New pickleball courtsBig Bass Lake is located near Rt 380 in Gouldsboro, PA. Three sections are gated and the community is filled with many amenities which include:3 lakes, beaches, picnic and playground area, tennis, NEW 2018 pickleball courts, NEW 2018 SPLASH PAD, basketball and volleyball courts, ice skating rink, snow tubing both depending on the weather, indoor and outdoor pool, dry sauna, newer clubhouse, gardening area.We must not forget near by Gouldsboro State Park. New Splash Pad Looking for a home or land? Clich below to find your dream spot!Big Bass Lake Featured HomeBig Bass Lake Front HomesBig Bass Lake HomesBig Bass Land     06/24/2018

Big Bass is a Gated Gold Certified Premier Community Big Bass is located in Gouldsboro Pa Check out the latest listings in the community Aminities include:Two lakes with beaches, marina, playground and picnic area, tennis and pickelball courts, volleyball and basketball courts, ice skating rink "if weather allows", ski hill with T-Bar, tubing hill, indoor and outdoor pool, dry sauna and clubhouseVisit Community Website for more info. Call us today for a private showing of this Pocono Community  06/24/2018

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  Riverfront Home on 10 Acres - 46 Buck River Rd Thornhurst PA     Listed by Dawn Kephart, This Custom Built, Riverfront Home on the Lehigh River in Thornhurst PA has all the Bells and Whistles you only dream of.   Imagine the Fun Times you will have when you make this Lovely Home your very own. Privacy Abounds! Luxury Awaits!   RIVERFRONT HOME ON 10 ACRES IN THE POCONOS OverviewMapsPhotos $449,730 Single Family Home Main Features 5 Bedrooms3 BathroomsInterior: 5,698 sqftLot: 10.70 acre(s) Location 46 Buck River RdThornhurst, PA 18424USA Bobbie J Smith RE/MAX of the Poconos(570) 421-2345bobbiej51@hotmail.comhttp://www.homesinthePoconosforsale.com   Listed by: RE/MAX OF THE POCONOS Our recent listings RIVERFRONT HOME ON 10 ACRES IN THE POCONOSLAKEFRONT LOT FOR SALE IN POCONO SUMMIT PAST... 08/25/2014

$127,888, 3Bd/2Ba Single Family House, 1342 sqft.     Don Wenner | DLP Realty | 610-421-4610 238 Hamlin Hwy, Moscow, PA 18444 Lovely 3 BD, 2 BA Manufactured Home on 2+ Acres! 3Bd/2Ba Single Family House   $127,888 Year Built 1988 Sq Footage 1342 sqft. Bedrooms 3 Beds Bathrooms 2 Baths Laundry In Unit Lot Size 2.4 Acres Virtual Tour www.digitalhomein... DESCRIPTION "BUY THIS HOME WITH NO MONEY DOWN FINANCING" Lovely 3 bedroom manufactured home situated on 2+ acres with no HOA fees! Large open concept living room/dining area with lovely propane fireplace. Spacious eat-in kitchen with plenty of storage & optional breakfast room or den/office off back. Master bedroom is bright with plenty of natural light & closet space. Private Master bath boasts luxurious corner tub, stand up shower, & p... 05/16/2014

As amazing as this may seem the story is true.  Facts like these often escape our attention unless we see it on Facebook or Twitter. A 20 year old college student was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive brain tumor in 2012.  The tumor was the size of a tennis ball.  She went through surgery and aggressive chemo therapy.  The tumor returned and was considered terminal. Researchers at Duke University had been working with a modified Polio virus therapy.  Polio was once a dreaded disease in this country. It struck down old and young alike.  A former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was crippled from this disease.  Thousands of  people died from it.  Thousands more were kept alive on what was called an iron lung.  Tens of thousands more were crippled and needed crutches to function. I... 04/29/2014

Many people are struggling to raise their FICO score to meet mortgage qualifications.  A forgotten payment, high balances, a prior foreclosure, short sale or bankruptcy can wreck havoc with your score. Banks have been unforgiving about past transgressions.  Qualifying for a mortgage has been pretty tough the last couple of years.  FHA allows borrowers to have a credit score of 580 or above.  The banks are the ones who have been more stringent and unyielding.  Most banks have not considered folks for a mortgage if their score is less than 620. It's a struggle to repair credit and get scores moving upward.  It seems no matter how hard you try to pay down debt that pesky score just does not move.  The FiCO score can prevent you from attaining the dream of home ownership. To make matters mo... 04/11/2014

