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Villages of Apex, White Oak, NC Information, and Market ReportReal Estate in Villages of Apex, White Oak, NCVillages of Apex is a new residential development that's located one mile north of the central area of Apex, North Carolina. The neighborhood features lovely attached and detached townhouses in a masterfully-designed community. The new neighborhood offers family-friendly amenities and features for home buyers looking to move into the area. Residents have easy access to major highways and are a short drive to the schools, hospitals, and shopping malls including Downtown Apex. Homes in the neighborhood come in three-level designs with varying layouts. These properties come in three to four-bedroom models with one or two-car garage parking. Each house features granite countertops, ha...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
    It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.    We have adopted 2 families to provide for in our office.  Each of these families have small children, that would not have a Christmas if we did not get involved.  It touches my heart to think, that even still, many children will go with out any Christmas at all.    Hope that you have been able to share Christmas Good Will also.   Merry Christmas.   Ginger Harper
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Good Morning Beautiful People! Need your help desperately.  I have a strong buyer who wants to buy a Manufactured home on 12 Acres of land and I am having a hard time getting a lender to loan him the money.  Do you have any experience in a situation like this.  He is a young, first time buyer who is a very hard worker and can certainly make the payment. BBandT are a possibility but I have also heard of a USAA.  I do not have any knowledge of it. So help if you can, Ginger Harper of Southport NC~Coldwell Banker SEa Coast Advantage.800-346-7671gingerharper@seacoastrealty.com
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
As we all know, FSBO's are folks that are wanting to sell...I have used some points in the past to see what I could offer them to entice them towork with me.  Some agents have been very successful in bringing FSBO's on board.  If you have been successful and would agree rto share some of those tips with a hardworking agent. Thanks,Ginger Harpergingerharper@seacoastrealty.com
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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 Good Ole Days!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.I ask them to talk with their CPA or with an Attorney, but there are sometimes that they may need to just"walk away". 
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
   Believe it or not.  We had enough tomatoes for 1 quart tonight.I know that seems like a lot of work for 1 quart of tomatoes, but we grew themWE eat them, and we want t o save what we can't eat.  So You can them.. We have not had a great tomato year this year and I feel like we must preserve all thatwe possibly can. I make our spaghetti sauce with our tomatoes that we "put up"...It is the best sauce you can imagine.  Just a Tar Heel North Carolina Girl with an Italian twist..
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
 Fun time had by all49 years ago....It is truly hard  to believe that I can be that old.  The main topic of conversation was "How is Your Health", "I had a hip replaced", "I had 3 stents put in"..(You get the picture)There were 31 Class mates when I graduated from Tar Heel High School in 1966.  Small graduating class but some really good folks in it.Around 12 class mates came to the pig pickin' and we  were served a Crab Boil and  fresh BBQ, Cole Slaw, Baked beans, and peach cobbler. So good.... Do you get together with your class mates often?  Time is just ticking away. 
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
...With silver bells and cocker shells ...          ...........and pretty maids all in a row..  These are beautiful, Yellow lilies that we bought from a young child selling them at church about 15  years ago.  Each year they bloom and grow...and we think of Lexi.  Thanks Lexi for making our day..  
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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 have been searching for good ideas to help FSBO's come to me when they are frustrated with trying to sell thier home themselves.    Need to do more FSBO's in 2015 and wondered if you have any ideas that will help. 1.  I do go the the house and let them know that I am a  Realtor and would liek to help them if they need my services.2.  I take the North Carolina Forms to them to let they know what needs to be signed by the buyer and the seller.3.  I ask them about their advertings budget.4.  I ask how the showings are going and if they ever feel uncomfortable opening their house to strangers.5.  I ask them to tell me how they prequalify a buyer to see if they can buy their home.  There are so many questions that you can ask to at least get them thinking that maybe they need to leave thi...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
 As a young person, our family would watch TV on Saturday and Sunday evenings....Mama would pop .....popcorn and we would sit around and watch the Ed Sullivan Show.  We would see the new performers enter into the entertainment arena. I remember seeing Stevie Wonder doing the finger poppin thing and also the Jackson 5 along with The Beatles and Elvis..What talented these folks had.WE have lost so many of those talented individuals...does that mean we are getting that much older?  Ginger
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
 This is such a great idea and everyone can do this.YOu get this great feeling in your heart when you do something for someone else and it is not expected.It can be as simple as letting a car get in line that is stuck on a side road; smiling a someone with a frown on their face; letting someone get in line in front of you when they have only one or two items and you have a basketfull; I sit in the evenings and make afgans for the folks in our local Nursing Center,  I make up to 50 a year.  They are simple and made to fit someone in a wheelchair. They are simple to make and only take about a week to make.  When finished, I will go down the hall and find someone that does not have much in their room.    I will greet them and tell them that I made this just for them.     They will say to m...
