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Sunday, October 30, 2011

iPhone 4S Battery Problems May Be a Bug with iOS Location Services

Have you been complaining about your iPhone's battery life? Location services may be the culprit. See this article, by LifeHacker for information on how to turn the feature off. iPhone 4S Battery Problems May Be a Bug with iOS Location Services

Saturday, October 29, 2011

2011 Real Estate Report - Bostic, NC 28018

Kathy from over at GV Estates called me for a recap of the year's real estate transactions and I'd tossed my paper report (index cards), so had to do a recap, but everyone's interested in these statistics so I'll share them. Unfortunately, numbers tell a painful truth.

Data From the Rutherford County MLS: October 1, 2010 – October 1, 2011
Over the course of the year: 224 properties were on the market 41 sold

Bostic Statistics
Homes: 30 sold  DOM (Days on Market) high 636 / 24 low
Land: 10 sold DOM -  high 556 / 69 low (4 lots sold for less than $20, 000)
Commercial 1 sold (the old Fire Department Bldg on the Bostic Sunshine Highway)

Of those 41 properties: a total of 4 sold for more than tax value.
Two DWMHs (1 with owner financing), one 3BR/3BA custom home on `5 acres,  one groomed and maintained ~14 acre tract sold for more than tax value, and one log home sold for only $500.00 under tax value.
From REALTOR.com
AS of October 2011: 53 homes on the market, 8 mobile homes, 3 farms, and 89 parcels.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

United Country Real Estate Has an Agent in Bostic, NC 28018

In case you haven't heard, I'm back in real estate. I haven't contacted everyone because I've been busy setting things up, and in a small community news travels fast anyway. But I'm back and thrilled, and having a ball building some inventory for the next upward swing of the real estate cycle, and that shift is due about any time now... isn't it? Some folks say we have lots of time, and if that's the case I'll have one heck of a system put together when it arrives. See me soon on YouTube!

My honor boxes arrived on Thursday evening, they were shipped to the office on a 'big' truck and I was really glad they arrived before the fall season got well underway here in the Golden Valley NC area. I'd made arrangements with a couple of local merchants to place the boxes with the Real Estate Book boxes already on location.

And now, I'd like to shout out to: Becky's Country Store and Grill on Hwy 226 between Polkville and Golden Valley, NC. Thank you Becky for allowing me to place a box at your store. Becky's is one of the stores featured on my GoldenValleyNC.com merchant's page. She's a fixture in the valley.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Beckys-Country-Store-Grill/153226071366869

And there's one at Toney's Store! Thank you Vanda McCurry for allowing me to place a box at your store on the Bostic Sunshine Highway where you have your store and grill. Here's another store that's featured on the GoldenValleyNC.com merchant's page. Toney's, is a fixture in Sunshine.


God Bless America

Now that my boxes are in place and filled with United Country Sampler magazines, I can get to work on some other things. I am working with the United Country - Country Lanes Real Estate office in GreenHill - but don't even ask if I'm driving over there, cause I'm not. I have a lovely home office and meet clients at our merchant's places of business.

Since the origin of GoldenValleyNC.com in 2005 we've promoted area merchants. I like to think we're helping the local economy, and while it's a small thing to do over the long haul we've had thousands of visitors, so a little more publicity never hurts. Inclusion on the Merchants Page is free, we do ask for a link back if the merchant has a web page. See Merchants at: GoldenValleyNC.com

It was not my intention not to put a stand with all of our merchants. It'll be a happy day when I can order some more boxes. Send me some buyers and I'll get it done!

If you didn't know you can join Golden Valley on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Golden-Valley/104422519892  we'd love to see you there.

But for now, please accept a sincere thank you from Karen's Corner for our area stores, merchants, hair dressers, community clubs and associations, churches, the Golden Valley Crusaders, Sunshine Seniors, Washburn Community Outreach, Fairview Mountain Ministries, Camp McCall and the Cherry Mountain Fire Department. We live better lives because of you.

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