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By Jerri McCombs, Broker/Owner, Hendersonville Living
(Dogwood Real Estate Services)
Brevard NC Storytelling festival begins Friday November 12, 2010 Brevard is a beautiful little town located just west of Hendersonville NC. Every year they host a local Storytelling Festival. This year the festival will be held at the Transylvania Public Library, 212 South Gaston Street in Brevard NC 28712.  Beth Horner will start off the event on Friday night at 7:pm and this event will be held though Saturday, November 13, 2010.  Here is a complete schedule: SCHEDULE:FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010: HEADLINERS’ CONCERT, 7:30 PM.SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010: 9:AM – 9:30 PM9:AM – 10:30 AM: Workshop: “The Rhino & the Valley Girl” with Willy Claflin10:AM – 10:45 AM: “Stories for the Young” with Gary Greene (Storytime Room)11:AM – 12:30 PM: Workshop: “Telling Tales of True Life and Historical Eve...
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Jewell and I are extremely proud to have recently launched a new web site to service the Real Estate Community for Brevard NC, Asheville, Hendersonville, and Transylvania County. Smith Group Web Development Company and the Kaiser team are excited about now having a fully integrated one stop place to search for Real Estate for the Brevard NC Real Estate areas and beyond. Browse my site and I too will guarantee you will be impressed. The site offers full featured search capabilities through IDX as well as you can save your favorites, print out PDF files of your favorites, listings offering up to 50 pictures, You Tube videos, PDF files of the important documents you need to view when searching for properties. I Phone and smart phone friendly that is a must today. Aerial and street vies of ...
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      Brevard NC Real Estate Web Strategy Training and Internet Marketing Solutions Thursday November 11th at EXIT Mountain Realty - Brevard NC Real EstateReal Estate Search Engine Marketing takes into account that you understand you need a website - Now let's get the knowledge and habits that seduce Google and Search Engines... The Broker/Owners of Exit Realty in Brevard and Franklin NC, Jason Jacques, and Kathy Clifton, invite their Real Estate Professionals and EXIT Colleagues to attend a unique Workshop on Internet Marketing Strategy Thursday November 11th,; Going beyond understanding Google SEO and into an actual plan of action that drives results!!! (PDF Link) - REGISTER The training seminar is designed to help Realtors and Brokers devise an Internet Presence that produces results...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
 A Brave bear some distance from the ground Below is a wonderful story along with the photos that a friend of mine sent me about Black Bears and bird feeders. Tom had been seeing the signs of bears in the area that is very common and his story and pictures tell it all. Black bears are for the most part 100% harmless unless you mess with there cubs and then Mother Nature takes over as any protective mom would do. It's extremely rare to have issues with black bears as well as the other animals in the Western Carolina Mountains or the Brevard NC area. Keep in mind we are building in there territory, that they roam for food so we need to keep our humanely habits under control and think about what were doing before we throw scraps out for the raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, opossums and feed ...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
Meet Karl Chiang Our Home in Brevard NC and the Blue Ridge Mountains offering over 250 waterfalls in and around the Brevard NC area, is a place once you visit you will find a peace within yourself, that you will find no where's else. The beauty that you will see in these photo's captured by Karl Chiang speak for themselves. There is no way I could put into words what he has captured this fall of 2010 in and around Brevard, along the byways of Brevard and the Blue Ridge Parkway. I encourage you to visit his web site and look closely at his work so you can try to capture and feel what he as a photographer was trying to capture. The views in the photos will never return again so savor them and be thankful for not only our nation but the Creator that gave us this beauty and Karl's talent! V...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
WOW! Only $65,000... There is not a better deal out there anywhere in all of Brevard NC that I know of, especially in a community like Sylvan Heights. The owners who are Invester are selling all there properties at huge losses as can be seen by these 2 lots. Ideally since it has a shared driveway it makes for am excelent main home with views and a guest house. Lot 7 & 9 of Sylvan Heights together for only $65,000. Sylvan Heights: a bit of History and New Below is a  link to all available lots currently on the market. Click the Green link to view all the current land listingsAll Land Listings in Sylvan Heights: Located in Transylvania County, North Carolina, near Brevard North Carolina, Sylvan Heights is a master planned residential community consisting of approximately 60 lots. Establis...
