Congratulations. You've decide to look in to buying land in Maine.
You like the lower cost, the fewer people, the lack of traffic, no crime here. But what type of land do you think you would enjoy the most? Something like a riverfront acreage or a Maine lake waterfront lot? Waterfront is plentiful in Maine but the size of the water body and amount of frontage, availability of power, ease of access and terrain affect the value, marketability. Make sure to have a soil test, title search on the vacant land that needs to be buildable within Maine shoreland zoning regulations. 100 feet back from the high water mark to build. Septic system needs the same set back or more. Can not clear more than thirty percent of the trees on your lot, etc.
Now say you want a bigger acreage, more than a lot. Forty acres, two hundred acres or larger. To just build a
home in the center, say a native Maine log house? If not nestled in total woods, how about a mix of half and half field to woods. And the open ground. Do you want to use this land for planting something? Make sure that open land is not just a pasture used for animals to graze, to hay and that you could run a plow, cultivators, harvesters and that ledge is not just below the surface.
Check the local Maine soil conversation district office nearest the land. Study the soil profiles, aerial maps and even dig test holes to be sure, before you buy. Not planning to grow vegetables, fruit trees or raise beef, dairy cattle or horse? Consider growing Christmas trees as an easier, not tie you down day in and out type farming. Tapping maple trees, organic niche farming, raising fish in ponds...farming is a big category.
Of if you want to build homes, to subdivide or create vacation properties or multi units, something commercial, make you sale contingent on local approvals being met before the real estate closing. Subdividing something large with lots of road frontage or waterfront to split up means careful planning. In Maine, you can not make more than two pieces of property in a five year period without going thru a subdivision process. There are exceptions...if the land is divded by a major road, the land on each side if considered a new slate, each being able to be divided twice. Look in to other subdivision regulations before you buy so the plans you have can happen like you had hoped before buying. Other concerns concerning buying, selling Maine land ? Ask lots of questions 207.532.6573. Maine, you can dream, relax, enjoy relocation, retirement here. Log on www.mooersrealty.com
Watch our local Maine community videos.
Somedays you are the mouse, others the cat. Two cats..from both sides..Yikes. Maine offers lots of images to enjoy
and to sample the area on live video visit here. Here is another image from a Drews Lake in Linneus ME at sunset while the moon is rising on 180 degrees behind
me as I snapped a shot. Below, the shaggy guy has trouble with homework, getting to the brook without bumping into a tree, playing games in the field with his long hair over his eyes too.
Maine, get here quick as you can.
Low cost real estate in Maine.
Space, friendly people, beautiful scenery, wildlife like you've never seen before. Maine. Get here as quick as you can.
And consider this 88 acre Maine farm with Victorian home for sale in Linneus ME.Watch the Maine farm video too. If you want land, ponds, a stream, big barn and auxillary buildings in place..this is the place. $299,500.
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Saving money. Lots of money. Isn't that what makes a purchase feel so much better and don't all of us have a little
yankee trader in us in Maine whether we are buying gas, groceries, a laptop computer or a home. In the case of a Maine home purchase, the Maine State Housing's (MSHA) Gift Of The Green Program is one attractice incentive but it will not be around forever. In addition to the Up to $8000 home buying tax credit program and a Maine home buyer has some seriously attractive home buying options in Maine.Total financial home ownership incentives could total up to $15,000. Wonder about the current MSHA ME home buying loan rates? In Maine in addition to these new financing tools to get you into your own place, the price of homes is so attractive, the selection healthy, the local communities they are in so vibrant and healthy. Maine..get here just as quick as you can!
The 4th of July is an excellent way to get to know the state with the many local state fairs, community
attractions and events. What are you doing this holiday weekend? For the largest fireworks display in the state, consider the Houlton Agricultural State Fair
four day celebration video!
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Real estate is not so... different than seasoning on food. In this case, the Houlton Maine home has been remodeled, tweaked and features two baths. Finshed cellar, open porch, glass side room entry expands into open modern kitchen. But check out the yard, the deck, and the unique playhouse/treehouse that is one of a kind and detailed! $134,900 info@mooersrealty.com Visit our Maine real estate site. Real our other Maine blog. 207.532.6573 Watch the Maine home video on this listing.
Short distance to shopping, downtown, schools from this one. Houlton Maine is on the Canadian border and at the gateway from I-95 to the Atlantic Canadian provinces. Friendlier people but not too crowded.
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In describing real estate, emotion and excitement help the blog reader, video viewer or podcast listener get excited
and emotional too.
