. It becomes the sugar talking.

It creates a botched mongrel video or even worse, a slide show with herky jerky, roller coaster fireworks mess. No continuity, just a hard to digest everything thrown into the pot experience. I watched what was touted as a brand new video from a respected cohort with the invitation to share what we thought. I can't directly. But for starters, video or a movie is just that. A continuous clip which is say 35 stills or frames per second that puts you at the property, with sound or open mic adding to the sensation, the experience. That's what I call video, a movie. The clips are in a logical succession, the direction of the pans is not suddenly reversed so the viewer becomes disoriented or vertigo sets in. It was filmed, shot, captured with the editing already going on in the head of the guy or gal that hit the record button on the video camera. It is not confusing. It is helpful, a mini movie that shows the property, the area or community it is in. It hits, feeds all five senses. The viewer is hooked, remembering it later because it is not surface gloss, but sinks in deeper. Harpoon instead of a pin prick reaction or recall. It's worthwhile to watch and the viewer will seek out other videos you do on real estate and community because they know what to expect, they get "fed". They don't go away hungry, or feeling nauseated. Real estate sellers starts to want the same property treatment and you puff up your real estate chest with the shirt pocket that has that 8 crayon pack tucked away inside. That's your secret weapon, your spinnach, your rabbit's foot luck charm.

     In the beginning a cartoon like story board outlines what the final production will or should look like. Then the camera is fired up. The edits are one or two kinds and that is the tone set for what is being put together into the movie, the video. Sophisticated software can offer hundreds of transitions and effect variables, tons of font sizes, types, colors. But remember the trusty 8 crayon package still in your shirt pocket. All too often the collection of "videos / movies clips" is really the same 25 still, flat static images caught in time from an enhanced Realtor.com site. But something perverse happens. The broker tries to breath life and motion into the Frankenstein-ed stills. They zombie into violent jerks, turbulent side way whips, laser out, seizure like spin in phantom movements. The fade in and out, stitched together train wreck of edits is  in no consistent fashion and at a pace not matched with the subject property. The end result is worse than the standard dog and pony slide show. It's like an Olympian that tries a difficult routine and fails miserably. An "A" for effort but "D-" for execution. The next athlete that does a flawless although less difficult routine gets to have a previous medal hung around his neck on the raised platform while his nation's flag and anthem are broadcast. You can earn the medal too, but with your standard 8 color crayon approach.

     Never forget that 8 crayon box in your shirt pocket or purse. Carry it with you like a heart patient does a small nitro bottle, a diabetic insulin, and a ready freddy Realtor a video camera.  Look at your new listing that you are going to create a video, a movie for. Consider if it is say a cottage on a lake, that earth tones are in order to give a feel of being on a pristine lake, with loons, sunsets, campfires, cook outs and kayaks. Don't use neon colors, use earth tones, the greens, the blues and somewhere tied into your mooers realty video icon,movie video real estatecompany brand on the ends. And have every video you do have a standard layout, template or feel. Standard look on your brand, but easy does it creativity on every particular listing. The  intro, extro and body are all tied together, reinforce and build a successful simple video / movie or one that does have the reverse sickening effect that makes the viewer, listener wonder, what the heck was that? Confusion does not help sell real estate or put your town/city or company on the map.  Wasting a customers time does not win a following, make the phone ring, or email in box to swell and ultimately sell real estate. Replace the eight standard colors loaded in the box from the factory if you must and load eight better suited ones in the same crayon box for each project. But keep it simple, under control. Resist with both feet selecting colors helter skelter from the large new box Santa put in your real estate stocking. 

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