Debbie in Raleigh's Blog

Jones Dairy Farm  Welcome to Jones Dairy Farm located in beautiful Wake Forest NC. The homes in Jones Dairy Farm are priced to sell for between $130,000.00 to $220,000.00 and were built from 1985 and 2001.    Conveniently  located within 2 miles of the closest shopping center with grocery stores...

I recently had a conversation with my mom about Tiger Woods and his affairs. My side of the conversation included my opinion that once a cheater always a cheater and that you don't just accidentally have an affair, it is a purposeful act. If  I was Tiger Woods wife I would be hiring an attorney ...

I love going for walks. I walk for exercise but the added benefit is being outdoors and getting to know my community.  I walk through different neighborhoods in town and get to know a lot of things that you wouldn't normally observe when just driving through. For example which home has the steep...

After spending the weekend with my buyers and showing them what felt like hundreds of houses, they found what we thought was "the" house. We submitted a contract, we negotiated and did inspections, had an appraisal and were just about ready to go to closing when the bottom dropped out. After hav...

In my office about every other week we have a agent round table where agents of various degrees of experience talk about things that are coming up, difficulties they are having or just to talk about aspects of real estate that interest us.  Last weeks round table was a lot of different discussio...

  As a mom of two teenagers and a surrogate mom to another, much of my time is spent teaching my kids how they must be responsible for their own actions. For teenagers in particular this is a difficult lesson to learn. But as an adult and a real estate agent how does this apply to me and/or my co...

Gratitude. I recently had an argument with my daughter about her lack of gratitude at times. Like most teenagers she does not understand what I am talking about but it got me thinking about how in general we need to say thank you more, or I appreciate you, especially during times that it is unexp...

Recently I was in Hedingham with a buyer and her comment was " I love this neighborhood, I feel so at home here". She is not the only buyer to feel that way. Hedingham is the Top re-selling development in Wake County. According to the Register of Deeds in Wake County in Sept. along Hedingham had...

Recently I was in Hedingham with a buyer and her comment was " I love this neighborhood, I feel so at home here". She is not the only buyer to feel that way. Hedingham is the Top re-selling development in Wake County. According to the Register of Deeds in Wake County in Sept. along Hedingham had...

Raleigh is in the news again. According to CNNMoney.com Raleigh has been named #3 in large metro areas to launch a small business. We always knew it was a great place to live and work. I hope a lot of small business owners and their families begin to call us home. Link to the article: http://mone...