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Today, nearly everyone looking for real estate starts the search online.  Additionally, several new limited service firms have popped up that promote listing property without the aid of a real estate agent.  The pitch is that real estate agents don't earn what they're...

Where's the gas?  Its not here.  The accompanying photo shows our local Shell station with vehicles lined up in all directions with drivers waiting to top of their tanks.  Why?  Because the Colonial Pipeline which provides much of the eastern seaboard with its fuel is...

As you know, I'm an affiliate of Keller Williams Professionals, the largest real estate brokerage in the United States.  I could certainly operate solely as Retreat Realty, Ltd. which is my primary firm, but having the affiliation with KW allows some added benefits,...

We just listed a most amazing land parcel that has an abundance of water, pastures, views, privacy and ease of access.  This is a 97 acre property that includes the Grassy Creek Falls, a well known iconic waterfall in western North Carolina.  Not only that, this...

We had the pleasure of recently touring this amazing mini-farm located north of Asheville in Madison County.   It is listed by an affiliate agent of ours with Keller Williams, but is such a perfect fit for our subscribers that we simply had to get the word out.  Click...

Receiving a thank you note from a client is always a highlight of my day.  For those who have met me in person, you may have seen the three ring binder I carry with me containing magazine articles about me, but most importantly are the dozens of thank you notes and...

We've been running ads for months in the Epoch Times, the fastest growing independent newspaper in the nation and the response has been very strong.  Folks are looking for a backup plan as safety and normalcy in the larger metro areas crumbles.  So our mountains of...

If you've followed my website for a while, you'll notice that inventory is low, and much of the current inventory carries pretty high price tags.  Granted, you're getting a lot for the dollar with these properties, but the prices are simply out of the reach of many...

Two years ago, I brokered a 761 acre tract and thought that was BIG.  Actually, it was very large for this market.   The buyer was Tim Sweeney, billionaire creator of the world's most successful video game, Fortnite.  But that was a drop in the bucket for him.  Over...

I wrote part of this post nearly two years ago, but its worth publishing again.  We've all heard of "armchair quarterbacks", but what about armchair agents?  I've been involved in real estate since August 1987 when I started as an apprentice real estate appraiser. ...