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Common Problems with Selling a Property
April 26, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Selling your home takes a delicate balance of skills. There are times when a good REALTOR® has to be painfully honest to tell you what needs fixing or cleaning or that the price you had in mind isn’t realistic. Yet I believe being a REALTOR® in the Chapel Hill and Durham areas is one of [...]
Q and A’s: Comparative Market Analysis
April 18, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Q. Who needs a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)? A. Buyers: Now that you’ve found the perfect house to buy, a CMA is a your best tool to reveal if the asking price is a fair one and what would be a strategic offering price. A. Sellers: Now that you’ve decided to sell your home, a [...]
Appraisal vs. Home Inspection: Whose Game is It Anyway??
April 4, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
An appraisal is a financial assessment or a market value of a house done primarily for the lender. Is the home worth what the seller is asking and how much the bank will be loaning out? Inquiring lenders want to know. So they ask a good appraiser to tell them. The home inspection is a [...]
Shopping at Li Ming’s Global Mart in Durham
March 29, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Remember the great new international grocery store that just opened up in the old Circuit City building in Durham‘s Westgate Plaza? Li Ming’s Global Mart specializes in Asian food and stocks a great variety of items necessary for Asian, Hispanic, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Their location in Durham is very convenient so I dropped [...]
Pricing Your Home for Sale – Is YOUR Price Right?
March 23, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Of all the potential pitfalls of selling a home, pricing the house fairly is by far the most common one – and the one issue many clients are reluctant to discuss. Yet the right price can make the difference of selling now or much, much later. What’s the best way to set a fair price? [...]
The Price is Right – Your Best House Selling Strategy
March 22, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
You’ve decluttered the garage and repainted the kitchen, bathroom and hallways. You took your REALTOR’s advice about improving your house’s curb appeal, and the grass has never looked greener. Yet your house still has a “For Sale” sign in front, and potential clients aren’t clamoring to see the inside. What’s the problem? Probably the most [...]
Eating Your Way Home
March 9, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Have you heard about the Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours? They feature the absolute finest of the Triangle region’s restaurants and specialty shops. How many times have you looked at your significant other and asked “Where do you want to eat tonight?” Each tour guides you to six to eight restaurants and shops serving innovative [...]
How to Handle Old Paint, Cell Phones and Batteries in Your Neighborhood
March 4, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
With curbside recycling available in many Chapel Hill, Durham and area neighborhoods, recycling newspapers, plastics, aluminum and glass is a matter of convenience and habit. If you got your recyclables to the curb or to the local recycling center this week, I want to be the first to say “Well done!” If you don’t mind, [...]
Brass, Percussion and Dazzle Coming This Weekend to Raleigh
February 24, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
Here’s the latest on this weekend’s fun event: DRUMLine Live will be performing at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. Made famous for the 2002 movie Drumline, this international tour is based on the Historically Black College and University marching band tradition. The musicians and dancers present their own electrifying version [...]
Vivian’s Chapel Hill Panini
February 22, 2011 by CrazyViv · Leave a Comment
This is Vivian’s assistant, hijacking her blog to share with you an unbelievably wonderful sandwich she fed me the other day. One of the perks of working for Vivian is that at regular intervals she’ll proclaim, “I’m hungry!” Or she’ll ask me, “Are you hungry?” Since I’m always hungry, she’ll then run into the kitchen [...]
