44 LaSell St, West Roxbury MA Single Family Home for Sale

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

44 LaSell St, West Roxbury, MA virtual tour

44 LaSell St, West Roxbury, MA 02132 virtual tour.  MLS #71309893.  Almost 1200 sq feet of living space on three floors.  Legal in-law studio apartment on the first floor. 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, attached garage and huge deck of the back of the home.  Click on the Photo, or click here for the Virtual Tour.

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Benefits of a Realtor® versus Real Estate Sales Agent

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

When most motivated real estate professionals got their license to practice the art and science of residential real estate, they only needed 12 hours of study.  12 hours, you can do that in a day.  Forgive me if I am wrong, but that may be less than the time it takes to get your driver’s license.  Last year the requirement was increased to 40 hours.  40 hours, most people work that in a week let alone prepare for the intricacies of a real estate transaction.

Transactions in real estate are at the end of a process to fine and acquire a property.  The process of buying a home works on more than just a transactional basis.  It is a business transaction, a big business transaction that can shape your file.  It is a life style choice, a neighborhood choice, the schools, the homes. Real estate works on so many levels.  Let me ask you a question, Do you think that working with a regular sales agent with such minimal requirements  to obtain the right to help you, or do you just need a person to do the errands.

A Realtor® is held to those standards, but must also follow further instructions like, continuing education, attending conferences, training through the internet and in groups…a higher standard.  This is like the difference between a surgeon, and a board certified surgeon.  More training, continuing education, top performance as judged by the National Association of Realtors.  Each region has it’s board; or more than one board can cover the same  region.  I am on the Greater Board Association of Realtors®, The National Association of Realtors®, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors® and within each level and area of knowledge and grasp of the process is peer reviewed.

I am a RE/MAX agent. I help people achieve their real estate dreams.  I have been named the RE/MAX New England “Agent of the Month” for the second time, both April 2011 and April 2012.  Twice in 18 months of practice competing against agents who compete at the highest levels. This is an honor and one I would rather receive for my production than my communication, I understand that telling the story is a key component in the real estate buying and selling process.

I believe in StoryTeller Marketing.  I think that each and every home is just the right place for someone.  My job is to listen, first, then to actually hear you tell the story of your dream home and for me to help you buy it.  Each home begins a new story when you move in and continues to grow over the years.  When it is time to sell, those stories are some of the best stories to tell when you sell.  StoryTeller Marketing goes beyond getting my real estate sales license to the level of Realtor® with designations and honors.  I only work with people I like, and homes I can sell, or buy. My goal is to get you exactly what you want, for a price you will love.  I am a Realtor®

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The importance of giving–Active Rain Ambassadorship

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

Active Rain Real Estate Network

What is Active Rain is a question I get often from real estate agents in the Boston area where I live and work.  It is an easy question to answer, but a more difficult answer to absorb it’s importance to the people asking.  Active Rain is the largest technology company working in the real estate industry.  It is chock full of Brokers, Agents, Realtors®, Investors, Lenders, Stagers, Inspectors and more.  It reaches across the country and because it is on the web, across the world.  It assists the people just mentioned in learning and growing best practices in the industry, but it also does more than that.  It also helps the consumers and home buyers and sellers.  It provides them a wealth of information about our industry and gives them insight into the differing ways in which a professional can assist these consumers of the service.

Active Rain, Larry Lawfer AmbassadorI am relatively new to the industry, but not new to business and make no mistake, real estate is a business.  It can be argued that real estate is the most vital business in our economy.  A booming real estate business means a booming economy and the opposite is also true. Builders, electricians, plumbers, architects, developers, window manufacturers, carpenters, housing materials of all sorts are needed in a home.  When it is built and occupied there is food and clothing inside and cars in the driveways, real estate touches every aspect of our lives.  It is no surprise that our economy struggles when the housing market is depressed as it has been.  It is no surprise that the economy is coming out of the doldrums right now and we are seeing the housing market pick up.

