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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Realty Arts - NC Broker License #235526
Cary NC, REALTOR® serving the Greater Wake County area.

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2009 

Ars Technica reports that some system builders will offer Windows 7 computers earlier than October 22 General Availability, as early as October 13, with Microsoft blessing the early release. That is great for folks who are eagerly waiting for the next MS operating system. Of course, I am all for ...
09/30/2009
09/30/2009
The frenzy I see at the looming expiration of the $8,000 1st time Buyers' Tax Credit has me revisiting some thoughts I have had for a few years. While the Cary/Raleigh area has fared better than many other market areas, we are not immune to the forces affecting the real estate industry. As a real...
09/30/2009
09/29/2009
From DebontheWeb, an entertaining and enlightening look at forces we see all around us, on AR, in discussion of REBarcamps.   Thanks for the blog, DebOTW! ______________________________________________________________ . . By now you've probably seen the Shift Happens video originally created by ...
09/29/2009
Everyone knows about writer's block when it comes to blogging. I think everyone has that experience.  I also think that folks have had the experience of thinking of great  topics and catch phrases, and forgetting them or forgetting their train of thought before they are able to create a worthy AR...
09/28/2009
When I got the call, at first I thought I would have a little rental referral.  Agent calls.  Folks are in town to find a home.  "I know this is short notice, but they need a rental and someone who knows the area to show them homes on their list." Me:  "How did they make the list?" Her:  "Through...
09/28/2009
I know that MSN and SmartMoney are comic book stuff.  But this comic book stuff gets on my nerves from time to time. I didn't realize this mess was still in circulation.  I guess they have nothing else to offer, including anything of value.   My thanks to Jeff Payne for posting. ================...
09/28/2009
There you have it.  It is helpful on a Real Estate-oriented site if you have some insight, interest, involvement, investment, or some other "in" in real estate. But... You truly don't have to be an Einstein to participate on AR.  Everyone has a story to tell. Tell yours.  In your own words, pict...
09/28/2009
I keep a booth at the Southern Shows events in Raleigh.  That would be the Southern Ideal Home Shows, both Fall and Spring Edition.  I hover on the bubble, whether to continue to do them, or not.  But I enjoy meeting people in that milieu, and so I keep on. It is "Old School" marketing, for sure....
09/26/2009