I'm submitting some things I've written to a contest sponsored by the News and Observer/Herald-Sun to win a free ticket to see Hamilton at DPAC and write a review.  Since I didn't have an electronic copy of a review I wrote of the movie Rudy in November 1993 for the Herald-Sun I … [Read more...]

Color selection in the world's largest toilet salvage yard... I was in a house recently that was on the market. It had just had major renovations, was staged beautifully and was priced well over $600K. I stuck my head in one of the many bathrooms and chuckled. In spite of … [Read more...]

As both a Realtor and as a member of the original board of Downtown Durham, Inc. 25 years ago, I’ve become a little bewildered by the whole debate that is going on about “gentrification.” Back then not even the most optimistic among us thought Downtown Durham would become what it … [Read more...]

I mean, well like, Durham is a great place to be, but if you want to retire to Pinehurst and play golf at a different club every day, I'll be glad to represent you in the purchase of this little gem. The written copy said it was originally purchased in 1942 by a concrete icon … [Read more...]

With home inventories in the lower to mid-cost range very tight you may consider something that you haven’t really thought of before…a condo. Now a condo or condominium is a legal form of ownership where the individual owners only own the space within the exterior walls but … [Read more...]