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Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 07:23 pm |
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| We have had quite a few customers coming into town to look at the condo's. I think its a good thing, the time is right, and as far as what has become of this town......can't blame the condo owners.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 02:11 pm |
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What kind of con game is the owner of the Harbour lights trying to pull?
Did I read that right ? Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., a national auctioneer of elite properties, has scheduled a builder's close-out auction on 14 units in the Harbour Light community on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West St., Annapolis. We wouldn't want people to see what's become of this town. Buyer beware!!!
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Posted: Sun Oct 18th, 2009 04:30 am |
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Did you see this?
Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., a national auctioneer of elite properties, has scheduled a builder’s close-out auction on 14 units in the Harbour Light community in Crisfield on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West Street, Annapolis, MD.
Minimum bids start at $75,000 for three-bedroom, two-bath units with original asking prices as high as $570,000.
Spann said preview dates are scheduled from noon-2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, Saturday, Oct. 31, Sunday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 7. Harbour Lights is located at 103 Williams Street, Crisfield, MD. Online bidding will also be made available at http://www.maxspann.com.
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Posted: Tue Oct 13th, 2009 02:44 am |
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| There is indeed Section 8 at the condos ! I won't say any names, but a family of four just moved in there under a Section 8!
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Posted: Thu May 28th, 2009 08:55 pm |
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Don't be so hard headed and stop listening to local rumors.....NO SECTION 8. Call HUD in Cambridge, MD or the Crisfield Housing Authority yourself----they can both verify NO SECTION 8 at the Condos.
Next time you make a statement, make sure your facts are correct
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Posted: Thu May 21st, 2009 03:34 pm |
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Section 8 is not Habitat for Humanity, its different. Section 8 tenants have to find their own place to rent and based on their income, inspections and landlord approval. They can stay anywhere they want as long as it meets guidelines. Section 8 doesn't replace the projects its a totally different program.
Habitat for Humanity is when a home gets built for you based on certain criteria and they give you affordable payments
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Section 8- Privately owned rental Dwelling units participating in the low-income rental assistance program created by 1974 amendments to Section 8 of the 1937 Housing Act. Under the program, landlords receive rent subsidies on behalf of qualified low-income tenants, allowing the tenants to pay a limited proportion of their incomes toward the rent.
Habitat for Humanity- nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. Using donated materials and funds, those in need of shelter work alongside volunteers to build new homes or rehabilitate older structures. Finished dwellings are sold to participating families at no profit and are financed with no-interest mortgages; mortgage payments are then used to finance more housing. By the early 21st cent. Habitat had built more than 200,000 homes in more than 80 countries.
Public Housing- Housing that is built, operated, and owned by a government and that is typically provided at nominal rent to the needy.
There could be Section 8's in the condos but they would have to be allowed by the landlord to live there  I don't see the problem with them living there I mean their filling up unused units!
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Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 07:27 pm |
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LOL..YES IT IS. FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF
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Seethewholepicture
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Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 03:01 pm |
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There really are currently NO section 8 tenants at th condos...........now personally, I think it woul dbe a great idea to utilize empty and unsold units. I think the builder needs to be approached about the oppotunity.
Bet those Section 8 people would be more fun then that group that onws those condos!!!.....and a whole lot less stuck up.
Anyone know how to accomplish this?
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Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 02:24 pm |
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| errmm seethewholepicture???. There are section 8 people living in the condo's.It's called habitat for humanity, where the government gives money or builds for low income people. Like the money they give to rent the condo's because all of the project's are full. I don't spread rumors just stating fact's. Maybe some people should open their eye's or take off the blinders!!!
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 07:36 pm |
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Hi Again, really enjoyed the gettogether Saturday. It was a shame more didn't show up. Really a great place to eat and relax. Keep up the good work. See you soon.
Mary
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Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 07:30 pm |
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Thanks for the well wishes about the restaurant. We are hoping (and early numbers easily verify) that much of our business at the blue crab garden cafe will come from the condo's. The marina, surprisingly has produced a number of customers as well.....seeking strong wifi I am told.
Many of the condo owners stop in to buy produce for dinner, with white corn, strawberries and tomatoes being the quickest movers; although the asparagus was a close second. We even have some 'regulars' already.
The yearly migrational return of condo owners is much anticipated!
Please stop in!
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 04:25 pm |
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| What Section 8?
