NEW YORK – Aug. 5, 2009 – Fear of overpaying for property is common these days, especially in places where prices continue to be unstable. If you encounter potential buyers afraid to commit based on a fear that they’ll pay too much, point out these factors:• Waiting for the right time can be expensive. Some [...]

OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING
According to real estate and investment experts we are entering a period with unprecedented investment opportunities.  Many of these will never be available again in our lifetime.  Do you hear opportunity knocking? Interestingly, even though these opportunities are available, few act upon them.

Oddly enough, when the real estate markets were booming and real [...]

I had an interesting conversation with a Florida real estate broker who stopped by one of our furnished model homes in Stonefly this past weekend. He asked me if I knew of any real estate bargains in the Cashiers Highlands area. It was amazing to me that this real estate professional, who is quite aware [...]

Pale Corydalis

If you are planning to hike on Whiteside Mountain in the Cashiers Highlands Plateau near Stonefly, be sure to take note of the variety of wildflowers and different plant communities growing on the slopes.  The variety of soils, light, and moisture on the mountain create a mixture of plant habitats.

Fraiser’s Magnolia

Gray Beardtongue

The north-facing, moist [...]

2007 United Van Lines Migration Study
For the past 31 years United Van Lines has conducted a study to track the moving patterns of its customers over a 12 month period.  In 2007 the accounting was based on 212,917 households handled by United in the 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.  United classifies each state in [...]

Have you considered buying Real Estate in Your IRA?
Are stock market woes preventing you from building wealth in your retirement account? If so, you might be interested in a small, but growing, trend among individual retirement account owners investing their retirement funds in real estate.
How It Works
If you are interested in using tax-deferred funds to purchase [...]

Like wild geese, human ’snowbirds’ fly southward every year to avoid the travails of northern winters. Over a lifetime, this seasonal ritual becomes a welcome habit. When the day arrives for snowbirds to fly south for retirement, their determination to never shovel snow, chip ice, wear heavy clothing or defrost plumbing again compels them to [...]

COMBINE THE DRASTIC granite drop-offs of the Blue Ridge escarpment with more than 80 inches of rain a year and something dramatic is bound to happen. Around the town of Cashiers (pronounced CASH-ers), perched at 3,500 feet on the Eastern Continental Divide, the jackpot shows up in the form of waterfalls everything from tiny cliff [...]

The Flame Azalea is one of the showiest shrubs in the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the Cashiers Highlands Plateau of North Carolina. Many of the native plans can be seen in and around Stonefly. The colors range from yellow to red, but the brilliant orange is predominant. The mountains in the eastern part of [...]

HIGHWAY 64 rises on the one-hour drive from Asheville, N.C., to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains. As it climbs, the cool mountain air and the wide expanse of sky offer a sense of refuge for those arriving from hot, sticky cities like Atlanta and Charleston.  That sense of refuge has drawn [...]