Excitement in your copy, your real estate images, your video narrations grab the buyer's attention, gain his interest, get him into gear with desire and interest. You want them to buy, to learn about the place but to have fun and provide a service to the buyer doing it. Writing a boring ad that does not vary much from property to property is developing a style, one that is boring but not memorable in a good way. What will the property do for the buyer? Oh sure, telling them it is a nice place with three bedrooms in a nice area is not so nice. It is wasting good ad space, good video hosting time on anemic, low horsepower ad writing.
Think about the most memorable ads from the major networks...the ones that are different, show ingenuity and a whole new approach than the herd of other ads. In Maine it helps that we have lots of eye candy, low low real estate prices and two other large supply items that help property sell regardless of the market. One category is the four seasons beauty, the unspoiled country side, tons of recreational options right in our backyard. The Maine coast, lighthouses, lobster, potato farms, Allagash Wilderness Waterways, Baxter State Park with Mt Katahdin and Acadian National Park. But the other category is filled with what we don't have in Maine. I like this one laundry list even more than the first one. It's longer.
We don't have crime...Maine is the 4th lowest crime state, Aroostook County is half that average again. With 11 people per mile in Northern Maine, we don't lock our doors, let alone have a need for dead bolts. We don't carry or need a taser. Our schools don't have full time or any "resource personnel employees" (aka police officers) on the parole. The fewer people are friendlier, they make eye contact, they hold doors open for you. These folks are hard working, care about other people and will help you. They let you go first in traffic. They love kids and bend over
backwards to give them a memorable childhood. These folks take care of elderly, go to church, work hard to be better folks making a difference in where they live and work. Need more convincing on why to move here, or at the least
invest in recreational properties for your three day weekends, vacations? Okay, more of what we don't have. You can see the stars, really brightly at night because we don't have light pollution or a zillion yard lights, cars on the roads,
skyscapers lit up. Our sky is bluer than most in city's are used to..no pollution. Fewer people means no traffic, that you can head a mile in any direction of a town and voila, you are in the country. Privacy, seclusion, space and no high real estate prices. Maine. Get here as quick as you can.
Over eating. Would you like me to super size that? Over anything is not healthy although many would argue too much of a good thing or fun is not a bad thing. But eating, something some of us do at least three times a day, shows abuse when you crank your head around. Over eating, obesity is not healthy but why is dieting so hard? Why do we over eat? Did you as a kid eat like a horse and not gain weight and got jokes made by relatives about your hollow leg, where do you put it, does that kids have worms? Saying a slow metabolism is the reason for poundage denies you have to feed the hunger, the larger stretched stomash cavity consistently first to maintain the weight that is causing health problems, a big food bill and poor self image or esteem. Like smokers, few over weight folks other than Oprah or Queen Latifah look good or even use the look or struggle to titter totter and relate with their viewers who tune in. Many wear "X's" and "W's" on their clothing size tags and have for years, decades, all their live.
Food like our spending habits, credit handling, excesses or work extremes with day to day life are a sign of the times? Or is it a symptom of too much stress, too much in the job jar or "to do" list we push and expect to complete
as a full blown, American over achiever? Getting older. Health..our mental, physical and spiritual health are all tied and ignore any or all of them, and it fails. Quality of live suffers. I'm glad I live in Maine..where it is simpler, less populated, 4th lowest crime state and offers so many recreational options from lakes to skiing and hobby farming to owning a mom /pop business and living without a mortgage, without the boat anchor of debt.
Maine Realtor Andrew Mooers - ME Is Healthy, Down To Earth, The Place, People, Property To Call Home.
Opening up your home to rent out rooms to folks on vacations passing thru Maine on their way to the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia. Could you see yourself the owner of a grand home and offering varied plans for just over night stays or serving meals in the trade? Before buying real estate for the bed and breakfast, inn option check with the local town to study the comprehensive plan. Zoning, and insurance regulations, state licensing requirements and fire escapes all to be considered on the check list before
buying. Sprinklers in licensing over certain bedroom count, parking availabilty and the size of the scope you want this operation to take on.
And having a gift shop for tourists an extra income producing option.
Also, instead of just think of passing thru nightly stays, consider a professional like a doctor working at the local hospital who does not relish the idea of just four walls and a motel stay.
He may be here to cover for another doctor for a few weeks or months and this customer creates less coming and going, daily turn over option. Here is a Maine home video on a place ideal for use as an inn, b&b or just to raise a family in.
Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine, it's the way life should be.
