Joe Woutersz Managing Broker South Glens Falls New York

Hurricane Irene has came and went to upstate New York.  I am in Queensbury which is about 200 miles north of NYC.  I am about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs in the Lake George Region.  For our area,  it was a reainy non-event,  although the media had my wife afraid to go outside.  I have list...

I have a property that went under contract the first time a year ago October.  The property has a pay-off of about $300K.  The bank involved is Soveriegn.  The offer was about $275K. The house had an appraisal value last year of around $320K.   The sellers were prompt in their paperwork and were ...

The purpose of this blog is to hopefully enlighten, inspire and encourage people to visit ,  explore and enjoy the Greater Glens Falls Region.  Glens Falls is located about 200 miles north of New York City and 150 miles South of Montreal.  It is about 20 miles North of Saratoga Springs, famous fo...

I am currently representing a couple from out of the area moving to Glens Falls.  We found a 2 family that would be perfect for their needs as the couple would also like to bring along one of their parents. We wrote an offer , and it was accepted , but immediately there were concerns over the pen...

I've been in real estate for 10 years and during this period I have watched prices double,  certain neighborhoods become popular and multifamilies go from rundown and unwanted to 'hot'.  In 1998 I could have have listed 50 2 family homes in our region.  No one wanted one and they were cheap!  Wit...

It's easy to imagine that Warren County's real estate market is depressed and suffering; after all, the evening news is loaded with negative soundbites from around the country and our local reporters are really no better.  This morning , the president of our Waren County Association of Realtors ,...

I have been emailing , calling , writing post cards and doing everything under the sun to stay in touch with my prospects and clients.  I find myself waiting and waiting and waiting for people to get back to me;  and then one day a couple of weeks ago someone text me!  I said 'huh?'and then I tex...

Our company is in upstate New York.  We are not offering home warranties at this moment and I have not had any experience with them.  It is not obvious to me that any of the companies in our area are offering home warranties.  If they are, they are not advertising them. New York State has an elab...

I have been in real estate for about 10 years and have spent all of my adult life in sales of one sort or other and have toyed with affirmations a half dozen times.  I have been receiving emails for about a year from a coach, Dr. Maya Bailey ( I don't know her URL, but you can google her).  Her c...

Sometimes it seems to me that real estate agents feel compelled to be angry, cry and scream their way through their real estate transactions.  It's very easy to make this behavior a part of your life.  Not only will it be part of your real estate world, but it will invade all parts of your life. ...