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Senior What???

Posted in Quality of Life, tagged on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A young magazine writer was recently interviewed on a radio program I listened to about an article she’d co-authored for Newsweek regarding young professionals who choose alternatives to marriage entitled “I Don’t.”  The writer, Jessica Bennet, discussed her article during the interview, and at some point the interviewer mentioned that Ms. Bennet is 28 and is a Senior Writer at Newsweek.  What struck [...]

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That’s Racin’?

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , , on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Mooresville, NC is known as “Race City USA”, and most people relate that to stock car (and truck) racing.  No doubt those series get the most attention here, but some of the most interesting racing is not about how fast you go on a tank of gas, but how far you go on a tank [...]

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So Long, Soiree

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , on July 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The headlines of the Mooresville Tribune today shout the end of the downtown area’s first upscale restaurant, Soiree.  Being a long-time booster of small town downtowns, and Mooresville’s in particular, I was thrilled several years ago when I found out that local insurance man Bob Amon and others had successfully purchased the building at the corner of Main [...]

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Like a Marble in a Box

Posted in Quality of Life, tagged on July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Since last Friday, my bride has been away on a trip to see my youngest daughter and son-in-law in Washington, DC.  My other daughter, Laura, went with Susan to help Kathryn and Ron get settled into their new (old) home.  When they moved in, the townhouse had no air conditioning- like I said, it’s old [...]

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Putting Homes for Sale on YouTube

Posted in internet, Rowan County, tagged , , on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Technology is all around us, and lots of people consider the Internet the go-to place to get information and do research on things that interest them.  Among the most popular Internet sites is YouTube, where you can find videos about anything from cats playing a piano a how-to on the way to remove a wine bottle [...]

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Struggling with List Prices

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, tagged , , , , , , on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I withdrew one of my Iredell County listings today by mutual agreement with my seller clients.  We had put the house on the market last spring, and priced it according to what little history was available in the community for similar houses.  We agreed that if the house didn’t get some showings, the sellers would [...]

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Great Local Home Buyer Website from Realtor Association

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, tagged , , on July 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

There are lots of good web sites out in cyberspace that give valuable advice to home  buyers.  Often though, a person who wants to research how to go about this has to go to several different web sites to find the information they need.  Or, they find that the information is not local enough to [...]

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Watching the Show

Posted in Iredell County, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Photography, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Troutman, tagged , , on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

 Lately we’ve had some pretty exciting storms pop up in our area in the late afternoon and evening.  That’s quite normal for this time of year.  Yesterday the Mooresville area had a boomer roll in from the west around 5:00PM that gave us some badly needed rain.  Later that evening, more storms started cropping up just south [...]

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Hickory NC Furniture Trip

Posted in Catawba County, Home Maintenance, Quality of Life, tagged , , , , on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Many people think of piedmont North Carolina as the furniture capital of the US.  Not so long ago, this area was truly a center of furniture manufacturing, particularly around Hickory and Lenoir, NC.  Most of that manufacturing has moved off-shore, but smaller manufacturers remain, and the area has kept its reputation as a great place to shop [...]

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What a Time to Buy Real Estate!

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged , , , on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently I’ve had conversations with people who are renting their homes.  They’ve either expressed an interest in buying a home or not been aware of what’s going on in the real estate market regarding affordability (some people actually don’t read real estate news everyday!)  I’ve made a point to tell those folks that if they have [...]

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