April 15-18, all day and night, 22nd Annual Bud Light Reggae Fest, the biggest springtime bash in ski country, live music including Inner Circle, Kenyatta "Culture" Hill, TOSH-1 and more, spring skiing, prices vary, Sugarloaf USA, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley. FMI: 207.237.2000, www.sugarloaf.com. April 16-17, 4 & 8 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m., 2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, 57th Annual Kora Shrine Circus, two ring circus, prices vary, all proceeds benefit projects supported by the Kora Shriners, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 190 Birch Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207.783.2009, www.korashriners.org. April 16, 7:30 p.m. Mark "Guitar" Miller and his Boomer Blues Band, Maine's legendary blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, two sets, with great desserts for sale at intermission, $14/adults, $... 04/16/2010

January 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 69th Annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show, up-to-date farming equipment, networking, learn how locally grown products are harvested and processed, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta.FMI: 207.287.3491 or 207.626.2405, www.getrealmaine.com January 15, 6-8 p.m. Collection 4: Selections from Alumni Collections, Opening Reception, Bates College Museum of Art, Bardwell Street, Lewiston.FMI: 207.786.6158, www.bates.edu/museum. January 15-16, 7 p.m., 17, 2 p.m. "Inspecting Carol," $15, Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy Street, Auburn. FMI: 207.783.0958, www.laitshappeninghere.com. January 15, 7:30 p.m. Andreas Staier, German keyboard virtuoso, world's most respected performer on the Fortepiano, the earliest form of piano, $12/adults, $6/stu... 01/21/2010

I've been doing this for over five years now and I could not be more happier. There will always be homes to be purchased and people buying them. I hope to be helping those people for a long time to come. There are a lot of hidden defects out there... and while I or any inspector cannot find them all, I challenge myself to go above and beyond. My family is happy, spring is coming, business is good... now if I can just find that time for a vacation?!   ****11/03/2008**** UPDATE I still love this work... but a lot has changed in the last year or two... the market is weird... people are scared with their money... it is a GREEEEAT time to buy... some of the properties out there that are good deals... have their issues too... so don't go without an inspection just because you are getting a go... 03/12/2007