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Sea Turtles at Our Back Door

Posted in Quality of Life, tagged , , on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

While at Oak Island with my daughter’s Oklahoma in-laws this week, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed showing them some of the neat things about the island and the NC coast.  We had noticed that the dune line between our house and the beach had a number of marked sea turtle nests.  Volunteers examine the beach each morning for evidence [...]

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Hushpuppies Held Hostage!

Posted in Entertainment, Quality of Life, tagged , on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We are on vacation at the NC coast with my daughters, my son-in-law, his parents and brother.  The in-law family is from Oklahoma, so I’ve enjoyed showing them around our old stomping grounds at Oak Island.  Last night we went up to Southport to have dinner.  The restaurant we visited has changed hands since the [...]

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Sun, Fun and Real Estate

Posted in Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged , on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m blogging this week from Oak Island, NC, just south of Southport (makes sense, huh).  We’ve been coming here for a week’s vacation off and on since 1975.  Oak Island is a quiet family beach with just a few hotels, a few condos and a fishing pier.  It never gets crowded, and is deadly boring to many [...]

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Lender’s Limited Choice of Appraisers

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged , , on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Talking recently to Andrea Kindley of Starkey Mortgage (704.902.6371)about the slowdowns in loan processing due to the Home Valuation Code of Conduct that went into place on May 1, 2009, she said that some loans require the lender to go through a third party, called an Appraisal Management Company, to select an appraiser, and others do not.  [...]

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Appraisal Twists & Turns

Posted in Finance, Real Estate, tagged , , , on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was talking to a Realtor friend of mine the other day about what she referred to as “the closing from Hell”  that she recently survived.  Of course, from a Realtor’s standpoint, any closing is a good closing, especially now that the market is slow.  Still, I asked her what made the closing so bad.  [...]

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Internet Bad Guys

Posted in internet on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Since you’re here looking at a web site, I have to assume you are at least a bit interested in trying to avoid some of the internet bad guys who are out there lurking and looking for a way to make you sorry you were surfing (why they do it, I don’t understand).  I just [...]

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Superb Summer Supper

Posted in gardening, Mooresville, Quality of Life on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just wanted to show you one, ok, three, of the reasons I love summer so much.  Last night Susan and I collaborated on some fried okra, plus our great tomatoes which finally kicked in, plus my cucumbers and rice wine vinegar that I’ve already mentioned.  If I could have this all the time, I [...]

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Troutman Library Bricks Going Up

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I stopped by the library construction site today after working on a local real estate listing.  Our good weather has really helped the builders make good progress as you can see.  Apologies to those who already saw a version on Facebook.

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Lender Checklist: What You Need for a Mortgage

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged , , on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From time to time I talk with people who think it may be time to buy a home or maybe thinking of selling and buying another after many years.  Often they are not sure what information is going to be asked of them by a lender.  If that’s your situation and you want to go into [...]

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Iredell-Statesville School Chief Picked for Kentucky Post

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Quality of Life, Statesville, tagged , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Iredell-Statesville Schools Superintendent, Dr. Terry Holliday, has been tapped to head the Kentucky public school system.  HERE is a Record & Landmark article on this.  During his time here, he has improved the school system significantly in terms of a variety of statistics and standings relative to other NC school systems.  Based on my conversations [...]

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