Karen A. Bonitto

I don't want to admit it....but it's possible. We agents, realtor's, may very well be something of the "past" in the near future. We will have a "function" ... but not like how we have operated over these last decades. Let's face it...the computer age has been wonderful to us and most helpful to us but at the same time as we have been enjoying the great social media, and the vast resource that it has been.... and it's great capabilities.......we are s-l-o-w-l-y working our way out of a job. Again I stress a job as how we have known it to be. We will work I believe as agents, and brokers, but in such a different capacity. Look at the travel agencies, the computer has replaced them. I feel soon the the little insurance agency will be gone. The middle-man is being pushed out. That's what we are in actuality. Hey you can do everything on line now....so why would we real estate agents be exempt from this transformation? Reality is we won't be. We will have to adapt, and adjust with how this world is ever changing so fast. Consumers are on line all the time and online information is new each and every day for them. I'm not being negative.......I'm just having my eyes opened to the changes in our profession. There will always be "the buyer" and "the seller" but just how (in the near future) will the "meeting of the minds", transpire?

I love the town I live in. I was not brought up in Hingham, MA, but my husband was. We live in one of the oldest towns in America. Let's face it AR'ers it all started up here on the East Coast. Hingham, MA was founded in 1635 and at the time known as ";Bare Cove&quot". Hingham became the 12th town in the Massachusettes Bay Colony. Hingham became a perfect place for sea captains to live, (being located on the coast) heading up to Boston. Hingham's homes will reflect the rich history of our sea captains. Many homes near the water on Main Street, have "widow walks" This is a structure on the very top of homes enclosed or not, where sea captains wives would venture up to and see if their husbands ships are coming in to the harbor.

On Main Street there are huge homes, great wealth lived here, many descendants from the Mayflower. Some of these homes hosts personal chapels, and the underground railroad tunnels can be found between some of these houses. It is amazing that such old dwellings many dating back to the 1600's are sturdy, and standing proudly. One of the oldest buildings in Hingham, is the Old Ship Church, the oldest wooden church structure in use in America.

Hingham named after a town in Hingham, England celebrated a huge birthday, 365. We have our annual 4th of July parade, such a traditional Americana experience, and fireworks are displayed over Hingham Harbor. Hingham has the ocean, beautiful farms as Eleanor Roosevelt once said "Hingham has the most beautiful Main Street in America" Wonderful shoppes, restaurants, schools, and neighborhoods.

Added tidbit: The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality. Ship captains would come back from their long sea journeys and for the towns people to know they were home and accepting visitors: they would slice a pinapple from their trip and place it upon their front doors. This ment "I am home, come on in and visit".

Visit www.hingham.ma.govand see all that Hingham has to offer. I just love my little New England town! Karen from Hingham, MA