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  • 4 Basic Ways to Make Money with Real Estate

    4 Basic Ways to Make Money with Real Estate

    This is not investment or legal advice. Consult appropriate professionals before making your own investment decisions. There are four basic ways to make money with real estate. These are well-known, and many others have written about them. In this article, I’ll state the four ways with a brief description. I’ll cover each of them, as…


  • NC In Site: Kannapolis

    NC In Site: Kannapolis

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  • NC In Site: Zebulon

    NC In Site: Zebulon

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  • NC In Site: Siler City

    NC In Site: Siler City

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  • NC In Site: Burlington

    NC In Site: Burlington

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  • Towel Bar Repair

    Towel Bar Repair

    Worked on site at a personal portfolio property in Fayetteville today repairing a towel bar. This property has great 50 year old tile work. But one end of the original ceramic towel bars was broken. I don’t have a tile contractor in that area. And this was the only tile work needed. So rather than…


  • Lunch at Raleigh Times

    Lunch at Raleigh Times

    Local lunch with Eddie talking about social media, Internet marketing, the excellent book “How to Legally Raise Private Money” by Kim Lisa Taylor, and our personal real estate portfolio projects. Big news for me was a newly vacant unit that I can begin renovating. For him, a new lender that has some great rates that…


  • IDEXX Laboratories will Build Manufacturing Facility in Wilson NC

    IDEXX Laboratories will Build Manufacturing Facility in Wilson NC

    IDEXX Laboratories has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. The company will invest $147 million in this facility, which is expected to create 275 new full-time jobs. The facility will focus on producing veterinary diagnostic equipment. The median house income in Wilson NC as of 2022 was $46,900, and…


  • Fayetteville lands $1B Titanium Mill

    Fayetteville lands $1B Titanium Mill

    American Titanium Metal LLC will construct a $1B titanium mill in Fayetteville NC called Project Aero. It is expected to be located on a 200-acre site near the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant and will create 450 high-paying jobs with an average salary of $120,000 over the next 20 years. The plant aims to…


  • Raleigh’s Apartment Market in 2023–2024: Strong Absorption, Soft Rents, Real Opportunities

    Raleigh’s Apartment Market in 2023–2024: Strong Absorption, Soft Rents, Real Opportunities

    After dropping 9400 new apartment units onto the market in 2023 with another 8300 expected in 2024, Raleigh is having difficulty this year in absorbing the new units. This has led to flat or lowering rents. We are certainly seeing some apartments in downtown offering incentives such as one or more months of free rent.…