Lake Norman Real Estate - Diane Aurit

      When I was a freshman in college in Colorado I used to plan my classes around skiing.  I was never more than an intermediate skier but I was a good sport about trying more advanced runs.   Then I went to Seattle on spring break to ski with one of my friends.  When we got up to the top of th...

 All Real Estate is Local, Especially in Lake Norman! Today's headline in the Charlotte Observer's Business Section was:  Home sellers beware; Worst slump in 16 years likely to deepen, analysts say.  Of course, this is only the latest of an almost daily pounding of the real estate market in both ...

 Curiosity:  I remember first learning about blogs several years ago when a political commentator announced to those of us that subscribed to her email that she would now be writing a blog instead.  I didn't bother to visit her "blog thing".Months passed and then one day I decided to sit in on an...

Yesterday one of my neighbors stopped by during their morning walk to chat and, has been the case a lot recently, the topic of our current drought and potential water shortages in areas around Lake Norman came up.  When I heard that a friend of theirs' well had run dry that got me to wondering ab...

     The other day one of my neighbors stopped to chat during their daily morning walk.  They told me one of their friend's wells had gone dry and how concerned they were about our drought, how it is affecting our well water and whether there was a chance our wells could go dry too.While August i...

When I look back at my 15 years as a Realtor in California you might think that what I miss the most would be the multi-million dollar sales, the incredible Greene and Greene Craftsman homes, my famous and infamous clients, being closer to Inman Connects or the 100-page seller disclosures but you...

   I had been hearing and reading about blogs for some time before I sat in on the Inman News Teleconference this past spring when the 4 guests were Mary from RSS Pieces, Ardell, Noah and....I can't remember the fourth!  Anyway, I decided then that since I didn't know anything about Word Press an...

 I will always remember Mr. Hoban, my high school English teacher.  He caught my attention (at a time when that was very hard to do!), made me want to ask questions, and ultimately inspired me to change my major in college from math to English.  A good blogger can have the same affect on me; albe...

    The other day while in a real estate related meeting the topic of C.L.U.E.(Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) reports came up and a very successful young agent raised his hand and bravely asked "What is a CLUE Report".  My reaction was astonishment. How could any active Realtor today n...

   Hey all 43,000+ Rainers!  Here is a chance to blog and make a difference in the world at the same time! Blog Action Day 2007 's goal "is to bring the blogging community together, for just one day, talking about one issue - and for Blog Action Day 2007 that issue is the environment" according t...