COMING SOON - UNIQUE LOG HOME IN UPSCALE COMMUNITY Most outstanding Log Home   It's not often you find a sprawling log home in an upscale community.  No expense was spared when this home was originally built.  So many upgraded features have been incorporated into the design. Tucked away at the end of a private cul de sac with privacy all around.  5 acres back up to woods and a green belt.  Your privacy is always ensured. The home includes soaring living room/family room, dining room, kitchen and private in-law suite with sun room on the first floor.  Two bedrooms upstairs, a home office, bath and game room on the second floor overlooking the main floor.  The lower level contains a second master suite which includes exercise room, laundry room, master bedroom, two bath rooms and a guest ... 04/06/2014

Thinking about buying your first home?  You are perhaps excited.  Maybe you are fearful.  Both emotions are perfectly normal.  Buyers Agent with Clients   Let's face it - you've been doing lots of research.  You've looked at homes online. Spent hours shifting through your favorite real estate websites.  You've researched prices.  You've sought out neighborhoods and locations. Perhaps you've saved some properties which appeal to you in your "favorites".  Wonderful!  You are educating yourself and making decisions about what you like and dislike. Along the way you've encountered some real horror stories about deals going bad.  Yes they are out there.  Do they happen?  We've heard about them too.  Most of them occur when inexperienced buyers attempt to represent themselves with a seller u... 04/02/2014

As Real Estate professionals we tour more homes in a month than the average consumer will tour in a lifetime.  Consistently we see the same marketing mistakes over and over again. Clarks Summit Home For Sale   A home will sit and languish on the market for months without an offer.  The seller gets frustrated when the house does not sell.   The Realtor gets frustrated when they can't produce a viable buyer.  The seller blames the Realtor.  The Realtor blames the market.  The reality is the culprit is one of the  7 deadly sins.  Any one or all of them can negatively impact the desirability of a home. The following is part one of a 7 part series discussing each issue in detail.  The purpose of these articles is to educate sellers and give them food for thought.  Selling your home can be a ... 04/02/2014

This can be one of the most gut wrenching tasks a son or daughter could face.  Especially if they grew up in the home and it's filled with childhood memories.  Maybe long ago you moved away and have a family of your own.  Coming home now that the folks are gone is surreal and often unnerving.  Fond memories of holidays with the family all together flood over you.  You laugh at the silly little stunts you pulled as a kid.  You cry for your loved ones who are no longer here.  You feel the need to find someone who will love the home as much as  you do.   You need to sell - but at the same time do not want to let go. So here you are.  Looking around and wondering where do I start? Perhaps you also are left with furniture, possessions, autos, antiques, collections or just plain excess stuff ... 03/01/2014

Many first time home buyers we encounter in Scranton Pa use the internet for all their needs. The internet is either a blessing or a curse. Recently we had a couple come to us who had been pre-approved by two lenders. One was a local bank and one lender they found on the internet.   There was a big spread between the two lenders. The bank was $60,000 less than the internet lender. Naturally the couple wanted to use the lender who gave them the higher qualification amount. The spread raised our concern that something was wrong.   As buyers agents we have to know exactly what the pre-qualification is for, and what the costs or fees are. We want to be sure when you sign an offer you can actually afford the home and the costs. No one likes surprises and certainly no one wants to find out a ... 02/26/2014

Since 1962 St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been held in Scranton, PA, that’s 51 years! This Parade in Scranton has become nationally known and is the SECOND LARGEST parade in the Country, based on participants per population. THAT’S BIG! The Parade of Parades in Northeast Pennsylvania!It is highly regarded in the Community, everyone participates in one way or another it seems. For lots of St. Pattys Fun, come to Scranton PA for their Annual Parade, this year to be held on March 9th. They have been known to have 150,000 spectators and more than 12,000 participants. WOW. That’s one fantastic parade.The Parade begins at 11:45am at the corner of Mulberry Street and Wyoming Avenue. Then continues down Wyoming avenue to Lackawanna Avenue, up Spruce St and then down N. Washington Avenue.  Coverin... 03/03/2013

