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LET US HELP YOU REDEFINE YOUR HOME SEARCH with our LIFESTYLEHOME SEARCH!

 

That’s right you can now find ANYTHING that matters to YOU in Greensboro, NC!  You can now search for where your favorite coffee shops are (let’s say Starbucks) and then a 1/2 mile radius.  Then how about a 4 bedroom & 2 bathroom home for less then $250,000 in town and let’s say I love to go to movies so show me a 1/2 radius around the movie theaters.  Well VIOLA here you go!

 

This search will change everything about how you search. 

You can now pull up data on schools, see school zones, you can tell what the student to teacher ratio is at that school.  There is SOOOO MUCH data here you do not need to look ANYWHERE ELSE!  Setup your own searches and save them email links of a search to someone else and they can see what you see.  We will be coming back soon to tell you so much more.  

 

Believe me I cannot pull this kind of information out of our agents system.  So if you are looking for a home in the Greater Greensboro NC area you definitely need to search for your home here.

So You Want to Sell Your Home In Greensboro North Carolina

 

 

First of all we need to determine if you really do want to sell and what is your motivation?  Are you looking to Downsize?  Maybe you have been relocated with your job?  Whatever the reason if you really want to sell your home then we will need to focus on the basics first.

 

• De-clutter your home.  You are wanting to move anyway right?  So go ahead and pack up most of those knick-knacks, maybe even take out some furniture.  You need to clear out some of your possessions.  

 

• Neutralize your color scheme.  Lighter colors will make a room look larger.  If you like bright colors that is fine but in order to appeal to the largest group of potential home buyers you need to offer them a blank canvas they can make their own.  Just think if you walked into a room that was deep purple on one wall and blood red on another with black carpet.  Now this is a bit of an over dramatization but you can see how that would be a turn off to you and would taint your image of that home.   Why do you think all those builders always have neutral colors in their homes? 

 

• Clean up the yard place some fresh pine straw or mulch in the beds.  A minimal costs to put a great cover on this book.  Remember as much as we preach not to judge a book by it’s cover it always happens.  

 

• Now lastly I want you to do a little test.  Simple and while many of you may not be able to remove those blinders that keep you from your home with a unbiased set of eyes some of you will.

1) Go out side you front door and shut the door. 

2) Close your eyes and imagine you are walking into someone else’s home

3) Write down the first thing you see.

 

 My question to you is what did you see an item in the house, a picture on the wall, or a piece of furniture that you noticed first OR was it a feature of the home; perhaps the crown molding, some beadboard paneling, a chair rail, maybe a beautiful hardwood floor?  

 

You see?!  Did you notice your possessions or did you notice the home?  We are trying to showcase and show off the home not your personal possessions.  That is unless you are planning on giving them away with the home?

 

So if you are ready or wanting to get ready to sell your home and would like a team of professionals that are dedicated to their clients.  We pride ourselves on going above and beyond normal practices and earning our title of Personal Concierge Realtors®

I will freely admit that I got the idea for this posts from our very own Debe Maxwell the Realtor® Queen of the Queen City Charlotte, NC. 

This blog was originally posted on Totalcarerealty.net

Greensboro’s Art Comes ALIVE With Our Many Live Theaters

 

 

The Triad Stage working strong on their 11th season has been working on a great line of plays with some ongoing Christmas traditions.  From wonderful swingin’ musicals to a comic fantasy the Triad Stage has it all.  The Triad Stage has also been selected as on of the 10 most promising theaters that has come into being in the past 15 years by the American Theater Wing.  They have great pricing and with their Season Pass prices you can enjoy some of the best live performances around for a very reasonable price.  

 

Some of the upcoming Holiday Productions are:

 

A Christmas Carol; by Charles Dickens adapted by Preston Lane

November 25th thru December 24th

 

The Santaland Diaries ; by David Sedaris adapted by Joe Mantello

December 6th thru December 23rd

 

For the full theatrical schedule and pricing visit Triad Stages website by clicking on the link:  The Triad Stage

 

 

The Community Theater of Greensboro stage is always a great fun filled event for the whole family.  For example being welcomed to the venue by passing by the Wicked Witches guards for the production of the Wizard of Oz at Castle McCulloch.  The community theater always goes all out to make your experience one to remember.   While the crew has taken off December for the holidays with will be coming back in February with Driving Miss Daisy.  The remaining 2011 - 2012 season will have;

 

Driving Miss Daisy;  by Alred Uhry

February 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 at 8:00 PM

February 12th and 19th at 2:00 PM

 

Avenue Q; Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

Book by Jeff Whitty

March 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, and 31 at 8:00 PM

March 18, 25 and April 1st  at 2:00 PM

 

 

Mulan Jr. ; Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel and Stephen Schwartz and     Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge

Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter
Based on the 1998 Disney film Mulan and the story Fa Mulan by Robert D. San Souci

 

May 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 7 pm
May 13 and 20 at 2 pm

 

The Open Space Cafe Theatre is now in their 5th exciting season of live theater entertainment for the Greensboro area. 

