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Friday, September 26, 2014

Luxury Home for Sale in South Orange




If you are looking to relocate to a bedroom community of NYC with approximately 30-35 minute commute times to Manhattan, then look no further!

Monday, September 22, 2014

Backpack Pals 2014

BackPack Pals

Our BackPack Pals Program provides backpacks full of supplemental nutritious, kid-friendly food to children who are food insecure over the weekend. When a child is food insecure, he or she is at great risk of going hungry.

Our BackPack Pals volunteers deliver food each Friday to participating schools in our community. I have been a Backpack Pals volunteer and contributor over the past 3 years. It is truly rewarding to know you are giving back to your community.

Now, you can do the same, even if you don't have the time:


A picturesque town in Essex County, Maplewood is located on the East Branch of the Rahway River. Originally consisting of farms, mills and orchards, Maplewood is now a great mix of residential and commercial areas, culminating in the jewel of a downtown village and coming together to create a charming, tight-knit and diversified community. Maplewood has predominantly Colonial and Tudor style homes with sprawling porches and ample greenery, but you can also find some Victorians and a range of more modern style construction on its beautiful tree lined streets.
Maplewood is a diverse town with 6 elementary schools and prominent municipal building designed by famous architects, Guilbert and Betelle. In the center of town, famed landscape architects, the Olmstead Brothers, created the breathtaking Memorial Park; not to be overlooked is Ricalton Square, nestled between the train station and the downtown shopping; this area is frequently used for events including a Halloween Parade with hayrides and petting zoos, as well as featuring replica homes during the Winter Holiday Season. The town offers many activities to its residents from camps in the summer, arts and crafts classes, a public pool (with 4 pools ranging from a “baby” pool to toddler pool to large lap pool and a diving tank) and a farmers market when in season. There is even an annual musicalpalooza--Maplewoodstock—featuring a variety of bands and musical styles, showcasing local and national bands with booths for local businesses to set up.
The Village, also known as Maplewood Center, is a quaint, downtown shopping district with everything from restaurants with foods from all over the world, bakeries, dance studios, gyms, bookstores, a movie theater and bookstores. With its large variety of cuisines to choose from, Maplewood recently started a yearly town-wide Restaurant Week with over 30 eateries participating.
Easily accessible by its throughways and the New Jersey Transit, it's no surprise Maplewood has been ranked several times as one of the most desirable places to live in America by a number of surveys.



Selling a Maplewood/South Orange/Millburn/Short Hills area home involves many steps and having an experienced Maplewood New Jersey Real Estate Agent and Realtor®, specializing in the Bedroom Communities of New York City in Essex/Union County— Millburn, Short Hills, Montclair, West Orange, South Orange, Livingston, Maplewood, Springfield, Summit, Madison, Chatham, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Cranford and Westfield--by your side will make the transaction run a lot smoother. I would love to be your Maplewood/South Orange New Jersey Area Real Estate Professional! I assist both buyers and sellers in the Bedroom Communities of New York City, mostly served by NJ Transit’s Mid-Town Direct Train Lines, offering commutes of 45minute or less to NY Penn Station, with either the purchase and or sale of residential real estate.



As an Accredited Buyer’s Agent (ABR), I have received special training to guide and educate you through the entire home buying process. From start to finish, I listen to your needs and desires in what you would like and take the information you give me to find you home. My GO-TO team can provide you the best in Real Estate advice with regard to attorney choices, Home Inspectors and Mortgage Loan Officers



As your Maplewood/South Orange/Millburn/Short Hills/Essex/Union County New Jersey listing agent I am well versed on as your local expert in all things in the Maplewood and South Orange area Real Estate Market. You can expect personalized service that includes a detailed consultation on how to best position your Mid-Town Direct home to be competitive in today’s market with training to provide my clients with an in-depth Advanced Comparative Market analysis, and advice on staging. As my office’s technology officer as well as both a Zillow Platinum Premier and Trulia Premier agent, I use the latest and most up-to-date marketing methods to get your home in front of as many buyers as possible. Being your New Jersey Real Estate Agent and Realtor ® not only involves just finding the home or selling the home, but being your guide, negotiator, advisor and advocate and making sure that your needs and goals are met. Being your New Jersey Essex/Union County area Realtor® (with a little bit of Morris County thrown in for good measure) is one of my truest passions, and “Helping You Find Your Dream Home” is my number one priority.

Mark Slade

Monday, September 15, 2014

NJ OPEN HOUSES APP


PRESS RELEASE:

NJ Open Houses App Developed to Make New Jersey Home Search Easier

NJ real estate agent Mark Slade has introduced an app with comprehensive information about NJ cities and towns to simplify the home buying process.


Maplewood, NJ, September 13, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Mark Slade, a top producing New Jersey real estate agent, has introduced “NJ Open Houses,” an app that puts all the information buyers want and need about a prospective town and its properties at their fingertips. Along with details about available homes, the app provides information on essential services and amenities from schools and hospitals to restaurants, parks and houses of worship. The NJ Open Houses app provides buyers with all the necessary home search tools.

“This app (see below for QR codes for quick download) uses the latest technology to provide the most updated, real-time listings of open houses in northern NJ,” said Slade. “I added comprehensive information about New Jersey Train Towns, a Quick-Find Map and other features to make this a buyers’ complete mobile resource. Sellers also benefit from extra exposure for their listings.”

Alex and Jamie, buyers who are looking to move from a Hoboken apartment into a single family home, have this to say about the app: “Since we began searching multiple towns in New Jersey, this has been an invaluable tool in that it allows us to learn more about each of the communities we have targeted and then allows us to see what the open houses are and where they are located in each of these towns. We’re so excited about this app and the communities. There is no doubt that NJ Open Houses will help buyers find the home and community that are perfect for them.”

