2 Family for Sale in Bellingham MA 02019 Price Adjusted

2 Family for Sale in Bellingham MA   02019 Price Adjusted

Property Details        

• 20 Stockholm Street    02019 
• $227,900
• 2 Units, one up, one down
• 1400 sq ft of living area
• 12000 sq ft of land
• 1st floor unit, 2 Beds, 1 Bath, Renovated, Income $850/month
• 2nd floor unit, 2 Beds, 1 Bath, Good Shape, Excellent Rental History, Income $650/month
• New roof, siding, windows
• MLS#     71561363

Call Carol Ann Palmieri at 508-494-9061 to see if this property is still available and to arrange for a showing.

What's really nice about this property is that it is an income producer that feels just like a single family home.    Large yard on a quiet side street is surprising for a multi family in the area.   


  20 Stockholm Street is listed for sale at $239,900.   
This 2 family home was built in 1918 and has been in one family for all this time.   There are two apartments, 1 up and 1 down.   The first floor apartment has just been updated with a new bath, paint and flooring.   The second apartment has been rented for the past 6 years, and is in good condition.    The home has approximately 1400 square feet of living space.   The lot is a generous 12000 square feet.   There are separate utilities.   A new septic system is being installed.  There is a new asphalt roof.   It is vinyl sided and has replacement windows.      

This home is perfect for a first time buyer or an investor.  

You could be both!  

Click here for additional photos. 

 Convenient Location.  20 Stockholm Street is located on a quiet side street yet it is just in a short walk to restaurants and shopping.     Under 7 miles to Route 495 and the Boston commuter rail.   
 20 Stockholm Street is located within a 55 minute ride to Boston, 30 minutes to Providence RI and under 45 minutes to Worcester MA, makes this a convenient investment purchase.

Map for 20 Stockholm Street 02019

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Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

      Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061

Finally All This Blogging Pays Off

Finally All This  Blogging Pays Off

With the urging of some very influential people in my personal and professional life, I began blogging more than 2 years ago. 

I read blogs that touted how others got business and made the best of something called SEO.   Listening to motivational speaker, Tom Ferry, made me think that there was something to this idea of  "social media".     Hey, I've been in the real estate business for 25 years.     It's a big learning curve!  

Just jumping in was fun.   Talking real estate, reading about real estate, meeting and learning from real estate professionals all over the country  but, I never saw the results that other people said they got. 

Oh, scratch that.   I did get a few calls off community posts that I wrote.  People calling me to ask what the hours were for a restaurant or consignment shop, or where the Medway Santa Parade was being held.    

Oh yes, and how could I forget that I did get a call for someone asking where they might find some live, (yes LIVE) chickens citing a post I had entitled The Chicken and The Egg.  (another lesson learned)

But, I never got a new business call.    I knew it was beneficial and people must have been googling me, saw my ramblings and that added to my experience and credibility, but I never saw an actual lead from it.  

Until this week that is.   And, as luck will have it, I received two in this one week!    A referral from a Realtor in another state and a lead from someone in the school administration in the area, who called me after reading a neighborhood post I had written. 

As much as the slacker in me said give up, I kept going.    The two new leads have fueled a new fire, and made me really believe that done properly this  can fuel my business as well. 
Some will say I am slow on the take.   I know who you are and might have to agree!     Having said that, I have new thoughts, ideas and direction. 

AND, HapPy DaNcE!!!   Two new customers!   


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Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

 

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

      Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061

What to Do When You Have To Sell in Order to Buy

What to Do When You Have To Sell in Order to Buy

The Sell/Buy dilemma.   Never an easy one.   Every situation is different, but for many in this current market, one would likely think Sell then Buy.  

Most  of us today can't afford to have two mortgages.   That means if you own a home, unless you are willing and able to purchase without selling, you should be selling your home first.    The advantages are: 

•   You know exactly how much money your house will bring
•   You will not feel pressured to sell your  home
•   It will make you a stronger buyer with more negotiating power

Gone are the days of the "bridge loan".  (A short term loan by a bank meant to cover an interval between two transactions.)   They just don't happen anymore.

