Making Others Feel Special

I love getting the ActiveRain Newsletter Each Day but especially today when I received an email from Martha Brown who I saw  yesterday at the charity walk.

                    

Her message read:

   ''Congratulations for being the featured agent today on the Active Rain Daily Drop. :0)''

Martha, a very successful and very busy Realtor®, took time from her packed schedule to make me feel special!

Thank you ActiveRain and thank you Martha Brown.

This is what a member spotlight looks like at the bottom of the newsletter.

September 30, 2012 Member Spotlight HomeRome Realty Author:Real Estate the Rome Way 410-530-2400 Miss Rome is a big volunteer enthusiast. She is always getting the troops together for a good cause and constantly giving back. Get inspired! View Member

 

I love getting the ActiveRain Newsletter each day but especially today when I received an email from Martha Brown who I saw  yesterday at the charity walk.

   Making Others Feel Special

 Country Living One Mile From Baltimore Beltway- Custom Brick home!

                                                  $424,944

 Unique solid masonry 4-5 BR brick custom home on 3 acres buffered by another 17 acres of the Woodholme County Club.

Gated secluded private retreat in Pikesville 21208 .   Convenient to everything. First floor master suite plus another bedroom office or den. High ceilings, large windows, open floor plan and a brick fireplace in the large great room creates wonderful space for living and entertaining. Upstairs has 2-3 bedrooms and makes an ideal guest suite with its own kitchen. Use your imagination for the enormous high ceiling lower level. This could be a terrific  mancave, media area or sports arena. Close enough to drive your golf cart home and store in the outbuildings. Directions: Baltimore Beltway 695 to Exit 20. Go north and turn left at Woodholme Ave. Bear left to the very end, passing the country club and tennis courts to the gate at 415 South Road. Showings by appointment.   When would you like to tour this country living one mile from the Baltimore Beltway?

Directions: Baltimore Beltway 695 to Exit 20. Go north and turn left at Woodholme Ave. Bear left to the very end, passing the country club and tennis courts to the gate at 415 South Road. Showings by appointment.

When would you like to tour this country living one mile from the Baltimore Beltway?

A good time was had by all!

ActiveRain 9/29/2012 Chesapeake Beach

Meeting this morning in Chesapeake Beach were a bunch of the best ActiveRain members!

Here is a photo of Fernando, Rich, Cheryl, Margaret, Martha, Dr. Stacey, Jan, Lenn, Bridget, Tim, Clair and Diane.

 There are a few missing so go Check out Steve's blog and video. In total, we had 16 walkers and a dozen stayed for breakfast at Traders.

We were able to combine a wonderful get together of top agents and a charity walk for Ovarian Cancer.

For other recounts of the day, take a look at Rich's photos. 

....and  Dianne Phillip who came with her daughter.

We are pleased to announce that 100 % of the walkers generously participated and $450 was raised. There are still some people who are sending in donations to go into this very envelope.

                                     

  A good time was had by all!

ActiveRain 9/29/2012 Chesapeake Beach

Contemporary Stone and Cedar Rancher Located in the Falls Road Corridor of Baltimore County

Contemporary Stone and Cedar Rancher Located in the

 Falls Road Corridor of Baltimore County.

                                                   $589,944

12325 Falls Road is an exciting contemporary stone and cedar rancher located in the Falls Road Corridor of Baltimore County and served by Pinewood, Ridgely and Dulaney Schools.

                              When would you like to see this home?

The open floor plan lends itself to different ways of living in this home.  It could be used as a four or five bedroom home with family room, formal sunken living room and formal sunken dining room all on the first level. The entry foyer could be a den or library with the stacked stone fireplace.              

 

Check  out the size of this kitchen with a huge amount of Corian counters, center cooking island with breakfast table space. There is another area that holds a planning desk, an extra refrigerator, a walk in pantry and a room that would make a nice office or playroom.    

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Long low sprawling brick and cedar contemporary home has abundant amount of parking and is just great for entertaining with private inground pool and spacious decking.

                                    

Bright family room with two sets of French doors has cathedral ceilings and architectural openings allowing light to a pass from the adjacent kitchen.

                             

                                             

 

And then there is the spacious luxury master bath room surrounded with marble, glass block walls and a green house window over the jetted tub!

                       

  

                      

Easy access allows you to drive right up to the covered front porch no matter what the weather.

                                                                    

Sitting on a 1.89 acre lot, 12325 Falls Road is an exciting contemporary stone and cedar rancher.

12325 Falls Road is an exciting contemporary stone and cedar rancher located in the Falls Road Corridor of Baltimore County and served by Pinewood, Ridgely and Dulaney Schools.

When would you like to see this home?

Attention All Maryland Homeowners: Homestead Tax Credit Application Deadline 12/31/2012

 Attention All Maryland Homeowners:

Homestead Tax Credit Application Deadline 12/31/2012

The Department of Assessments and Taxation wants to provide an important reminder to all homeowners that they only have until December 31, 2012 to file the Application for Homestead Tax Credit Eligibility to continue to be qualified for this property tax credit that limits the amount of assessment on which a homeowner actually pays taxes on his or her principal residence.

                        

Over the past five years, the Department has mailed the Homestead application on two separate occasions to every homeowner in the State either in their new Assessment Notice or by a separate mailing.  To find out if you have already filed the one-time application in the past five years, you should go the Department’s website at www.dat.state.md.us  and click on "Real Property Data Search" You will click on the County name where your property is located and enter the Street address. A page on your property will be displayed, and you look across the bottom of the page to see if you submitted the Homestead application. If you have not submitted the application, the form will be mailed to you if you send an e-mail to credit@dat.state.md.us   

This credit is designed to protect you from annual spikes in tax bills.  

