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  • It’s Thursday Around Noon And Mentally You Are Already In Maine.

    Watch The Video On This Maine Land/Getaway Near Many Lakes.
    Watch The Video On This Maine Land/Getaway Near Many Lakes.
    You like your job where you live now. But there are too many people, too much traffic. And crime. Geesh. So on those long weekends you want to run away from your home because Maine is no place like your home. It’s better, bluer skies, brighter stars, friendlier people that are spread out, spaced far apart. Wildlife, four season recreation and low cost real estate the ice cream on the warmed up home made apple pie. Maine is the 4th lowest crime state too so relax, you’re safe here in “Vacationland”.

    I hear it every day. Remarks like “My dad died young and did not get to enjoy his retirement so I want a place in Maine for those 3 day vacations.” And on those long weekends with Monday holidays, add the Friday preceding to the mini vacation. And that is just enough to get the rest and relaxation the doctor ordered. Here is one property like that. 67 acres, off road a half mile but has a road in you can drive a car 4 seasons. The cathedral cottage is finished in knotty pine. Watch the video. $54,900.

    Invest in Maine real estate, something you can enjoy in your life time. Expose those kids to four wheelers, snowsleds and Grand Lake just down the road. Grand Lake is in the top three in size in Maine.
    Questions? 207.532.6573 info@mooersrealty.com
    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • Maine….You’ve Never Been Here, What Is The State Of ME All About?

    MeInMaine Blog Author REALTOR Andrew Mooers
    MeInMaine Blog Author REALTOR Andrew Mooers

    You have heard good things about the state of Maine.

    You know presidents have vacationed here, have homes here, that Maine lobster, blueberries, potatoes are pretty tasty. It’s obvious Maine is a big state, so far north up here in the right hand corner of the USA that it’s nearly in Canada with New Brunswick and Quebec to the east and west. But what about the nitty gritty, the details, the facts? Tell someone tell you more about the inner workings of this great state of Maine? Love to.

    Welcome to Maine 101, and over the next few blog posts on MeInMaine, you will become a Jedi on Maine knowledge, or at least a brown belt.  They say air and water are pretty important to life so what is the air like for starters? Bluer skies and brighter stars than you are used to in Maine. No pollution/ Fewer people, fewer yard lights, less light or air pollution. The Maine climate is divided into three regions. Coastal, southern interior, northern interior. I live in Aroostook County, as north as you can get of the sixteen Maine counties. Start by a visit to our other blog’s 1200 entries, to our video collection of local community events and not just Maine real estate. And sometimes just Maine pictures, images can say a lot without anyone’s lips moving, or sound coming out.

  • Jack Frost Ice Sculptures At Drews Lake Maine.

    Layers Of Winter Ice Form On Aroostook County Lake Retainer Wall.
    Layers Of Winter Ice Form On Aroostook County Lake Retainer Wall.
    Add Some Drews Lake Water, A Stiff Northern Maine Wind..And Natural Ice Sculptures.
    Add Some Drews Lake Water, A Stiff Northern Maine Wind..And Natural Ice Sculptures.
    Enjoying The Tail End Of Another Incredible Day On A Maine Lake.
    Enjoying The Tail End Of Another Incredible Day On A Maine Lake.
    The summer at the lake in Linneus Maine is warm and sunny. In the winter in Aroostook County the sky is sunny and crystal blue, but not so warm temperatures. No black flies. This is a summer place I am lucky enough to own for the four kids to enjoy. It always has a breeze off the Big Lake. That breeze creates something you can see. In the winter, water from Drews Lake splashes up against the concrete retainer wall and this can happen. Artwork, surreal ice layerings with the hands of the artist being a Northern Maine wind and lake water applied in waves, splashes.

    Living in Maine makes you more aware of the surroundings, the weather, about life and what is important. The beauty of Aroostook County is second to none. Come explore.
    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • Joseph Houlton Was From Salem Massachusetts And Moved To Maine.

    High On A Hill In Evergreen Cemetary In Houlton Maine, The Grave Of Joseph Houlton.
    High On A Hill In Evergreen Cemetary In Houlton Maine, The Grave Of Joseph Houlton.
    Joseph Houlton, Local Town Fathers Buried In Evergreen Cemetary.
    Joseph Houlton, Local Town Fathers Buried In Evergreen Cemetary.
    Evergreen Cemetary In Houlton Maine Overlooks Town.
    Evergreen Cemetary In Houlton Maine Overlooks Town.

    Who is your town named after? In the case of Houlton Maine, Joseph Houlton gets the honors for wandering up shortly into the 1800’s.

    Houlton scoped the area now known as Aroostook County out, met the local Micmac and Maliseet Indian locals and sent word back for the woman and children to follow. Houlton Maine is the county seat, the “shiretown” for Aroostook County. Aroostook is the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined and on the Canadian border with the province of New Brunswick.
    The attraction to being in what became Houlton Maine was rich soil, plenty of space, not a lot of people and opportunity for your family. The early witch trials of Salem Massachusetts also helped get families to consider moving in this direction to avoid accusations of being a which and wisked away in the middle of the night. There was not such danger in the Aroostook County area that became known as Houlton Maine.

