Another Eco Certified® Real Estate Consultant and I happened on a "find" as we were out previewing properties for a client here in Asheville, NC not long ago. Horse farms and organic acreages are wonderful to visit on a mild winter's day. And, this time of year, most of the leaves have nested i
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11/28/2008
BLOG SENSE: Common sense out there on the Internet . For the real estate professional, it is based on good familiarity with the real estate Web 2.0 environment, real estate social networks, and "blogosphere". And it means authentic/original BLOG posts with relevant information for interested
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11/26/2008
We can guess, and based on intuition we can plan, but we never can know what will happen today, tomorrow, next week, next year--in all the years to come. Never can we know. But always, we can choose. We always can choose to hear and respond to the stirrings of a real estate market as it closes d
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11/23/2008
UPDATE: 11/29/08 Just two days left for this challenge....GREEN Lenders Needed! Conventional Renovation Loans Anyone? (Members Only) "IF YOU OFFER THIS SORT OF PRODUCT IN ANOTHER STATE there are people that want to know! " Stephanie Edwards-Musa ECO-ALL-STARS' ***November CHALLENGE... FIND GRE
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11/22/2008
Patricia Kennedy not only has a way with words and a way with insight! So I am borrowing her advice to share with family and friends: "...if you are married to or in a relationship with a real estate agent, the object of your affections will tell you if he or she has sold a house on any given day
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11/22/2008
EZ.. . really,really EZ Bookworm MEME...maybe for a green-eyed cat... My friend Ann Cummings just sent along what she describes as an "easy meme"...HA! I say this is a mighty challenge... Here are the EZ rules: 1. Grab the nearest book. (not so EZ to do on my desk! ) 2. Open the book to page 5
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11/21/2008
It was during the last days of Autumn in the mountains around Asheville .The canvas of orange, purple, red and gold splendor was giving way that morning to frostings of white see photo JT took on an outing last week) ...Soon it would be time to gather by warming hearth-fires. The telling
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11/21/2008
Building Sites 4 and/or 5 - in the Amazing Eco-Community of Hickory Nut Forest Gerton NC 28735 call to Eco-Friendly Folks. Either Lot 4 or Lot 5 could be called LOVELY LOT in the authentic eco-community of Hickory Nut Forest in Gerton, North Carolina, but when you see first-hand the VIEW and r
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11/19/2008
Today's Topic: Real Estate 2009- Three Bears -Will It Simply Be the Same-Old-Same-Old Thinking and Planning? Three Bears. 3 Questions. 3 Points. And a Challenge. Questions: 1. Does the same-old-same-old-plan ( possibly adequate in the 1990s) stand up in the 2.0 real estate environment o
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11/18/2008
It's NOT my listing. It's NOT anyone's listing. It is however one of the most amazing green-built homes Asheville and we have ever seen. (see photo) And I had the opportunity earlier this week to spend an hour with the genius who not only designed, but built it. Here's how it happened: We were
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11/11/2008