Monday January 17, 2022 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the day that the birthday, life, and work of the African-American civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered. Through peaceful protest, Dr. King, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, sought equality and human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice. Watershed events Continue Reading
Memorial Day 2019 Real Estate Market Report
With Memorial Day weekend starting tomorrow, Shelter Island is swinging into full summer mode. Restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlors and shops are open, and boats and pools are being commissioned for use. Alongside summer businesses are real estate agents, many of whom have been in full summer mode, at least mentally, all winter long. This week has been a time to sharpen up details of existing Continue Reading
Real Estate and the Code of Ethics
Not all real estate licensees are Realtors, although many mistakenly use the term synonymously. There are presently more than 1.84 million active licensed real estate professionals in the United States of which 1 million are Realtors. On Shelter Island, only two agencies, my office and one other agency, are Realtors. As a living and breathing Standard of Practice, it continues to be amended. Continue Reading
Moving Structures on Shelter Island
To an entranced audience a few summers ago at a cocktail party, one of the guests described how he planned to lift his 2.5 story home from its foundation and float it across the harbor to a new site. Disconnecting a structure from its foundation is simple enough, we all said, but placing it on a barge and floating it on water to a new location seemed like something out of the television show Continue Reading
Zoning on Shelter Island
Memorial Day weekend started off with a bang, with warm summer-like temperatures and crowds at our island beaches and restaurants. On the real estate front, last minute customers shopped online, booked and moved into their rentals, and Friday through Sunday in between barbecues and leisure time, customers toured homes to purchase. In the backdrop of summer fun, the Town of Shelter Island Continue Reading