Many a theater goers favorite the Open Space Cafe Theatre is now producing the play “Tim and Scrooge”  a wonderful continuation of the Charles Dickens classic “ A Christmas Carol”

Tim and Scrooge ; Book and Lyrics by Nick Meglin

  Music by Neil Berg

May 8, 9, 10, 16, and 17th at 8:00 PM 

May 11th & 18th at 2:00 PM

Come Celebrate the Holidays In Greensboro North Carolina

 

The first weekend in December we will have the Festival of Lights

 

The 23rd Annual Festival of Lights will be on December 2nd

From 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Downtown Greensboro.

 

We will have a musical stroll, with over 20 performing groups will be there with the                      downtown shops, restaurants, and galleries open throughout the festival area for everyone to          experience and enjoy the spirit of the holidays all sponsored by the Greensboro News & Record. 

 

 

The Greensboro Jaycees Holiday Parade on December 3rd

Starting at 12:00 Noon till 2:00 PM

 

Come help celebrate a 35 year Holiday tradition. Come and see dancing teams, holiday floats, vehicles, Macy Parade style balloons, and local marching bands parade down the main          streets of Greensboro.  Don’t miss the larger then life character balloons such as: The Grinch, Santa, Hungry Caterpiller, Raggedy Ann, and Raggedy Andy.  

 

 

 

Winter Wonderland at Hamburger Square Park

At the corner of McGee & South Elm Streets 6:00 to 9:00 pm

 

Come by the park to chat with Santa and remember to bring your camera to have a picture taken.  Come and see the magic of Noah an the artistry of the Pentecostal Puppet Team.  Then enjoy a roasted marshmallow provided by Grassroots Productions Limited. 

 

 

FestQuest 2011

 

A new version of a time tested old game.  FestQuest is a scavenger hunt trivia contest spanning the entire festival area of downtown Greensboro.  Our quest is designed to give all our          holiday participants a tour of historic Greensboro and to teach them facts about famous landmarks, while competing for prizes. News & Record will print in advance of the Festival clues that lead to a variety of downtown locations that will also be available throughout the Festival area.

        Our scavengers will use the clues to find posted signs with a QR code & a written symbol at 10 downtown sites and can participate by scanning the QR codes with their smart phone or copying the symbols down on the provided entry form.  Participants who submit all 10 QR codes or symbols will be eligible to win prizes.

        So if you want to play FestQuest you have until 11:59 on Dec 4th to find and submit your answers. If you complete FestQuest accurately you will be entered into drawings for prizes donated by the Greensboro downtown merchants. Leading up to FestQuest, hints will be provided on the Festival of Lights Facebook page and the Grassroots Productions Twitter.

Piedmont Winterfest Has Arrived In Greensboro NC

 

The spirit of the season is here again.  The largest outdoor ice skating rink in the state of North Carolina is in downtown Greensboro North Carolina.  There is a different activity planned for every weekend.  So bundle up and either bring your skates or rent some when you get there but take a spin around the rink and soak the atmosphere of the season.  

 

So come on down to Festival Park at 200 N. Davie Street in downtown Greensboro.  Your admission is just $8 (which will include your skates).

 

We all started skating on November 16th and fun doesn’t end until January 29th!  The weekly schedule is:

Monday - Thursday from       4:00 to 9:00 PM

Friday from                            10:00 to 10:00 PM

Saturday & School Holidays  12:00 to 6:00 PM

 

 

Every Friday is FRIDAY NIGHT DISCO with WFMY from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.  We are breaking out the lights, disco music so you can skate to the beat.  

 

Our Celebrity Visits

November 26th  from 1:00 to 2:00 PM

NC Shakespeare Festival’s A Christmas Carol

 

November 30th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM 

Disney on Ice Skate Party

 

December 3rd  Time TBD 

Greensboro Ballet’s The Nutcracker

 

January 21st  1:30 to 2:00 PM  

CTG’s Aladdin & Jasmine

 

Come one come all and skate your cares away and get lost in the season.

Classic Westridge Home in Greensboro NC is A Short Sale Steal

Come and take a quick look at this Gem.  There is SOOO much room here that the owners have loved, living here and entertaining their friends and family.  You have so many updated features there is not that much left to do except make it your own.

 

OPEN HOUSE In Greensboro NC at 2608 David Caldwell

This three bedroom and two bathroom home has a HUGE family room with an attached sunroom that leads out to your deck in the fenced in backyard.  There is a large heated and air conditioned workshop attached to the home.  Very Eager sellers so step up and you can be in a home before Christmas!

2012 US Synchronized Swimming Olympic Team Trials

Come on by and see one of the NEW Greensboro Aquatic Center.  The trials well feature America’s elite swimmers competing for a spot on the Olympic team that will be going to London to represent the United States of America at the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games.  

So head out to 1921 W. Lee Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.  The Greensboro Aquatic Center is right beside the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.  So come and catch the thrill of Olympic trials.  

