Two Diverse Real Estate Listings in NJ – Virtually Same Price

This just made me Chuckle a bit.  I have two listings that are 53 miles apart.  One is over 43 acres, lakefront and has a 4br house.  The other is 1704 sq.ft. and is a 3br that has had the third bedroom converted to a living room area.  They are both about the same price.  Just under $600,000 and both priced very well.  Lets see what the market says.

Click the links below to see the individual listings or see all my current listings on Realtor.com

7 Holly Street, Wantage, NJ  – listing on Realtor.com

Beautiful 2/3 Bedroom, 2 bathroom condo unit for Sale

509 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken NJ – listing on realtor.com

View of 7 Holly Street - Over 43 Acres and lakefront

Go Green on your Electric and Save Green

I have always had an interest in cleaner and renewable energy. Even back when I worked for The Star-Ledger I pushed to cover stories that focused on wind, water and solar energy. I have been following electric vehicles like the Tesla sports car, Phoenix trucks and Brammo motorcycles. I have been lucky since getting involved in brokering real estate deals that I have found myself involved in the development of commercial grade solar farms here in NJ from the ground up. When I found out about the deregulation of the electric industry here in NJ. I started doing research into suppliers for a better electric rate. My phone number is unpublished so I have not been subject to all the calls to switch my electric service that many of my friends and family have been dealing with so I took my research online. The company I decided to go with was Viridian. They have two different products to choose from, a 20% green product that offers a savings over the old JCP&L rate I was paying and a 100% green energy product that is basically the same price as my local provider.

My service has been switched over to Viridian. My personal residence I moved to 100% green energy for bragging rights and I moved my rental properties over to the 20% product to pass the savings on to my tenants. The more I looked into Viridian the more I liked the company. I like the structure of the company and was also impressed with the commitment to the environment. They already have a 20% green product 2 years before the 2012 government mandate that all companies use at least that much energy from a renewable source. They are also doing the marketing through independent representatives. I liked the company so much I decided to sign up and be a independent representative myself. I am telling all my friends, family, clients and even strangers about Viridian and the opportunity to help the environment and save on your electric. Check out the video below and to switch over just logon to my website at www.viridian.com/worldofgreen

Real Estate interest rate calculator

Still on the fence about buying.  Check out this calculator to see how interest rate changes along with price increases and decreases may have an impact.

Click here the real estate calculator courtesy of Realtor PJ Simonis

Your Wait is Over

Tax Credit Seminar tomorrow 4/10/10 at 11am

My office will be holding a Tax Credit Seminar for first time and repeat buyers. We only have about 20 days to get you into a contract on a new home to take advantage of the credit – up to $8,000. Attorney William Mack will be on hand to answer questions as will Weichert Gold Service Manager Michael Longman who will be able to explain the new FHA regulations.

My office is located at 101 Landing Road, Landing NJ. Use the map link below for directions. Show up at 11am to get your questions answered by professionals in the business. Refreshments will be served. Feel free to invite friends. Use this link to register with PJ Simonis for the free tax credit seminar. Please remember to include your phone number and contact information.

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Free Tax Credit Seminar Saturday 2/20/2010 at 11am

free Information seminar on first time and repeat buyers tax credit

My office will be holding a Tax Credit Seminar for first time and repeat buyers. We only have about 70 days to get you into a contract on a new home to take advantage of the credit – up to $8,000. My office is located at 101 Landing Road, Landing NJ. Use the map link below for directions. Show up at 11am to get your questions answered by professionals in the business.  Refreshments will be served.  Feel free to invite friends. Use this link to register with PJ Simonis for the free tax credit seminar.  Please remember to include your phone number and contact information.

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Condo for sale in Parsippany -

I just listed this great condo in Parsippany Manor at $179,900. It has a huge living room (17×14) with pergo flooring and dental crown. This unit was well taken care of and nicely updated. Lots of storage in the unit plus extra across the hall. Taxes are only $2,323. and your maintainance fee of $265. includes your heat! (as well as sewer, water, trash, snow removal, common area and the exterior) Bus to NYC at the end of the road and minutes to major highways.

If you are a first time buyer and qualify for the tax credit you could live for free for 6 mo. This link is to the listing on my site for 203 North Beverwyck Road. If you are interested or know someone who is you can contact me through my website or you can use the link below.

Click here to send me a quick email if you are interested in this property

Great way to search – waterfront property in Lake Hopatcong Area

In anticipation of the Spring – I know I may be rushing it a little bit – I did some property searches for waterfront property.

I did a radius search of everything waterfront 13 miles from my office and less. It brought up 137 properties ranging in price from $81,500. in Jefferson to a listing in Mountain Lakes for $3,000,000. I would like to see a few of you enjoying at least one of them this summer? Some of you are already hooked-up. In that case a referral to one of your friends or family would mean a great deal to me. ( Yes, you are in that group Zahid! )

If you haven’t registered on my site yet you should. I have some great tools including the radius search I used above. No need to select individual towns or counties. Just put in a location, select the features you want and search. Your results will be returned along with town details and demographics. Need more information? I am always here for you.

You can search multi-family, single family, land and even rentals. It is also not limited to the area around my office. You can search anywhere in NJ. You will find all the local MLS listings as well as additional Weichert Exclusive Listings

Visit my website to get personalized professional real estate services and access to neighborhood information as well as demographics on over 20,000 active listings in NJ. Don’t forget to bookmark the login page and save your password.

Looking for an easy way to save time and money on your rental properties?

Try using the FREE web tools I provide for my clients:
Free online Property Management Software from T-Rex Global and PJ Simonis

Tools for Real Estate Investors

I came across some online real estate tools for investors created by T-Rex Global – I have not used them extensively but I did mess around with a couple of them. I am considering making the move from my current software to this web based tool.  They are free so check them out for yourself and send me an email to share your thoughts.

If you like the way the free software works you can expand it and register your tenants so that they can pay rent online.  This can be extremely helpful to out-of-state landlords. I know I will be using it when I am collecting rent while sailing the islands.

Perhaps not the best day for an Open House

From Snow Open House

But if anyone would like to check this property out on a day when the weather is more pleasant I would be happy to show it. It is a great little starter home that is ready to move in. Wood flooring and landscaping and you have a great little place to call home. Check out this GSMLS info link for 341 Dupont Ave, Hopatcong NJ 07843 and contact me directly if you or anyone you know might be interested. This link is only good for 60 days so if it doesn’t work for you, again, feel free to contact me directly.

Just another way to get my listings out to prospective buyers

Click on the badge above to see one of the many ways your home could look on the internet if you list with me.

Zillow had 8.8 million unique visitors in March, which is a 70 percent year-over-year growth despite a challenging real estate market place. Rich Barton, the CEO of Zillow stated the iPhone app was downloaded 234,000 times in its first 12 days of release and 10 percent to 20 percent of the site’s queries are coming from the iPhone app as of May 2009.

Below you can watch a video that explains the zestimate process. A zestimate is the estimate the Zillow gives to a particular home.