So what do you do when you own a home but want to buy another?     It's tricky, right?   After all you will need a place to live after you sell.     The home buying process was much easier with your first purchase.    Likely you didn't have all this stuff, your down payment was in the bank (instead of your house), you didn't have kids, pets and a buyer that you had to wait for.

 In today's market most sellers, unless they are compensated for the risk,  will not entertain an offer contingent on someone selling their home.   Why?    By taking a home sale contingency, they are effectively taking their home off the market until you sell your home.    It's a big risk to any seller.  

Having your home sold, (or under agreement with a strong purchaser) allows a seller to consider you as a ready and able buyer.  

The best you can wish for is closing both transactions on the same day, so that you only have to make one move.     

How do you accomplish this?   

My recommendation is if you are thinking of a new home, get your current one on the market.      While your home is on the market start actively looking for homes that meet your criteria.     Having something in mind that you could go to at all times would be ideal.   When an offer comes in on your home, you will know exactly what you have to spend and the time frame to do it in!

What happens when you find the perfect home and yours isn't sold yet?  

• First, if your home is not on the market, get it on!
• Second, If it is on the market, reevaluate your position in the market.   Adjust your price, terms, and marketing strategy.  
• Next, do you put an offer in and risk losing your deposit or do you put in an offer with contingencies and see if the Seller will engage?     The answer to that will depend on your motivation for this perfect home.  Of course, you will consult with your agent about either approach.    

Regardless of what you do,

 if your home is already on the market, 

 you are already moving in the direction towards your new home!

Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

      Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061

1187 West Street Wrentham MA Antique on 2 Plus Acres

1187 West Street Wrentham MA Antique on 2 Plus Acres

If you like the look and the feel of a Historic home

but don't want to do any work, this is the home for you!

Exceptional Historic home, Circa 1815, located on 2.25 acres in the sought after Sheldonville section of Wrentham, MA.   This home has been meticulously maintained with attention to detail, keeping intact the antique nature of the home.

This spacious 2078 square foot antique offers a large family room off the kitchen, has a first floor master with bath, a guest room/ office on first floor, living and dining areas.   There are two front to back bedrooms on the second floor.  Both have exceptionally large closets, skylights and widows, and gleaming refinished antique floors.  This home offers a first floor laundry and gas cooking... and what antique would be complete without an heirloom attic?   

One will find this floor plan is surprisingly suited for today's lifestyle.

Updates include newer roof, paint (inside & out), updated electric service, windows & doors. Stone driveway.

For more info or a personal tour, contact

 Carol-Ann Palmieri    508-494-9061   Cal@alandcal.com

Search for more MA homes here!

Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

 Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061

The Heat Wave is Over But Boston area Real Estate Still Sizzling

The Heat Wave is Over But Boston area Real Estate Still Sizzling

Oh Man was it hot!

We are actually at the end of a 7 day heat wave here in the Boston area.    Folks were staying indoors or cool by the water.  

(Search here for homes with pools!).  

The beaches were packed, community pools were at capacity and the sprinklers were cranking for people relief instead of just watering the grass.  

But the weather wasn't all that is hot!  The local real estate market is sizzling!  

Seems we went from Buyers market to Sellers overnight.  Folks are catching on especially if they have been involved in multiple offer situation.    If you are a buyer looking for a home out there right now, you best be prepared to make a move.    A blog by Patricia Kennedy, a real estate professional in the DC area advises coming in  "Green and Clean" as she calls it.    It's good advice.  

Just in the past 30 days,

Franklin MA, Realtors put 23 homes up on the pending chart.   Of those 23 homes, 14 were on the market less than 20 days. 

Many of those saw multiple offers.

In Bellingham MA 11 single family homes hit that pending chart.

Medfield saw 7 with 4 under less than 20 days on the market.  

Medway MA saw 14 with half of those lasting less than 20 days

Wrentham 12, Norfolk 10, and Walpole 18.   ....and the beat goes on.

