Oak Island Beach Villas (Caswell Beach, NC)
By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
I think that this is such a great website for Realtors and just invited about 300 of my friends to joinActiveRain. You have taught me so much and I enjoy reading the ideas of others.  It is my hopes that the agents that I have invited to join us with learn from us and to share their responses, Hopefully some of these good folks that I have invited to join will share good and positivethoughts also. With warm regards,Ginger HarperSeaCoast Realty.
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
One of the biggest things that we are faced with still in our area, is the dreams of what was going on in 2004 and  2005.  That day is gone.What we have to do as a Realtor and as a professional is to educate our buyers as to TODAY'S Market.  We all sold properties in 2005 that we are having to sell for half of what they sold during the HayDAys!When I have a seller  to call me and say that they bought in 2005 and HAVE to SELL  right a way..I just cringe.Who knew?  This is a nationwide happening, not a local problem/We have to be honest with our sellers and give them the facts.  And hopefully we will be able to relieve some of their pain. Ginger of Southport.
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Sunday is a very special day around here.  It is a day that we are able to have our family around us.First thing I do on Sunday morning is to get up and start preparing our Sunday Dinner. Today was Roast beef, Corn, Butter beans,  Stewed Apples, biscuits, and fresh blueberry cobbles (from our blueberries that a grandson, Jonah and I picked in the Spring and froze for a day like to day.. The berries were very ripe and about the size of large marbles. My recipe for Blueberry Cobbler is:Melt 1 stick of butter  in a 8x8 dishPut 1 cup of berries in the butter Mix 1 cup of flour, (self rising) 1 cup of Sugar and 1 cup of milk and just mix it up.Pour that mixture over the berries and butter and bake at 350 degrees for  about 30 minutes.So good...top with vanilla ice cream.  Enjoy..  Ginger of ...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
 I know that there is a reason that we do this.. One of my agents just told me that she was blogging with a friend and one of her friends...friends....saw her site and asked if she was in real estate. Of course, my agent told her that she was.  They got together and my agent sold them a house.  Wow!  Don't we all wish that it was that easy!  One never knows who is reading what we write.  Suppose we must make our information ans informative as possible. Hope you have a great day and keep on blogging.Ginger of Southport
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
 No Agent Open Houses!!! I wanted to run this by you all  to see how you feel about it. An agent in our area, is having Open Houses and this is how it works. He will have 4 houses Open and the requirement is that you go into the houses with your lock box and leave your card on the counter. This Open house will go on for 4 hours.....say from 10 to 2.  After that time, he will  draw 4 cards from the agents that went to preview the house and give away $100, $50, and 4 $25 gift cards. Would that go well in your area? It is working here.. Ginger of Southport
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
I am so glad that you did a contest for us to work with.  I always enjoy the challenge. The three things that I have picked to grow my business: 1.    EDDM  - Every Door Direct Mail.  This is a good way to send and blanket an area with you Media.I do this when I am in search of a listing in a certain location.  It is with the United post office and is fairly inexpensive.  EDDM.com 2.   I plan to hold more open houses.  I think that I want to try a new approach to the Open Houses and that is to Ofer Money and no food.  This is working in our area.  You Hold the oPen house and I do not have the be there.  Just have the agents to unlock the door with the Key Pad and leave a card.  There is a sheet to fill out to give fed back to the seller.  Then YOu draw for the Money.  I attended one lik...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Joaquin is saying Good Bye... Although we were not directly affected by Joaquin, a lot of rain and winds did come ourway.  Over the past 48 hours, we have had 14 inches of rain and more on the way tonight. The winds gust were around 35 MPH.  Which is not a lot but with the ground being saturated by so much rain, the roots of the trees can't hold the tree with gusts of 35 MPH.  Many road are flooded and as you can see from this picture, our condo has water all around it and underneath. WE are safe and I have my Wellies read for tomorrow. WE are THANKFUL....that it is almost over. Sleep Tight... Ginger of Southport NC  
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