Caswell Dunes (Caswell Beach, NC)
By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Have you ever heard of a condo association foreclosing on a condo and then buying it with dues of the owners?We are having something like that going on here and I do not know who to go to for help.  I can't help but think that this is wrong.  Have rules changed....if they have, I feel that human decency has eluded us.I have great concern for the folks that lost their unit even though they were trying to work out a payment schedule with the association.Ginger of Southport
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Our company is getting ready to do an Open House Extravaganza May 30 - 31 and June 6 - 7.I am trying to come up with some very unusual ideas that will set my properties apart and draw more attention. You are the experts and I has hoped that you would share some of your ideas.  I want this to be the most successful Open Houses in the area. One local agent provides a drawing of the cards that are left in the home.  YOu have to get in with your Lock box key pad and leave a care. This goes on from abotu 9 to 12.  After that time, the cards and picked up and you may will $100 if your name is drawn. Thanks for sharing any tips or ideas.Ginger of Southport ~ North Carolina
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
        WE have the most beautiful sunset over Beaver Dam Creek in Southport NC. The Grandchildren came over and tried their luck at fishing.  As you can see...one small croaker will be on the menu tomorrow.. We enjoy the Ibis, Herons, Cranes, and gulls on the end of the dock.  We have kayaks in the water to scoot around in the creek.  What a glorious place to live. When we get tired of that, we go and walk on the ocean.  Our beaches are still undeserted and we can enjoy the shore with all of the living things that live there. The Fall is the best time  of the year for me..      
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
  Short Sales...love um' or hate um' Well...no one told us it would be easy.  Again, I find this out. WE have been working on a short sale since February and have just found out that the property does not appraise for the short sale price...Yep...that is right.  The Bank will not accept the amount of the appraised value so our deal is dead. Got another offer a bit higher but not at the price that the last appraisal came in for. What do you think is going to happen when I get another offer for the appraised value not?....I know..by the time the bank gets around to accepting the offer...the property will not appraise again. Price are still going down. The dilemma.   Have a great evening.   Ginger  
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
    Yesterday, my husband picked a bucket of grapes, so this morning I am cooking them to make the juice for the jelly. These are Muscadine Grapes, so the jelly will be a lovely color of purple.  They are so plentiful this year Traditionally, we put the grapes in a large square plastic box and let each of the grandchildren stomp them for a bit.  It is the best way to get all  of the juice out of the grapes.  Could not get them all together to do this ..this year but they got stomped anyway. After 2 hours of cooking...cooling and squeezing..we ended up with 24 half pints and 5 pints of this delicious grape jelly that we will give as gifts to special folks this year. Tonight, we will add sugar and cook and put in to sterilized jars.  What great fun..and the taste is wonderful..   Hope you...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Well we are about to the end of the Get Healthy in the Rain contest and I would like to share with you what it has done for me.   I started in the middle of January and weighed 20 pounds more than I do right now.   I still have a long way to go but I am on the right road. When we started, I was also challenged by a co-worker and I decided to take on the challenge.   Therefore, my assistant and I started working out at least 4 days and week and changed our eating habits.   I started writing down every thing that I eat on a site called "My Fitness Pal" and it was amazing.  I allowed my self 1200 calories a day.  When that was reached, I stopped eating. I started choosing more salads and fresh fruits and that has been just so very good. I feel healthier and happier.   Thanks for creating t...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
This is the most fun that I have with an Active Rain contest.  I love getting up and doing the blog each day. There are some good questions that you have given us to work with.  This is good for us and it also puts these things fresh in our mind.  I like to give hints to my sellers about what to do to their house to make it more salable. I have a website that I ususally send them to. Thanks for starting this contest.    
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