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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 have been fortunate enough to work face to face with sellers today.  I had listed one of their lots and they were going to take it off the market.  I did some research for them and suggested that they leave that lot on the market...because it can't sell if no one knows it is for sale..They then asked to see if I would list one of their other lots.  They are excited to sell and we priced it at the lowest price in the community.There is stuff happening...Thanks,Ginger Harper800-346-7671gingerharper@seacoastrealty.com
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
  Today was the awards ceremony in Southport,  North Carolina for Sea Coast Realty.It was a great day for many of our wonderful productive agents.  Our Southport branch was well represented by 3 of our teams and 3 of our agents.  I was one of  the Top Selling and Listing agents for the Southport Oak Island branch of our company. I am very happy to have done  so well.  We have seen a good increase in activity since January 1.If you need someone to help you sell in our area, please call me:   910-470-6713.  I love working with Buyer and Sellers. 
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
                 logged by 1 ag         This is very touchy to me right now.  I lost my Mother in law on Sunday, due to a stroke.. Maybe this note will save someone you know. STROKE: Remember  the 1st Three Letters.... S. T. R.    STROKE  IDENTIFICATION:  During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured  everyone that she was fine (they offered to call  paramedics). She said she had just tripped over  a brick because of her new shoes. They  got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of  food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the  evening Jane's husband called later  telling everyone that his wife had been taken to  the hospital - (at 6:00  ...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
      Fun time had by all 47 years ago.... It is truly hard  to believe that I can be that old.  The main topic of conversation was "How is Your Health", "I had a hip replaced", "I had 3 stents put in"..(YOu get the picture) There were 31 Class mates when I graduated from Tar Heel High School in 1966.  Small graduating class but some really good folks in it. Around 12 class mates came to the pig pickin' and we  were served a Crab Boil and  fresh BBQ, Cole Slaw, Baked beans, and peach cobbler. So good....   Do you get together with your class mates often?    
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Re-blogged by 0 agents       Depending on how long you have been in the real estate business can determine "The Way it Was".   I began my career in the Southport ~ Oak Island of North Carolina in 1983.  I had been a corporate secretary and the owners decided that I would probably be a better sales person than a secretary.  I was a single mom raising 2 daughters, 12 and 18.  (That is a full time job by itself)   IN the beginning of my experience, there were two contracts that we needed to know.  The "Listing Contract" and the "Offer to Purchase Contract".  Each of the contracts consisted of ONE page.  WE did not have copy machines and fax machine or computer for the most part.    WE had to put a piece of carbon paper between each sheet and bare down real hard for it to make the image on...
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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 love to Blog and I am learning so much from others. Thanks to a dear friend and agent, by the name of Mary, for teaching me a few tricks to ActiveRain.com. I know that we have so much to learn from each other and to share. Just little simple trick of our business that can help to make the phone ring.   I want not sure how to insert a picture and Mary helped me.   I learned about linking in the body of my blogging that will take you straight to my website. What a thrill to do this for the first time.. Thanks Mary,
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
My Brothers and I have had a wonderful time visiting with our elderly Uncle Jack who is 90 years old. He has lived in Ft Lauderdale since he was 13 years old. Yesterday, we took him around to run his errands and had a wonderful time. First we went to the dermatologist then picked up Aunt Jay and took them out to eat next we went to the hair dresser to get his hair cut then to the bank to pay a bill then we took Aunt jay home and we went to our old home place in Ojus, Florida then over to Hallandale Beach to enjoy the Beach...Took some photos. Took Uncle Jack b ack home and we went to rest. After about an hour nap..we picked our Uncle and Aunt back up and went to Chili's for Dinner We have had an exciting time visiting and now we are heading back to North Carolina.\ It is only a 12 hour ...
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
Good Morning All!   My Brothers and I  traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to see an elderly Uncle that is 90 years old.  Our travel time was 10 1/2 hours. My Brother, Danny is tech savy and I needed to do some work on the computer. He hooked up my laptop with my Hot Spot on the Cell Phone. Can you believe that? I am in awe with technology today. By the Way...I am not driving. Other Brother David is doing the driving. I surely do not want to make a habit of this but it is a way to stay connected..   Have a Great Day my Active Rain Friends... With warm regards,   Ginger Harper
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By Ginger Harper, Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!
(Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team)
FREE RICE This is a fun way to feel like you are doing something to help others. If you find that you need to let go of the problems of the day, let me suggest that you go to the website of http://www.freerice.com. You can help feed the hungry of the world. It is great fun.. Then if you need to sharpen your wits...go to http://www.sporcle.com and play a few mind games. I need to do this everyday just to let off some pressure. Real estate is hard right now. Take care, Ginger of Southport    
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