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47 Meadow Drive Horse Shoe NC 28742 Home For Sale Charming home in the great neighborhood of beautiful Horse Shoe, North Carolina offers three bedrooms, two bathrooms, family room and den. Also enjoy the large master bath with jetted tub, plus walk in closets, spacious kitchen, laundry room and a fenced in rear yard and matching outdoor utility building . One minute to Etowah Golf Club. Call to see this like new home. 47 Meadow Drive Home For Sale Enjoy the hospitality of Horse Shoe located in the mountains of Henderson County just across the Transylvania County Line. Horse Shoe is a small town just 10 minutes from Pisgah National Forest and downtown Brevard, which is located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the crossroads between Pisgah National Forest, DuPont State Fore...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
Here we are heading into the last week of September and the forecast is already calling for day time temperatures only in the mid 70's with some nights dropping down to the 40's. The temperature isn't the only thing that is changing these days, though. In higher elevations, certain trees have already started changing colors, creating splashes of reds and yellows on the mountain side signaling the start of the "leaf looker" season. In the highest elevations, 4,500 ft and up, green is still the predominant color, but the Sugar Maples and Sourwoods have started to show their colors as have the flowering Dogwoods. Even in our own neighborhood, where the elevation is about 3,500 ft the leaves on the Birch Trees have already started turning yellow. In the Brevard area, you can expect to see s...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Green Building Council recently awarded Transylvania County's new public safety facility LEED Silver certification to mark a significant green building milestone for the county and the state.   The $17 million facility, designed by Moseley Architects, is the first public safety facility in North Carolina to attain the coveted Silver status, officials say. In addition, to planning and design work, Moseley, which is headquartered in Richmond, Va., provided a range of other services on the project, including security design and interiors, construction administration, transition consulting and staff training.   The project price tag includes the costs associated with master planning and site preparation work with M.B. Kahn Construction Co. of Columbia, S.C., actin...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
On Friday, we will be in class all day as part of our annual continuing education requirement. The dog will go to doggie day care, the cell phone will go on vibrate, and clients with questions will have to wait a little while for a return phone call. But it's all a good thing. Once in a while, I'll be in a CE class when my brain goes numb and my eyes glaze over, but that's usually a result of the messenger, not the message. Some experts are just better at presenting information than others. But by and large, I don't mind CE. It's a chance to "sharpen my saw", something we all should do as much as possible. Selling real esate is serious business and the contracts we write are legal, binding documents.  In a recent Inman News article I read, the author said that when she is filing out a c...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
Transylvania County & Brevard are consistently rated by national publications as one of America's Best Small Towns and one of America's Best Places to Retire. Located in scenic Western North Carolina, Brevard features the very best the area has to offer, from a friendly small town atmosphere to the conveniences of a modern city. Our friendly, enjoyable small-town environment is rich in some of the finest in our world of natural beauty, cultural heritage, and social amenities. Brevard's close proximity and easy access to major metropolitan area like Asheville, Greenville, Charlotte, and Atlanta make it an ideal place to live. Fall Colors around Brevard NC All week long this week our lows at night will be in the upper 50's and the unusually or as the weather man says unseasonably warm wea...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
Straus Park has long been considered one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the Brevard area. Located only minutes from town, stunning homes blend seamlessly with the natural green spaces. The community includes tennis courts, club house, and pool, and the views from the top are some of the best you'll find this close to town. This particular home at 193 CAMPTOWN RD Brevard, NC  28712 has been beautifully updated and features comfortable, well planned living spaces. The main floor includes a spacious kitchen that opens to a cozy great room with a fireplace, a study with build in book cases,  and the formal dining room. You'll also find the zen like master suite on main floor. High ceilings, a spacious bath with tub and separate shower, and gentle colors create a wonderful retreat at...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
Famed golf course designer Tom Fazio is lending his support to Charlie's Angels Animal Rescue in Brevard, North Carolina. Perhaps best known for his challenging and spectacular golf course designs like Fallen Oak Golf Club in Biloxi, the Glen Club in Chicago and Champion  Hills in nearby Hendersonville, NC, Fazio is also a great animal lover. On Tuesday, October 5 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Fazio will be at the Glen Cannon Country Club in Brevard to help Charlie's Angels Animal Rescue raise money. He will be visiting with fans and signing a limited number of his books that will be available for purchase. There will also be a wine tasting, silent auction, and a raffle during the two hour event. Glen Cannon Country Club is offering a promotional package from 2:00-4:00 pm that includes nine ho...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
Brevard North Carolina offers everything one could ever ask for, to relocate for their Real Estate needs, second home, primary residence, incredible view lots and estate properties or just a great place to vacation. Let the Kaiser team of Jay and Jewell Kaiser help you discover why Rand McNally, the Wall Street Journal, the National Geographic Traveler, and more recently taking second place, by Budget Traveler's Coolest Small towns in America. While Brevard NC made second place as the Coolest town in America, today CNN Money named Asheville NC as one of the top 25 places in the US to retire to. Brevard is just 35 minutes south west of Asheville yet offers insteps of the 74,000+ population but less than 10,000 in the City of Brevard and only 30,000 in the entire county. Folks we have thi...
