FYI- DURABILITY:: Green-built homes are constructed to last for more than a hundred years.
(Here's a photo I took of "tree houses" each beautifully constructed and on a small footprint. No wonder these days more and more I'm hearing...'green is Beautiful!' )
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Welcome to the Future Fellow REALTORS®- It's GREEN and It's EXCITING - 06/06/08 12:03 PM
"Green" Sustainable Real Estate! It's exciting.
Things HAPPEN when people start getting together and talking. And the talk here in the Greater Asheville area, where "THINGS" already are happening is about making wise choices in terms of GREEN.
Asheville, N.C.'s creative citizenry including a growing number (of ECO Certified® Real Estate … (12 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Cohousing, A Trend-in-the-Making? - 05/17/08 07:40 AM
I ‘m wondering if, like me, you are seeing a growing interest in cohousing ? Is this an idea whose day has come? Possibly even a trend-in-the-making? I'm heading out this morning to do some "hands-on" research.
I'm going to look at one eco-developer's concept for an ecovillage with cohousing potentials,not … (12 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Utter FENESTRATION! - 05/13/08 12:55 PM
Fenestration.
Are you experiencing fenestration in your daily life? You may not know it, but I bet you are, that is unless you live in a yurt above the meadows in Asheville. Or simply have your head in the clouds.
Have a clue? Go on, take a guess! WHAT is … (17 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: The Whole "GREEN-BUILT" Package - 04/11/08 09:48 AM
Maybe it was the ready-to-plant south-facing (organic?) garden within a hop-skip-and-jump of that Green Builder's door that did it!
When I visited this remarkable home, (see photos to left and right) suddenly, for the second time this week, Grandma's sage advice came to mind:
"Get Your Greens!"
Scenario: Board members of NLJ's site … (5 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Egg on Your Face? Or Farm Incubator? - 04/09/08 09:49 AM
Recently, one of our clients, an international pilot spent the weekend with us as we hunted down the perfect small farm near Asheville. In the course of our days together, he suggested I read Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling nonfiction book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. In it, Barbara, recently turned 50, talks of her family's farm … (13 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Get Your Greens! - 04/07/08 07:35 PM
Get Your Greens! Your Mama may have told you, "Get Your Greens!" She probably was referring to something leafy when she said that. As an eco-adventurous REALTOR® here in Asheville, NC., you probably already guessed that I'm referring to something else- what else but homes and land? photo courtesy of Wikipedia So when I … (17 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: 1031 Lunch and Learn with Asheville's Eco-friendly AR Members - 02/26/08 05:38 PM
UPDATE: October, 2008
With an economic situation with particular challenges at hand, I'm asking 1031 Like-Kind Exchange Guru, Matt Linville to weigh in on this again. And in the meantime, here's an Asheville 1031 review...
Recently, I happened on an article about Lunch and Learn, a program designed to expand training and development for staffers. … (18 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: The "GOOD" REALTOR® - 01/25/08 03:21 PM
I heard one of our clients say, "Oh, the ‘good" ones make it look SO easy..." Well I have to tell you, that sure made all of us at the Firm feel great, because I don't think most clients suspect the ART that happens behind the scenes that moves us all along … (14 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: Asheville's GREEN Buyers' Brokers & 5 Ways We Help Clients with MUST KNOW Facts - 12/06/07 10:27 AM
Whether real estate buyers, sellers and investors are aware of it or not, they must know certain facts and obtain certain information regarding the Environmental Laws of a State. photo I took of my pal, and fellow Eco Certified® Consultant and REALTOR® telling us important information at a demonstration she organized. Here are a … (8 comments)
advice for buyers sellers and investors: My 2 Favorite 1031 Like Kind Exchange Scenarios - 11/24/07 09:17 AM
First of All. . .1031 Exchanges (or 1031 Like Kind Exchanges): What Are They? Most of you probably already know but just in case...here's a quick review. . .A 1031 Like Kind Exchangeis a transaction that "involves property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment (except inventory … (23 comments)
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