                            Attention All Maryland Homeowners

              Homestead Tax Credit Application Deadline 12/31/2012

My Direction...Getting the Home Sold!

Meet Makai... Do You Know What Makai Means?

                  

When I correspond with one of my favorite sellers, a photographer, she frequently sends me one of her photos.   Today I received this "thirst  quenching" photo of Makai, her beautiful puppy.

Did you know that Makai is the Hawaiian word for "Towards the Sea". Since there is one main highway in Hawaii,the driving directions are given by "Malka"(turn toward the mountain) or "Makai" (Towards the Sea). 

                                    My Direction...Getting the Home Sold!   

 3003 Northbrook Rd Baltimore County 4 level Split in Pickwick  

 

                                     

This Beauty is on the Market Take a Look at This Exciting Baltimore Contemporary

This Beauty is on the Market Take a Look at This Exciting Baltimore Contemporary              

Last night I took a new listing that I love. It is definitely not a Clone-onial.

I love the cedar and stone, the high ceilings, the stacked stone fireplace, the luxury master suite, the open spaces, the large deck and the inground heated pool. I wanted to get this listing in the MLS, my advertising done and a blog!

It is now active in the Multiple List. Here is the MLS #BC7933661

 12325 Falls Road Cockeysville, MD 21030
                                    

My ad is done and here is the proof!

 

The blogging is a bit short but the most important thing ... This Beauty is on the Market.
                             

Contemporary Stone and Cedar Rancher  Located in the Falls Road Corridor of Baltimore 

                                                              

 Exciting Baltimore Contemporary Rancher Falls Road Corridor.
  12325 Falls Road Cockeysville, MD 21030
  Please call me for more information or to tour this very special home!

Active Rain Challenge: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger..

  Active Rain Challenge: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger..  Life is full of difficulties, but setbacks and challenges can be the foundation for success. Adversity actually can make people stronger and healthier. The ability to cope with adversity -- to thrive when life is difficult, to get back up when you've been knocked down -- is called resilience. You don't have to be born with the capacity for resilience, it can be can be learned at any age by studying how other people overcame unusual stress or difficulties.

  As a little girl, I only wanted to be a nurse so I could take care of Daddy.   Mom worked 7 days a week in our restaurant but I spent most of the time with my dad. He was a diabetic and I used to give him insulin shots. Now this doesn't sound like a big deal but I was eight years old. If I was a nurse, I could have saved him. Or so I thought.

When we went for ice cream...I kept it secret. Shh...he wasn't supposed to have sugar.                        

                                

  Daddy died when I was eight and I became an RN! 

And then I made a wish and Lee came true.  We have been married 16,187 days! Yes, we still count the days and they are going by way too fast!                   

                                                                               

                                                                                                                   

Three years after our wedding, we had our daughter, Erica, and I stopped my nursing career. That was after being named the youngest Head Nurse at Sinai Hospital.

Being a 'stay at home mom' I took up my second career..that of a ceramic and porcelain artist. There was a full studio in my home where I custom designed pottery for clients, The Design Center in DC, the Symphony Decorator's Show House, plus doing window displays for fine jewelry stores. My porcelains were used to drape the strands of gold, diamonds and pearls over the art pieces. I even made closing gifts for some of the real estate agents.

                                        
                                       

 

Then there was the accident...rear ended while driving. With neck and back issues I needed surgery. Since they could not guarantee the use of my hands...I decided against it. They advised me not to lift more than five pounds.  My box of clay weighed 50 pounds..no more ceramics for awhile.

During this time I get a "cold" call from a former nurse asking if I wanted to sell my house. Yep she was now a Realtor®.

I had been helping people by writng ads for their homes and finding houses in the area for friends. For that service, I got beautiful thank you notes. This former nurse told me to get licensed. She wanted my referrals.

That same week, I signed up for Real Estate classes to occupy myself until I could get back to the clay which I loved.

That was 1990 when my third career as Realtor® began.  Many of my former patients, their families and owners of my artwork are now my real estate clients. I love walking into a home and finding one of my custom pieces out on display. I love being able to use my nursing background. Especially  helpful is the psychology needed for dealing with the stress of moving. I love being able to incorporate my nursing, my ceramic art and my love of real estate into my wonderful life!

      This post is an entry in the Active Rain Challenge: 

       What Doesn't Kill You...Makes You Stronger!

Attention New York Realtors® in Nassau County

    Attention New York Realtors® in Nassau County

I have special clients who would like to live in Nassau County but are not sure where.

                                               

This would be a second home and they need some help making a decision. They may consider renting in the beginning. I have their home on the market in Baltimore but want to make sure they find a place they like before this one is sold.

After showing their home today, to two different buyers, I spent some time visiting and discussing their move. Who was going to help them in New York?

I decided to check out ActiveRain members in New York.

Wow there were quite a few people I knew and it was hard to make a decision.

Who would be interested in helping this special couple find the right home in Nassau County?

                  Please call me at 410-530-2400

  Attention New York Realtors® in Nassau County

Take time to smell the roses and share them with a photo.

When I received these beautiful roses they were lovely  tight buds. Within hours of arranging them, they exploded into this gorgeous array. Wonder why? Maybe it was the warm water I used.

 

                        

                  Take Time To Smell The Roses

OK...What Is This?

                          

While showing a very very old house this week, I took this picture of the ceiling in the garage.

                                               OK...What Is This?

                

                                                      

Do you think I can find the answer here on ActiveRain? My bet is yes. Will it come from an inspector, an agent, a lender, a contractor, a stager or maybe  one of my followers?

 Who do you think will know?

                                                      OK...What Is This?

                                         

 

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