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Lovely home in Mount Airy that has been completely remodeled. New roof, vinyl windows, vinyl siding, front porch, kitchen cabinets....the works! On a dead-end street in a very quiet neighborhood. Close to everything in Mount Airy! Click on the link below the picture for more information and pictu...

I recently had a request from a high school buddy to raffle his house. We would sell raffle tickets for $50 or $100 and the prize would be a house. Has anybody been involved in one of these types of deals? I have been reading everything I can find on the ionternet and it looks very complicated an...

  203 Royal Lane, Dobson, NC   MLS#526056    Listing Price: $89,900 Very nice, spacious 3bd./2ba. log cabin home. Currently updating heating and cooling system. Priced $15,000 below tax value!!! Come see this charming property. Total Htd SqFt: 1400 - 1700                      Year Built: 1983    ...

3bd./1ba. House with great potential in quiet neighborhood at the end of a cul-de-sac. Sits on partially wooded 1 acre lot. Tax value reflects house plus  acres of land. Additional 5 acres may possibly be available for purchase. Listing agent is related to seller. MLS #: 520060                  ...

     MLS #: 522711                                                Status: Active                                             List Price: $124,900 Address: 152 Lynn Road City: Mount Airy                                              County: Surry                                              Zip Cod...

...but I am not as smart as I thought. I am trying very hard to get websites created for my properties, I have set-up my own personal website, and I even do some marketing on Facebook. The biggest problem I am having is with links and widgets. Amazingly enough I was actually able to get a widget ...

Although I am fairly new to the real estate industry, I feel that there are a few commonsense marketing tips that everyone could benefit from. 1) Make sure your name is associated with your listings, 2) make sure that an "after hours" number is provided in as many places as possible, and 3) alway...

I feel that I have learned a lot in my short 8 months as a new real estate agent. Many preconceptions that I had have been proven wrong, while a few have proven correct. Today I would like to talk about my weather theory. My initial theory went something like this: if the weather is not nice out,...

That's me....slacker! I said I was going to do this regularly and here it is, 2 months since my last blog. Very sad! The good news is that I have been very busy in the real estate world. I had 1 closing in February, 2 so far in March, and 2 new contracts in the works as we speak. For this ara tha...

Well, 2009 is off to quick start! Since returning home from our holiday travels, I have been going non-stop 7 days a week. I hope that this is a sign that the economic climate is beginning to change. Several of my clients recently have gone under contract and, if this is an indicator of things to...