 

  

2012 US Olympic Trials

Tentative Trials Schedule Olympic (Estimated entry 25 athletes cut to 14)

Schedule will be modified depending on the number of entries Thursday Nov 10th

12:00-4:00   5:00-7:00

Optional Open Pool Practice Fitness Evaluations Leg Marking Welcome Reception

Olympic/Jr   Pool OlympicTBD      Olympic/Jr TBD

Friday Nov 11th  7:00-9:00

1:15-2:30 2:00-2:30

2:30-3:15 3:30-5:30

5:30-6:15 6:30-7:30 

7:30-8:00 8:00-9:00 

9:00-10:30

 

Saturday Nov 12th 10:00-10:30

10:30-11:15 11:30-1:00

1:00-1:45 1:00-1:15

 Judges & Coaches Meeting Lap Swimming (Olympic and Junior Participants)

Warm Up Skills (1-4) (Olympic and Junior Participants) Skill competition (1-4)

Warm Up (skills 5 - 8) Skills competition (5, 7 & 8) Dinner Eggbeater Skill 6 Skill no 9 Freestyle Swim

Olympic Lap swim

Element Warm up & Judges meeting Element Competition

Training Pool

Lunch (Olympic participants and officials) & Judges meeting Announce Olympic Trials 

Phase 2 

Participants (30 advance)

4:00-4:30 4:30-5:15

5:15-7:15

6:40-7:15

7:15-8:00 8:00-10:00

 

Sun Nov 13th 

12:00-1:00 12:30-1:00 

1:00-1:45 2:00-2:45

3:00-5:00 7:30-10:00

Mon Nov 14th

 7:00-7:10

7:10-7:30 7:00-8:00 

7:30-8:00 8:15-9:00

9:00-10:00 9:15-9:45 

10:00-10:45 11:00-12:00 

12:00

1:00-4:00

Olympic Lap Swimming Olympic Indiv Swim 1A (Tech Team) Warm Up with music Judges meeting

Olympic Indiv Swim 1A (Tech Team) (30 athletes, 4min, routine plus scoring)

Dinner

Olympic Warm up Swim 1B (Tech Team) with music Olympic Indiv Swim 1B (Tech Team)

Announce Olympic Trials Phase 3 participants (top 14 advance)

Lunch & Judges Meeting Olympic Lap Swim Phase 3 Olympic Swim 2A (Free Team) warm up with music Phase 3 Olympic Group Swim 2A (Free Team)

Additional Group swims if needed Olympic Remark legs Olympic Duet Participants Final Selection Committee (Dinner) Judges feedback 1st

hotel

Announcement of the Olympic Team and athletes 10-12 (World Trophy Cup Olympic Duet Lap Swim – Phase 4 Judges meeting

Duet Swim 1 (Tech Duet) warm up with music Duet Swim 1 (Tech Duet)

Judges meeting Duet Warm up Swim 2 (group) Duet Swim 2 (group)

Additional Group swims if needed

Final Selection Committee TBD Judges feedback first

Olympic Team (1-12) practice (Junior Solo/Duet)

Tues Nov 15th 

9:00-1:00 3:00-5:00

7:00 PM

Practice

Greensboro Special Event Announcement of the Olympic Team and Duet

Originally posted at: Totalcarerealty.net

The Mud Bug Run in Greensboro NC 2011 down at Hagan Stone Park is complete.  

The local firefighters from Pleasant Garden and other local Greensboro businesses have decided to delve into the latest fitness trend of Obstacle Runs.  Speaking as a participant in such venues I jumped in with both feet literally.  

I have decided to make such a pastime a family affair.  My eldest son has been accompanying me but today we brought the youngest since they did have a "Kid's Bug Run".

 

 

 

 

 

I actually was pretty pleased with my performance gauge against my last run which was the Warrior Dash in August down in Huntersville, NC.

 

 

 

 

 

Today's event actually was blessed with good weather as we had all feared for cold and rain as was promised by the weatherman but, as the week passed by the forecast changed in our favor.  True to the forecast the rain ended early in the morning and by start time the sun was out and we actually crept up into the high forties and even fifty degrees!  Hey I was pleased.  

 

 

 

 

 

As in the past I did accomplish my goal (I finished!) and actually did so 8 minutes faster then my last mud run time.  Oh don't worry my son beat me by a resounding 17 minutes (He was first to finish in our wave).  To answer all those questions I was not the last though!

Slow Market Where is That?

 

Here in Greensboro, NC personally I am very busy.  I have gotten NINE new buyers in the last two weeks.  Of those nine buyers in the last two days I have written three offers.  We are still negotiating on all three. I am going out tomorrow with another one of the nine to pick the home they want to put an offer on.  It is without a doubt a good time to buy in regards to the mortgage industry.  Many home prices are way down because of the present market also.   I also have new listings coming up as well.  I have three short sales that have now broken loose and are moving toward closing.  One has gotten final approval and two others are close to final approval.  

So as we discuss "Down Markets" or trends are you really doing everything you can do bring in business?  Are you looking in the right area? Seriously folks there are PLENTY of buyers out there you just need to look in the right places.