The Appalachian Enology and Viticulture Services Center will serve as a resource for grape growers and winemakers statewide. The lab and training facility will work to expand the state’s wine industry from vine to shelf. (more…)

College towns are the best bargain in U.S. real estate. They may be the ideal mix of low prices, culture, fun and high-tech growth. Were I some kind of REIT genius, I’d start a fund with properties in college towns: in Fayetteville, Gainesville, Knoxville, Starkville and dozens of other Diplomavilles. Were Steve Forbes to fire me tomorrow, I’d sell my inflated California house–once owned by a Stanford electrical engineering professor–and move to Madison, Missoula or Moscow (the one in Idaho) and buy a house for cash with my California funny money. (more…)

As you consider selling your home, you might be thinking “Why do I need a Realtor, what value does a Sellers Agent bring to the table?” There are five areas where I, as a licensed Realtor can help you in your homes sale. (more…)

OUCH

A month after achieving their dream of a vacation house — buying a fixer-upper home on the ocean — the Madonna family faced a real estate purgatory. Their house, and seven others that line the ocean at Topsail Island’s north end, was condemned in October by the town of North Topsail Beach. (more…)

Written with an emphasis on transfer of land assets, this article is relevant to many forms of estate planning.

Many seniors work their whole lives saving, but they fail to work toward the important goal of an orderly distribution of their property when they die. Their lack of planning sometimes creates expensive and divisive difficulties for their families that are largely avoidable. One of the problems in North Carolina concerns the disposition of the family farm. (more…)

Will google mean the end to the current agent/broker/consumer relationship?

Among the many projects being developed and debated inside Google is a real estate service, according to a person who has attended meetings on the proposal. The concept, the person said, would be to improve the capabilities of its satellite imaging, maps and local search and combine them with property listings. (more…)

Appraisal

A ‘’defensible'’ and carefully documented opinion of value. Most commonly derived using recent sales of comparable properties by a licensed, professional appraiser. (more…)

Quite an extensive list here .

A real estate broker is in the business of brokering real estate transactions; this is, finding sellers for those who want to buy real estate and finding buyers for those trying to sell real estate. Real estate brokers and their salespersons assist sellers in marketing their property and selling it for the highest possible price under the best terms and assist buyers by helping them purchase property for the best possible price under the best terms. (more…)

North Carolina has unseated Texas as the top state in the United States for having the best business climate for 2005, according to Site Selection magazine. (more…)