So while the weather has cooled a bit,

the heat wave still marches on for the area towns.  

Other Articles on Multiple Offers:

What happens in multiple offers

Tips to win at Multiple Offers

Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

 

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

 Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

 

 

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061

What Does Your Email Name Say About You?

What Does Your Email Name Say About You?

Back in the day, when I first started on line with the old "chat room" style of getting used to the internet, I paid particular attention to what a person was trying to say with their email moniker.  

That old habit of paying attention to the name sent the red flags up today!   I received an email request for information on a rental property I have listed at 51 Hewes Street in Cumberland RI.  

It came from ......      SueMe@blahblahblah.com
In reality, I didn't actually pay much attention to the name until I copied and pasted it into the address line of my email.   

SueMe?   

Holy cow!   I thought... really?    This can't be.   Some one is really pulling my leg and you know what?   I don't want to go there.    Who would want to show this person a house???

What's an agent to do?    In this case, I responded to the email in a very professional way, asking the person to call me if they are interested in the property.   I don't suspect I will get a call back.   
But what if the email moniker was more, well, freaky.   Would I respond?   Would you?

Hello folks.   I have to protect myself and the people I represent.   I need you to talk to me... not just email... and if you do, consider the story your email or name tells.   

Moral to the Story.

While it is cute and fun to have an off beat name, when responding to and expecting a response to an on line inquiry, one might want to think what  subliminal message your email name gives off.    Sure, it is always fun to be funny and cute, but if you are applying for a job or an apartment or answering a house ad, anything serious, you might want to  consider that your email address is not just your best foot forward, it's your ONLY foot forward!    

Be cutesy after the fact... but get in the door.   People do not get in the door by scaring people!

Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

 Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

Does a pool add value to your home? We will find out today!

Does a pool add value to your home?   We will find out today!
 
With the temperatures expected to reach 92 or more today the house hunt for sure will turn steamy!   

These folks don't have a strong preference either way, but I can't help wonder as I get ready to head out the door, will the couple of homes that have pools be more attractive to this family than those that don't?


I can honestly say with the many buyers that I have helped in their home search over the years that most seem to like the idea of having a pool.  That flies in the face of all that we have believed over the past couple of decades.

Is it that folks are "stay-cationing" more, or is it that, in our efforts to constantly upgrade the curb appeal of our homes, the pool becomes a beautiful accessory?   

What I can say for sure is that, in several of my recent sales the buyers, in part, choose the property because the pool and the thoughts of out door entertaining was very appealing.    The debate goes on and on.    Some will say that a pool adds no value, others will say that it detracts from a property.    My personal opinion is that it does add value if the pool is in good condition, safe, and has attractive fencing and apron.   

Will My Buyers Choose A Home With A Pool Today?

Search for MA homes with pools here!

Looking to Buy, Sell, Rent or Invest?  

If you want to really know what's happening in your market area, consult your local Realtor!

                 Call me if you have a question about the market.  508-494-9061

 Put my 25 years of experience to work for you!     

About the Author

Carol-Ann Palmieri is a full time Real Estate professional in Massachusetts for the past 25 years along with her partner Al Mussi have helped literally hundreds of families find, sell or purchase new places to live.

A former US Marine, she grew up in Walpole, MA...  is committed to the serving the community through various volunteer opportunities.   She attended MA Bay Community and Suffolk University and is committed to constantly updating her Real Estate education.

Licensed in MA and RI...

Al and Cal's primary areas of service Franklin, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Medfield, Norfolk, Wrentham, Plainville, Blackstone, Walpole, Milford, Holliston, Hopkinton, Mansfield, and Foxboro, North Attleboro, Norwood, Hopedale, Mendon, Millville but have resourses to help anyone, anywhere....

 Their mission....  To exceed your expectations!

Carol-Ann Palmieri

Al and Cal Realty Group

Remax Executive Realty

www.AlandCal.com

Cal@AlandCal.com

508-494-9061