Last month my team and I attended the Star Power Real Estate Conference in Murfreesboro, TN.  While were were there we were given the opportunity to see Dave Ramsey live at our conference and  we visited with Lisa Bates at Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Plaza.  My team and I are huge fans of Dave Ramsey and took lots of pictures of course!    We created a  virtual tour of all of the pictures of Dave Ramsey’s Office and thought we would share with it with you. 

Dave Ramsey Is Coming to Raleigh, October 16, 2010

Are you a fan of Dave Ramsey?  His financial peace message is definitely something that everyone should hear.  It will change your life and give you such a different outlook on the way we all live.   We are excited to be partnering with WPTF to bring Dave ’s Total Money Makeover Live Event to Raleigh on October 16 and will be giving away tickets to the event on our Linda Craft Team facebook fan page and at a Live Ticket Drawing with WPTF here at our Raleigh Real Estate office on Six Forks Road,  October 1 at 5:00 pm.

Have a great week!

With more than one in seven mortgages currently not being paid, the financial crisis is affecting millions of homeowners across the country, even here in the Greater Raleigh Area. Read the rest of this entry

Where has the summer gone?  It is hard to believe we are halfway through July.  I wish I could report record sales this summer but, Read the rest of this entry

Phillips, Maine is about nine hundred miles from Raleigh, but a personal connection to the Congregational Church there is uniting the small New England Community with Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS^® in the heart of North Carolina.

 David Toothaker is the Client Care specialist at Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS®. He grew up in Western Maine, and his family still lives there. When he heard about his family’s 175 year old Congregational Church in Phillips being one of the last remaining churches in town, and that it needed to finish significant repairs to the building and re-paint the entire church, he wanted to get involved. Read the rest of this entry

Many people have asked me recently “What is going on with the Raleigh real estate market?”  Last month I created a Raleigh real estate market update video and I thought I would share it with you today.   Read the rest of this entry

Raleigh’s Hedingham Subdivision will be hosting their annual open house event this Sunday, May 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.   Approximately 40  homes will be open to the public and it is a great opportunity to see many  of the Hedingham homes for sale  in one quick trip.  Read the rest of this entry

It is now reported that 1 out 8 home mortgages in the United States are in default. Default occurs anytime a house payment is 30 days past the due date. This means many Raleigh area home owners are struggling financially and with rising interest rates we know there is another wave of foreclosures on the horizon for North Carolina. As a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) I have negotiated many successful short sales for my clients over the past two years and the process is long and tedious. Read the rest of this entry

Congratulations to Erika Silver, winner of the Bonefish Grill Certificates, Audrey Williams, winner of the bracelet from Luna Cat Designs and the Grand Prize Winner, Carlos Hanilton, winner of the 5 Day Cruise for Two!

It was great to see everyone today and don’t forget to check out our Bark Around the Park Event Photos at www.LindaCraftPhotos.com

Have a great weekend!

Linda and the Team

It is April in Raleigh where everything is in full bloom including sellers who want to take advantage of the spring market when their yards look the best and the school season is drawing to an end. I have sold over 5,000 homes in my 25 year career and in the past 3 months have met with approximately 100 sellers who either “want or need” to sell their home. I believe those numbers qualify me as an expert to share mistakes I see sellers make as they Read the rest of this entry

Tuesday is a special day for the Linda Craft Real Estate Team.  I fondly call it Team Tuesday. It is the day we all pile into our wrapped passenger van and ride around the Triangle area previewing our new listings in the Greater Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest, Garner, Clayton, Apex and Holly Springs areas.  We sharpen our  Triangle Real Estate market knowledge,  share ideas and information for approxiamtely 3 hours every week.   A think tank of top professionals sharing their best practices. 

This past week one of my buyer agents,  JV Lavery, mentioned that prices on large tracks of land had dropped significantly and what a great time it was to buy land and hold it. He is so right but, I don’t know many developers  with $500,000 to a million dollars cash in the bank to buy land in these tight economical times. We all know land has always been a great investment and everyone I know is looking for something to buy cheap and hold onto for high profits later so we started brainstorming who could buy this well priced land.

Here Are Some Ideas On How To Buy Land:

1.   A group of individuals could buy the land to use as a hunt club. For the price of a yearly membership they could own acreage together. Use it to hunt now and hold it for a later sale when the value increases. Now that is a great real estate investment with no risk.

2.  A church could buy land now to hold for a future church plant

3.  A group of individuals could buy land to hold for future development or to sell when the next housing boom hits

4.  A family could buy land and put it into a family trust which would benefit their children

What are some other ideas you may have?  If you are interested in finding out about the best tracts of land for sale in the Greater Raleigh area please contact my team, JV Lavery or myself.  We would love the opportunity to work with you.

Have a great weekend,

Linda