About Merton's Home Sales In Merton With Lisa Bear

Why TAKE A LEAP?

Leap years are added to the calendar to keep it working properly. The 365 days of the annual calendar are meant to match up with the solar year. A solar year is the time it takes the Earth to complete its orbit around the Sun — about one year. But the actual time it takes for the Earth to travel around the Sun is in fact a little longer than that—about 365 ¼ days (365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, to be precise). So the calendar and the solar year don't completely match—the calendar year is a touch shorter than the solar year.

It may not seem like much of a difference, but after a few years those extra quarter days in the solar year begin to add up. After four years, for example, the four extra quarter days would make the calendar fall behind the solar year by about a day. Over the course of a century, the difference between the solar year and the calendar year would become 25 days! Instead of summer beginning in June, for example, it wouldn't start until nearly a month later, in July.

WHO TOOK THE FIRST LEAP?

The Egyptians were the first to come up with the idea of adding a leap day once every four years to keep the calendar in sync with the solar year. Later, the Romans adopted this solution for their calendar, and they became the first to designate February 29 as the leap day.

LEAP DAY FUN FACTS

* Persons born on leap day, February 29, are called "leaplings" or "leapers."

* According to the Guinness Book of Records, the only verified example of a family producing three consecutive generations born on February 29 is that of the Keogh family.Peter Anthony was born in 1940, his son Peter Eric in 1964 and Peter's daughter Bethany Wealth in 1996.

* NEXT LEAP DAY - MONDAY, FEBRURAY 29th - 2016

* Every year that is divisible by four is a leap year.

* The US Presidential elections are held during Leap Years

* Every February 29th, NO MAN IS SAFE, it’s okay for a woman to buck convention and propose marriage to the man of her choice. If the man refuses, he then is obligated to give the woman money or buy her a dress. In upper-class societies in Europe, if the man refuses marriage, he then must purchase 12 pairs of gloves for the woman, suggesting that the gloves are to hide the woman's embarrassment of not having an engagement ring.

SO......ARE YOU A LEAPER or A LEAPLING?

Are you a buyer looking for homes for sale in Waukesha County, Wisconsin?

If you are it's important to realize that there are many variables that are extremely favorable in your corner right now. For example, the interest rates are historically low and if you want a lower payment it will always help to have a very good interest rate. The selection of homes for sale in Waukesha County, Wisconsin is very good and motivation is in the air. When you look at the homes for sale in Waukesha County you notice what an amazing buy they are and how effectively they are priced.

The one thing that is truly awesome is the wonderful and very affordable prices that the homes for sale in Waukesha County, Wisconsin have on them. Whether you are buying a home and are a first time home buyer, you are a repeat home buyer, you are an investor looking for rental property in Waukesha County, or even if you are looking to purchase Waukesha County Lake Properties you have prices on these homes that one may not have seen a couple years ago. In some cases they are absolutely amazing what a great buy they are.

My advice? If you are a First time home buyer in Waukesha County, or for any reason you are looking for homes for sale in Waukesha County, Wisconsin you could not find a better time to purchase.

What is your first move? May I suggest giving me a call at 262-893-5555 or emailing me at lisaannbear@gmail.com and setting up an appointment, and letting me get a Buyer package out to you? You can always go to my website www.lisabear.com and sign up and search the MLS as well. We can roll up our sleeves, get our game plan in force, and make you one happy buyer. I have had a saying for years and I live by it. That is what I have come to be known by and words that I always welcome the chance to say to any home seller or home buyer.

Buying a Home

Buying a home is probably the biggest investment you will make, with long-term financial ramifications. It calls for many informed decisions and for good advice from a real estate professional. When buying a home, you can learn from the knowledge and skill of a Real Estate Agent.

What can Real Estate Agents do to help you buy the right home for you?

• They will help you determine how much home you can actually afford. Often, they can suggest additional ways to accrue the down payment and explain alternative financing methods. They can also introduce you to a mortgage counselor and arrange to have you "pre-approved" which can improve your negotiating position and enable you to achieve your home-buying objectives faster and with less stress.

• Providing client level services, they can work for you as a buyer's agent and help negotiate the best price and terms for you. Or, they can serve as a seller's sub-agent (or disclosed dual agent), acting as a liaison between you and the seller to present offers and counteroffers until an agreement is reached.

• They will help you work out a realistic idea of the home best suited to your needs - size, style, features, location, accessibility to schools, transportation, shopping, and other personal preferences.

• They have access to a listing of all available homes in the multi-list system, can evaluate them in terms of your needs and affordability, and will not waste your time showing you unsuitable homes.

• They can often suggest simple, imaginative changes that could make a home more suitable for you and improve its utility and value.

• They can supply information on real estate values, taxes, utility costs, municipal services and facilities, and may be aware of proposed zoning changes that could affect your decision to buy.

• Although the law does not normally require an attorney to review documents or oversee real estate closings, they can provide you with a list of law practitioners to choose from if you would like to use the services of an attorney.

