Many people in the real estate buyers’ market become interested in homes that are governed by home owner associations (HOAs). Sometimes after they’ve bought their home, they discover that something they want to do with their property is prohibited by the CCRs- Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions- of the subdivision. For some homeowners, these restrictions seem [...]
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Read Those Home Owner Association Rules!
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged CC&Rs, HOA, HOAs, Home Buyers, Homeowner Association on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Latest Twists and Turns for America’s Park Baseball Facility
Posted in Economic Development, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Troutman, tagged America's Park, baseball, youth baseball on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week the Mooresville Tribune reported that there has been a change of ownership of the development of the America’s Park youth baseball facility. “Lou Presutti of Salisbury, who unveiled his plan last April to build a 25-field private youth baseball facility, is no longer involved in the project. Todd Hines and Jeff Cernuto are now [...]
January is National Radon Action Month
Posted in Real Estate on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
OK, how about a show of hands- how many of you know what Radon is?……. That’s what I thought. Not many people know about radon unless they’ve bought a house in the last 10 years. Radon- sounds like the name of a sci-fy robot or something, doesn’t it. In fact, it’s a colorless, odorless gas [...]
Stan Suther Named a Five Star Real Estate Agent by Charlotte Magazine
Posted in Charlotte, General Real Estate Market, tagged Five Star Real Estate Agent on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte Magazine recently named me as one of their Five Star Realtors for 2011. According to the information I got from them, “Charlotte magazine asked Five Star Professional to conduct research with clients, peers and industry experts to determine the real estate agents in the Charlotte area who rated highest in overall satisfaction.” They say [...]
Charlotte Area Tops for Quality of Life
Posted in Real Estate on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
People and companies continue to move to the Charlotte area, including Mooresville and surrounding communities. There are many reasons for their choosing our area. Kiplinger has a great article that explains why Charlotte is among 10 of the best cities to live in the US, including business climate, quality of education, and cost of living. Lots [...]
Holiday Apologies
Posted in Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged Christmas on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have to apologize. I’ve concluded that I don’t fit the Christmas plan. It seems that when people ask me what I want for Christmas- you know, something reasonably priced and small enough to wrap, I just come up with nothing. Don’t get me wrong. I do want things, like new windows for my house, [...]
Realtors Hear from Children’s Homes of Iredell County
Posted in Real Estate, Statesville, Iredell County, Quality of Life, tagged children's homes of Iredell County, Iredell Realtors, North Mecklenburg Realtors, Holiday Luncheon, Housing Op, Charlotte Region on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Realtors from the Charlotte Regional Realtor’s Association’s Northern Region (Iredell and N. Mecklenburg) enjoyed a holiday luncheon at the Statesville Civic Center. Along with our usual fundraising activities for the Housing Opportunity Foundation and bringing toys for donation to the Salvation Army, we had very special guests as speakers after lunch. Sonya Leonard, [...]
Planning Real Estate Closings
Posted in Mooresville, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, tagged Home Buyers, Home Sellers, real estate closings on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was talking with my bride yesterday about the differences in our work schedules. She’s a teacher in the Mooresville school system and has short-term and long-term lesson plans to follow, and specific things to accomplish. She works very hard to make all those things happen on time and with great academic results. Sometimes, it puts a heavy [...]
Automated Real Estate Value Estimates
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, tagged Automated Valuation, Automated Valuation Model, real estate valuation on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that points out some very useful details about the automated value calculators in several popular real estate sites (see it HERE). As a Realtor, I often talk with people who have visited these sites to get an idea of the value of their property. I understand their [...]





