Farm 27 final shots, Narrowsburg NY
It's like 5:30am, I've been up for a few hours, and thought I'd post these pics - we have more to come, but these were pretty nice so I thought I'd share - 1580 sq ft, 3 beds, 1.5 baths, a finished basement with another 600 sq ft and bath, 5+ acres plus the adjoining 5+ acres. Delivered pretty much exactly when we said it would be delivered.
This style was originally Cottage 28 - a 1250 sq ft beauty. then it evolved into a 1500 sq ft Farm 16 beauty with an additional bedroom. And now it jumped another 100 sq ft with Farm 27. We just keep tweaking away at our plans.
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Our plates are pretty full so we don't get involved in all the social media platforms, since my over-riding social media philosophy is that if you are going to do it, do it well and do it consistently. So we try to do a few things well and leave the rest alone.
I don't think there is a much more damaging brand exercise than having social media platforms in existence that are not updated frequently, or at all. Take them down if you aren't using them, since staleness in my mind means lack of enthusiasm for what you are doing -
So like us, or follow us, or re-pin us - whatever you are supposed to do, feel free. It's an ever expanding catalogue of our good creative work.
Jeff Bank No Closing Cost Mortgage
Jeff Bank has been financing my homes since the very beginning back in 2002, when they gave me $100k when I needed $400k. Since then- deal by deal, county by county, house by house - they have stuck with us and helped us grow. Even during the Great Recession when banks were pulling the rug out from under their good clients who did nothing wrong and never missed a payment, Jeff Bank's been giving us the juice we needed to keep growing. Next year they will have installed their 3rd president since I've been working with them and it's a real marker of our steadiness and progress, like counting the keys in our keybox, or going into our storage closet where the 'sales closing' binders have taken over a lot of space.
Since they are a smallish community bank who makes money the old-fashioned way - they make loans and profit from the interest, rather than selling the mortgages after originating the loans - their interest rates aren't the lowest around but they can get it done where others fear to tread.
That said, they are currently offering a no closing cost loan for residential mortgages. For those of you good with a spreadsheet, saving $10k on mortgage tax, title, etc... very quickly makes the bank competitive, plus leaves all that cash in your pocket for furniture. appliances, etc... This isn't one of those schemes where they add the costs onto the loan - they are paying for the costs - the costs are erased away.
Very few people who take out mortgage loans hold them anywhere close to 30 years, so comparing 30 yr notes and rates is misleading at best. I just bought a satellite home/office in New Paltz and did a 7 yr ARM and no matter how I look at it, the lack of painful closing costs was just an awesome way to end a real estate deal.
Call George Kinne at Jeff Bank - 845-4382-4000. He can refer you to the right department and people.
