Charlotte House Hunter Blog

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Jonathan and Associates, Inc
A look on what's happening in and around Charlotte North Carolina, the hottest city in the South East. Reading and commenting on my blog has been known to cause hair to grow back, relationships to get mended, to increase your pay, and make you more attractive to the opposite sex.

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2007 

Jonathan Osman | Keller Williams Realty | 704-998-1900 2400 Paperbark Road, Monroe, NC PRICED $25,100 LESS THAN COMPARABLE HOMES AND $8,100 LESS THAN LAST FORECLOSURE! NEEDS NOTHING 3 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $164,900 Year Built 2001 Sq Footage 1,587 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 par...
12/11/2007
This is far from the perfect day!  7:00am: Wake up and force myself out of the bed to go to the gym 7:30am: Arrive at gym with serious bed head and morning breath.  Good thing I'm married.  Of course, the only open machine is a treadmill and there's a very nice looking work out next to me.  I bet...
12/10/2007
The end of the year is the time when many agents decide whether or not to stay at their current brokerage.  Making the move before Chrismas time should allow you enough time to order a receive new signs, directionals, change the website, and notify all of your past clients.  It is my philosophy t...
12/09/2007
DC area readers know the name "Five Guys Burgers and Fries."  For everyone else, Five Guys is a restaurant chain serving the best quality hambugers with a myrid of toppings, two sizes of boardwalk fries, and two sizes of drinks.  They also have hot dogs for the non-burger lover.  The simple menu ...
12/09/2007
For my first few years in the business, I sold real estate in the HOT Washington DC / Baltimore area market.  It was a sellers market, in that there were at least 10 to 15 buyers for every one home on the market.  First time buyers were relegated to renting for an indefinite period of time unless...
12/08/2007
Please share with us all the wildest experiences you may have had while selling real estate?  Maybe it was while you were showing homes, driving with a client, etc.  I'll get us started. A few years back when my wife and I were working together showing a townhome to a customer, we went to this on...
12/06/2007
This is the second post in a series on designing and setting up your home theatre.  The last post was about planning and can be read here Yes, I'm writing an entire post about cables!  Having the right cables powering your home theatre system will mean the difference between getting a $500 experi...
12/06/2007
"We should not bail out lenders, real estate speculators, and those who purchased a home they could not afford." - President Bush.  When I purchased my home in Maryland, we obtained a 30 year fixed payment mortgage at 6.5% and put 20% down.  A year later, after rates started to drop significantly...
12/06/2007
Instant Messaging is hot and probably the most popular service for doing this is with AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).  Many people have commented on how they could add a little AIM chat onto their blog.  So here's how to do it.  Visit http://wimzi.aim.com/ to sign up for your WIMZI widget.  You will...
12/04/2007
Its unmistakable the influence that the Rev. Billy Graham and his ministries have around the country and even here in Charlotte.  Tonight, I learned just how much of an influence his ministry's vision had to provide a gift to children around the world.  Last Sunday during church, my wife voluntee...
12/04/2007