Let's face it, your faith in investing hard earned dollars in stocks that may have value disappear over night with a
CEO's screw up or scandal is making your stomach queasy. Roger. Feel the same way. Underneath all is the land. Whether it's just Maine recreational land, Maine farm land, Maine waterfront land, what you buy is affordable, available and attractive. Maine. Half the fun of owning Maine real estate is knowing a vacation is coming where you can head to "Vacationland" for some needed rest and relaxation. Or you may be close to retirement, and Maine is the spot to enjoy your life without a slew of people.
In Aroostook County, when you do the math, it figures out to 11 people per square mile. Isn't that the space you are after, so you can breath, not have to have a taser or waste energy with a personal force field to keep your distance from wall to wall people like urban areas cause? Maine living. The way life should be, with low crime, no pollution, fewer but friendlier people. Get here as quick as you can.
Maine Real Estate Broker Andrew Mooers - Houlton Maine 04730
Hot off the press, here is the
HOULTON AGRICULTURAL FAIR SCHEDULE 2009
Watch the four day into one video movie!
THURSDAY JULY 2ND, 2009
ADMISSION: $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES
Don't Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall
KIDS DAY/4-H KIDS DAY
8AM GATES OPEN
8AM: 4-H HORSE SHOW REGISTRATION -HORSE RING
9AM: 4-H HORSE SHOW
11AM: MIDWAY OPENS
11AM: BEANO TENT OPENS
11AM: EXHIBIT HALL OPENS
11AM: LASER TAG TENT OPENS
11:00AM- OREO COOKIE STACKING CONTEST - Entertainment Tent
11:30AM:- BUBBLE GUM BLOWING CONTEST--Little League Field
12:30PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES - ---Entertainment Tent
12:15PM- HULA HOOP CONTEST --Little LEague Field
1:00PM:- ICE CREAM EATING CONTEST -- Little League Field
1:15PM :-KID’S KAROAKE w/ Fireman Fred (12 & Under) ---Entertainment Tent
1:30PM : SIGN UP PIG SCRAMBLE 8 & 9 YEAR OLDS --Little League Field
1:30PM:- EGG TOSS CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
1:55pm:- CASH CUBE CONTEST - ---Entertainment Tent
2:00PM:- PIG SCRAMBLE 8 & 9 YEAR OLDS - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
2:00PM:- KIDS 12 & UNDER COOKING CONTEST-EXHIBIT HALL
2:30PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA - ---Entertainment Tent
3:30PM:-- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES - ---Entertainment Tent
3:30PM: -SIGN UP PIG SCRAMBLE 10 & 11 YEAR OLDS --Little League Field
4:00PM:- PIG SCRAMBLE 8 & 9 YEAR OLDS --Little League Field
4:15PM:- KIDS KARAOKE -w/FIREMAN FRED-(13-17 Yrs old) ---Entertainment Tent
4:15PM:- KIDS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL
4:30PM:- 4-H ALPACA SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA
4:55PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST - ---Entertainment Tent
5:15PM:- SOCCOR BALL CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
5:45PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTE’S - ---Entertainment Tent
6:00PM:- WATER BALLOON CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
6:00PM:- LITTLE MR & MRS FIRECRACKER CONTEST --Civic Center
6:00PM:- ATV DRAG RACING - Pull Track
6:15PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA - ---Entertainment Tent
7:15PM:- MARKET HOG WEIGH IN - LIVESTOCK AREA
7:25PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST - ---Entertainment Tent
7:30PM:- FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT - ---Entertainment Tent list of events for the Houlton 4th of July State Fair 2009.
