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The secrets to build a long-lasting real estate career

The secrets to build a long-lasting real estate career

Source: Inman --- Right now, real estate is seeing an influx of new agents, all eager to enjoy the life opportunities that this career offers. Membership of the National Association of REALTORS® is at a record high of over 1.5 million, with many people getting their...

5 Real Estate Tips to Help You Sell Fast

5 Real Estate Tips to Help You Sell Fast

Source: The State Journal ---  Have you ever driven by a house that has had a “For Sale” sign for years? It is not uncommon to find them while driving around the city and suburbs.  On the other hand, some houses only have the sign for a few weeks or even days. Does it...

Haunted Tri-Cities: Tales from Kingsport’s Rotherwood Mansion

Haunted Tri-Cities: Tales from Kingsport’s Rotherwood Mansion

Source: WJHL 11 --- Dr. Lenita Thibault had a dream as a young girl to own a big, old house. “I’ve always loved old houses,” she said. “They’ve always been a fascination to me. We visited them a lot when I was a child.” Thirty years ago, while visiting the area, she...

Get Out: The 5 Most Haunted Cities In The U.S.

Get Out: The 5 Most Haunted Cities In The U.S.

Source: National Mortgage Professional --- October brings ghost tours, stories of paranormal activity … and haunted houses. While “haunted” data is hard to come by, since most ghosts tend to be elusive when it comes to participating in a census count, some areas do...

Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons

Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons

Source: Bloomberg --- If you happened to be in Montauk, N.Y., when the trucks started rolling in this summer, you’d get a sense of how much sand $171,000 buys. Load after load tumbled onto Ditch Plains Beach, one of the Atlantic Coast’s better surfing spots, carved...

State commits to 1,000 housing units in hurricane-hit areas

State commits to 1,000 housing units in hurricane-hit areas

Source: Coastal Review --- The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency this week committed to funding more than 1,000 new, affordable housing units in regions of state hit hard by hurricanes Matthew and Florence, including coastal North Carolina. About $53.5...