Archive for September 2017

On Saturday, October 24th, I will be taking part in the 5th Annual Ride to Re-Invent cycling 100 miles to help generate awareness and necessary funds for God’s Love We Deliver.  If you can; kindly support the riders along this amazing journey to help others who are less fortunate.  Below; check out the video for last years ride and here is a link to my fundraising page.  I hope you can find it in your heart to help out.  It is for a really good cause.  Also, here is some great info about God’s Love We Deliver.

God’s Love We Deliver is the New York metropolitan area’s leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, today God’s Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God’s Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require. Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of our Registered Dietitians, and all clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God’s Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of its clients. All of the agency’s services are provided free of charge, and in its history of more than 30 years, God’s Love We Deliver has never had a waiting list. For more information, visit godslovewedeliver.org.

Filed under: Blog, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, God's Love We Deliver, Real Estate, Ride To Re-Invent by Ryan Roberts
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If you’re in Brooklyn this weekend and looking for something cool to do and would also love a place to grab a really nice bite to eat…pick up an All Star Cookout pass and visit Taste Talks! Taste Talks is a national series of festivals celebrating the future of taste.  The All-Star Cookout is Brooklyn’s one-stop food and drinks mash up featuring 12 + grilling stations and various drinks at East River State Park in Williamsburg.  Discover different dishes from very talented chefs and restaurants. Check out the menu here.  The festival runs from Friday, September 8th through Sunday, September 10th.

Filed under: Blog, Brooklyn, Festival, Food, Real Estate, Williamsburg by Ryan Roberts
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If you’re thinking of investing in a house now or wondering whether you should wait and continue renting, here are three important things to consider:

• Renting vs. Buying:  If you rent a home, it could cost you less each month…and you might have more money to invest in other endeavors.  But if you invest in a home you can benefit from a huge tax advantage where you can deduct mortgage interest and property tax payments as well as other expenses from your federal taxable income.
• Housing Prices and Interest Rates:  You may be waiting for the housing prices in your area to fall.  They may not.  However; usually when they do, the interest rates will be higher.  The amount you gain could be significantly less over the long term cost of the mortgage.  Therefore, waiting may not be in your best financial interest.
• The Break-Even Point:  The average break-even point for buying and selling a house is five to seven years.  If you plan on renting for longer than this time frame then buying could be a good economical consideration.

Filed under: Blog, Buying, Interest Rates, Investing, Renting by Ryan Roberts
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