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Finding the Good Life on the Cape

The moment is now to redesign your life to include more time on Cape Cod. People are drawn to living here for the warm winters and cool summers, reasonable taxes and town meeting style of government, world-class beaches and lots of golf courses, closeness to nature and a quick drive to the city, spectacular scenery and charming architecture. Most of all the Cape is the place that connects with the good times in your life, the memories from your childhood visits here or your vacation here last summer!

Buy a House

Finding a needle in a haystack is frustrating unless you have some help. Today the MLS data base can be accessed via the Internet, so you can browse the entire inventory of homes, cottages, condos, building lots, and even business opportunities. The history of recent sales is also available to consumers who want to follow the sales trends, checking the list price against the sale price and the number of sales in certain villages.

Your Own Agent

Massachusetts buyers now have the option of being represented by their own agent, a buyer's agent. That's my job. Like a personal shopper I watch for houses that suit your style and budget. When you decide to make an offer, my knowledge and experience becoming your winning edge. Why go it alone? Why should the seller have all the advantages? The sale price includes the fees for the agents, so there is no out-of-pocket extra charge to have someone on your side.

Timing is Everything

As long as there are low interest rates, the baby boomer generation wants retirement and second homes, and investors are diversifying from the stock market, Cape Cod real estate will boom. The Internet has accelerated how information is communicated. The best listings seem to find their way to alert buyers within minutes! Even a phone call takes too long. Digital pictures can help you size up the place and decide if it is worth acting on immediately.

Value of Time

And since we are telescoping our business transactions into shorter spans of time, let's hope that we can spend the leftover time at the beach!

Marietta's Seventy-one Reasons To Live on Cape Cod

I have lived in Harwich all my life except for college and a few years in New York. Here are 71 reasons I love living
on Cape Cod . . .

1. Close to nature in every direction. 2. Beautiful house architecture 3. Historic references to many important things in our present-day culture 4. Interesting people live here. 5. Restaurants=sport 6. Many of the things that make the Cape so physically beautiful are also environmentally appropriate 7. Town meeting form of government 8. Many volunteer opportunities 9. Each town has a distinct character and look. 10. 365 ponds 11. Lifelong learning classes through several institutions 12. Golf year round 14. Glass 15. 15 towns=15 solutions to governmental matters 16. Back roads 17. Summer League baseball 18. W.H.A.T. 19. Slower pace of life 20. Lighthouses 21. Rail Trail 22. Rosa Rugosa 23. Shellfishing 24. Sandy Neck 25. Stargazing: less light pollution 26. Watching the full moon rise over the outer beach at Chatham Light 27. Mild winters 28. Indian Summer 29. Worldwide recognition of name and shape 30. Cranberries 31. Atlantic Flyway for birders 32. Thacher Shore Road, Yarmouthport 33. Jag 34. Heritage Plantation 35. Ferries to Nantucket 36. Cape Cod Air's colorful planes 37. Whale watching 38. Cape Cod National Seashore 39. Lobster bisque at the Brewster Fish House 40. Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra 41. Window boxes 42. Chatham's walking Main Street 43. Barnstable Harbor 44. Cape Cod Photo Workshops 45. Ross' Grille in P'town 46. Art's Dune Buggy Rides 47. Summer camps for kids 48. Cat boats 49. Fog 50. Cape Cod Lavender Farm 51. Art galleries 52. Antique auctions 53. Harwich Junior Theatre 54. First night in Chatham 55. Brewster in Bloom parade 56. Seashell driveways 57. Birdwatchers' General Store in Orleans 58. Breakfast at Jack's Outback 59. Striper Fishing 60. Cape Cod Cinema season tickets 61. Bay and Sound water = ideal temps for swimmers 62. 90 minutes to Providence or Boston 63. Bus service direct to Logan Airport 64. No big box stores 65. Lectures at Fine Arts Work Center, P'town 66. Wellfleet Flea Market 67. Camping 68. Kayaking 69. Televised selectmen meetings 70. WOMR 71. Jay Allison's soundbites on WCAI

We can help you make your own list.