Heather's Blog

Each town has a local hangout - "the" place to go and grab some great food and run into friends.  A place where the owners know the customers and treat them like family.  In Wildwood, NJ that place is the Alumni Grill.  Located on Pacific Ave. - one of the few businesses that actually thrive on t...

I can't tell you how many times I have thought about this article.  Driving into the office, down Pacific Ave., trying to picture what the town looked like in its hay-day, I wonder how this could have happened.  Let me begin by saying that I love this island.  There is no better beach town around...

Hello fellow Weichert agents......   Greetings from Wildwood, NJ.  I am a member of the Weichert Hoeyfamily - five offices strong with over 120 agents.  My company serves all of Cape May County, providing all of our customers with the service they expect from Weichert.  We have just come away fro...

Broker's Open Houses are big in my office.  Sellers love them.  Agents use them as a chance to get out of the office and socialize (maybe even win something depending on who is hosting it.)  There really is no better way to get a large number of agents out to the property.  Who doesn't like free ...

I just got finished reading an article put out by Eugene Miller on RISMEDIA entitled "Maximizing Second-Home Sales."  I list and sell in Wildwood, NJ - a resort market - and a lot of what Miller said made sense.  According to NAR, second home purchases accounted for 40% of all sales in 2005.  Tha...

Early last fall I began working with a couple who was interested in buying a single family home in the area.  Unlike most of the buyers who I have worked with, this was their first time purchasing a home.  I began to search for homes and they worked with Weichert Gold services to get approved for...

This Saturday was absolutely gorgeous in Wildwood.  The sun was warm - there were plenty of people out walking the boardwalk.  You could not help but feel that spring is right around the corner.  One of my new listings was being open housed by an agent from my office - and it was guaranteed that ...

I am originally from Berks County, PA. - Pennsylvania Dutch all the way - and later today I will be enjoying some Shoo Fly Pie.  Everyone knew everyone, and looking back at it now, that was a great security blanket. I moved to South Jersey after I graduated from college and haven't been back to a...

When I first joined AR this summer there were no signs of life from South Jersey Realtors.  I think one of my first blogs was about the lack of participation from agents in my area.  Good News - AR is spreading and more agents are taking advantage of all that the site has to offer.I would like to...

There are so many shore resorts in South Jersey that, come Labor day, close everything up and turn into a ghost town.  I have always thought that this was such a shame.  Growing up in Reading, PA, I could not wait for those winter weekends when we would drive down to check on our summer house.  T...