steve's White Mountain Blog

I like to play with photos, but not this time these are untouched (other than cropped or a flash) they are as they appeared in nature. The first shot should be easy to tell what and where it was taken.

  Easy...right Coral and a few obvious tropical fish, taken with my underwater camera (Barbados winter 2010).

      Now the next picture should also be easy...see if you can guess?

The only hint I'll give you is this one required a flash to get the color and texture I was looking for...

               Did you Guess?

        Did you scroll down already to see the next shot?

   Here is the reveal of what the heck the second picture actually was...ready?

 

                                Who guessed some kind of a strange mushroom growing out of a Tree?

 The tropical fish and coral photo that precedes the Fungus can really trick you. I think most people would have guessed photo number two was also an underwater shot, in a deep dark place rather than on a tree in New Hampshire. The only thing I like better than a dive in Caribbean water is a walk in the woods in my own back yard.

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                   The Fungus among us!!

 Some of the agent I have come across in the real estate business have figured out how to bait and switch their photos too. They can make a piece of crap property look like a mansion...truth in advertising is my motto if I publish it, it is what you will see when you look at the property.

Cute Mobile home for sale in Woodstock New Hampshire near Loon Mountain Ski Resort. This two bedroom two Bath 1,000 square foot home features 100 feet of river frontage for less money that any comparable condo in the area. The Seller is leaving it fully furnished and all the appliances are in great shape (washer /Dryer included).

The site offers town water & sewer and under ground utilities, and is 16,500 square feet in size. Plenty of room to add a Garage or other structure to complete your vision of care free water front ownership. Asking $139,900.

The Mobile is just being moved to the site, it sits on a concrete slab and will have all the skirting and a front and back deck built in the next few days.

This is the view from the kitchen slider...The town park is right next door it offers swing sets and play ground equipment. You can walk to the various restaurants and shops, and the Loon Mountain Ski area is a mere 3 miles away (Cannon Mountain 6 miles).

Don't want a condo, don't want to maintain a house...and would love to live on the water for short money...I have a perfect solution for all your needs.

   Call me for a showing appointment 603-381-7898....Thanks Steve Loynd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 Direct Link to Listing

 

 

The Flying Monkey opens in Plymouth NH

Every small town use to have a movie theater, many have rusted and faded away. This could have easily happened to this little two screen movie house in Plymouth. It is almost inevitable when age and repairs out pace income the sad reality is the locals are forced to drive to a mega-plex miles away.The trick was to find a patron of the arts who had an idea to make the venue profitable enough to work. The owner and founder of the Common Man restaurants Alex Rey is just that kind of visionary. I worked for Alex 27 years ago while I was in College, he taught me many things that weren't in the text books. Fast forward a quarter of a century, and the single Common man restaurant has grown to about 20 statewide. Many go by other Names the Town Docks, Largo's the Tilton Dinner...but they are all part of the "Common Man Family". When I was a Struggling College student, it was working for this family that pulled me through. So Best of Luck on opening night...I'll be there to see my friends and family and will happily plunk down the ticket price for admission. I look forward to seeing an old friend James Montgomary on stage with his band and other fantastic musicians. If you miss this show and want to see what is coming soon google the Flying Monkey in Plymouth NH or email the manager - lisamonkey@thecman.com

 

July 23 2010…Opening night of the Flying Monkey.

 

Legends of Rock n Blues - July 23

James Montgomery Blues Band

Featuring:

Michael Carabello of Santana

David Hull from the Joe Perry Project

The Uptown Horns of Rolling Stones/James Brown

 

While growing up in Detroit, Montgomery learned first-hand from masters James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Junior Wells at the legendary Chessmate.  Over the years, he's carried on the tradition and continues to be a vital presence in blues as one of the most dynamic performers on the scene.  The James Montgomery Band has toured with The Allman Brothers, Steve Miller, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, BB King, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker and Dr. John James, among others, and continues to sit in with the Blues Brothers Band.

  I'm looking forward to a great show, and a new venue for bands , movies and unique table side service with top quality entertainment in our small corner of the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

I Signed up for the Boston Rain Camp...                                                      

 

I've been a Realtor for 26 years and have done it all, transactions of every kind...I've taken projects from design to closing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I was a marketing major in College, and run a general brokerage company, with an Architectural design build team...specializing in custom Adirondack style homes.

  I have met the truly wealthy as well as the most down to earth people in the world.They are looking for quality time for family and friends. They have found their success and want to share in their good fortune with people they feel are part of their success.

 

   

I grew up outside of Boston, and now find I have some catching up to do.

I need to meet my new found friends in the rain, and I admit I am behind the times in the social media revolution, and blogging for success.