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 04:23 pm |
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| Love your new restaurant !! It is a bright spot in this town. Wish you the best.
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Posted: Wed May 13th, 2009 04:16 pm |
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| There is No Section 8 housing at the condos........bad rumors.
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Posted: Tue May 12th, 2009 01:37 am |
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| Some of the condo buildings are just too tall and look out of place here,but if people can afford them and want to move in,well,thats a good thing.It pumps much-needed money into the local economy.
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Posted: Mon May 11th, 2009 04:13 pm |
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I don't see anything wrong with the condos. They are nice, but why build more when there are so many vacant ones? Seems pointless to me. As for buying a condo, go for it. Crisfield is what it is. Thats why I love it so much. We have cold winters and warm summers. Waterfront views and a few good places to eat. Its not that Crisfielders are un-welcoming, we just have to warm up to ya. Say Hi to a random person, I bet you they will return the greeting  We have alot of good people in this town.
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Posted: Tue May 5th, 2009 02:56 am |
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| I sure hope the original poster waited long enough to read this thread before buying! The fact is that they would NOT be welcome here, but that has nothing to do with the condos. NO outsider is welcome in Crisfield. They are branded as "come heres" and treated as second-class citizens who can just "pack up and move out" anytime they try to contribute a fresh idea to the community. My family has been in this area for generations, and I never realized what a mean-spirited, backwards, bigoted little place this is until I had the opportunity to live elsewhere for a few years. Now that I have moved back, I am appalled at the self-absorbed and self-destructive attitudes that prevail here. Was it always like this?!? The preacher at my church recently said we need to pray that God will do something about the situation in Crisfield. Sadly, I think God IS doing something: he's sinking the whole city right into the Bay!
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Posted: Sun May 3rd, 2009 04:33 am |
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Totally not getting the first sentence of tellit....someone please explain the crisfield-speak.
Myself and others had nothing to figure out with the typo's...just making the connection to the educational level rather than your attempted deflection with reference to a rocket scientist.....as far as what this town is and liking it; it was a business decision on a good deal - had nothing to do with liking it one way or another, merely an opportunity. Getting back to the condo's which is the subject of this forum - another business opportunity someone took. Some pan out and some do not which is why risk managers make the money they do.
Again - you side step the connection on the Native Americans. Any reference to _______ here's is wasted as they were here before anyone else. Tell me someone out there can focus and stay on topic.....condo's
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| oh bluecrab....COME HERE was meant to be bold an expressed. You figured out a few typo's and you're a rocket scientist. Yes made this town what it is, you must of liked it or you wouldn't of moved here and sit up shop. Oh by the way, Indian blood runs thick in my family.
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Posted: Sat May 2nd, 2009 12:52 am |
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| Oh and Robert, Just how much do you all think your paying? I mean with all 20 people living there other then people from section 8. Or how about this, One big time condo went belly up, Who's paying them taxes?
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| Well soon we will not have to worry about the condo's anyways. The way they are built they will fall in the harbor. Talking about our old buildings falling apart, how long have the old buildings been here compared to condo's? They condo's haven't been here to long and falling apart already. Oh ya, by the way, are these the same scientists who told you that your ancestors are apes? The condo's wont make it to see 50 years. It was said long ago an written, The foolish man built his home on the sand, or maybe it was oyster shells & mud???
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Posted: Fri May 1st, 2009 05:26 pm |
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to tellitlikeitis
The point is not that we are all paying taxes, but the YOU would be paying
a whole lot more on your own tax bill if there were no condos.
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Posted: Fri May 1st, 2009 05:19 pm |
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no one is complaining about your way of life, its nobody's businness.
Rather its the broken down & derelict buildings, the dirty streets
& the seeming lack of interest in bringing in new business to lower
the tax rates on everybody.
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Posted: Fri May 1st, 2009 05:15 pm |
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very good, intelligent posting
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Posted: Fri May 1st, 2009 12:32 am |
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I am sorry to say that the local education seems to have really paid off with the taxes you have paid. COME HERE should have been came here. 'an complain' should have been 'and'... 'your gone' probably meant to say you're gone.
And taxes? I am sure you will not mind them going up soon.
'Made this town what it is' --- and that says it all!
From your post, it is apparent you finally understand how the Native Americans felt. What does it really matter; the environmentalists are forecasting this all to be under water in 50 years......staying won't be an issue nor will taxes.
