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After viewing videos other Realtors have made while driving and hearing comments and questions about whether or not that's a safe practice, I decided to try it myself. I'm happy to report that it was fine, fun, and not at all a safety hazard to others, to myself, or to my dog Pepper, who's viewa...

We're having an open house Sunday March 22nd from 1-4PM at this great new listing at 6052 Cedar Ridge Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405. It's a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath patio home on a golf course. Close to beaches, shopping, convenient highways and all, but still quiet and peaceful. Awesome condition, jus...

What really goes on after hours in a Wilmington/Leland, North Carolina real estate office. Many people think that all real estate agents do is look stuff up on computers, drive around, look at houses, try to figure out what contracts and forms really mean, and add up and subtract numbers. That's...

As many people know, Wrightsville Beach in the Wilmington, North Carolina area has the best ocean surfing on the east coast of the U.S. If you don't know that, it might interest you to know that we have lots of surfing tournaments here, that during the summer surf camps and school are a minor bu...

Do you use Twitter? Lots of my friends, clients, and prospects do. This short video, which was "inspired" by a Twitter conversation with some friends from Pennsylvania, demonstrates how you can add value to conversations and still tie in information about your local area. In our case, the Wilmin...

There's a cool new village called Shelmore in the gigundo planned development Brunswick Forest in Leland, North Carolina. There are 18 floor plans available with at least 3 possible elevations for each. Right now there are 6 furnished models to tour. All Shelmore homes will be Craftsman style wit...

Short version -Our area is in a period of slower growth, but we are NOT in a recession. An assembled crowd of approximately 40 members and guests of the North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce gathered to hear UNCW's Cameron School of Business Professor William W. (Woody) Hall speak about the regiona...

This is an awesome opportunity to own a patio home right on the golf course at Porters Neck Planation in Wilmington, North Carolina. The house backs up to the course but is set back far enough from the cart path that you still have privacy. Super split floor plan and lots of living spaces inside...

Here's a terrific buy in Leland, NC, the hottest real estate market in Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina (can you say "beaches and golf"?). This brand new home on a half acre is priced incredibly well. The back yard is half open for flexible use and half wooded for privacy. Very ve...

Wow, this is a great brand new house on approximately a half acre in Leland, NC. Convenient to beaches, golf, shopping, highways, and pretty much everything you can think of, but it's also in an established neighborhood with NO HOA. 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and a wide open back yard just ready ...