Road to Real Estate

It’s unreal how some Charlotte area property buyers 1.) never even see a property before writing an offer or 2.) visit the property once and decide that it’s theirs.  Now, if you’re an expert at buying and selling property, than you know what you want, and I can understand your situation, but for the others, [...]

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If you’re thinking of selling a property that you currently own, this is a challenging and emotional time for you right now.  To help you during this time, I am bringing you a series of Home Selling Tips that will be posted every Monday.  If your question is not answered here, or you would like [...]

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… just a year or two!  Yes, in what was supposed to take 18 years, will take approximately a year or two.  Development around the lines as well as rising gas prices have contributed to the success of the once questionable “risk” by Charlotte City Leaders.
Charlotte City Leaders planned for the Charlotte Light Rail system, [...]

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Those of you that have been around Road to Real Estate for a while, might have read my post on the various types of agency in North Carolina.  There are buyer’s agents, seller’s agents, dual agents, etc.  To branch off that a bit, I want to go through a scenario for those of you that [...]

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From Time.com

Globalized Jobs Return Home
Sprawl Stalls
Four-Day Workweeks
Less Pollution
More Frugality
Fewer Traffic Deaths
Cheaper Insurance
Less Traffic
More Cops on the Beat
Less Obesity

Hooray!  I don’t see how anyone can argue with those 10 things that come about from $4+/gallon gas.
My comments…

More jobs for local economy never hurt anyone
Thank goodness!  Becoming more like a European lifestyle, more use of public transportation [...]

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In trying to make CENTURY 21 Hecht Realty’s website the best place (besides Road to Real Estate) to find information on Charlotte and Lake Norman real estate, I am seeking input from you, my blog readers.  What kind of information are you looking for when you search for real estate information?  Is there something specifically [...]

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Charlotte Real Estate, Lake Norman Real Estate, Light Rail

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Sorry to those of you who are turned off by the title/content of this post, but it’s true… the state of North Carolina created license plates with the first 3 letters being WTF!  The license tags are in the format 3 letters - 4 numbers (ABC-1234).  This is causing some to be a little embarrassed/enraged [...]

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I’ve read about this site before, but didn’t really pay that much attention to it.  But since writing about the Walkable Communities around Charlotte and Lake Norman and with the focus on gas prices (and exercise), I see the value in this site.   What is WalkScore?
We help people find houses and apartments in walkable neighborhoods. Walk [...]

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Saudi Arabia has agreed to pump more oil to meet increasing demand.  Will this make prices at the pump go down?  Maybe, but unlikely.  But this and a proposed crackdown on oil speculators on Wall Street might at least make prices stay steady for the time being. 
I heard the reason that Saudi Arabia is pumping more [...]

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Thanks to Reuben Moore @ Brick and Garden Real Estate in Cary, NC for discovering this video.

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So you think I should be writing positive news about Lake Norman towns.  Well, kinda.  There is a plan to create smoother traffic patterns along Hwy 150 in Mooresville, but that’s down the road (no pun intended).  The stretch of Highway 150, from the bridge over Lake Norman to Highway 21, is the busiest stretch of [...]

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Our CENTURY 21 Hecht Realty - Denver Office
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Here are some random sites around the Charlotte and Lake Norman area (note that not all areas have Streetview, so I couldn’t include everything.
Entrance to Birkdale Village
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Cowans [...]

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CENTURY 21 Hecht Realty has just released a search page for agents/staff to use on their websites that allows website visitors to search all Charlotte and Lake Norman MLS listings. So, why wait? To use the search feature, click the button to the right of this blog post that has the magnifiying glass [...]

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