Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Can You Handle The Truth?

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Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Can You Handle The Truth?

One of my favorite actors is Jack Nicholson. In ” A Few Good Men” he played a world weary Marine colonel who was being interogated by pretty boy Tom Cruise in a military court martial. When Cruise told the colonel that he wanted the truth, Jack blurted out “You can’t handle the truth!” (Click here for that great clip.)
I was reminded of that scene the other night when I attended a seminar where the Mr. Lakefront website and blog were among a few being reviewed by a group of business folks.
Business people today understand that one’s effective presence on the internet is very important. Personally, I consider the internet to be the greatest advertising tool since Television. Having our website reviewed by fellow business people was a chance for me to get valuable input. No one likes having their baby called ugly. But I took that chance, feeling I could handle their criticism. Truth is, I was looking for a few good tips to make our site and blog more effective.
During the course of the review the class was unanimous about one particular thing about the Mr. Lakefront website and blog. They told me that Mr Lakefront was crazy to share negative information about the area with prospects who were considering the purchase of a lakefront home here.
What really bothered them was the many articles Jon and I have posted about the horrific boat crash on Long Lake which killed two people. “What possible good is there in sharing that story with people who you’re trying to sell?”, they asked. They said that it would be better to share positive stories related to waterfront property, but stay away from negative stories that perhaps tarnish the area’s image.
Should a negative story be suppressed? Should only upbeat and positive stories be shared? Should we not talk about invasive species, threats to water quality, and the strictness of state and town shoreland regulations? We don’t think so. While our Lake News and blogsite is not pretending to be the New York Times, we do endeavor to keep our readers informed about what’s going on in the area and to “keep it real”.
An acting coach friend of mine said that in order to have soft you must have hard. In order to have smooth you must have rough. Without contrast it’s all pablum.
We love Maine for the great place that it is. Living here is wonderful, but it’s not free of problems and challenges. No place is.
Can you handle the truth? Yeah, we think so.

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