• They can help familiarize you with the closing process and they will obtain closing figures in advance of closing for your review.

• They can provide you with a list of qualified home inspectors, pest inspectors, surveyors, and help to coordinate inspection appointments.

Have a productive day and we will see you at closing!

In our next part of our series "Lisa Bear, How do I find the right real estate agent in Waukesha County? Series (#2 of 6)" the topic will be selecting the right real estate agent in Waukesha County to help you buy a home. This is not as easy as Googling Finding a real estate agent in Waukesha County . When you are ready to buy a home or property there are many areas of concern that you may want to address and make sure are covered before and during the home buying process. Your first plan of attack would be to have the Waukesha County real estate agent recommend a number of qualified lenders that will start an application and get you pre-approved for a property. By being pre-approved you know what you qualify for in terms of mortgage, what program will be best suited for you in correlation to your down payment and needs. Being pre-qualified also takes out a lot of guess work and gives the listing broker and the seller peace of mind knowing you are a qualified buyer and have taken the first and very important step of buying a home.

The next question you will want to ask is what experience they have, how long they have been selling real estate, and what separates their team from the others. With the appropriate team or individual Waukesha County real estate agent time management is crucial. You are on a schedule and it takes a experienced agent to be on the same page that you are on to make it all fit time wise. One of the biggest arms of confidence you can have is to ask if the agent you are interviewing can be your buyer agent. They should explain the benefits of a buyer agency to you, but in a nut shell you want to make sure that someone is working in your best interest. Ask for recommendations and testimonials, and if possible, phone numbers for those you obtain.

Please take note of the next recommendation and question; make sure the agent fully explains the home buying process, what to expect, the timing and semantics of an offer, and in short you are totally comfortable in the home buying process and that you understand it If you don't ask the necessary questions until you get the right answer. Never forget that you are in the driver seat and when you work with someone to buy a home, and that you demand and require certain criteria in what you want in terms of the home you want, your timing to purchase the home, and make sure they know your concerns and interests in your approach to buying that Waukesha County home and that you understand the Waukesha County real estate market.

There are many more tips I could give you and I welcome a call at 262-893-5555 or an email at waukeshacountyhomes@gmail.com so I may be able to help you with them. If you are in Waukesha County and you need to sell your property within the next 90 days and want a exclusive seller package just feel free to call me If you need to buy within the next 90 days or so we have our work cut out for us; just call me and request the Buyer VIP package. By all means feel free to request the free special report "The 19 Questions you must ask a real estate agent BEFORE you list your home" is a must if you want to list.

Lisa Bear

Please visit our previous post which the topic was Lisa Bear, How do I find the right real estate agent in Waukesha County? Series (#1 of 6) is finding the right agent to list your home.

I am not HOODWINKING you either!

Here are the longest words in any English dictionary. Ever hear of any of these -- I am pretty sure you all know at least one of them!

45) PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­KONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. This is the longest word in any English dictionary.

(37) HEPATICO­CHOLANGIO­CHOLECYST­ENTERO­STOMIES = a surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder.
This is the longest word in Gould's Medical Dictionary.

(34) SUPER­CALI­FRAGI­LISTIC­EXPI­ALI­DOCIOUS = song title from the Walt Disney movie Mary Poppins. It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.


";But then one day I learned a word
That saved me achin' nose,
The biggest word you ever 'eard,
And this is 'ow it goes:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!";

(30) HIPPOPOTO­MONSTRO­SESQUIPED­AL­IAN = pertaining to a very long word.
From Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words.

(29) FLOCCI­NAUCINI­HILIPIL­IFICATION = an estimation of something as worthless.
This is the longest word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Interestingly the most common letter in English, E, does not appear in this word at all, whilst I occurs a total of nine times. The word dates back to 1741. The 1992 Guinness Book of World Records calls flocci­nauci­nihili­pilification the longest real word in the Oxford English Dictionary, and refers to pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­koniosis as the longest made-up one.

(28) ANTI­DIS­ESTABLISH­MENT­ARIAN­ISM = the belief which opposes removing the tie between church and state.
Probably the most popular of the ";longest words"; in recent decades.

(27) HONORI­FICABILI­TUDINI­TATIBUS = honorableness.
The word first appeared in English in 1599, and in 1721 was listed by Bailey's Dictionary as the longest word in English. It was used by Shakespeare in Love's Labor's Lost (Costard; Act V, Scene I):


";O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon.";
Shakespeare does not use any other words over 17 letters in length.

(27) ELECTRO­ENCEPHALO­GRAPHICALLY
The longest unhyphenated word in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th Ed.), joint with ethylene­diamine­tetraacetate (see below).

(27) ANTI­TRANSUB­STAN­TIA­TION­ALIST = one who doubts that consecrated bread and wine actually change into the body and blood of Christ.

(21) DIS­PRO­PORTION­ABLE­NESS and (21) IN­COM­PREHEN­SIB­ILITIES
These are described by the 1992 Guinness Book of World Records as the longest words in common usage.

Some say SMILES is the longest word because there is a MILE between the first and last letters!