    Joseph Houlton is buried at this spot high on a hill overlooking the town of Houlton Maine which is at the beginning of Interstate 95. As a kid, my parents took myself and three brothers to the local cemetary in Houlton Maine where my dad’s parents, family was buried. And in Hodgdon Maine where my mom’s parents and older family members who had passed away. A cemetary was not made to feel morbid or a place of sadness. Death was explained as part of life, nothing to be feared.

    The sense of history, being part of a large family and the local connection to other members with the same last name was learned early on and thru out our lives. I made the same pilgrimage to the cemetaries where my four kids asked questions, observed and learned about early family members and town fathers who helped shape where I live in Houlton Maine.

    Do you visit cemetaries to do more than honor the dead? Cemetaries with their veteran sections and American flags waving braving, proudly are part of the experience to a cemetary visit. Tracking your past geneology is like a Sherlock Holmes adventure to many too that travel to Northern Maine to unlock the secrets, to find missing parts of the family trees. The answers to many questions about an area lie in a Maine cemetary and they are a location for more than your imagination if you happen to be Stephen King. King, the horror writer lives in Bangor Maine with his wife Tabitha.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • A Million, Billion, Trillion Seconds..Do You Know How Long That Is?


    The talk of government spending escalating to fix this, fund that, provide this and this with the number a trillion dollars batted around makes you wonder.

    How much is a trillion..just a tad over a million, or a billion? We instead of dollars..think of the comparision using seconds to put it all in to perspective.

    A million seconds is 12 days.
    A billion seconds is 31 years.
    A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.

    New terms are needed to be able to cover the amount of money being spent, the debt mounting up and exponentially creating more and more like an “agressive, likes to move around a lot” cancer. Check this simple link to see the comparison.

    Do you think about over spending in your own household? Does it concern you what the government is doing to try to “fix things” ? Deficit spending..did you grow up with a household that practiced it? Does it affect how you sleep nights? Maine..we live way way simpler. The best things here don’t cost money. A paid for pickup looks just as special as a showroom Porsche or Ferrari. The people are down to earth, know what is valuable and lasting. They avoid going in to debt and have good impulse control. Spending money and loading up on material things is not done to impress or for any other reason. The size of our Christmas spending is not the barometer of how good the holiday was. We use benchmarks..different ones like not buying unless we have the money saved to purchase. Novel huh?

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • I Work In Sales, Deal With People, Like To Get Certain Real Estate Buyer Information.


    It is good when a Maine real estate saleman is on the other end of the process.

    Normally when a buyer for Maine property calls, I like to ask a few questions to get a handle on what the real estate need is. The buyer’s email address, phone number and address are important details to collect. In emails, we usually have all that data supplied and a list of property the buyer wants more details, to see the movie on, etc. But in the case of an office walk in, a caller, being able to at least get the email address is critical. To be able to follow up with the caller’s questions, property request is the whole reason I am here in Houlton Maine. New property that comes up is something this Maine real estate buyer is going to want a head’s up about. It’s called service. I am lucky to be a small real estate office so everything is live, local and not automation or with a call center out sourced halfway around the world.

    I ordered a computer from Dell, a lap top and found trying to get customer follow up was hard. Very hard. It had had a 15% discount which prompted the purchase but the price reduction offered was not applied. To get the discount promised meant returning the lap top, ordering another just like it and then hoping the second time around the discount incentive sticks. Crazy way to do business? Sometimes bigger is not better and something gets lot in translation. Or one hand does not know what the other hand is doing. Nor do they care. Cookie cutter peddling of widgets. When you are a small David, you can run circles around Goliath. Not in every instance, but in many that count so that quickly situations are assessed, steps taken to implement the most efficient solution. Being small means flexibility is easy. Thinking on your feet and being able to talk to the person that knows what is going on, and can fix the problems is pretty refreshing.

    Automation, waiting for a real live person, telling the story, getting transfered, waiting longer. To get the lowest price available means wading thru cyberspace up to your knees. Sometimes over your head. I am glad I work at a small, “you are talking to the boss”, the owner Maine real estate operation. When a Maine real estate buyer calls and ask do you know anything about this or this code number property. I smile and say yes. I took those pictures, that is me on that video taking you thru and around the real estate. The frustration when the buyer is talking to someone that has never seen the place, did not take the images. There is no video and very skimpy information for the caller. That is frustrating or a pleasant surprise when you are talking to the property who listed, marketed and will sell the Maine real estate listing.

    If you are looking for a retirement Maine home to buy, or recreational land, a small mom & pop business, I can help you out. Northern Maine real estate is so much lower priced. The selection so much healthier so you get a good real estate fit. I have sold Maine real estate for thirty years this April. And instead of thinking real estate salesmanship, I have always thought just being a real estate locator is a better way to go.

    If you start by listening to what the real estate buyer is looking for. What they have for needs and wants /don’t wants then you know their special unique situation. I suggest real estate listings that could meet that laundry list of desires and what to avoid within their real estate budget. The property sells itself. It is the puzzle piece that fits, is missing, is wanted or looked for. Maine real estate sellers also have special needs, desires and want a one on one communication with the real estate broker. No automation, quick access to the person that is going to list, market and sell the most important investment, the largest purchase the seller has ever made. The caller does not want to wait for a part time real estate agent. The buyer or seller of real estate’s time is just as important as yours and mine. Watch our Maine real estate and local community videos.
    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers