It is sometimes fortunate to sit near someone, for someday they may be famous. So it is for me to be near our Information Technology guru here at Residential Properties. Tom Flanagan is now writing articles on Real Estate Technology for Inman News. Inman is an independent online news and information source for the Real Estate community and is based in Alameda, CA.
Tom published an article a couple of weeks ago on their site and has since been asked to write as a technology columnist. So, look for Tom’s articles on the Inman site. His latest product is 5 recession-proof tech strategies just posted on the site and if you read it today you will see the whole article. After 24 hours, you will only get the teaser, unless you have their premium subscription.
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Recently we visited the property at 164 Charlotte Drive in the Potowomut section of Warwick. It is an interesting community with the Potowomut Golf Club and Goddard State Park nearby. It also has a beautiful stretch of beach on the Narragansett Bay. Check out the video:
There is always the traditional flowers or chocolates for the Valentine, but what do you do if you’ve done that for years and need something different. Well, here on Wickenden Street, we have just the place to help you out.
The Curatorium, with Chief Curator Matt Bird, is located between the Coffee Exchange and Adler’s Hardware and has those very unusual items. Or as a customer exclaimed to Matt, “I get it, it’s a store full of things that YOU like.”
Almost all Rhode Islanders have been affected by the Iway Construction Project, which has moved the intersection of I-195 and I-95 further south. Sometimes it has been painful, but the results seem to make traffic flow better.
Recently, outside our corporate and Providence office, demolition work has begun during the evening to remove the old sections of I-195. This has started at the intersection of Wickenden, South Main, and South Water Streets.
If you had driven under the old highway, you would have noticed steel beams constructed to reinforce the overpass supports. This partially obscured the view of the brightly colored murals painted onto the concrete support structure.
Most of the overpass is now gone, revealing the murals once again. But now they are visible in full daylight. So, we sent out our media team and recorded the following film for history and for those who may not travel over the Point Street bridge onto Wickenden Street. Enjoy.
I’m excited to say that we have entered a film into the 2009 REALTOR Party Video Contest! The contest was created to raise awareness in hopes to expand and extend the $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. The contest is being held on YouTube and ends October 16th. The winning video will be featured at NAR’s Annual meeting this November in San Diego.
Our two-minute video tells the story of local first time homebuyer, Andrea Larocque, and Kathy Vaillancourt of the Narragansett office. Andrea’s story is inspiring. She is a single mom who worked her way through school to become a radiology technician and struggled to get herself out of debt from her earlier full-time college days. She had spent the last couple of years looking for a home where she could raise her nine-year-old son, Isaiah.
Learn more about extending the Home Buyer Tax Credit.
It is sometimes fortunate to sit near someone, for someday they may be famous. So it is for me to be near our Information Technology guru here at Residential Properties. Tom Flanagan is now writing articles on Real Estate Technology for Inman News. Inman is an independent online news and information source for the Real Estate community and is based in Alameda, CA.
