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Tips for Finding Your Perfect Agent

Submitted by Joseph Pettinella on October 25, 2017 - 4:16pm

Mid Hudson Valley Agents

For both home buyers and sellers, finding the right agent for the job is always crucial to success! Your real estate agent will be your liason to the local real estate market and your guide throughout the entire process, so it's important that you select one that instills confidence and comfort. Keeping reading to learn about some ways that you can find the perfect agent for you!

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Love Pumpkins? Don't Miss 'The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze'

Submitted by Joseph Pettinella on October 16, 2017 - 3:43pm

There are people who like pumpkins, and then there are the people behind the annual Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. Since 2004, this Halloween celebration has grown ever larger and more elaborate in its use of the thing perhaps most associated with the October holiday: pumpkins! Make time to attend this amazing event, running through the end of November in Croton-on-Hudson.

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Grape Stomping Festival at Robibero Family Vineyards

Submitted by Joseph Pettinella on September 18, 2017 - 5:22pm

It's that time of year again: Halloween stores are open for business, temperatures have started their steady decline, and it's time for vineyards to harvest their sweet crop. Oh, you didn't know about that last one? Well, Robibero Family Vineyards hopes to change that with their annual Grape Stomping Festival! You might have attended a wine festival before, but you probably didn't get your feet dirty doing it!

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How to Become a SERIOUS BUYER

Submitted by Joseph Pettinella on August 30, 2017 - 3:09pm

Home Buying Advice

Most would-be home buyers spend a lot of time on line looking at potential homes to buy, but not all of them put themselves in the position to be taken seriously by sellers and lenders.

How do you become a SERIOUS BUYER . . . one who sellers and mortgage brokers want to do a transaction with?

Here are a few tips to make sure you are in the best possible position to get the property and mortgage that you deserve.

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More Accidents Happen At Home Than Anywhere Else - How to Avoid Them

Submitted by Joseph Pettinella on August 29, 2017 - 3:45pm

Home Maintenance

Keeping your home safe just takes a little thought and the development of some good maintenance habits. Routine maintenance tasks are very important to ensure the integrity of your home's safety features.