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I'm not sure what made me think about brown bag lunches and high school. It could be that the holidays always bring back memories of growing up in Pittsburgh. Or it may have just been that genoa salami sandwich that reminded me of Labriola's, the Italian Store where my family shopped on Larimer A...

The Girard family is home and thousands of volunteers went back to their real jobs on Monday. I served as Lead Volunteer Coordinator throughout our Eastern CT Extreme Home Makeover; a project to build a new home in 106 hours. I wrote about the journey at my Eastern Connecticut Real Estate Blog. ...

If you are on my Christmas list, your gift may be late this year.  My normal holiday schedule was interrupted the morning of October 24thwhen I received an email from Bruno Hayn of Home Designs by Bruno.  The subject line was "Help I Need Volunteers".  Bruno's email went on to explain that he ha...

Lake of Isles, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, is nice looking most times of year but absolutely magnificent during the fall.  Managed by Troon Golf, Lake of Isles is located in North Stonington, CT but is just a golf ball throw away from Ledyard, home of Foxwoods Resort Casino. I...

This is a bit of a re-blog.  I thought it was appropriate since the number of foreclosures has skyrocketed since I wrote my January post called "About Foreclosures and Sainthood".  It was a very popular post.  I received 55 comments here but more importantly it was picked up by US News and World...

The hardest part about writing my Eastern Connecticut Real Estate Blog is the writing part.  I find it necessary to keep a copy of William Strunk's "The Elements of Style" right next to me at all times to help with placing the necessary comma or semi-colon. . I really should be better at it sinc...

Ok, I'm back and talking politics and real estate.   I've been gone for awhile.  For those following, I sold the assets of my business and I'm now an agent in the office I used to own, doing what I love...listing and selling real estate.  If you haven't been paying attention, you can read about a...

I guess I kind of expected it. When I decided to sell the assets of my RE/MAX Realty Group office in Gales Ferry and stay on as an agent at the new RE/MAX Realty Group, I knew to anticipate the rumors.  Fortunately, blogging gives me the opportunity to clear up a few things so here goes....   To ...

There are many factors to consider when determining the value of real estate.  In  addition to square footage, condition and amenities, there are things like steep driveways, busy roads, power lines, and bright colors.  In New England, swimming pools don't necessarily add value like they would in...

On January 1, 2008, I wrote a blog post on Active Rain called "From Single to Team to Single Again".  I described how I had decided to push my buyer specialists out of the nest, and to return to practicing as a single agent with an assistant.  (I continue to refer all my buyers to my former buye...