Fayetteville, NC Real Estate Blog

Today is Monday.  Monday...yes I said it.  Been a long Monday.  For many Monday is the hardest day because it is their first day back to work.  As for we, who are in the business of real estate, we know everyday can be a work day if we let it be.

So in honor of Monday I offer a few laughs.  This should keep some entertained for awhile..I know I read a lot.

ENJOY!

Real Estate Humor

This truly is a wonderful home.  It is very well maintained and has a very unique floorplan.

Yes, four offers in four days.  Well actually there were 3 delivered today and one delivered yesterday.

The real estate market here truly is unbelievable! 

The HUGE family room.  This room measure 30' by 12' and has a gas log fireplace and a custom skylight!

This is another main focus of the house.  The sunroom!  The sunroom measures 30' by 16' and is heated with a gas heater and cooled with a window unit.  This is a GREAT place to bring the family together.

If you are in the market to sell your home or to find a new home contact me right away!  The market is unbelievable! 

Jeffery "JT" Prevatte

Keller Williams Realty, Fayetteville, NC

(910) 494-5570

www.MyNewNCHome.com

We have all been to the local discounter store lately.  What did you see?  What would most children tell you that the Easter holiday is about?

If you said "the Easter Bunny" you would be right 90% of the time.  Most adults would probably tell you that same answer.

During this time of celebration let's not forget what Easter is all about.

For your reading pleasure here is a little story I found covering just this topic:

                                                                   Jesus and the Easter Bunny

Ask your average heathen youngster what Easter is all about and he'll tell you about the Easter bunny, and finding Easter baskets filled with that annoying grass that seems to stick to household furnishings long after Easter is past. And those pastel foil-covered, football things that are a sorry excuse for real chocolate. And, of course, there are Easter eggs to dye and jelly beans -- you've got to have jelly beans. Black beans are best.

"And mommy, that's what Easter is."

"Oh, Jason, how cute."

How sad! Most children today don't know beans about what Easter really means.

Why don't you tell the story of Jesus to your children or grandchildren this Easter? Tell them about the man who is God's Son, who came to show people the love God has for them. Tell them how evil people murdered him by nailing him to a cross. Tell them how Jesus was buried in a rock-hewn tomb. Let them hear how the Roman soldiers were powerless the morning of that third day when the stone rolled away and Jesus walked forth alive.

Tell your children that because of Jesus, even though people may die, they will not stay dead. That they can live forever with Jesus, and even their bodies will be raised from the dead just like Jesus' body was.

Now I'm sure that Jesus loves bunnies -- he made them. And probably chocolate, too. But don't you think he gets a little impatient with parents and grandparents who exalt a rabbit over the Savior? And on his own special Day, too?

How about it? Will you tell them the real story this year? Maybe even take them to church where they'll hear the story told by experienced Sunday school teachers? Sure, buy some jelly beans and a wad of that clingy grass for their baskets. But don't suppress the real, fascinating truth of Jesus' triumph over death.

After all, those same children are trying day by day to make sense of the death and life they see around them. They have real hopes and real fears and a destiny unfolding. They deserve a real "Jesus Easter" this year.

Do you know the origin of and meaning of the Easter Bunny?  Neither did I.  Some friends and I were sitting around today thinking about the meaning of just that and no one knew the answer.  So...off to the Internet to search for the answer or at least one that made sense.

From the Internet findings I present to you the meaning of the Easter Bunny and the egg symbolism.

Borrowed from the site.... http://altreligion.about.com/cs/alchemy/a/mpreviss.htm

The Pagan origins of the Easter Bunny

Have you ever wondered where the celebration of the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ acquired its unusual name and odd symbols of colored eggs and rabbits?

The answer lies in the ingenious way that the Christian church absorbed Pagan practices. After discovering that people were more reluctant to give up their holidays and festivals than their gods, they simply incorporated Pagan practices into Christian festivals. As recounted by the Venerable Bede, an early Christian writer, clever clerics copied Pagan practices and by doing so, made Christianity more palatable to pagan folk reluctant to give up their festivals for somber Christian practices.

In second century Europe, the predominate spring festival was a raucous Saxon fertility celebration in honor of the Saxon Goddess Eastre (Ostara), whose sacred animal was a hare.

The colored eggs associated with the bunny are of another, even more ancient origin. The eggs associated with this and other Vernal festivals have been symbols of rebirth and fertility for so long the precise roots of the tradition are unknown, and may date to the beginning of human civilization. Ancient Romans and Greeks used eggs as symbols of fertility, rebirth, and abundance- eggs were solar symbols, and figured in the festivals of numerous resurrected gods.

Pagan fertility festivals at the time of the Spring equinox were common- it was believed that at this time, when day and night were of equal length, male and female energies were also in balance. The hare is often associated with moon goddesses; the egg and the hare together represent the god and the goddess, respectively.

Moving forward fifteen hundred years, we find ourselves in Germany, where children await the arrival of Oschter Haws, a rabbit who will lay colored eggs in nests to the delight of children who discover them Easter morning. It was this German tradition that popularized the 'Easter bunny' in America, when introduced into the American cultural fabric by German settlers in Pennsylvania.

