Some people like Halloween. Lisa Campo, one of my favorite colleagues at William Raveis, LOVES Halloween. For the past 15 years, she’s been setting up intricate, gruesome scenes on her West Hartford lawn. She’ll start early in October, building all of her characters from scratch. By the time Halloween rolls around, she has a veritable haunted house in her front yard. The magic really happens on Halloween night though, as live actors are added to
Today was a beautiful day for a parade, and Hartford’s Hooker Day parade downtown made the most of it. The event revived a city tradition that ran from 1991 through 2001, honoring Thomas Hooker, Hartford’s founding father. Here are a few of the sights from the fun and whimsical event.
Note: Non-real estate related post follows. A few months ago, I posted a plea for running partners to help me train for ING’s Hartford Half Marathon. My wish was granted and I met some very nice ladies that I’ve trained with over the past few weeks. Well, today was the big day. The weather was perfect and I was ready to go. And to make it an even better event, several of our grad school
Today was session 2 of my 30 hour appraisal class. Back out to New Milford I went. One concept we talked about that I found particularly interesting was the highest and best use for a property. In order for an appraiser to determine a final value conclusion for their appraisal report, they must understand the optimum use to which land or improved property can be put. To do this, they’ll look at 4 tests: 1.
Both being from Vermont, Kyle and I have high standards for the annual tradition of apple picking. We are looking for a somewhat rural area, not too much commercialization, and baked goods at the farm stand, if possible. We typically head East of the River to the fruit mecca of Glastonbury. One won’t be disappointed by visiting Rose’s Berry Farm, Scott’s Orchards, Dondero Orchards, or Belltown Hill Orchards. But this year we decided to mix