I think my fellow Realtors and I fail to see the woods through the trees. For this reason I make it a point to explore the local attractions some have come to take for granted. This happens by force or by chance, last week I took my sister and niece to Clarks’ Trading Show (bear show) and marveled at the faces of the other children there. We often go to the Whales Tale Waterpark (and are season pass holders), and enjoy a leisurely day “at the beach” two hours from the coast. Then recently my wife and I decided to take a brisk walk which included lunch in a back-pack, talk about bang for the buck a half and hour hike up Artist’s Bluff and the view is every bit as wonderful as any full days hike up a 4,000 footer.

Who could be luckier to live this way? You can!, and isn’t that the point. Finally I am keenly aware of value when it comes to real estate, and what I have observed is this. When we travel to the coast of Maine, Cape Cod, or the ski resorts of Vermont, I check out the local prices of “comparable” property (vacation homes, businesses, and land) what I find consistently is we have more to offer at reasonable prices and better access from north to south than anywhere else I travel throughout New England.

I guess there is still no place like home and no better place than where you feel at home.