Staying Fit In a COVID-19 World With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in North Carolina, some businesses, including gyms, are remaining closed. How are you staying fit and active while also staying safe and protecting the people around you? There are a few options for outdoor fitness on your own or safely with others. Let’s…
What I Wish I Knew About Mortgages and Real Estate Before Buying My First Home Before I was an independent mortgage lender, I was a first-time homebuyer. My experience, like many others, wasn’t perfect. I found it difficult, challenging, and even frustrating. It was the reason I decided to dedicate my career to making the…
Preparing for Back to School in the Age of COVID-19 There is no longer any doubt: the 2020 school year is going to look very different. The COVID-19 pandemic is changing our lives as we strive to protect the most vulnerable, but that also means that our children will need to alter the way they…
Our North Carolina Home: Just a Few Reasons We Love Asheville Do you love where you live? One of the things that we’ve found living here in Asheville is that loving the city is an integral part of the entire experience. Sure, that doesn’t mean it’s perfect rainbows and puppies all the time. Like any…
Have you thought about buying an investment property? If so, you may be just beginning your research phase to determine what to buy, where, and when. Over the years, working with investors, we’ve learned a few of the common mistakes made. If you’re thinking about entering the investment market, we have a few suggestions to…
How to Ditch Your Storage Unit in 4 Easy Steps Are you haunted by the idea that you have way too much stuff? The storage industry has an annual revenue of about $39 billion. If you do have a storage unit, when was the last time you were there? There are legitimate reasons to have…
Affordable Housing as Social Justice Social justice has been at the top of conversations in Asheville and around the country for several weeks now. While there is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to the definition of social justice, it’s been a driving force for human interaction for a very long time. In the…
Small Towns Around Asheville While Asheville gets all the press in the Western North Carolina mountains, we know that there are some other amazing small towns and communities all around. From the borders of Eastern Tennessee, Southern Virginia, and northern Georgia, the mountain region of North Carolina has its own culture that’s so very different…
Buying and Selling Homes at the Same Time If you currently own a home but are looking at selling it to buy a new home, how exactly do you navigate that process? There are so many moving parts of buying and selling homes from your own financing to that of the other buyer. And, to make…
Student Loans: Where Are We Now? According to a piece by Time Magazine in the summer of 2019, 44 million Americans are currently drowning in student loan debt. The number at that time was an unfathomable $1.5 trillion. So what does this mean for literally everyone? There are a lucky few, of course, who were…