FRIDAY JULY 3RD, 2009
ADMISSION: $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES
Don't Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall
8AM: GATES OPEN
9AM:- 4H DOG SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA
11AM: MIDWAY OPENS
11AM: BEANO TENT OPENS
11AM: EXHIBIT HALL OPENS
11AM: LASER TAG TENT OPENS
11:45AM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
12:30PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
12:30PM:- KIDS EEL CONTEST -LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
1:00PM:- SCAVENGER HUNT -PICK UP SHEET AT FAIR OFFICE
1:30PM:- FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT ---Entertainment Tent
1:45PM:- HACKEY SACK CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
2:00PM:- 4-H GOAT SHOW-LIVESTOCK AREA
2:15PM:- HOULTON FARMS DAIRY COOKING CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL
2:30PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
2:55PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
3:00PM:- KIDS EEL CONTEST -LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
3:00PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
4:00PM:- FRISBEE THROW CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
4:00PM:- KARAOKE WITH FIREMAN FRED ---Entertainment Tent
4:00PM:- CLOVERBUD CLINICS - LIVESTOCK AREA
4:15PM:- STATE OF MAINE APPLE PIE CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL
4:45PM:- EGG TOSS - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
5:15PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETES ---Entertainment Tent
5:30PM:- KIDS EEL CONTEST -LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
5:55PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
6:00PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
6:00PM:- 4-H MARKET HOG SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA
7:00PM:- FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT ---Entertainment Tent
7:30PM:- JOSH GRACIN IN CONCERT -MILLAR CIVIC CENTER
SATURDAY JULY 4TH, 2009
ADMISSION: $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES
Don't Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall
8AM: GATES OPEN
9AM: COOKING BEGINS FOR 3RD ANNUAL RIB FEST
9:30AM: TEAMSTERS MEETING
10AM - PARADE
10AM:- DRAFT HORSE SHOW - HORSE SHOW RING
11AM: MIDWAY OPENS
11AM: BEANO TENT OPENS
11AM: EXHIBIT HALL OPENS
11AM: LASER TAG TENT OPENS
11:45AM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
12:00PM:- MUD RUNS - MUD PIT
12:00PM:- HORSE PULLS - DERBY AREA
12:30PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
1:00PM:- RIB FEST JUDGING
1:25PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
1:30PM:-- PIE EATING CONTEST --LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
1:30PM:- HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST - ---Entertainment Tent
1:30PM:- 4-H SHEEP SHOW - LIVESTOCK AREA
2:30PM:- WATER BALLOON CONTEST - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
2:45PM: SALSA CHUGGING CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
3:00PM: HOULTON FAIR BISCUIT BAKING CONTEST--Exhibit Hall
3:00PM: 4-H BEEF SHOW - LIVESTOCK AREA
3:15PM: MOXIE CHUGGING CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
3:30PM: BASKETBALL CONTEST --LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
4:00PM: DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
4:00PM: HOULTON FAIR POTATO SALAD CONTEST --Exhibit Hall
4:30PM:-KIDDIE TRACTOR PULL --LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
4:30PM:- 4-H BEEF SHOW - LIVESTOCK AREA
4:45PM ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA --Exhibit Hall
5:30PM: HOULTON FAIR BAKED BEAN BAKING CONTEST --Exhibit Hall
5:45PM: HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
6:55PM: CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
7:00PM: BURPING CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
7:00PM: 4-H MARKET HOG AUCTION- LIVESTOCK AREA
7:30PM: ROCK RENAISSANCE IN CONCERT - Baseball Field
7:30PM: DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
8:10PM: CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
8:15PM: HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST FINALS ---Entertainment Tent
SUNDAY JULY 5TH, 2009
ADMISSION: $10.00 PER PERSON - INCLUDES ALL RIDES
Don't Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall
8AM: GATES OPEN
9AM: 4-H RABBIT SHOW - LIVESTOCK AREA
11AM: MIDWAY OPENS
11AM: BEANO TENT OPENS
11AM: EXHIBIT HALL OPENS
11AM: LASER TAG TENT OPENS
11AM:- NORTH COUNTRY CRUISER CAR SHOW
11:15AM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
12:00PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
12:15PM:- SOFTBALL THROW - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
12:55PM: CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
1:00PM: SKILLET THROW - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
1:00PM: FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT ---Entertainment Tent
1:00PM:- LAWN MOWER RACING - DEMO DERBY AREA
1:00PM:- COW CHIP BINGO - LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
2:00pm:- 13-18 YEAR OLD COOKING CONTEST --Exhibit Hall
2:00PM:- KIDS ACTIVITIES - LIVESTOCK AREA
2:15PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES ---Entertainment Tent
2:30PM:- FIREMANS DEMOLITION DERBY --Derby Area
2:55PM:- CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
3:00PM:-: ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA ---Entertainment Tent
4:00PM:- STATE OF MAINE BLUEBERRY PIE CONTEST --Exhibit Hall
4:00PM:- DEMOLITION DERBY - Derby Area
4:15PM:- FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT---Entertainment Tent
5:15PM:- DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES---Entertainment Tent
6:00PM:- ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA---Entertainment Tent
6:55PM:-: CASH CUBE CONTEST ---Entertainment Tent
7:15PM:- KIRBSIDE PROPHET IN CONCERT ---Entertainment Tent
9:25PM: FIREWORKS
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