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Rich Mielke | Miller & Associates Real Estate, LLC | 717 357 4385 Heritage, Gettysburg, PA Lake view in gated community, tennis, pool and boating. 3BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $269,000 Year Built 1973 Sq Footage 2,016 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking 1 Car garage...

  This is important information which I am sharing on my blog, thanks to Russel Ray for providing it.     With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas knocking on our doors, I think it's time for helpful information about recalled products and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). For tho...

...and it is all Mike Muellers fault. There I was, just reading his blogand the next thing I knew i was sending him my photo. Now I am PINK-ed and it is to remind everyone that October in Brest Cancer Awareness Month. Check out his Blog and do your part to help.

I wanted to make sure that Pennsylvanians are aware of this event coming up down in Thurmont Maryland. There is always a large turnout for this event.The 45th annual Catoctin Colorfest will be held on October 11 & 12, 2008.  Over 350 juried arts and crafts will be exhibited in two areas in the To...

I have had requests for me to provide this on my blog, so I have decided to post the Pennsylvania Consumer notice here as a service to potential clients. This way a consumer can access it here, in addition to the verbal notice given.   CONSUMER NOTICE THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT   Pennsylvania Law req...

Richard Mielke | Miller & Associates Real Estate, LLC | 717 357 4385 257 Kennedy, Marion, PA Updated rancher on over a half acre, close to I-81 2BR/1BA Single Family House offered at $159,000 Year Built 1938 Sq Footage 1,090 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 3 Car garage Lo...

No, I am not talking about NASCAR...   I am talking about the fact that in real estate, the further away from a metropolitan area you drive, the lower the prices typically are. Builders would have the same homes in different communities for sale, and the further out the subdivisions were, the low...

I work with buyers in both new construction and resale homes and buyers always have a list of things they want in that next home. On new construction I try and have buyers focus in the things that are too expensive or difficult to add later. As for my own home, I wish sometimes it had a full bath...

I just finished cutting my lawn. It is 93 degrees F outside. I have been putting off cutting it because it was too wet, too hot, too dark out, have to meet a client, too tired. I think it is time I hire a professional. I can hire a high school aged neighbor who cuts several lawns in the subdivisi...

I have really noticed lately, especially when working with first time buyers, that a lot of the homes for sale are not in the best condition. In a normal market, sellers would spruce up their house before listing it for sale with some fresh paint, new carpeting and the items on the fixit list com...