Lake Norman Real Estate - Real Living In Style

 Staging is different from interior decorating!"Decorating is personalizing, staging is de-personalizing. "The three main principles of staging are clean, de-clutter and (add) color."Staging has been used in markets like Florida, California and Arizona for many years but only now is starting to p...

NOT!What effect does the media have on our day to day lives?  Have you been listing to all the Decision 2008 experts.  WOW,  we get inundated with news and opinion(some good, some bad). How much of the current real estate market is affected by what we read and see on TV.Well, Don't believe all yo...

More and more in training classes, I am hearing stories of the possibility of Virtual Tours and Video enticing crime.  It is very sad that our country has come to this, but I heard that in California criminals have used this information to stake out homes.  Some discussions have been about not sh...

Lake Norman is a very large lake.  It is surrounded by the following counties:Mecklenburg, Catawba, Lincoln and Iredell.There are 9 towns to consider and know about:Davidson,Cornelius,Denver,Catawba,Mooresville,Troutman,Sherrills Ford and Huntersville                                  Lake Norman ...

January 2008Excerpt from:  Real Living NewsroomReal Living Named Up and Comer by Franchise TimesReal estate company ranked No. 225 of top franchise systemsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Dec. 20, 2007) - Real Living Inc., one of the nation's fastest-growing residential real estate firms, was named to Franchise T...

Hello everyone,  I am really getting into the video thing now.  I have gotten some constructive criticism, mostly about the length.  I am going to try to get it down to about 2.5 minutes. In the meantime, I have recorded a short video asking about what agents want.  When you get time, please watc...

 I have just created a new video from my office.  While the lighting is not great because I was trying to show the lake and the boats in the background,  I wanted to publish the message.  I will re-record at some point but I wanted to point out a couple of things.First for my buyers and sellers t...

I believe that  "seller concessions" in today's market, are viewed as reasonable and prudent. I believe that concessions do tend to elevate the "average" home on the market to the "let's take a look at this one" category.We need to educate our seller's by stating that there are types of loans tha...

 Click the Image above to see our video: Check out the video of the Birkdale community in Cornelius NC.  Video is becoming a great way to market homes and areas. At Real Living In Style we try to use every innovation our our disposal to help buyers and sellers.  Check out our latest video. 

Facts about Lake Norman, North CarolinaNot all Waterfront Lots can have piers.There are minumum's with regard to how many feet of shoreline you have to get a pier. A representative of Duke Energy must approve all piers and docks. There are restrictions on the square footage of your dock, the leng...