The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains have long enticed people to come and have a piece of the mountain dream. A little cabin in the woods, doesn’t that sound like a perfect getaway? When I first got into real estate in 2004, the little cabin in the woods was the hottest selling
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03/15/2012
How would you like to provide your seller with this kind of feedback? Dark wood paneling with bulky overstuffed furniture(that made them feel closed in as if they've walked into a giant coffin - this was actually said by one of my first time home buyers recently!) Ouch...that would hurt, wouldn'
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03/14/2012
Turns out that sometimes the goats in Dillsboro, NC are curious about what’s to eat on the other side of the live wire fence…well, the two male goats are curious at least. They are also getting a little bolder too. It used to be when the Office Manager and I took our walk, the wandering goats wou
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03/14/2012
Whenever anyone visits Dillsboro, NC they should be certain to walk up the hill from Front Street and visit the shops of Riverwood. This collection of Artisan Galleries was the brainchild of two sisters, Susan Morgan Leveille and Ruth Morgan McConnell. Through all of the years it has been one of
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03/14/2012
We’ve been getting down to the nitty gritty of real estate lately. There have been some great posts on AR lately about simple organizational methods. Not a moment too soon! Like a lot of REALTORS lately we’ve been consumed with activity…offers, contracts, listings, new buyers, revamping marketin
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03/13/2012
ActiveRain is about a lot of things, business, real estate expertise and strategies but most importantly…good friendships between people who may otherwise never, ever have met. The bonds are real and the confidences are sincere. Cyndi Daves and her husband Bill from Murphy, North Carolina are in
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03/11/2012
The historic Town of Dillsboro really is a “walkabout” district. Even though it is only about 3 blocks large, it still is home to more than 40 specialty shops and restaurants. Up on the hill lies the Riverwood Shops and The Well House restaurant. Among the shops in Riverwood is the beautiful Oak
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03/11/2012
It should always be exciting to look for a new home and one thing we’ve learned over the years is that a tremendous amount of stress can be eliminated from the whole process by talking to a lender first and finding out what the buyer is qualified for. We’re very lucky here in the mountains of
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03/11/2012
Dillsboro has been a beehive of activity lately. The merchants have begun the preparations for the Annual Easter Hat Parade to be held on Easter Saturday and there will be a party and reception for the new chancellor of Western Carolina University on March 26th. The March 26th reception will als
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03/09/2012
Frady Cove is one of my favorite NEIGHborhoods in Jackson County. It’s a great location with a rural feel but only 5 minutes to town and 10 minutes to Western Carolina University. We have clients who are considering making an offer on a new home in the Frady Cove neighborhood and because they ha
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03/09/2012