Let's be clear, my spice cabinet wasn't quite like this. For one thing, I have three times as many spices and a larger shelf. Actually, they were even alphabetized on little elevated shelves. Still though, pretty much every time I reached for something on the back elevated shelf, something woul
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09/05/2015
Yes, for bonafide real estate customers I will definitely work on the weekends. However, if I'm not booked by Friday morning then I really look forward to the weekends.This weekend started with a little tomato harvest. These are tiny little cherry tomatoes and we still have a number of green on
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09/04/2015
Say what???? I know, I know, you just bought this house and have no intentions of EVER moving but if you do, it will be a long time coming. Let me repeat myself, the time to get your house ready to sell is the day you buy it.Yes, you've just bought a home to keep your family comfortable but you
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08/31/2015
Some weeks, it seems that there is plenty of time to book everything I need to and no big deal if someone is late or grrrrrr a no show but not so much this week.Everyday I will have a couple of written in stone events to attend and they aren't all located within a city block. This is the country
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08/30/2015
Honestly, I feel pretty safe in what I do for a living and rarely get any twinges or spidey senses going off indicating possibly danger or harm. Thankfully, those feelings are well tuned however if someone isn't serious about a purchase or sale of a property!A man left a message at the office pr
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08/28/2015
Sellers often wonder if offering a "Selling Bonus" will work to get agents to sell their houses quicker. Sellers can get antsy about attention level their house is getting by local real estate agents. Locally, we still have a certain price point that there is more inventory than buyers. This i
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08/24/2015
You can barely turn on any of the local news channels or open the local newspapers in Sylva, NC and the surrounding areas without seeing headlines boasting about the Mountain Faith Band from Sylva, North Carolina. They have successfully arrived in the play-offs of America's Got Talent and voting
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08/23/2015
There are no plans to be lazy today but that's okay. This is a great time of year in Western North Carolina. The days are still warm, the grass is still green and more importantly the grass isn't growing as fast!Most of the garden has been harvested and the few cooler weather crops I wanted to
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08/22/2015
I'm thankful to be in a profession that with the exception of actually showing properties, can be handled anywhere there is a cell signal or an internet connection. That is a real plus for Realtors.Most of the "business hour" time, I AM in our office but occasionally there will be a weekday that
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08/19/2015
Our jobs as real estate agents is to try and keep the situation under control and emotions out of the negotiations so that the parties can work towards a harmonious conclusion. Usually that is a sound strategy and works great. Well, it works great as long as both buyer and seller are interested
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08/16/2015