For all those convention goers and zombie lovers, the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania has a treat for you. Scranton is holding its Infect Scranton convention that will begin Friday September 21st, 2012 through Sunday September 23rd, 2012. This Festival gives zombie fans a whole new look and feel for a coming zombie run world and apocalypse. friday will be bringing the zombie fanatics and attendees of the apocalypse a zombie trolley ride after dark on the Lackawanna Historic Society, and a haunted downtown walking tour of the once electric city of Scranton Pa after a full on zombie takeover of the great city! The zombie outbreak will indeed occur this one dark and scary weekend in Scranton, but do not fear the generals of the apocalypse are here to protect you. Participate ... 09/04/2012

For all the zombie fanatics, zombie movie fans, or the ones who plan on surviving the coming zombie apocalypse, Scranton Pa is where you all need to be for this blood thirsty event taking over the Northeast this September! An event full of zombies, make - up, zombie movie stars, and many more. Infect Scranton is a themed fan-focused zombiecon like nothing you've ever seen before in the world of zombies and walking corpses. Get your tickets to the place to be after the a zombie plague has broken out. SC 232 Survivor Camp is located in suburb of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania. This zombie stake out will be under the guidance of US Military Civilian Defense. This zombie hideout is a convention that will surely include everything to fullfill the needs of all the zombie fa... 05/31/2012

Scranton- Ron Parasole has joined the Wilkins organization as a Realtor with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates.  Within a set period of time, Parasole will open his own business under the name Parasole Property Management & Assoc.'s (PPMA) of which Thomas R. Wilkins will serve as Broker of Record for the newly formed property management group.   Parasole, who has worked with Wilkins prior, has been a licensed Realtor since 2002.  Earlier this year, Parasole, with the assistance of Wilkins began managing income producing properties in and around the Scranton-Wilkes Barre area.  It was then that they decided Parasole would open his own management company under the direction and licensing of Wilkins.   Said Thomas R. Wilkins, CEO, "Ron simply loves property manageme... 04/28/2012

I re-blogged a post by Realtor Larry Brewer regarding National Humane Societies on Active Rain a few weeks ago. This is the link so you can review Larry's article. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1532000/donate-to-your-local-animal-shelter-not-the-national-humane-society I thought it was worth posting the message again and adding some additional information. It might benefit reader to know that The Human Society of The United States does not care for one single animal. The Human Society of the United States spends millions of your donated dollars on administrative costs, salaries, lobbying and advertising. You see pleading ads on TV with celebrities asking for just $19.00 a month to sign up and save a particular pet. Those ads costs millions. Your donations pay for them. So how many co... 04/01/2012

Mega Electronics retailer Best Buy has just announced they will be closing 50 store nationwide. They plan to cut 400 jobs in an effort to stem the flow of losses.  2011 Best Buy posted $1.2 Billion in annual loss. The company plans on scaling down retail locations to compete with monster internet retailers like Amazon.com. If you have any doubt about the power of the internet this drastic change in business models should be enlightening.  Best Buy plans on opening 100 petite Connected Stores, where they will sell e-readers, tablet computers, cellphones, and service plans.  There are currently 305 such stores in the Best Buy chain. The familiar blue sprawling big box store may soon begin to disappear nationwide. Real Estate marketing has been headed in the same direction.  Big bull pen o... 03/30/2012

The Scranton Times reported this week that interest rates for 30 year fixed loans have risen. The mortgage interest rates can rise and fall driven by our economy and other economic indicators. For several weeks we saw interest rates below 4%.  That is a record low in our country.  In 2005 a mortgage for $100,000.00 at 6.5% would cost $6,500.00 per year in interest. The same loan last month at 3.92% would cost $3,920,00 per year. The interest rate has a direct bearing on how much home you can afford to buy. Currently it is reported the average 30 year fixed rate mortgage jumped to 4.08%.  How long interest rates will stay this low is anyone's guess. If you have been considering a home purchase it's a good time to contact a Realtor and explore the current home inventory.  It is doubtful t... 03/30/2012

Much has been written about the need for disclosure in real estate transactions.  In this instance I'm addressing the need for a seller to disclose property condition.  Some agents inadvertently allow a seller to skirt their responsibility.  I'm not suggesting that agents are culpable or assist non-compliance.  I am suggesting they don't fully understand the law, or that a sellers disclosure might have to be amended during the listing contract. In Pa a Sellers Disclosure is required on all residential real estate transactions.  Pa law exempts certain classifications of individuals from the disclosure responsibility. There are 9 exemptions: Banks (foreclosed properties) Fiduciary - Estates Court Order Co-Owner transfers Transfers made to testate or intestate successions  Transfers made t... 03/26/2012