In a recent visit to Boston I took these photos you see in my post. As I began to look for  some that would express the city in a meaningful way, it hit me...these shots are an analogy for my need to-" up my game".

The old and the New coexist in many of the photos in my journey of the beautiful city of Boston.

Old churches among city skyscrapers...old bridges that bring people to the modern business centers...and old market places inhabited by vibrant young people (who juggle knives...while others just watch and marvel).

 

 

 So it is time to see a new way of doing business without abandoning the tried and true.

 I will listen to speaker who were in diapers when I passed my real estate exam. I have been through several economic cycles and waiting for the market to get better is not a strategy for success.

I have a fiduciary duty to my clients to be at the top of my game...and while every market is local, I want to be the best in my local market.

For my new found friends in Activerain, if you live in New England and you can't find the time to step up your game...don't fault me for trying. I live three hours north of Boston and this trip will take some planning, make no excuses and mark your calender.

 

 Click on the Raincamp icon on the top of the Activerain post, and follow the steps to sign up. I have booked my room for the night before at the hotel where the conference is being held SEAPORT BOSTON HOTEL
 

Seaport harbor view room.

If you arrive early or plan to spend the night, there is a lot to see in the City. Open the link below if you wish to see some more of the photos I took the last time I was in Boston.

    Sights and Sounds of Boston Enjoy the photos of Boston from a recent trip. See the Duck Boats, Prudential center, Fenway park and other great city landmarks.

 

 

South Mountain Resort…update and new news.

On Friday I completed a transaction that was 4 months in the making. The land sale was subject to a preliminary site and design approval by the architectural review committee at the resort.

 ....White Mountain views from Loon Mountain ski resort....

All sites have unique issues to deal with…We required a full house design, site survey and site plan to be submitted and accepted prior to closing. Naturally the buyers didn’t want to close if their dream couldn’t be achieved as they saw it. Home Site #34…Closed for $400,000 6/4/10.

 .....In house design build home next door to this site....

Site approvals, easements and licensing agreement…Oh My!! This mountain side site has direct access to a ski trail, which was one of the features that made the location so attractive. It also required the site development to take on special engineering considerations and additional approvals. We were able to attain a licensing agreement to build a ramp connecting the ski trail with the home site, and a joint drainage easement with a lot next door to share the cost of placing a seasonal run off culvert between two homes sites.

..lodge at South Peak, where a private lift will join the quad..

The New News came the following day…The developers of the South Peak Home sites announced at their annual meeting, that one of the yet to be installed lifts would be started and completed this year. This private home owner lift would allow many of the current homes the ability to ski or walk to a lift that would take them directly to one of Loon Mountains high speed quads. A lift to the slopes and access to ski back to your home at the end of your day will make this very special resort even better.

   ...you'll be able to walk to the new lift from this home...

If you are looking to buy, sell or build at South Peak resort on Loon Mountain…look no further. Alpine Lakes (&) Cargill Construction offers you one stop shopping. Marketing, design and building service under one roof. Book mark our new website, it will be up and running later this week, and will feature current listings and additional photos of homes we have completed at south peak resort. South Peak at Loon.

 

 

I know it is spring in the White mountains of New Hampshire…when the road bans are lifted, the flowers come out and when the Hammock goes up.

                                                                    

 

The Pond. As many of you know I have been working a pond for the past several years, and after the road bans are lifted the heavy equipment returns like the swallows descending on Capistrano. This is the third year of a five year excavation permit but we have serious hopes this will be the last summer for the constant dust and early morning trucks rolling past our bedroom window. With all good plans they come at a price, in this case a 50,000 square foot pond 22 feet in the center and an average of 15 feet throughout…produces 83,000 cubic yards of material that needs to be moved.

 

 

The Hammock. Nothing signals the start of warmer weather than a piece of fabric slung between two trees. The origin of the Hammock dates back to the late 1500’s when it was used by sailors to sleep in while their boat rocked (sometimes aggressively) at sea. Now a days is has come to symbolize leisure and easy living. My spot along the Pemigewasset River is a favorite place for a book and a glass of wine after a day at the office. I also have one down at the camp that the boys have taken over (any friends looking to camp on the river I got a spot for you).

 

 

 

The Flox. The stone walls are alive with flox this time of year, and they are a beautiful sight until the deer and Rabbits discover they are in bloom. Most of our (technical name phlox) comes back each year in a pink or violet hue and we enjoy the nice beds of flowers for the early spring…again till the wildlife devours it.

 

These are my three signs of spring, I hope next year the pond will be done for my son’s high school graduation party…we have set that as our excavation goal. Three years of dust- must end soon, the other signs of spring I hope will continue for a long time. It is a nice life in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, if you get the chance take a trip north and visit.

