For all homeowners tired of advice  from realtors on how to sell your home, here is something different--a list on how not to do so.

Ten Things Not to Do When Selling Your Montclair Home

1. Price your home with "room to negotiate." Sellers think that the more they ask for, the more they will get; study after study has shown that this is not [...]

After 12 months of declining year-on-year home sales (due in large part to the post-tax credit hangover of last April), the middle of May saw NJ's first increase in the number of new contracts written. However, unsold inventory continues to be higher that last year's. In June, there were an average of 268 homes on the market in Montclair as [...]

A few weeks ago I came across an interesting post on Baristanet. The author, Jessica Stolzberg, and her family (husband, son, daughter and dog) make do with only one car. This is a very unusual arrangement for a suburban family, and Stolzberg recognizes that it isn't always possible. Given the right circumstances, however, it's quite [...]

One of the things I love most about Montclair is its diversity. Over the 20 years that I've lived here, I've  become friends with a number of people whom I probably would never have even gotten to meet in a more homogeneous suburb. These friends come from different religious,  ethnic and economic backgrounds from my own. I was thinking [...]

Heard this weekend while showing some Montclair houses for sale: "disappointed by the kitchens in the current inventory of Montclair real estate - even some of those that have been renovated"

It seems today's Montclair home buyers expect more out of the kitchen than they did in years past. The dream kitchen of today is not just equipped with [...]

The #5 sandwich (roast beef, havarti, lettuce, tomato and herb mayo on peasant bread) with sides of sauteed green beans and beets, coffee, and a brownie, at Sandwich Theory (formerly known as The Cheese Shop), 590 Valley Road. It is delicious, filling, sort of good for you, and absolutely satisfying. Sandwich Theory is an unpretentious [...]

Travel + Leisure's August 2010 issue has a list of "Coolest Suburbs Worth a Visit," and Montclair is first on the list. Baristanet is unimpressed, as to live in Montclair is to know it's a "cool" suburb, but the article does make you think- what makes a suburb a travel destination? There is a lot here for a variety of different sightseers. [...]

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal,

"Today's home buyers aren't just looking for good schools and low crime rates when they evaluate a neighborhood, many brokers say. They're paying much more attention to what they can walk to." (emphasis added)

The growth of walkability as a desirable quality comes from homebuyers [...]