Sharon Cobb's (sharoncobb) Blog

According to The Transylvania Times, Vol. 123, No. 67, August 20 addition, and the August addition of Backpacker Magazine, Asheville, NC is ranked #11 and Brevard, NC is ranked #20 as a great place to 'raise an outdoor kid'.  Factors in Brevard included close proximity to the Pisgah National Fore...

Pictures don't do justice to this great rustic mountain home.  The long-range views of Little River Valley are spectacular.  The property is also home to the famous white squirrels of Brevard, NC.  I just watched a mommy squirrel and her two babies from the screen porch.   This 3/2 home has been ...

Stay fit! Have fun! Curves of Horse Shoe, NC, is for sale.  Owner has reduced the price by $20,000.  The business has been profitable for over 5 years.  She has health problems, family responsibilities, and just wants to retire to spend time with the grandkids. All equipment and a reasonable assu...

Depending on which source you consult, many real estate markets reached bottom in January through March and prices are beginning to stabilize.  Foreclosures and bankruptcies have also reached a plateau although they're still continuing.  In addition, because of huge government debt, the governmen...

About a year ago, all of the real estate directional signs on a major roadway near my home were removed..... At the time I thought the NC DOT was responsible since it was a state road and technically, in NC, you must ask permission to post a directional sign in someone's yard or roadway..... And ...

OK - so I'm a bit of a 'woo-woo out-there' person as well as being a realtor.  When I help my clients stage their homes I try to incorporate basic feng shui principles (an ancient Chinese technique, very sensible, used to generate positive energy flow in a home through furniture placement, etc. -...

I was at a listing appointment today and the seller was very unhappy.  He has talked to numerous agents about selling his unique home that is specially constructed for the physically-challenged.  The home is an 'off frame modular'.  He claims that I am only one of two agents he has talked to who ...

I recently watched Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in the movie 'The Bucket List'.  I'm not getting any younger and I've got a number of things I hope to see, do, accomplish before I kick off this bucket..... One of those things I can now cross off my list is to see B.B. King, one of my all tim...