It is always amusing to work with first time home buyers when the lender gives them a list of documents required to apply for a loan. You can see the stunned expression on their faces; however, I have found homeowners are just as surprised when they are seeking to renegotiate a distressed mortga
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06/03/2010
What is the tax value of 767 Marsh Rose Path? I hear this question over and over...with a different address. When did buyers start attaching a ride by evaluation of a county tax department appraiser to the true value of a property? We know that county appraisers also use recent construction pe
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06/02/2010
We are lovers of life (except snakes & spiders & fire ants) and my husband and I go out of our way to rescue any animal. My vet used to chew me out for picking up wild animals and bringing them in so I started keeping thick workman's gloves and a box in my car. Two days ago a stray dog showed u
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05/29/2010
I have been selling real estate as a profession for only a few years, and my goal has never been to have more than twenty-five listings at one time. I never wanted anyone to call me, as I was driving down the road, and ask me about one of my listings that I could not answer their questions. My
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05/26/2010
Coming to North Carolina's Sunset Beach or Ocean Isle Beach this summer? Beach Burgers located on highway 179 which connects the two beaches has wonderful food...the typical baskets. If you are from the South, I assume you know what a Carolina Burger is, if not, let me tell you it is messy. Yo
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05/26/2010
If you would like to learn about the various teas but you cannot attend TeaGschwendner classes in Cameron Village, follow the new blog...www.CarolinaTeaTime.blogspot.com. Last week's blog was about Oolongs. Posts will be 3-4 times per week and they will follow the tea tasting classes. What make
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05/24/2010
This subject continues to be debated from time to time but I wanted to share an example of when it didn't work and the buyer is paying the price. Several months ago, an agent from the Triad contacted me about showing my listing on a golf course. He explained that he was meeting family members a
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05/23/2010
Inlet View Bar and Grill is a wonderful local casual restaurant that serves local seafood right off the boat. A small grill was started by older family members and maintained by another generation then it closed. It has been opened again by family members but it bears little resemblance to the
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05/20/2010
WIND!! I have lived on the Intracoastal Waterway in Ocean Isle, a waterway community in North Myrtle Beach, and a country house about fifteen minutes from the beach, and it is always the wind. It is worse on the barrier islands of Ocean Isle Beach, Holden's Beach, and Sunset Beach but even inla
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05/19/2010
Grand Strand Coffee Shop is located at 9869 Ocean Highway (Highway 17, runs from south end of Myrtle Beach to Wilmington and beyond) in the Food Lion shopping center on the corner of Country Club Drive in Carolina Shores. Eric opened the shop several years ago after working for a coffee shop cha
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05/19/2010
