Joy Tarbell Realty - Blogging Lakefront to Mountainside - in NH’s White Mountains

Bring Your Worms and a Loaf of Bread to Conway

rmahan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:55:57 +0000

The Shiners that inhabited the murky water at the end of the dock kept my kids busy. Their fluorescent bobbers jerked in starts, the empty hooks baffled the kids, and I hurried to re-bait the hooks as quickly as possible. Soon an old-timer stopped to watch the simple joys of kids fishing. He reminisced about his [...]

Joy Tarbell Realty Working with Conway Area Students

rmahan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:05:16 +0000

As a youth I avoided summer school like the plague, but yesterday I worked with students from the Enriched Learning Center earning credits towards an early diploma. Granite State College provided the venue for laughing and learning. The curriculum included an overview of the coursework to become a licensed realtor and then marketing and mock [...]

Boston Celtics are Mt. Washington Valley

rmahan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:32:13 +0000

As your Real Estate Consultant I think it’s important that you know my allegiance is with the Boston Celtics. Yes I am a New England kid from Maine that maybe longed for a city with a big-time professional sports team to call his own, but recent events in the NBA prove that my faith and [...]

So you’ve decided to buy a Vacation Home in the Mount Washington Valley. Now what?

Joy Tarbell — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:44:58 +0000

Buying a home or condo is a major financial commitment, so before you sign a Purchase & Sale agreement make sure that you are making the right decision. Here are the major factors to consider: Price: Yes, you are pre-approved to buy the post and beam home with gorgeous views to Mt. Washington, but are you comfortable with [...]

North Conway Residents Have Teeth

rmahan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:37:03 +0000

Mt. Washington Valley and North Conway Health Care In my younger years I was either an excitable boy or I had a run of bad luck. Either way you swing it, I have been admitted to over six hospitals in my life. From intensive care in Fairbanks Memorial to torn abdominal muscles in Maine Med. Folks [...]

Summer in the White Mountain National Forest

rmahan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:44:34 +0000

MILE 54.5 This mile-marker on 302 in Hart’s Location has become more meaningful to my family than the Department of Transportation may have conceived. Here the upper stretches of the Saco runs cool between large boulders and long slabs of granite perfect for plunging into summer currents and then drying in the sun like a gecko [...]

6 Reasons River Run Condos at Attitash in Bartlett NH Rock!

Joy Tarbell — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:49:40 +0000

Walk to skiing at Attitash Mountain. By using the underground tunnel you don’t even have to face street traffic. Onsite rental program allows you to rent out your condo while you aren’t using it to earn income while avoiding the headache and work of renting it out on your own. Amazing onsite amenities include: indoor and outdoor [...]

Ride and Buy with us in the Mount Washington Valley

Joy Tarbell — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:29:45 +0000

VROOM… VROOM… VROOM… the sound of the bikes whizzing past our office day. Yep, its bike week in the Mount Washington Valley. “Rally in the Valley” week is coming to a close, but it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy riding your motorcycle through the White Mountains all summer long. With all of our scenic roads, [...]

Proof that in Conway NH you can PAY LESS to Own vs Rent

Joy Tarbell — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:54:48 +0000

We have all seen the taglines, “Why rent when you can own?” and probably thought it was just another real estate sales gimmick. I can prove that it’s true. Let’s take our one-bedroom condo listing at the Radio Station Condos as an example. It is listed for $87,500. Here is a cash flow analysis to [...]

Lower Kimball Lake spans both New Hampshire and Maine

Suzie Laskin — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:34:32 +0000

by Suzie Laskin I am not a “morning person”. I am not usually awake at 6 AM. But this morning, the sun was bright, the sky was blue and the dogs were licking my face. I was awake and I knew this was the morning I’d been waiting for. I needed to get an early morning [...]