Mark your calendars and set your alarms; the North Carolina sales tax holiday is coming! From exactly 12:01a.m Friday, August 3rd through 11:59p.m. Sunday, August 5Th, North Carolinians (that includes Lake Norman!) can shop for back-to-schools products and pay no sales tax. Items that qualify for this tax exemption include: Clothing, footwear and school supplies [...]
Well, what a difference a day makes; or more precisely, 36 days. When I last wrote about an almost flawless transaction with a 100% No-Fee loan from Bank of America I felt almost smug. My client’s success silenced the skeptics. And, the U.S. subprime mortgage market woes appeared to be limited to buyers with low [...]
EVERYONE today seems to be talking about the weak real estate market, the widespread mortgage problems and the volatile stock market, especially economists and national news analysts. There is no doubt that the housing down turn has been significantly more dramatic and that the projections for a recovery further out than originally forecast. But it [...]
You could come because there are going to be over 40 of North Carolina’s top artists selling everything from oil paintings to gorgeous turned-wood pieces that would light up anyones home. You could come to MEET these artists and even commission someone like William Sundberg to paint a special remembrance of a favorite classic car, [...]
Lake Norman, Face Jugs and North Carolina Pottery; a True Story!
Did you know that Lake Norman is smack in the middle of some of the best pottery making in the entire country? To the east of us about 60 miles is the community of Seagrove (www.discoverseagrove.com) and just to the west of Lake Norman is Catawba Valley (www.cvpottery.com). Both of these areas can trace their [...]