Ron Trzcinski

GO FOR A RUN

Go for a run in Harford County, Maryland. Is running your thing? Do you want to make sure that when you make a move that you will have the opportunity to continue in this wonderful activity? If you are considering Harford County, then you will not be disappointed. You will find places to run for every running level; flat courses, hilly courses (some very steep), trails, tracks, and so on.

Many runners who train in Harford County have gone out to other parts of the country and have performed very well as they have represented their home county. This includes races in the high Rocky Mountain altitudes, the trail runs of upper Michigan, the big marathons like Boston, and New York, and let's not forget Baltimore (some runners find this one to be too tough to come back again).

In Harford County, one can find a race to run on almost every weekend of the year, whether it be in the dog days of summer or the freezing months of January and February.

For a very good introduction to running in Harford County, you should go to www.rasac.com. RASAC is the premier running club of the county.

So you are thinking of relocating; Run to Harford County.

SPRING TIME SPECIALS

This is the time of the year to buy and this is the time in the real estate cycle to buy. Interest rates are low at around 6% and lower and home prices are reduced in the low portion of the real estate cycle. Remember "Buy Low; Sell High".

Here are a few of our current specials:

4422 Fieldgreen Road, Nottingham, MD 21236. Renovated and Gorgeous 4 Bedroom and 2 Full Bath Home in the Heart of Perrry Hall for only $399,000.

7414 School Lane, Dundalk, MD 21220. 4 BR Single Family Home for the Price of a Town House; only $199,900.

1336 Aiken Avenue, Perryville, MD 21903. Two Houses for One (negotiable) price of $399,000.

9432 Sewall Avenue, Laurel MD. Beautiful 5 Bedroom and 3.5 Bath Colonial for only $550,000 or $2950 to Rent.

2129 Hollins Street, Baltimore, MD 21223. Home in need of ReHab in Up and Coming area for only $29,900.

Call Ron Trzcinski of Zenith Realty at 410-935-5844 to make an appointment to see any of these spectacular homes.

SEARCHING FOR A HOME

One would think that searching for a home would be relatively easy in today's world of information technology. All you need to do is sit down in front of your computer and start clicking away. There is a seemingly endless supply of web sites which show houses for sale. Details of the homes, photos, virtual tours, and such are abundant. . . . BUT THEN. . . .

• You call about a house which you like and you are told that it is already under contract;
• You go to look at a house which you like and you find another house on the same street which you did not find on the web site where you saw the other house;
• You try to get more information about a house by sending an email, but you never get a reply;
• You make a phone call to get more information about a house, but can only leave a voice message to which you never get a reply;
• You make a phone call and actually get an answer, but the agent answering tries to sell you a different house than the one for which you called;
• . . . . .

Wait a minute. Wasn't this supposed to be easy? How can I stop this frustration?

Almost all real estate brokerages place their listings on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This allows the home to be marketed to all real estate agents in the area. Of course, for that small number of brokerages which occassionally do not place their listings on the MLS, don't worry nobody else will find these homes either. (If you happen to be selling a home, make sure that you avoid these idiotic brokerages.) The MLS has an internet data exchange program, whereby a brokerage agrees to either let its listings be shown on other brokerages' sites or does not allow them to be shared. If the brokerage does not allow its listings to be shared, then the listings of other brokerages will not be shown on its site either. If a brokerage agrees to the internet data exchange, then other brokerages listings will be shown on its site as well as theirs being displayed on others sites with the exception of those few brokeages who do not allow an exchange. (If you happen to be selling a home, make sure that you avoid these idiotic brokerages, which do not allow the exchange.) For the brokerages that permit sharing, the listings will be uploaded to their sites on a daily basis. For example, if brokerage A puts a listing on the MLS today, it will show up on the site of brokerage B tomorrow.

Let's skip all of this discussion and get to the point.

There is a site which will provide a more comprehensive set of listings than any other site. This site is www.homesdatabase.com/ront. Here is how it works:

• This site is directly associated with the MLS, therefore it will contain all of the listings on the MLS, including those of the brokerages which do not participate in the internet data exchange;
• The listings, including any changes to listings, from any brokerage will appear on this site in real time rather than the next day;
• It will only display listings which are available. Listings which have a contract with a contingency will have the status displayed; Even houses which are under contract can be shown as long as the Seller is okay with it, but obviously the house can only be sold to one party, so any contract would be a back-up contract with a contingency to release the first contract;
• The complete address will be given for each property to eliminate any guessing and unnecessary phone calls;
• This site has a feature called Homes Prospector, which allows one to put a personal search criterion or as many search criteria as one would like into the system and they would receive emails as new or updated listings come on the market on a daily basis.
• When you find that house that interests you, then you can contact the experts at Zenith Realty, who will promptly respond to your request, to learn more about the property or to make arrangements to see the property.
• It's that simple.

Call Ron Trzcinski of Zenith Realty at 410-935-5844 for more information.

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