Cary Real Estate Blog

Cary's Bond Park Sertoma Ampitheater will host the Raleigh Jazz Orchestra at 3:00PM, on Sunday, May 8, 2011.   Sertoma Amphitheater is a wonderful outside venue in a wooded setting in the heart of Bond Park.      The Raleigh Jazz Orchestra plays jazz from the height of the Big Band period.  Thin...

Davis Drive Park in Cary NC is a very popular 15 acre recreational playground serving the neighborhoods near Davis Drive schools. Entrance to the Park is at the traffic light at the entrance to Park Village.   View Larger Map   With 4 heavily-utilized soccer fields, a large play area, a basketba...

It was just time for a new driveway at home. Like a lot of concrete driveways in Cary, NC, and the surrounding area, orignal workmanship was poor, and the driveway had failed in only 14 years. It was full of cracks, had started to heave, and since water laid on it, freezing and thawing over time...

I believe folks visit real estate web sites seeking freely-given information. We have it:Read more: Mike Jaquish http://caryrealestatesales.com/#ixzz1KyTmLa8L   And I believe that Debe nailed it with this post.  Consumers are tired of constant self-promotion.  They want value, facts, help, and a...

I had my first real estate signs made almost 6 years ago and in hindsight, I think I did very little right. Well, I got my name spelled right. But... I used my office phone instead of my cell phone. I bought sign panels to fit used frames that were given to me.  Cheap way to start, and a cheap w...

  I use flyers on my listings.  In flyer boxes, and of course in the home where I also offer a document package for the serious buyer to take along.. I'm not sure exactly why I do curbside flyers, but it feels like real estate marketing. And I know I do them better than a lot of other people. I ...

I'm hearing more reports about contract terminations in Cary, NC, since the initiation of new standard forms revolving around the revised NCAR/NC Bar Offer to Purchase and Contract that we adopted as of 1/1/11. We are in a transition.We are in the beginnings of a major change in selling and buyin...

TMLS # 1767689 "Remarks: WANTED:  1 Tractor Trailer Load of Treated Lumber, 1 Table Saw, 1 Radial Saw, 1 Circular Saw, 1 Skill Saw, 1 Cordless Drill, 1 Framing Square, 1 Level, 2 Hammers, 1 Air Compressor, 2 Framing Nailers, and Someone that Knows how to use them!  You got the Tools BUT Do you ha...

It's not like we have to give up all vestiges of privacy.  We can hold back. Some folks do.  Many folks. But Arlo and Janis today touched on a point that many of us hold near and dear. People really aren't interested in all our details.  Not near as much as aggregators of information are. Is GOO...

Yesterday's and Friday's server kerfuffles ruffled a few AR Members' feathers... One item I saw mentioned a couple of times was that the Leaderboard was down.  Can't check AR Rank. from my AR Home Page.  Oh dear! "How do I see who passed me?"  Well, once we get past "Curiosity Killed the Cat," w...