Many modern practitioners of Neo-pagan and earth-based religions have embraced these symbols as part of their religious practice, identifying with the life-affirming aspects of the spring holiday. (The Neopagan holiday of Ostara is descended from the Saxon festival.) Ironically, some Christian groups have used the presence of these symbols to denounce the celebration of the Easter holiday, and many churches have recently abandoned the Pagan moniker with more Christian oriented titles like 'Resurrection Sunday.'

Tune in tomorrow, same bat time...same bat channel, for the Internet definition of the Holiday I celebrate..."Good Friday"...

This past month has been a whirlwind for me.  Things in life have been changing rapidly and I have really had a lot of decisions to make.

Why did you get into this business?  I know why I did.  My Real Estate career started, without me knowing, the day I first walked into a real estate office and wanted to buy my first house.

A bright-eyed 27 year old with an unknowing future.  I had decided, after renting (that's a completely different story in itself), that I could buy for what I was paying and it would be mine.  Well mine and the mortgage company.  In reality I would be renting from the mortgage company for many years to come.

I called on an ad in the paper and the agent talked me into coming into the office.  I was interested in VA repos because at the time I knew that the VA reconditioned houses and they could be had for quite a deal.  So for a couple of weeks I would stop by the real estate office and pick up the newest list of VA properties that were being offered.  After getting each list I would go through it and look at what was available in the area I was interested.  I found a few and let the agent know.

Now at this time, as far as I know, North Carolina did not have the all important form we have today entitled "Working With Real Estate Agents".  So, I genuinly thought that the agent was working for me.  I was completely unaware that he was working for the seller.  I communicated the properties I wanted to see and expected the agent to take me and show me the properties.  Instead the agent handed me a key...a builders key...which was what the VA used at the time to secure the properties.  This is a major NO-NO as far as the association is concerned.  He should have shown me the homes...but I did not know that.  So, not knowing any better and thinking.."hey I can go look and not be hassled by a sales pitch"...off I went to find my new home.

Prior to going out I had met with the agent several times.  I had devulged a lot of information to this agent as to my financial situation, my wants and things I did not like, etc.  Little did I know that this was a mistake.

Anyway...after a long story...I bid on the house, I won the house and I am still living in the house.  Oh....what I know now that I did not know then.  Not about the house...about the agent.  You know...the agent is still in the real estate business and I can stand right beside him at a Real Estate Function and he has NO IDEA who I am.  None.  Now that is no way to follow up.  But that's ok.  I have a few hard feeelings due to what I learned through my pre-licensing courses.

So...do I use this in my presentations to buyers and sellers"?  YOU BET I DO!  I make sure that they understand how I was treated and that I will NEVER, EVER let anyone go through that.  Cuts the tension, if there is any, like a knife.

So that is why I got into the business.  What is your story?  Everyone has one.  There IS a reason you decided that real estate was your future.

So as to what decisions I have had to make.  My Grandmother recently passed away.  My Mother was named the Executrix in her will and is handling all the final situations.  She, along with her two brothers, decided that the house would be sold.  Naturally I am going to be the listing agent.  That in itself is going to be tough due to the memories that I have for that property.  But I owe it to my Grandmother, after all I told her I would ALWAYS take care of her.

Previous to this my parents had found a home they wanted.  So, being the good real estate son I am, we wrote the contract and they are going to be moving soon.  They have offered their present home, the family home, to my wife and I at an incredible offer.  This would be a step up and a VERY positive thing for us.

So....to the title of the blog.  The tables have turned.  I am now the one who is looking at moving into a new home and the joys and headaches that come with it.  I have not moved in approximately 10 years...talk about overwhleming thoughts.  So much to do!  What to do with my house, sell or rent, moving the "STUFF", the new financial considerations.  What a refresher in what a buyer goes through!  I feel like my world is turned upside down.  But I feel this is a good thing...this WILL help me better relate to my buyers and their concerns and worries when looking for their new home.

So...tell your story and let's have a little fun!

974-6 Stewart's Creek Condominiums, Fayetteville, North Carolina   $66,000.00

You can't ask for better than this!  Located in the Sandhills of North Carolina is this pristine two bedroom, two bathroom condominium.  If you like to be in the middle of where it's at, then come have a look at this condominium.  Only three miles from Fort Bragg and the Pope Air Force Base area, North Carolina it is in the perfect location for the military soldier that desires to own a slice of heaven.

A stately appearance outside awaits you after a long hard day at the office.

Nestled in the quiet community of Stewart's Creek this condominium has a geourgeous lake view from the second story balcony.

This beautiful condominium is located in the back of the development so it is away from the hustle and bustle.

Relax in the large family room!

Enjoy the spacious bedrooms.

All of this and more can be enjoyed by contacting Keller Williams Realty Broker Jeffery "JT" Prevatte at (910) 494-5570 or through email at MyNewNCHome@TopProducer.com.

Don't wait!  This one won't last long!

View more pictures and the full listing by click HERE

While doing some searching for a good rental agreement I found this....

CLICK HERE 

This is a forum thats covers every state and has a section where people can come and ask questions about real estate and maybe some of us can pick up leads from this.

I immediately saw the value in this site and registered.  While I haven't taken a lot of time to research it..what I read show promise.

Be sure and check it out!