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 [...]

Do you have a question about real estate in general or a specific question that relates to Stonefly or Cashiers real estate? Here is your opportunity to get the answer. Just ask your question and I will answer based upon my 45 years of experience in the real estate business.

Larry Nellans is the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

STONEFLY (st?n’fl?’) NOUN:
*1 Any of numerous winged insects whose flat, elongated nymphs live under rocks in clear mountain streams.
*2 Category of fishing lure used in fly fishing
*3 Streamside mountain community in Cashiers, North Carolina

Some of the finest fly fishing in the country can be found along the Chattooga River in the area around [...]

No one is quite sure how they got here. One legend has it that the first white squirrels arrived in this area over 50 years ago via a circus truck. In 1949 H.H. Mull, was given two white squirrels by a Mr. Black of Madison, Florida. The pair of squirrels had been hanging around in [...]