This topic is, or should be condo's......this town had already changed before I got here with the condo's. And honestly, to survive this town will have to change. Life is about change and the ability to adapt or become extinct.
Cmarquis
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| EXCUSE ME!!!. I think Crisfielders have been paying taxes long before you COME HERE. I'm sure we will be paying them long after your gone. We made this town what it is, If YOU don't like how it is MOVE OUT. We never asked you to come here an complain about our way of life and how we feel about anything. This was a quiet LITTLE TOWN, So my question is to you mr an mrs comehere...If you liked Crisfield so much, why try to change it and it's way of life??? P.S...By the way.... I'M A TAXPAYER TOO!!!
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Posted: Wed Apr 29th, 2009 03:26 am |
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| Crisfielders don't like 'outsiders' anymore than the Native American's didn't like the original crisfielders......current things as they are with only 49% paying 100% of the local taxes makes any 'outsiders' necessary to keep taxes from going up.
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Posted: Tue Apr 28th, 2009 09:06 pm |
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| You WOULDN'T be welcome. Crisfielders don't like outsiders, its a known fact. You'll never fit into their cliques. Sad isn't it? Maybe Crisfielders should become more open-minded.....
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Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 03:40 pm |
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| It's nice to see how the condo's improved crisfield. Atleast section 8 residents have a nice place to live.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2009 04:22 pm |
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to abiding
If you spend 2 whole days in Crisfield you'll see all there is to see. Its a very small
very quiet town...quiet in Summer and extremely quiet in Winter. Most people are
very friendly. A few complain about the condos mainly because they're jealous that they can't afford one. You can purchase all the necessities of life here and drive
25 miles to get the rest in Pocomoke or Princess Ann. As you might expect, life centers around activities on the water . The cost of living is very low here, a good
thing for a senior. For serious medical care, you will have to drive 40 mi. to Salisbury,
our hospital here is just for minor stuff. Someone mentioned the bugs....that is true is you live right near the swamp. However I was in one of the new condos last summer & there were NO BUGS on the third floor....apparently they don't fly up that high.
The real estate mkt is very low now here, you can buy a brand new condo very cheap.Much cheaper than when they were built. Apparently there was a lot of speculation on the condos in the beginning and now the speculators are getting out in a rush. A good time for someone buying to live here.
One thing you may not know......the Winter sunsets here are downright spectacular !
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Re the condo in Crisfield....you stated you are from Southeastern NC. I am from the Wilmington, NC area. I was born and raised in Crisfield. Left after High School and never went back. The town was a nice place to grow up in the late 50's. But since the seafood industry started to slip, well, the town went with it. But now, you can not buy anything but food and booze in town. You have to go 30 miles to buy rubber bands or anything else. Lots of varments to bite you in the summer time. Never be caught outside after dark. Little to do for entertainment. You can fish and watch the few boats come into the harbor. That will be the majority of your entertainment. I do not think the people there are unfriendly. Maybe a little clanish but will accept somebody that does not continue to tell them how to do things that they have been doing for several generations. Even if it is wrong...........Look around for more than a few days. I would suggest going there several times during the year to get a feel of what it is like................Good Luck
I prefer Carolina Beach for a condo....
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Posted: Mon Mar 2nd, 2009 04:48 pm |
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| You would be very welcome if you wanted to buy one of the condo's. It's not your fault they were built . Some of the people in the town of Crisfield thought they were going to get rich quick, but that didn't happen. Crisfield is pretty quiet year round. You just have the boats that come in from the Islands and once in a while in the Summer months the Tiki bar get's a little loud, but there isn't much excitement . Just can't figure what street you are talking about ? Anyway, Welcome to Crisfield !
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| Hi! My husband and I are from coastal southeast North Carolina and while we were in the area last week, happened to notice the condo's on Williams St for sale. We're thinking about buying one. Can I ask as few questions-to get an idea of just what the town's people think... From what I hear, some people aren't too happy with the condo's being there. Do you think it would be held against us? What do you like best-and least-about Crisfield? From what we saw, you've got a wonderful little town! We're quiet, "regular" people who don't care much for "city life". We were just there, and it was pretty quiet as it was January, but what's your town like the rest of the year? This would be a regular home for us-not a second home, so if we wouldn't be welcome, best to know it now before we buy. Thanks so very much for your honest answer.
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