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August 21, 2026 · Buying Guides
Bristol and the Newfound Lake Towns
Newfound is one lake shared by four towns with four very different tax bills — $6.35 per thousand in Bridgewater NH, nearly $20 in Alexandria. I sell in all of them. Here's how Bristol, Hebron, Bridgewater, and Alexandria actually compare — downtowns, schools, taxes, personalities — and where the inventory really is.
August 21, 2026 · Buying Guides
New Hampshire's Grandest Homes on the Lake
Everyone asks me about the mansions eventually. So here's the honest tour of New Hampshire's top lake market as of August 2026 — all 66 active waterfront listings asking $2.5 million or more, the $5 million club, the records that actually stand, and what frontage feet, southwest exposure, and a grandfathered boathouse really do to a price. No breathless adjectives. Just the numbers I pulled this week and what they mean if you're shopping the top.
August 20, 2026 · Buying Guides
Meredith or Wolfeboro
Meredith or Wolfeboro is the question I get most from Winnipesaukee buyers, and the internet answers it with fifteen-year-old forum threads. So here's my honest version — real prices from the live market, the 2025 tax rates side by side, the boating differences nobody explains, and which town fits which buyer. I sell in both. I'll tell you the trade-offs both ways.
August 19, 2026 · Buying Guides
Moving from Massachusetts to New Hampshire
Most of my relocation clients come from Massachusetts, and most arrive with the tax math half right. Here's the whole ledger — what you actually save, what MA still taxes if you keep the Boston job, what property taxes really cost, and where transplants land once they stop drawing a circle around Nashua.
August 18, 2026 · Buying Guides
Loon or Waterville Valley
I sell ski homes at both mountains, so I don't have a horse in this race — I have two. Here's the comparison the forums keep arguing about, settled with real MLS numbers: how Loon and Waterville Valley actually differ on terrain, passes, crowds, condo prices, HOA fees, taxes, and rental income, and an honest "buy this one if" for each.
August 17, 2026 · Buying Guides
What It Really Costs to Live in New Hampshire
Every relocation call I take eventually gets to the same question — what does it actually cost to live here? So I sat down and priced the whole thing out. The taxes you skip, the property tax you don't, real housing numbers from our MLS feed this week, what a tank of heating oil runs, and the bills that are genuinely cheaper here. Real numbers, no calculator-site averages.
August 15, 2026 · Buying Guides
Best Ski Towns in New England to Buy a Second Home
I sell homes in New Hampshire ski country for a living, so discount me accordingly — but I'll give you the honest tour anyway. Stowe and Killington included, real prices from the MLS, Vermont's new 3.62% second-home transfer tax, and why the I-93 corridor keeps quietly winning Boston buyers.
July 31, 2026 · Buying Guides
Is Campton NH a Good Place for an Airbnb?
Short answer — yes, with caveats. I manage short-term rentals in Campton and Thornton, and here's the honest math, the rules, and where bookings come from.
July 15, 2026 · Buying Guides
Owning A Vacation Rental At Owl's Nest Resort: A Buyer's Guide
New Hampshire's only Nicklaus Design golf course, a ten-acre lake, and year-round guest demand make Owl's Nest a natural rental market. What ownership involves — and three ways to manage it.
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