Winter Clothes For Kids!

I know, I know...

Stephanie, you are always asking for something!

But it's for Foster Children!

So here goes....

Each year I have dedicated myself to helping as many kids as I can.

In late Summer I collect backpacks

filled with supplies to help kids get a great

back to school start.

And each Fall I collect

jackets, snow pants, boots, hats, gloves

Everything kids need to stay warm in winter.

This is my fourth year collecting and each year

I am amazed at how generous you all are!

I couldn't do it with out you.

So now for this year!

Same scenario, different location

I will have a drop box at my new office:

6 Old Rochester Road

Suite 201

Dover, NH

We are located at the Weeks Crossing

Across from Comfort Inn & Suites

Call for directions

We also have an office in Portsmouth

501 Islington St., Suite 2

Or, I can come to you
(What a great excuse to see you)

So pick up those winter clothes

And let me know what works best for you!

And THANK YOU again

for being so kind, generous

and helping me make the world a better place

one kid at a time !

New Beginnings

You heard right folks..... I am now a Keller Williams Coastal Agent!

For some, this kind of change comes with the territory.
It's part of business.

Well, let me tell you... that is not so for me!

This was something labored over, worried over.... cried over.

Many hours were spent contemplating.
Many questions and arguments arose.

In the end I had to do what I knew was best

...for me and my clients. 

And that was move to Keller Williams!

Keller Williams offers tools no other company has.

A business model no other has matched.

In the end, for me, it was a no brainer.

A sad, yet exciting new beginning.

I look forward to becoming an even better agent

(Yes, it is possible)

I look forward to expanding my business to incredible new levels!

I look forward to a mind-blowing new era!

Stay tuned....

My Annual Back To School Benefit For Foster Children

Donate And Help Kids Get A Great Back To School Start!

Yup, it's that time already!

BACK TO SCHOOL!

But did you know that in New Hampshire alone,

hundreds of children will head back without the things they need?

It's sad but true.

My heart breaks to think of all the helpless children

who will go back wearing the same dirty shoes,

worn and ripped clothes...

While their friends and peers

show off all their new things

But more importantly,

many kids won't even have the backpacks

and school supplies they need to help get the education

they SO deserve!

I have committed to help as many kids as I can each year!

I will do whatever it takes.

If you would like to help by donating

supplies, clothes, gift cards,

anything you can

I will help!

I will pick up and deliver supplies

I will do the shopping

I will tell you where you can go to help

Contact me to show you where and how you can help

or stop by your local school and ask what you can do!

Please, let's help these kids

For their future

AND ours!

...and remember, it's never too late to help!

There are kids who need stuff all year long.

It isn't their fault... just their problem

I will be collecting items for the entire month of August

Drop them by my office at

242 Central Ave, Dover

Or

Give me a call and I will pick them up

A very special thanks to all those that help each year

And those who have already given doantions this year!!

You Can't Beat This One!

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Be in your BRAND NEW home in under 4 months!
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Altered Schedules

One of my favorite parts of life in Real Estate is being able to have some control over my schedule. I've never been the type who follows the pack or one who is OK with someone dictating my time. Or anything else for that matter. Spoiled? Most definitely. The idea of being forced into the same place everyday from 9-5 sends me into instant claustrophobia. I need change. I need diversity. I need control over my life!

So when entering this crazy world I thought I was gaining just that. Control. BAH! Little did I know, my sense of responsibility would play games with my sanity. Little did I know, my clients would become the ones in control.

Take today. It's been a long week already. Early mornings. Showings till 7 every night. Barely a free moment. And my house and office bare the battle wounds to prove it. So today I "scheduled" work from home day.... and get the house CLEAN day.

Well, not so fast, Stephanie. Those countless showings this week turned into me writing offers until 10pm last night and a day of organizing and presenting offers today. So much for the house. But here's a little secret.... showings are FREE! We get paid at closings! Ever wonder why Realtors LOVE technology so much? Because things like multiple offer situations and first come, first serve suck away all our control. Because we can't be at our kids school play, writing your offer and showing the other guy the hot house that just came on the market all at the same time. Sweet sweet technology! :)

All sarcasms aside, I am blessed, especially in this market, to be presenting TWO offers today. And all the late nights, lost time with my family, lack of free weekends and "on call" 24 hours a day, 7... well, 6 days a week truly is worth it. I love the feeling I get when someone realizes their dream of home ownership. I've said it before, a home is where we are happy and safe. And in a way, I help bring that to people.

That's enough sap for today. Someone get me a damn house cleaner!

Someone Shot The House!

So, I arrive at what will be my final showing yesterday and it's a real beauty! A foreclosure.
It appears the previous owners kept birds in the front room. Chickens perhaps? The rest of the house shows signs of a pig pen maybe.

I'm standing in the first floor bath, surely a puzzled look on my face as I study the shower stall. The right side wall is riddled with holes. Hmmh? So is the left side wall. A feeble attempt to fiberglass them over had been made. No..... Yup, sure enough, the hall wall has even more holes! I look to my left. Even more holes in the basement door. And more in the ceiling of the basement stairs. Now I can't help myself. I run out side and around the back of the house. They did!

Someone shot the house!
....with what looks like buckshot.

Now, I've seen angry people about to be foreclosed on do some horrific things to houses as they leave. But the attempt to fiberglass the holes suggests they were still living in this home when it was assaulted.

My first reaction is to look to see where it may have come from. That's when I see it. The tree house. Dead level with the wound. Could this have been the work of some hell hound child?

I suspect we shall never know, but it sure adds a bit of imagination to the end of a long day.

Back to School is coming! Help a Foster child!

Just a quick reminder....

My Back to School Bookbag event will be coming up next month!

The stores are filling up with school supplies. If you find yourself able, please consider helping a foster child get a great back to school start. I fill back packs with all the supplies they will need. If you can only pick up a few things wonderful! Just drop them by my office or give me a call and I will come pick it up. If you can buy a backpack and fill it with items- fantastic! We will take whatever we can get.

Again, a very special thanks to everyone who helped out last year!!

....more details to follow