Buying or Selling a Home? Here’s why you should consider working with a realty agency

In these days, it seems you can do anything online. Getting answers and information is easier than ever and buying real-estate also seems like an easy job. Just hop on to craigslist, look for anything that seems like a dream house, get the price and call up the agents to schedule a visit.

But when buying a house, working with many agents can get you into a loop, it might put you in a new home, but you lack the trusting relationship of a long term client. Teaming with a professional agent and asking him to work on your behalf makes you a preferred client, which means you will receive loyalty, full disclosure, and probably the best price available, which is not so obvious when you work on your own.

Same goes for selling a house. While FSBO (For Sale by Owner) is not necessarily a bad way to go, homeowners typically do not get the same prices as professional agents. Even after factoring in agent's fees, the amount of work it takes to sell a home tends to make an agent a worthwhile investment. An experienced realtor deals only with qualified buyers with serious intentions of making a purchase. You won’t spend your time dealing with buyers who are not pre-screened or pre-qualified and it’s easy for an agent to direct the potential buyer to places in the house that can attract him most and increase the chances of a sale.

So, if you are looking to buy or sell a home in the Five Towns area and you need a reliable real estate agency, you should probably know that since 2007, Five Towns Miller Realty has been involved in more real estate transactions in the area than any other realtor. When you need a Nassau County home choose a realtor you can trust, hop online and visit www.fivetownsrealtor.com today.

Museum Row is just around the corner – Make yourself a Nassau County day

Museum Row in Garden City is a one stop destination for long island’s best museums. All you need is your family, a day off and a train ticket.

One of the main attractions in Museum Row is The Cradle of Aviation museum. It’s a home to one of Charles Lindberg’s aircrafts and more than 70 aircraft and spacecraft exhibits that celebrates Long Island’s contribution to the world of aviation.


Your kids will love Long Island Children’s Museum that’s located in a short walking distance. LICM is a hands-on museum for kids and their grown ups, with over 40,000 square feet of indoors and outdoors interactive fun.


And if that wasn’t enough, try the Firefighters Museum and stroll amongst old fire trucks, lean about the local volunteer fire service and take a lesson in fire safety.

To end the day, hop on the Historic Nunley’s Carousel that was built in 1912 and recently moved to its new home in museum row:



If If you're thinking about moving to Garden city in Nassau County or anywhere else in the Greater Five Towns of Long Island, including Cedarhurst, Woodmere, North Woodmere, Woodsburgh, Lawrence, Hewlett, Inwood and the eastern end of Far Rockaway, then go go online to www.fivetownsrealtor.com.

The experienced staff at Five Towns Miller Realty, Inc. has completed more transaction than any brokerage in the Five Towns area. So if you’re planning on buying or selling a property, give us a call and we’ll help you find that dream house of yours.

Buying or Selling a Home? Don’t forget the Virtual Tour!

Remember when we used to call front desk and make a hotel reservation? Today, when I book a room, I never talk to anybody. I just go online and start searching hotels and prices. A cheap fee is important, but not less important are photos and virtual tours. When I book a hotel, I want to see the place, feel the lobby, and have a virtual swim in the pool. If a hotel has lots of photos and a good price – I’d probably book it right away. And I’m not alone… Turns out that 99% of consumers prefer virtual tours and lots and lots of photos, but not only while booking a hotel.

Did you know that 87% of home buyers search for real estate online? Do you think that one photo of a living room will persuade a buyer to come over? Not likely… Just like in the hotel business, giving a customer a virtual showcase is probably the most obvious requirement in real estate. Virtual tour saves buyers and sellers time, while providing a convenient and secure transaction.


Now you can enjoy the benefits of a virtual tour if you log on to www.fivetownsrealtor.com and have a private, 360 tour, anywhere in the Greater Five Towns of Long Island, including Cedarhurst, Woodmere, North Woodmere, Woodsburgh, Lawrence, Hewlett, Inwood and the eastern end of Far Rockaway.

Life's beach in Far Rockaway

I’m not a summer person. Not at all. I like the cold, rainy days of New York, and I tend to melt during July-August. So I was pretty happy when everybody around me were complaining about June and the heavy rains and chilly weather. Still, enough is enough. I think it’s about time for some summer, don’t you? I need the beach. I got the color of a frozen chicken and I need to get some tan.


I like to take the A train up to Far-Rockaway to the Rockaway beach and boardwalk. It’s one of the prettiest beaches around the city and one of my favorite summer spots. It’s got more than 170 acres of sun and sand, so there’s pretty much room for everybody. The cool thing about this beach is the fact that it’s the only surf spot in the city and I can feel a little California in the air. You can spot the surfers on the train, follow them to the beach and see them catching the waves.


When the surf’s down and the waves are gone, I love to bring in a fishing pole and catch me a nice striped bass for dinner.


If you're thinking about moving to Far Rockaway or anywhere in the Greater Five Towns of Long Island, including Cedarhurst, Woodmere, North Woodmere, Woodsburgh, Lawrence, Hewlett, Inwood and the eastern end of Far Rockaway, then go go online to www.fivetownsrealtor.com. The experienced staff at Five Towns Miller Realty, Inc. has completed more transaction than any brokerage in the Five Towns area. So if you’re planning on buying or selling a property, give us a call and we’ll help you find that dream house of yours.