A few years ago, I had the pleasure of listing and selling a retreat center in a small community in Whittier, North Carolina. Since then, the new owners have sold a portion and thoughtfully improved the remaining two buildings...a five bedroom farmhouse and a detached bonus building with endless
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06/12/2017
A vision in purple with flowing scarves and skirts, Ms Kathryn Stripling Byer, "Kay", passed away yesterday leaving family and friends with a rich plethora of stunning poems. She was the first female NC Poet Laureate and held the position for many years. She was born in South Georgia but made h
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06/05/2017
What a great community! I've gotten many messages of concern from so many of you over the clean up of the fallen trees and getting our property back in order...thank you so much! After I posted the photos to fb, one of my former buyers...now friend, of course...reached out and volunteered to com
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05/31/2017
It is certain that I'm not the only agent ever to look at the calendar and bemoan the fact that it's been at least a week since I posted. (Wow, does that transport me back to being a Catholic kid going into the confessional and making up stuff to confess). This time I'm not making it up, there's
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05/30/2017
So...like, lots of agents I've been pretty busy. Buyers needing to see properties, contracts to write (yes!), new listings-paperwork for new listings-photos for new listings, and fielding phone calls. Lots of phone calls from people "thinking" about listing their homes. Digging a little deeper
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05/22/2017
There's no doubt that the real estate profession is a pretty serious way to make a living and not all agents will infuse their serious side with their personal side. Guess what? That's okay. The rest of us thinks that would make for a pretty dull relationship with our clients and for me persona
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05/18/2017
There have been a few posts about balancing professional and personal life in our business...I guess any business. Yes, it can be done. This morning though, blogging is teetering between professional and personal. So, in the interest of kick starting the garden this year, the content of the po
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05/11/2017
Most really good real estate agents never have to caution their clients to strap in for a bumpy ride once a real estate contract gets signed. The reason being is that the really good real estate agents are hard at work making all the moving parts operate together smoothly. This post will pertain
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05/10/2017
To be crystal clear because I know my family and some friends will read this, I personally have never been in danger from a client above and beyond the occasional chance to have been bored to death by an incessant chatterer or the non-communicative oxygen sucking customer. Both examples by the w
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05/09/2017
Don't you find that the line between work week and weekend gets pretty blurred? Certainly that's the case if you are a full time real estate agent but there are so many other jobs and professions that it is rare to have a full weekend to yourself. While it isn't unusual for me to work on the we
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05/08/2017