Mary Kay Carter's (marykaycarter) Blog

DO YOU WANT TO KICK YOUR LANDLORD? Are you tired of throwing away money after month and have nothing to show for your money?  You might think you can not afford to buy a house, but now is the best time to buy.  Interest rates are down and it is a buyers market.  With your good credit we can help ...

      I  seen this sign in one of my emails I received and it made me think of a quote that I myself tend to use from time to time.   Do we WALK THE WALK OR JUST TALK THE TALK????? As the sign says people may "doubt" what you say but if you put action behind what you are saying they can not doubt...

Recently we purchased a home in what looked like a nice quiet neighborhood.  The neighborhood was being developed by a local real estate agent and his partner. They were still doing construction on some house in the development, but we did not know that is would be a concern to use down the road....

Wow  what a great place to work and live.  The Great Smoky Mountains.   I just got home from a ride on the back of a Harley through the Smoky Mountians.  I am getting excited because I can see the start of the fall colors.  The Great Smoky Mountains make the list of Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinatio...

How many times have you been backed into a corner and asked to do something and for whatever reason you might have you want to or need to say "NO".   Well have this posted by my phone so that when this happens all I have to do is look over at it and pick one that might make it a little easier to ...

Do you get as frustrated with the hype of home sales as much as I do?   We as real estate agents know that no matter what the economy is there is always someone selling or looking to buy.  If the economy is bad then you have those who are looking to sell their house so they do not lose everything...

I recently posted a blog about EXIT Realty and mentioned how great a company this is.  I just received a post,  listing the agents and brokers who transferred to EXiT in the Month of July.  I am going to include that list so you can see just how many have decided to go with EXIT.  You owe it to y...

Ok, Now that you have decided to see what do you do next? No matter if you are selling For Sale By Owner or have hired a REALTOR the steps are still the same.  The first step once you decide to sell is the pricing.  If you have hired a RE please allow them to do a CMA for you, and if you are sel...

I recently watched our neighbors cut down a dead rotted tree in their back yard.  Putting aside the fact that it was a huge tree and they were cutting it down by themselves, I was amazed they did not drop it on their house or my car.  Which I moved immediately when I seen what they were doing.  A...

There is a home in our town that is up for sale.  Yes it has been up for sale for about 2 years now.  Real estate company after real estate company has had this house listed for sale.  Yesterday as I drove by it I seen yet another new sign in the front yard.  My question would be to the owner " C...