Towns currently covered by NJ Open Houses include Maplewood, South Orange, Montclair, Glen Ridge, Millburn, Short Hills, Livingston, Summit, New Providence, Madison, Chatham and West Orange, with expectations that Springfield and Mountainside will be added in the near future. The app is available at the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and HTML Store.

In addition to developing this app, Mark Slade has built an arsenal of more than 190 domains and 15 websites, including www.bedroomcommunitiesofnyc.com, www.unioncountyhomesnow.com and www.maplewoodandsouthorangehomes.com, www.searchessexcounty.com all with home search capability and more. His Facebook Business page: Realtor for the Bedroom Communities has a home search capability, and his social media dominance is reflected in the fact that his blog www.sladeblog.com has more than 125,000 hits and his YouTube channel www.MarkSladeProductions.com has almost 100,000 views as of 8/25/14.
The Mark Slade Homes Team covers the bedroom communities of NYC including Montclair, Maplewood, West Orange, South Orange, Glen Ridge, Livingston, Millburn, Short Hills, Summit, Madison, Chatham, Scotch Plains, Cranford, Westfield and Springfield. The team specializes in relocation services, first time home buyers, luxury homes and top notch selling services.

To learn more about how Mark and his team of professionals can help you meet your real estate needs or if you are interested in a career in real estate, contact him at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com

Information is also available at www.goodhomesforgoodpeople.com

About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.:
Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in North America, with approximately 700 offices and 96,000 associates in more than a dozen countries around the world. The company has grown exponentially since the opening of the first Keller Williams Realty office in 1983, and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards associates as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information or to search for homes for sale visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com). For more information about Keller Williams Worldwide, please visit (www.kwworldwide.com).

Move over Izhak Perlman...Maplewood/South Orange Suzuki Violin Lessons


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A picturesque town in Essex County, Maplewood is located on the East Branch of the Rahway River. Originally consisting of farms, mills and orchards, Maplewood is now a great mix of residential and commercial areas, culminating in the jewel of a downtown village and coming together to create a charming, tight-knit and diversified community. Maplewood has predominantly Colonial and Tudor style homes with sprawling porches and ample greenery, but you can also find some Victorians and a range of more modern style construction on its beautiful tree lined streets.
Maplewood is a diverse town with 6 elementary schools and prominent municipal building designed by famous architects, Guilbert and Betelle. In the center of town, famed landscape architects, the Olmstead Brothers, created the breathtaking Memorial Park; not to be overlooked is Ricalton Square, nestled between the train station and the downtown shopping; this area is frequently used for events including a Halloween Parade with hayrides and petting zoos, as well as featuring replica homes during the Winter Holiday Season. The town offers many activities to its residents from camps in the summer, arts and crafts classes, a public pool (with 4 pools ranging from a “baby” pool to toddler pool to large lap pool and a diving tank) and a farmers market when in season. There is even an annual musicalpalooza--Maplewoodstock—featuring a variety of bands and musical styles, showcasing local and national bands with booths for local businesses to set up.
The Village, also known as Maplewood Center, is a quaint, downtown shopping district with everything from restaurants with foods from all over the world, bakeries, dance studios, gyms, bookstores, a movie theater and bookstores. With its large variety of cuisines to choose from, Maplewood recently started a yearly town-wide Restaurant Week with over 30 eateries participating.
Easily accessible by its throughways and the New Jersey Transit, it's no surprise Maplewood has been ranked several times as one of the most desirable places to live in America by a number of surveys.



Mark Slade
Keller Williams
917.797.5059
Good Homes



Selling a Maplewood/South Orange/Millburn/Short Hills area home involves many steps and having an experienced Maplewood New Jersey Real Estate Agent and Realtor®, specializing in the Bedroom Communities of New York City in Essex/Union County— Millburn, Short Hills, Montclair, West Orange, South Orange, Livingston, Maplewood, Springfield, Summit, Madison, Chatham, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Cranford and Westfield--by your side will make the transaction run a lot smoother. I would love to be your Maplewood/South Orange New Jersey Area Real Estate Professional! I assist both buyers and sellers in the Bedroom Communities of New York City, mostly served by NJ Transit’s Mid-Town Direct Train Lines, offering commutes of 45minute or less to NY Penn Station, with either the purchase and or sale of residential real estate.



As an Accredited Buyer’s Agent (ABR), I have received special training to guide and educate you through the entire home buying process. From start to finish, I listen to your needs and desires in what you would like and take the information you give me to find you home. My GO-TO team can provide you the best in Real Estate advice with regard to attorney choices, Home Inspectors and Mortgage Loan Officers



As your Maplewood/South Orange/Millburn/Short Hills/Essex/Union County New Jersey listing agent I am well versed on as your local expert in all things in the Maplewood and South Orange area Real Estate Market. You can expect personalized service that includes a detailed consultation on how to best position your Mid-Town Direct home to be competitive in today’s market with training to provide my clients with an in-depth Advanced Comparative Market analysis, and advice on staging. As my office’s technology officer as well as both a Zillow Platinum Premier and Trulia Premier agent, I use the latest and most up-to-date marketing methods to get your home in front of as many buyers as possible. Being your New Jersey Real Estate Agent and Realtor ® not only involves just finding the home or selling the home, but being your guide, negotiator, advisor and advocate and making sure that your needs and goals are met. Being your New Jersey Essex/Union County area Realtor® (with a little bit of Morris County thrown in for good measure) is one of my truest passions, and “Helping You Find Your Dream Home” is my number one priority.

Mark Slade