Are You A Spectator in Life – Or a Participant?
Obviously, there is a risk associated with all investments but a home is much more than an investment. If you are buying a home strictly to make money than you need to look at things differently. However, if part of the reason you are considering a new home is for a better school district for your children, or to be closer to loved ones or for a better overall quality of life then you have to think about the cost of not making the investment.
It is true that you can lose money in real estate – as in almost all investments. However, it is also true that folks who sit on the sidelines and wait for the perfect day to invest, or the perfect day to take that trip or the perfect day to ask that special someone on a date sometimes find that the perfect day never comes and they spend their lives being spectators – not participants.
I feel pretty strongly that in Ridgewood you can have both – a solid, long-term investment and a place to create some great memories. Click here to see how Ridgewood Real Estate has fared in the past one, five and ten-year periods.
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About Al Donohue
Al Donohue heads up Marron Gildea & Donohue’s Ridgewood office and is one of the top agents in Bergen County.
Al attributes much of his success to lessons learned during his years as a top sales executive on Wall Street. Most of Al’s clients are busy professionals and business owners and they love the fact that he speaks their language and understands the incredible demands on their time. Al stays in constant touch with his clients not only through phone calls and face-to-face meetings but also through email, instant messaging, and web pages created specifically for his clients. Clients can view the status of the sale of their home, read feedback from agents that have shown their home and review the status of their personal marketing plan 24-hours-a-day via their personal web page.
Al understands that technology is just a tool and says it is really his focus on providing world class customer service that has enabled him to achieve great results for his clients. He says the key to his success has been his ability to listen more than he speaks and always put the needs of his clients first.
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