I worry about running out of things. When I was a kid…I worried about running out of peanut butter, summer days, and allowance money for 45s.* My teacher would tell me “Look, Tommy,** you live in the U.S.A. Your opportunities are limitless. Our boundaries are limitless! We are a nation that doesn’t run out of [...]

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Social media communicator. It’s funny to think that that phrase was not in existence a mere handful of years ago. In fact, if someone had approached me at my college graduation and said that I would soon become a social media communicator I would have laughed and looked at her as if she had four [...]

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In today’s real estate market, new and unique challenges are facing our clients on their journey to homeownership. When approached correctly, we can often discover success as we overcome hurdles during the journey. My parents used to tell me to always look at your mistakes as an opportunity to learn. In other words, you [...]

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I had the pleasure of arriving early at a local farmer’s market one morning and watched as all the farmers arrived and set up their stands to display and market their goods. It was prime time for home grown tomatoes.
I watched curiously as all the different strategies started to unfold themselves. Some farmers had their [...]

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Newcomers to our region sometimes are surprised to discover an unexpected sport thriving in our backyard: college baseball. That’s right, college baseball. Northerners have such a short season for their college baseball teams because the climate just doesn’t allow for as many games. Down south we don’t really have that problem, although I’m sure [...]

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I am one of the 40 million baby boomers roaming around out there asking the same question as many others: “When are builders going to pay attention to us and build homes that we want to move into?” What does this home look like you may ask? Well, it would be a one to one [...]

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Every year, there are approximately more than 2 million weddings in the United States. Did you know that June is one of the most popular months of the year to get married? Newly engaged couples spend countless months, and in some cases years, preparing for their big day. It is one of the most romantic [...]

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Have you thanked Willis Haviland Carrier today?

In 1902, the folks at Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company in Brooklyn, NY, were having a problem. The heat and humidity present in the printing plant was wreaking havoc on their process for aligning color images on paper. The solution came about thanks to the efforts of Mr. Carrier, [...]

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While not a good place to be in it is not the end of the world. Paper wealth was exhilarating these past six years. I remember my Wachovia stock value and the value that I could receive if I sold my car or home.  It was mesmerizing.  Fast forward a few years and now appreciation [...]

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Just imagine you have found the perfect house, started a new job and are ready to move forward with your life. Feels pretty good doesn’t it?
Now imagine that you have everything lined up except for one detail, a detail that is perhaps the most important of all. Prior to signing on the dotted line and [...]

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