 

As an Ambassador here on Active Rain I feel I need to be actively paying attention to what is being shared here.  It is my responsibility and my opportunity to help anyone and everyone who asks for some assistance on this platform and in our industry.  We want to have a vibrant and focused professional force out there helping our consumers.  We need community activists with real estate knowledge to be working within these communities to build them to prosperity.  I am proud of my Ambassadorship, but not in the ego way.  What makes me proud at the end of the day is what I can learn and share here.  What makes me feel great is when someone asks a question and I can provide either the answer or the place to find that answer. Thank you Active Rain for allowing me to serve this community.

What do you think?

 

Larry Lawfer

Realtor®, Director of Marketing

RE/MAX Landmark, YourStorys Realty, LLC

462 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02482

larry@lawfer.com, 972-322-7776

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Focus; Best friend or worst enemy?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

Boston Herald Home Smart

It is known that people with the ability to focus for long period of time with a single mind on a task are often successful.  Successful people and people of genius are known for this ability to focus completely.  In the real estate business this is true as well, or is it.  Most agents are able to multi task a whole bunch of things at once. They prospect while they transact and return phone calls while they set up a lunch meeting.  It is somewhat crazy.  Real estate has such broad and diverse tasks that need to be addressed during the process that focusing on any single issue may have you missing on another.  What is an agent to do?

Standing out in the crowd

One answer should be time blocking.  Choose times in your day that you prospect. Another time to return phone calls, another for email, another for researching the market and study of new materials always becoming available.  With time blocking you have the chance to fully focus on a single task for a period of time.  You have the urgency to get the task completed because you have another task coming up behind this one on your daily schedule.  The difficulty is in following through with the plan. That is focus too.  There is zero doubt that during your prospecting time a client will call in with a need, or worse yet a friend or family member will distract you with some personal need. What do you do?  Your answer to that question can dictate your success of failure in your day.

I has often been said that real estate is not hard, but by no stretch is it easy.  Organizing your day to get things accomplished for your clients and your business should be your single minded focus.  Learning and growing is about adapting and focusing.  What are you going to do today?

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Past Performance is an Indication of future results

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

193 Beacon Back Bay Boston MA

In the financial world they have to say that past performance is no indication of future earnings.  I understand why this is necessary, but it is wrong.  It is especially wrong in Real Estate.  An agent who has a track record of quick sales at and above the asking price is more likely to repeat that for you.  An agent who has lackluster numbers is likely to do that for you as well.  You have to ask yourself as a Seller, do I want to work with a top agent who can get my house sold, or do I want to work with an agent I know, or one who lives in my neighborhood, or that annoying agent who just keeps calling?

One of the areas of growth in my business comes from working with people who have had their home on the market and it has not sold.

63 Westcliff Road, Weston, MA 02493

The listing when not sold goes Expired, or Canceled by the Seller.  I pay attention to these listings and see some of the so called top agents loosing their listings over and over.  It is usually the best known agents who have many listings.  With many listings and no system the individual listings tend to fall through the cracks.  To get your home sold in this market right now, you need an agent who is paying attention daily to the work of promoting and marketing your property.

If you are one of the many agents who read my blog I have a slightly different story to share.  I deliver packages to 2 houses a day  in the areas I work that have been expired or canceled.  This is a system that I follow and it gets me listings.  Yesterday while I was doing it I realized that I have been going to doors all my life.  I was the candy champion of my cub scout troop before I was 10.  I didn’t set out to sell more candy I just like sharing it with my neighbors, some bought, some didn’t.  As I was walking up to one of the doors yesterday I had a deja vu moment and a big smile came over my face, now much older than 10.  As a Realtor® I feel a love for my community and if people want to sell their home and move to another I want to help them.  I have developed tools and systems to do so.  If you need help in this area, give me a call.

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Spring into Anguilla, Vacations on a song

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Larry Lawfer
Tranquility Villa, Shoal Bay East

Tranquility Villa, Shoal Bay East

Spring into Anguilla, vacations on a song and a lifetime of dreams.  Beach people love the sound of the ocean caressing the shore.  It is soothing and relaxing to hear the waves lick the sand.  Anguilla beaches, and specifically those along Shoal Bay East are considered to be some of the nicest in the world.  Property on Anguilla is available and this should make your heart sing.  Non resident aliens can capture a piece of this favored island now at wonderful prices.  I represent a variety of properties on Anguilla and some of them are on the local MLS, websites, and some are not.  These exclusive properties are privately owned by families that have enjoyed the wonders of Anguilla for years.

