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So you have decided to build a home. Great! Now how in the heck do you go about it? You see, constructing a home is much more than just finding a model home you like and signing the dotted line...

If real estate is so easy, why are lovely Realtors® like myself necessary to make the world go round? Let’s get one thing straight, being a Realtor® is much more than most people paint it up to be. It is...

Other good luck charms include: 4. Four Leaf Clover – Due to their rarity, they’re thought to be the ultimate sign of good luck. The four leaves allegedly represent: fame, health, wealth, and love. You only get one, what do you...

This ain’t a kitchen. This is our conference room, designed around the queen of Pinterest before there was the internet, Mrs. Betty Feezor. Selling your home in North Carolina can be a stressful experience. In order for your most important asset ...

Welcome back, folks! It’s time for another Leigh Brown PSA. This is Part 3 of our series, "Things That Millennials Should Know How to Do But Probably Don’t" and today’s ...

The heart of the home has always been the kitchen. (I’m sure there is some cave art over in France that shows this from the earliest days of human recordings!) You have a party, people wind up in the kitchen...

Additional ways HONEY can be used include:

Are you someone who has figured out that renting in the Charlotte market right now is much more expensive than buying? If you are thinking about pulling the trigger and buying a house in 2018 there is one thing you need...

#ReplaceYoself 2017 has been quite a year, for perspective if nothing else. I ran into an old friend at my daughter’s choir concert at Christmas. She and I used to sing together in the Charlotte Symphony chorus. She asked me when I...

Of all of the coffee mugs I have, it’s the most accurate gift I’ve received (of course, from my family). Her kids call Beverly a ‘smother’ but honestly, she just personifies how strong the emotions are with those little people to whom you gave birth.

This interminable school testing. I don’t know that NC is any different than other states but frankly, I haven’t taken the time to investigate everywhere else since my kids are here and that’s my focus.

I’m a runner. Not any kind of runner, just the average middle-aged runner, trying to keep some vestige of fitness in my life.

But for food? That's trickier. I mean, I love some vegetables. The whole ones, all roasted to perfection (and if you think you don't like Brussels Sprouts, you haven't tried them tossed in a little coconut oil with salt and pepper, roasted at 425 for 30 minutes).

I’ve made the homemade laundry detergent. The cake pops that are supposed to look like cats. The no-sew skirt. Even tried to put on makeup the right way.

I love the conversations that are started just by virtue of being spotted wearing the REALTOR® pin or the RE/MAX pin. If there’s anything folks like to talk about more than cats or kids, it’s their real estate dealings.

If there is anything Realtors and mortgage lenders have in common, it’s the belief that there is a silver bullet out there.

Destin Sparks, an award-winning landscape photographer, once said, "." That is exactly how we feel at Leigh Brown & Associates. We can tell a story about our team... we can tell you a story about the homes we have for sale... or the properties... but without photographs, the words do not mean as much.

If you believe the predictions, our area is in for some snowy conditions this month and on into February, therefore we felt compelled to put together a list of 10 fun things to do when you have a snow day.

I was asked to share the books that have meant the most to my success in real estate and sales, so here they are!

Multiple offers, low inventory, or maybe the right house is sitting there and you're not able to get it for whatever reason.