 

 

 

 

Just the truth plain and simple….

*Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks

*A Flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

*A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

*It’s better to understand a little than misunderstand a lot.

*It may be lonely at the top, but you eat better.

*Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye opener

*Never do card tricks in front of your poker buddies

*The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body needs to be on it.

*The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.

*The problem with the gene pool is there is no lifeguard.

*The sooner you fall behind the more time you’ll have to catch up.

*Warning: Dates in the calendar are closer than they appear.

*Friends help you move. Real Friends help you move bodies

*You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word

*Your Kid may be an honors student, but you’re still an idiot.

*If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything!!

                               And…

Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone!!...I mean it stop following me. But Subscribe to my blog!!

 

 

The New Hampshire April snow melt leaves crystal clear steams racing down these rock falls.

      

       The hemlock trees stay green through the year while the oak and birch are bare of their leaves, even with only half the forest green this hike was shaded the whole trip.

                                                The sun that there was of it dappled through the trees in some very cool spots

   

The is something ancient about the rock , moss and trees along this brook that makes me do the hike as the first of the season.

        

                                                          More Giant boulders covered in moss and getting very little sun.

    

  It's hard to believe the local ski resort closed 3 days ago, and we flipped the spring switch just like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A nice quick hike this afternoon hope you enjoyed the photos as much as I enjoys the exercise, and of course the view. This brook flows in to my yard about a half a mile from my home in Woodstock NH.

                                 Spring has sprung...and so has this mountain brook. 

 

The Links condominium:

Unique design and excellent location for recreation and access to area attractions.

The townhouse occupies the top three stories of the five level building, with the master bedroom on the entire top floor. Offering spectacular views of the Pemigewasset River with water-frontage at the nicely landscaped common areas (with grills and picnic tables). Loon Mountain’s New Ski Terrain offers a winter season treat. Imagine skiing right to the rivers edge and walking home after a day on the slopes.

The closet condo to ski home in the Village of Lincoln New Hampshire.

The Location is adjacent to a four screen cinema, stores restaurants, cross country skiing, plus all the other in town amenities, attractions and events. The Links Shares an indoor pool and spa area with a neighboring complex a mere hundred feet away. Walk to all area conveniences, stroll along the river or just enjoy the view from your own fourth floor patio with mountain and river scenes.

 

Construction quality and design features.

The Condominium offers 3 bedrooms and three baths, Gas heat, white marble fireplace, and is a steel and concrete high-rise. Offer complete quiet between the common walls and poured concrete floors, plus the building has a fire protection sprinkler system and modern elevator for easy access to you penthouse unit. You enter on the fourth floor, where you’ll find kitchen, dinning, living room and patio. The lower level is the two bedroom guest quarters with two full baths, and the upper floor is a spacious master suit, with a full bath featuring an over-sized jetted tub and separate shower. The front views are of Franconia Notch and the rear views are of the ski slopes and the river.

 

When I think of the Links condos, I think – Location, access and views.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 NH. MLS # 2776490  

   Or email me for more details ;  Steve Loynd - Broker

 Some of the best four season living can be found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with recreation suitable for every age and every sport. The Lowest property taxes in New Hampshire and the lowest personal tax state in the country. Give me a call 800-926-5653...Steve Loynd your Lincoln NH connection.

 

One mans Heartache is another mans home-run.

Currently millions of families are finding it harder to buy real estate, or are losing their existing properties at an alarming rate. But for some there is a silver lining to this cloud. In the lakes region of New Hampshire we see one such example. A development going belly up offers an opportunity for an investment strategy to stay ahead of the Market.

 

Everyone needs a place to live, and if you were in sales…it’s time to be in rentals. Brady Sullivan Properties of Manchester New Hampshire sees this as an opportunity. In one case a 49 unit approved condominium complex with only about ten units completed became available through a defaulted mortgage. The Company offered $800,000 for the project, and will benefit due to the costly infrastructure work being mostly completed.

 

Why buy a condo project when sales are down…you may ask?

This investor has done the math, at this cost a preemptive move to purchase now gives them a positive cash flow upon completion and fixed cost inventory when the market improves. Over the Years Brady has purchase 1,000’s of units at bankruptcy and foreclosure…rented them held on to some and sold others.

 

The Shadow inventory that has yet to hit the market is a real concern for many looking down the road (at the wave that is still building). I am confident many would be investors will see these assets as an opportunity for long term returns. I know my money market account is paying less than a 1% return, I could hardly do worse by buying real estate at the right price for rental income, depreciation and tax savings still afforded property investors. If something decent comes on the market near where my son plans to attend college, which could have a secondary advantage for me. Successful investors are planning ahead to succeed, not playing defense and just trying to not fail.