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Vacation Homes on Ulitzer With a first-ever TV commercial highlighting vacation rentals having aired in Sunday's big game, football fans are discovering why renting vacation homes, condos, villas and cabins on trips is a favorite choice for many versus hotels. Beyond the experiences families and friends build by staying in a home away from home, there are numerous benefits to choosing vacation rentals - sometimes in ways they'd least expect, says Vacation Rental Managers Association. Many travelers will be trying vacation rentals for the first time post-game, while nearly nine in 10 who were satisfied with their first experiences plan to rent again. Industry "head coach" and expert Alex Risser, President of the Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA), offers the f... (more)

AIMS Test Prep Open House Sponsored by Adaptive Curriculum at SkySong

AIMS testing is just around the corner and preparation is important for teachers and administrators throughout the state. To help middle and high schools prepare, Adaptive Curriculum is sponsoring an open house at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, Tuesday, February 16 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. The event will feature an open lab and the test prep solution will be available on in... (more)

Escaping from the Blizzard of 2010 to Cat Cay Paradise

I left SYS-CON's offices in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, right on time just before the snow storm closed the airports. These live pictures below show East Saddle River Road through my iPhone on my way to the airport. I'm adding more pictures daily to my "live photo blog" from Cat Cay... This driver in front of me slipped and hit the sidewalk outside Yossi's Deli, at the corner of East Sad... (more)

Real Estate Market Continues to Show Improvement

Bergen County Real Estate News The real estate market continues to show improvement as mortgage rates remain at historic lows and consumers respond to the tax credits for first-time and repeat buyers. In fact, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) just announced that its Pending Home Sales Index rose 1 percent from November. A forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in De... (more)

Retail Vacancy Rate in Northern New Jersey Climbed to 6.6%

With the rash of recent retailer bankruptcies and downsizings adding to an inventory that included unclaimed spaces from earlier failures, the vacancy factor in retail properties along northern New Jersey's six major shopping corridors jumped to 6.6% during 2008 from 3.6% a year earlier, according to R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. Routes 4 and 23 were the only roadways to show an improvement ... (more)