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Hurricane Sandy Relief | Short and long term rentals available
Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families who have lost too much in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Already, we have families calling, and looking for short or long term shelter – a place to rent and recover while the rebuilding begins.
We have rental units available immediately in the Northwestern Monmouth and Ocean Counties, as well as Burlington and Mercer Counties. Please see the map below to get an idea of the area. Many of these would be an hour or less depending on which area of the shore you are living in. We have volunteers who can find furnishings and stock your home if you need help.
If you are reading this because you want to help a family, please let us know about immediate rentals available in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, or if you would like to join us to support individual families in furnishing their rental homes.
If you must stay closer to the shore, please click here for local rental information.
You can reach us by filling out the form below, emailing us at help@eracentral.com or call (609) 298-4800. If you have a home to rent that is available now, please email or call with the information so we can put your home on the list and connect you with a family in need.
We know that a roof over your head doesn’t make it home – but it’s a place to start.
Stay strong, New Jerseyans – and know your state has your back.
***Please give as much detail as you can about what you need in a home (how many bedrooms, do you have pets and what kind?, what you can afford per month) as well as the areas you’ll consider so we can do preliminary research before calling you back.
Thinking about walking away? Reality of a Short Sale
July 2012 – In real estate, short sales are a part of our day to day business. The lender requirements, rules and regulations, REALTORS® need to stay educated to be able to help our clients through the process. However, the true reality of a short sale is that it more about Continue reading
Thank You to our Sponsors!!
Thank you to our bowlers and sponsors who “Made a Muscle for MDA” on August 2 at Colonial Bowling and Entertainment in Lawrenceville for our first annual BOWL over MDA event! ERA Central Realty Group and our partners raised over $8,500 – enough to send 8 children afflicted with neuromuscular disease to MDA Summer Camp!
Please join us in supporting and thanking our sponsors for their commitment to MDA.
First Choice Loan Services, Inc.
EJA/Capacity Insurance Agency, LLC
Thanks to our bowlers and Colonial Lanes in Lawrenceville for their support, we are looking forward to next year!
Bowl Over MDA Sponsorship Opportunities
Local businesses can help us Bowl Over MDA on August 2nd, 2012! There are many sponsorship opportunities available. There’s no better way to meet and network with your community than at a fun and rewarding event. Show your community that you care and help us change the lives of eight children with Muscular Dystrophy.
Save the Date for MDA Kids!
Mark your calendars – on Thursday, August 2nd from 6pm-9pm you’ll be helping to send a child with Muscular Dystrophy to MDA Summer Camp.
ERA Central and Foundation Title are hosting our first joint event to support children with Muscular Dystrophy. Join us as we “Bowl over MDA” at the newly renovated (and amazing!) Colonial Bowling in Lawrenceville.
Details will follow – even if you are not a bowler, there are lots of ways to help us support these kids who are so deserving of a week in the sun with their peers. ERA had been a long time supporter of MDA and over the years has raised over $30 million. Help us meet our goal of giving eight children with MDA a summer to remember!
New real estate sign system at ERA Central
March 8, 2012. We all know not to judge a book by its cover, but should you judge a real estate company by the sign it uses to sell your home? What does a sign really say about the company behind it?
ERA Central Realty Group rolled out a newly designed sign system January 1, 2012, and agents, sellers, buyers and residents are taking note and sending rave reviews.
The new signs are just one of the new initiatives which Ann Davis and Stephanie Bellanova, broker owners, have introduced since the company changed names last year.
Sure, we know that nothing makes a stronger statement than great looking, professional signage – but this new system is about something more. It represents the standard of excellence evident throughout ERA Central – a statement of quality in a time where others may be cutting corners. ERA Franchise Systems is growing its brand recognition worldwide and ERA Central Realty Group is growing ERA and their name state wide. Look for more to come!
Can there be Serenity in Real Estate?
“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
We’ve all heard (and likely said) the Serenity Prayer in one form or another, but leave it to the KCM Crew to apply it to real estate. Continue reading
Charlie Young, CEO of ERA Real Estate welcomes ERA Central Realty Group to the 2021 President’s Circle
February 10, 2012. At ERA we love to recognize the achievements of our team members and that support extends to the highest level in the company. We were thrilled to be recognized as a Top 50 company by our President and CEO, Charlie Young. As a Top 50 company in ERA are now a member of the prestigious
ERA President’s Circle.
Achieving this level within ERA benefits our team and our clients as well! We are included in a very select group of the best brokerages in the nation and have access to top level trainings and idea sharing sessions – starting next month at our International Business Convention in New Orleans!!
We’re so honored to be a member of this fantastic group.
How we sell your home in today’s market
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gents work for you. We don’t just list your home….we market and SELL it! Real estate has changed and you need a team that can create demand in today’s market. Here are a few of the advantages to working with an agent on the ERA Central team. Continue reading
Short Sales and Foreclosures: An opportunity to invest and help your neighbors
In the last few years we have had to watch as good, hardworking people lost their homes. This happened for many reasons. Two of the most difficult to see were when homes owners became unable to pay their mortgages because of an unexpected illness that incapacitated them such that they were unable to work, or due to the intense recession, they lost their job as one business after another closed its doors.
Of course there were other people who couldn’t pay their mortgages because they had over extended themselves in anticipation of continuing to build equity in their homes. When this didn’t happen, the problems began.
Whatever the underlying cause, many people have lost their homes to Short Sales or Foreclosures, but this isn’t the end of the story. Those families still have to live somewhere, hence the burgeoning rental market.
The other factors in this opening opportunity are of course the depressed values of Real Estate and the low interest rates for mortgages. Even though most investments require at least 25% as a down payment, the long term return on the investment can be far above that of any other investment product right now.
It is this sudden influx of tenants into the Real Estate marketplace, along with reduced property values and low interest mortgage rates, that has made Investors sit up and take notice.
Working with tenants can be difficult because a landlord, rightly so, wants to protect himself from loss and consequently wants the most reliable tenant that he can find, but keep in mind that although the credit of many would be tenants, shows a Short Sale or a Foreclosure, in many cases it wasn’t that person’s fault. They would have continued to work and to pay, but they no longer had a job. They are not bad people. As a REALTOR® it is our task to find the underlying cause of the problem while assisting the tenant in putting himself back on the right track, where we can ultimately match him with an understanding landlord.
In Central New Jersey, which is our primary marketplace, more and more investors are contacting us with the wish to purchase rental properties. We are seeing the small investor wanting to purchase a condo and place one tenant in it, but we are also seeing many investors who want to purchase multi unit properties, even if they have to put money into the buildings to restore them before they can rent them, they still see a huge potential for income.
As with all opportunities, it will not last forever, but while it does, many investors both large and small, will be able to put their money to good use in providing a home for a family in need and at the same time making a good profit for themselves. It is a win/win situation.
