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Important info on closing costs when selling a home. Jim Turano
Sep 20, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 198 198 recommendations | email to a friend
So besides hearing from a sales agent how much commission, or length of time for them to get the exclusive from you, do they explain your closing costs to you? From 42 years ago until today, I alwa...
Hire the most experienced hands on Broker- Jim Turano
Sep 16, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 335 335 recommendations | email to a friend
Now celebrating his 42 year in the Real Estate Business. Over 4,000 written appraisals to date completed. Appeared in New York State Supreme Court as an expert witness in appraising. During Pandemi...
From the earliest I can remember, I’ve always loved music. Exclusive interview with songwriter, singer and entertainer Paul Loren
Sep 08, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 581 581 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Paul Loren is a singer, songwriter, producer, and consummate entertainer. A native New Yorker, Paul was raised on the rich legacy of soul, classic pop, and the G...
The Origins Of Marriage
Aug 29, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 921 921 recommendations | email to a friend
legal marriage contract they may use, such because the community of property or an ante-nuptial contract. Some different essential agreements would come with whether or to not have children togethe...
Blood Memory, prose Poems: Reading these poems is an adventure of sorts in the emotional world
Aug 22, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 187 187 recommendations | email to a friend
R eview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena In this outstanding collection of poems in prose, or prose poems as they may be defined,  Michelle Reale  evaluates and presents the doubts, soul’s contortions, an...
42 Years in Business this September
Aug 21, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 203 203 recommendations | email to a friend
Jim Turano celebrates his 42 year in business this September. Broker of Diverse Real Estate of Middle Village. Residential, Mixed Use and Commercial Sales. Completed over 4,000 written appraisals t...
“I’ve wondered if even my most pessimistic books aren’t pessimistic enough…” Exclusive interview with award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi.
Aug 02, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 325 325 recommendations | email to a friend
Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Paolo Bacigalupi  is a successful science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the  Hugo ,  Nebula ,  John. W. Campbell ,  Compton Crook ,  Theodore Sturgeon ,...
Record breaking sales listings for July 2021
Jul 31, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 380 380 recommendations | email to a friend
Good News! This has been a record breaking Month for Diverse Real Estate. Over $11,000,000 dollars in new listings this Month. One families, Mixed use buildings, Taxpayer building and Commercial bu...
Congrats to my sales agent. Well done.
Jul 31, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 326 326 recommendations | email to a friend
Congrats to my sales Agents for breaking a record for July 2021. servicing Middle Village, Glendale, Maspeth, Forest Hills, Ridgewood and Astoria.  Jim Turano/ Broker Diverse Real Estate 347-837-9206 
COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL: TOWARD A CLEAR VIEW OF OPERA IN OUR TIME
Jul 19, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 2169 2169 recommendations | email to a friend
BY MICHAEL RECCHIUTI The worldwide pandemic of 2020-2021 succeeded in accomplishing what years of shrinking, progressively less sophisticated audiences, graft laden internal politics, destructive n...

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Do the math!
Dear Editor, New York City's public schools began the fall semester with sharp declines in enrollment and education standards. Enrollment in grades K-12 fell to 890,000, the first time in 20 years ...
Sep 21, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get tested
Dear Editor, September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and he pandemic has caused many men to avoid getting tested for prostate cancer. Now is the time to get tested. About one in nine men will...
Sep 21, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Booster bozos
Dear Editor, The FDA's decision to limit distribution of booster shots to people 65 and older is ridiculous. I am 62 years old, and my wife is 66, which means she can get it but I can't. I have aor...
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Mandate solution
Dear Editor Republicans aren’t really afraid of mask mandates, they’re just terrified of the hate-filled, conspiracy-loving base they have cultivated. Masks aren't just about medical science and pr...
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F-ing express!
Dear Editor, The maintenance planned for F and G lines is nice, but remember between 1968 and 1976, NYC Transit routinely used the middle track rush hours south of the Church Avenue Station for Man...
Sep 16, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fire Banks
Dear Editor, Regarding Jessica Meditz's article on September 1 ("Sliwa on homeless crisis"), in his interview with this paper's editorial board, GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa vowed to close 26...
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Checking out
Dear Editor, On Thursday, September 9, I received an email with the subject head “Maspeth Library is closed for the rest of the day due to today';s heat conditions.” A few days later, I received th...
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Driven insane
Dear Editor, A reckless driver in Clinton Hill killed a three-month-old girl and left her mother critically injured. The car the killer was driving had 160 traffic violations associated with it. Wh...
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What's the delay?
Dear Editor, With schools reopening across the country, why is there still no vaccine ready for children ages 5 to 11 years of age? What is the FDA waiting for? It should have been working on this ...
Sep 16, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Diner demise
Dear Editor Regarding Larry Penner’s dispatch last week on the demise of the city’s diners, the Bel Aire Diner in Astoria is still open, and where Nevada was, that's where Georgia Diner moved to. I...
Sep 08, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 82 82 recommendations | email to a friend
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Haves & Have-Nots
Dear Editor, Congestion pricing is a tale of the “haves” and “have-nots.” The “haves” are people who have the money to pay $13 a day to go downtown and do whatever they want. Most government office...
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Parade tirade
Dear Editor, Last year, it was necessary to cancel many outdoor events due to the pandemic. But this year, even with three effective vaccines, parades are being cancelled again by our clueless mayo...
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Remember FDNY
Dear Editor, We must not forget the 343 firefighters who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, trying to save lives. We must also remember those firefighters who survived, but died ...
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Hochul panders
Dear Editor, Governor Kathy Hochul promised us a clean break from Albany's disgraceful past upon taking office in August. But she broke that vow by immediately urging a speed up in payments to ille...
Sep 01, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 81 81 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save your diner
Dear Editor, "Sad Milestone for old Avenue Diner" in The Woodhaven Beat column concerning the first anniversary of the closing of the popular diner is reminiscent of other diners who have met a sim...
Sep 01, 2021 | 0 0 comments | 93 93 recommendations | email to a friend
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