Beach Escape Villa, Anguilla Real Estate

Beach Escape Villa, Anguilla Real Estate

Their kids have roamed the beaches, swum in the turquoise ocean and danced to the beat of the Caribbean music that draws so many to the island each year.  Anguilla has been the private secret for many years but shows like The Bachelor and celebrities like Robert DeNiro, Sandra Bullock, LL Cool J, and even Paris Hilton have visited often to enjoy some of the best beaches in the world and some of the best restaurants.  The Caribbean is not known for great cuisine, but Anguilla has more than a couple of restaurants that often show up on the Top 20 lists in the world of food.  There is ample reason for this.  With it’s wonderful and temperate climate, the safe, secure environment and the privacy that is afforded each and every visitor it is no wonder they keep coming back.

With English as the spoken word and the Dollar as an accepted currency it is not difficult to come from the states to Anguilla. Anguilla real estate provides some of the highest rental rates in the Caribbean if you don’t plan on spending the entire season in your home and wish to rent your property.  I have a number of financing options available to the right and motivated buyers.  Lease options, fractional ownership, owner financed, and more just give me a call and let me match you to our inventory.  I look forward to sharing with you this paradise. Call Larry 972-322-7776

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Larry Lawfer

Realtor®, Director of Marketing

RE/MAX Landmark, YourStorys Realty

462 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02482

larry@lawfer.com, 972-322-7776

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Green is Good; Farm for Sale in Brockton, MA

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

Farm for Sale in Brockton

The Blue Parrot was an infamous speakeasy during Prohibition. The home still stands on Alger Street and is part of a 17 plus acre parcels of land available for sale. The property has 440 feet of frontage on Alger Street and another 445 feet of frontage on a side road. This land has been in the same family for years and without a family member to step in and take over the farm land they are offering it for sale. Owners have retired and want to help New Generation of family farmers find success. Price has been sla$$hed and property has been subdivided for easier purchase and possible development. Step into the new year with new vision and new confidence. Purchase all or part of this multi-generation farm and consider owning a piece of local history in this true antique Speakeasy Farmhouse. 4 parcels Priced from $24,000 to $329,000.

Land for Sale in Brockton

17.41 Acres of Farmland in Brockton MA for Sale

This land has grown all sorts of fruits, vegatables and flowers through the years. Many Brockton adults had their first job at this farm which employed generations of teens to help with the work. Right now there is a need for new farms growing fruits and vegetables because localvore has become so important to local restaurants. There is room on this property for a greenhouse to keep the growing going through our winters. The property has dropped in price recently and is a true “steal” for the right buyer.

Give us a call for more information. If you are a farmer, a breeder of dogs or horses, this may be the place for you. With zoning already in place you can hit the ground running. With Christmas just over you probably still remember the cost of your Christmas tree, getting the new little pines in the ground as soon as possible gets you closer to the green of next Christmas. Going green can mean keeping more green in your pocket with the purchase of a farm for the right price. Give Kevin a call at 508 317 1766 or call me directly and we can help you achieve your goal.

Listing Price: 329,899
Address: o4 Alger St
City: Brockton
State: MA
ZIP: 02302
MLS # (if any): 71291239
Square Feet: 758380 sq. ft
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Privacy and Outdoor living in Mansfield

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

Stearns Avenue in Mansfield MA is a nature lover’s delight. Our owner was not always a horse lover, she started riding a year or so ago, but she has always loved the privacy of her land and she has lived in this incredible post and beam home where the posts and beams came out of a very well known estate in the area and included into the architecture and building of her home on over 6 acres of land. Privacy, interesting construction and backing up to town land make this home a great buy for anyone looking to own a unique home that gives you access to such privacy and opportunity to enjoy each and every day. There is a post and beam outbuilding that can be converted into a horse barn, it was designed that way. As it is our owner boards her horse boarded at a private residence stable close by to Borderland where she rides.

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The Collections Properties of Distinction

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Larry Lawfer

RE/MAX designates only certain properties to be part of their Collections Group. These homes receive additional marketing support from the National and International RE/MAX organization. Click on the picture to see a short video

RE/MAX Collections; Homes of Distinction

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