The tax man cometh to Marlboro. If you live in the Marlboro Central School District like I do, you'll soon be getting some bad news in your mailbox. The district is raising school taxes an average of 37%. This couldn't come at a worse time for me and many of my neighbors. Many homes are in forecl
...
09/08/2008
I am a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. I think the real estate market is going to turn around, and my mom and I are going to make tons of money so our husbands won't have to worry so much. I can produce an awesome newcast!!! I used to be a producer for CBS before becoming a mom
...
09/05/2008
I can't think of barbecued chicken without thinking of Brooks House of Bar-B-Q in Oneonta, New York. I've been going to Brooks since I was a kid everytime we'd go to my grandfather's cabin in Gilbertsville. Over the last 50+ years Brooks has grown from a small catering company, to a barbecue con
...
09/03/2008
This is the sixth in a series about forms and contracts relating to New York State Real Estate. The buyers agency contract is an agreement between an agent and buyer that sets up a relationship where the buyer is represented by the agent in the purchase of property. The buyers agent c
...
09/03/2008
It's hard to believe, but summer's just about over. Children in New Paltz, Highland and Marlboro School Districts are getting ready to say goodbye to sleeping late and playing all day- and will be getting back to the early mornings and hard work of school. Children go back to school on Wednesday
...
08/28/2008
It's one of the busiest times of the year. College students are back in town, and the tourists will visiting for Labor Day weekend- but one of New Paltz's most popular restaurants won't be open. P&G's is closed after a fire broke out in the kitchen on Friday night. According to the Poughkeepsie J
...
08/25/2008
I don't know what the weather's been like where you live, but here in New York, it's been unseasonably cool for the last couple of weeks. It feels more like September or October than August. Last week my family went to a local county fair and I didn't even break a sweat. And I keep hearing people
...
08/25/2008
This is the third in a series discussing real estate forms and contracts used in New York State. It is a federal law that a buyer or tenant who purchases or rents a home built prior to 1978 must be furnished a booklet explaining the dangers of lead in the home. Landlords and sellers in New York
...
08/24/2008
This is the second in a series about real estate forms and contracts When listing any one to four family home, in New York State, for sale you are asked to submit a Property Condition Disclosure to the buyer prior to the signing of a binding contract of sale. The Disclosure will be attached to th
...
08/24/2008
This is the fifth in a series of blogs about New York State real estate forms and contracts. You have found the perfect home- The next step is to make an offer to purchase. The offer will come in the form of an agreement or "binder". This will be part of the negotiating stage of the purchase in
...
08/24/2008
