Foreclosed Home Tour

Last Friday, Debbie and I met Anthony Ramos from Ramos Realty over on Ridge Street to tour a foreclosed home. I was surprised at the good condition that the house was in. Debbie and I had the opportunity to tour the home and take plenty of video and pictures to add to our new website that we are creating for our final project. Right now, we are in the process of putting together our webpage -- check out the progress so far! http://lehighhomes.weebly.com/

Ramos Realty

Yesterday, Debbie and I went to Ramos Realty on the corner of East 4th and Taylor street to see if we could get an interview with an agent for our project. I had never noticed the Century 21 office until last week, so I thought that stopping in was worth a shot. It turned out to be a great success! We got an interview with real estate agent Anthony Ramos, who was more than willing to help. He talked to us a lot about the foreclosed homes in the area, the values of surrounding properties, the housing market in general and the effect the bad economy has had on the buying and selling of homes. He even offered to take us through a foreclosed home, so we are planning on meeting him this Friday.

It was nice to have someone who was really willing to talk to us. Obviously, he is a real estate agent, so this is his job. But he did take a good 20 minutes out of his lunch break to sit down with us and educate us about the parts of the buying and selling process with which Debbie and I were unfamiliar. He printed out some things about the foreclosed homes that we are going to see to help us to better understand the process of foreclosure. Debbie and I are certainly excited about the new direction that our project has taken. Getting pictures and video of the foreclosed home will be a huge asset to our project!

Bethlehem Real Estate News Story

Debbie and I just finished our news story about real estate in the Bethlehem area. Debbie got a couple good interviews from Santos Rosado, South Side resident, and Anthony Spagnola, local proprietor and landlord. These two interviews accompanied my interview with Sterrett pretty well because it gave three similar prespectives from three very different people. In addition to interviews, Debbie and I did some research to help the news story to run smoothly. We found some pretty interesting statistics that certainly add to the message that we're trying to get across. This video will serve as a great addition to our new website, which we will be working on improving next week.

Real Estate Interview

I recently interviewed Julie Sterrett, first-time homebuyer in the Bethlehem area. She gave me a lot of good insight that I plan on using in our latest video for our final project. Sterrett was optimistic about the housing market and said that this poor economy actually worked in her favor. She lives in a neighborhood where residents are having no trouble selling their houses. As a first-time homebuyer, she was glad to have a mortgage broker that was willing to teach her about the entire process and help guide her along the way. Her input will be valuable in our next news story video!

Bethlehem Real Estate Podcast

Debbie and I recorded our first podcast about the trials and tribulations of our final project. The podcast talks about the entire process so far--failed ideas, difficulties along the way, good interviews, bad interviews and a brand new idea that we are excited to work on! Right now, we are working on getting some good interviews and footage for upload later in the week. No need to explain our ideas here, the podcast says it all!

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Flickr: Lehigh in the Spring

In Monday's class, we learned how to create our own slideshows on Flickr. The process is pretty simple because the website is very basic and user-friendly. Our assignment was to go out and create our own photo collection on our cameras to upload on Flickr. The name of my collection is Lehigh in the Spring. I captured pictures of students on the University Center Front Lawn, beautiful Linderman Library and blossoming trees and flowers. The collection showcases the best of what Lehigh has to offer--it's students and beautiful campus!