Posts by Sarah Hafner

Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company, and Open AI, has always thought most people think in analogies instead of understanding the universal truth about the world around us. This is why we feel comfortable sending payments over the internet, able to reuse rockets for multiple launches, have an electric car…

Questions During Uncertain Times Here’s a quick market update from our team and how it might affect future months in commercial real estate. Full disclosure, while we do invest in commercial real estate, we are speaking as real estate brokers and not investors.  While we represent a number of property owners and buyers, who each…

Keep The Faith – Information To Help Get Through Trying Times What effects will the COVID-19 virus have on the real estate market on the NH seacoast? What is the history of the governor’s orders? What were the effects of those orders? On Friday the 13th, it all began; Governor Sununu issued a State of…

Many real estate investors who recently began their investing journey reach out to a commercial broker, like our team, after painting one too many apartments subsequent to a tenant damaging the unit, or being woken at 2am to deal with plumbing issues wreaking havoc on the property. The call usually goes, “I’d like to not…

Each and every year, for the last four years, economists have predicted that this economic boom will end. In 2018 the “R” word was bandied about the airwaves all year long. The economy, however, continues to see growth in job creation, development, and investments. How can a 12-year boom continue to sustain itself when typically…

Back in 2016 the Federal Government passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which brought about the biggest change in Commercial Real Estate in a very long time, Opportunity Zones.  The purpose was to bring about investment in economically depressed areas by providing several tax incentive programs to investors.  This has seen a tremendous amount…

Do you have land that you have tried to sell, only to have it sit on the market for a long period without selling?  This is where the CLCG land experts come into play. Our teams in MA and NH have sold and leased many parcels over the last few years.  In Massachusetts, our team…

Why is it that so many owners and realtors have such a hard time pricing land? Nearly half of all land listings end up either expired or withdrawn over time. What are the critical factors when trying to price land? To begin with, the zoning is the most important factor to consider, and when I…

Many towns in the state of New Hampshire still have a number of Class VI roads. Paul Alfano’s article below will fill you in on the laws and rules surrounding their use. A class V road is classified as almost all of the town roads other than state designated highways. The class VI road is…