Visit the NC Blue Ridge Mountains with Judy & Allan Wagner

Mountain Cabin? Beech House, Or Piedmont Golf Resort? What would your choice be if money were no object? Here is a great thorough and thoughtful article from the New York Tomes discussing the influx of second home buyers in North and South Carolina. My next trip up to Manhattan, I think I'll brin...

  Cabin Sales May Be: HOT HOT HOT...But Life in the Mopuntains of North Carolina is Cool, Clear & Calm.... 2283 Heating Living Sq Ft 3 Bedrooms, one on each of the three living levels 3 Bathrooms $425,000 If you've ever longed for the perfect Log Cabin in the mountains w/ Covered Double Decks abo...

BOULDER CAY is a wonderful, mountain top gated community a mile and a half from Boone. Handy and reasonably priced. 7 of 34 lots sold. Great investment. Great spot for private home. New restrictions allow smaller homes and we would love to welcome the green minded client thiough this is not requi...

What TOP Five FEATURES sell a home in your area? In general, I realize this varies from area to area, of course. If you are a real estate agent, please share what made your last couple of buyers buy the home they closed on. If you are a buyer, “Why did you buy the home you bought?” Was it the Cur...

More and more i am seeing blog=g entries about Contact Management Systems It seems to me that Realtors who are purporting to be the busiest and closing the most sale per year use some sort of contact manager. I have always taken care of this myself but am thinking about using one. Every month tha...

Have you ever heard of a social networking manager called Postfuser? It is the work of a fellow named Ryan Stewman and they claim they can post for you or manage your social networking on five (or more sites) like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. He also suggests that you should use Fac...

Soooo... need opinions. We just got received an email from a competing Realtor who is going to list a home we had listed a while back. At that time, the home was overpriced (though we presented many points as to why the owner needed to reduce the home). The home did not sell. It is also overbuilt...

Hello Active Rain Brains! We are on a mission to find a good, reliable lead generator for a small development in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This is one company that was suggested to us: http://privatecommunities.com/ If any of you have used them we'd love to know how good of a jo...

An easy stagers trick to make a boring bedroom pop is to make a headboard out of a hollow core door. I used a 30" wide door here but any size will do. My Lowes store cut the end to size for a Queen Bed, though not all stores will do that. You can cover the door with batting, & fabric or batting a...

Social networking...It's just overwhelming at times. So I am rethinking my strategy. I am half of a real estate team with my husband. And we love working together. Although i work from home and he HAS TO have an office. Or maybe I need for him to have an office. Whichever. But it works. I am the ...