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Brevard North Carolina offers everything one could ever ask for to relocate for their Real Estate needs , second home, primary residence, incredable view lots and estate properties or just a great place to vacation. Let the Kaiser team of Jay and Jewell Kaiser help you discover why Rand McNally, the Wall Street Journal, the National Geograpic Traveler, and more recently taking a close second palce, by Budget Traveler's Coolest Small town in America. Here is the article from Budget travel:    4th of July in Downtown Brevard NC   Brevard, N.C Pop. 6,716 Blue Ridge views and Appalachian pride If the notion of town-wide square dances with an old-time caller sounds appealing, then Brevard is your kind of place. Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains 45 minutes south of Asheville, the redbrick town ...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
So, you want to buy a home. Or maybe you have a home you want to sell. Great! Now what! In today's real estate market buyers and sellers need a professional Realtor to help navigate the sales process. A lot has changed in the last year and it's important to have a Realtor guide you through issues like financing, inspections, offers, foreclosures, short sales, and all the other details of a real estate transaction. Before you get started, though, it's also important to understand "agency relationships".  Years ago, there was no such thing as a buyer's agent so if you were buying a home, the agent you were working with always represented the seller. But today the contracts and laws have changed and there are many ways a real estate agent can assist you, including acting as your buyers age...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
SAFE is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault in Transylvania County through advocacy, direct service to abused women, and community awareness. You can help support SAFE and its program by participating in the 5th Annual Serve it up for Safe Tennis Tournament. The doubles tournament is being held at the Brevard Health and Racquet Club on September 24 and 25th.  The entry fee is $40. per player and includes a minimum two matches played on clay courts, lunch on Saturday the 25th, a "swag bag " of sponsor supplied items, prizes, and entry into the racquet raffle.There will be an exhibition match with cash bar reception mixer on Saturday the 25th. You can learn more about the event and register online. 
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
About a year ago, I rescued a puppy from a busy road in the Brevard area. That's when I first learned about our county animal shelter and the abandoned and abused animal population here in Transylvania County.  Our shelter is an old, sad building with extremely limited space for all the dogs that wind up there. When a dog is brought to the shelter, there is a 5 day grace period to allow the owner to claim the animal. If the dog is not claimed, and the shelter fills up (which is practically every day), that dog can be euthanized for no other reason than a lack of space. Dogs that have been surrendered by their owners aren't that lucky. They do not get that 5 day grace period and can be put down at any time. Every single day of the year dogs end up at the Transylvania County Animal Shelte...
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By Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR, Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist
(Looking Glass Realty)
Say goodbye to summer ya'll! It's good riddance if you ask me. Fall is my favorite time of year. Pumpkins and scare crows are already showing up at the road side stands. Pretty soon the leaves will be changing and before you know it, there will a cozy fire in our fireplace. Fall is a busy time here in the mountains as "leaf peepers" from the lower elevations come in for mother nature's big show.  If you're planning to be here this season, here are some things do in the Brevard, NC area while you're here. September 24 3:00 -7:00 pmDiscovery at Dusk on the French Broad River - A Guided Canoe TripThis 4 hour trip down the French Broad River is a fantastic opportunity to watch the native wildlife up close. As the light of the day begins to wane, it's a magical time on the water. Reservation...
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By Jay & Jewell Kaiser
(Jay Kaiser (Exit Mountain Realty))
Buy Local and make me smile! Come out and support our local farmers and get the freshest of the freshest. Organic, finest quality without all the processing and spend your money locally! As a sausage lover I can't wait for the breakfast and great music from the Possum Flossers! Do you have an Ugly Truck that runs....be sure and bring it for the Ugly Truck Contest? Transylvania County Farm Fair 2010 The Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce and the community will celebrate our local producers at the second annual Transylvania Farm Fair. The event will be held at the American Legion on East Jordan Street in Brevard. The event will have a lot to offer and is free to the public! You can begin your day with breakfast made from local eggs, sausage and much more! Not only can you enjoy your...
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