We are still somewhat in shock with the early arrival of tall grass, blooming plants and trees, and the buzzing of insects. A stroll around historic Dillsboro, NC the other day following a cloudburst yielded a few great photo opportunities. Don’t you think everything looks more lush and softer fo
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03/24/2012
Sometimes the buyers drive when we look at property. If they are from out of town, they really find it helpful to get familiar with an area. I’m always prepared with a map or directions to the listings. Sometimes the buyers have some sort of GPS or other navigation system in their vehicle and be
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03/23/2012
As REALTORS, everyone of us at one time or another has wondered “What Was The Owner Thinking?”. We’ve all got our particular real estate irritants when out showing…mine is unreachable homes by normal modes of transportation…yet the advertising “come hither” shows jaw dropping outstanding views
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03/22/2012
Can setting aside time eventually save you time? Anyone who wants to produce halfway quality posts when blogging knows that it takes time and thought to present anything that someone would want to read. It doesn’t matter if it is business related, personal or just general quirkiness…like anythin
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03/22/2012
We were headed to one of our favorite attorney’s office the other day to drop off an earnest money deposit when Leslie pointed out a great photo op. Sylva, as far as I know has never had this much activity going on around one utility pole. Leslie and I both thought that this scene looked like som
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03/21/2012
Do you ever think over conversations you’ve had with people you really enjoyed? Over the weekend I was immersed in a plethora of topics…there was never a moment for companionable silence because we had too much to talk about. Somehow I emerged from the weekend exhausted and refreshed at the same
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03/18/2012
Have you ever shown property from the back seat of a car? If you haven’t, you really need to try it. The buyers and I spent about 7 hours together yesterday looking at houses in Franklin, NC. The buyers drove, sitting up front getting acquainted with the area and I had the rare luxury of the ent
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03/17/2012
If you’ve caught any of my Tree Art posts, you’ll know I love catching sight of the Tree Dudes whenever I’m out showing property. This one was in Franklin in the Cowee area. The buyers I’ve been working with over the last couple of days had never seen the Tree Faces. Do I know how to show people
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03/17/2012
“I love this frickin’ view” he kept saying. Why not? The mountains of Western North Carolina is one of the most beautiful areas in the world and the frickin’ views from the cabins the buyers were looking at ARE amazing. This has been a good day that actually started last weekend. The reason that
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03/16/2012
Wouldn’t you think that if you had lived in the same place since 1989 you would be pretty familiar with just about anything concerning that location? I like good surprises and that’s what I got when I looked at one of the walls in the dining room Wednesday morning. Never, in all the time I’ve li
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03/15/2012