May 2009

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

"Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness."

~ The Buddha

 HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

Parsippany, New Jersey |  Coldwell Banker Corporation would like to recognize The Buddy Blake Team of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty in Wilmington, North Carolina as the Top Team in all of North Carolina for total homes sold during the first calendar quarter of 2009.  The Buddy Blake Team is also recognized as being the #3 team in the Southern Region of the United States for Coldwell Banker and in the top 25 teams worldwide for Coldwell Banker.

I have been using a website for my real estate business for the last 9 years and have used most of the mainstream real estate industry providers at one time or another.   Early on in my career I was made fun of for focusing so much on the internet (ie using a buddyblake.com name rider on my signs), I was actually called "dot com" in fun by several of the area's top real estate agents.

Well, so many times in life we don't stop and say THANK YOU to those who help us go to new levels or find new places to go.  I just wanted to thank Real Estate Webmasters, based out of Canada, for truly teaching me what having a real estate website is all about.  Now that I've been with them for almost five months my sites traffic has trippled, my PPC (pay per click) Google…

Plans for The Willows real estate development include the construction of 88 two-bedroom townhomes for just under $125,000, and approximately 190 single family houses starting in the $150's. New single family homes range in size from about 1300 sq. feet to over 1800 sq. ft., while The Willows townhomes offer nearly 1100 sq. ft. of living space.

Call 1-800-791-0200 for Recorded Details    enter code 5019

There are several different floor plans to choose from, but all townhouses and homes at The Willows will be built with low-maintenance, vinyl siding, energy-efficient windows, sleek hardwood flooring, stylish brushed chrome hardware, built-in dishwashers, and much more. Buyers of The Willows homes will have access to the community clubhouse, swimming…

Sounds unbelievable, but Sellars Cove which is located between Wilmington and Carolina Beach has one and two bedroom new condominiums for as low as $109,900.  Sellars Cove has a wonderful swimming pool and is one of the only new condominium neighborhoods with elevators in all the buildings.   

These gorgeous homes are custom designed and built by Secof Construction of Wilmington and Carolina Beach.

For more information send me an email at buddy@buddyblake.com or check out Sellars Cove Website

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

THESE SHOES ARE MADE FOR WALKING!!

Remember one of the ancient sayings from your first-grade teacher? It went something like this:

So . . . from "Chicken Soup" comes this story by John Holt:

"Not many years ago I began playing the cello. Most people would say that what I am doing is 'learning to play' the cello. But these words carry into our minds the strange idea that there exist two very different processes: 1) learning to play the cello; and 2) playing the cello. They imply that I will do the first until I have completed it, at which point I will stop the first process and begin the second. In short, I will go on…

We are excited to announce that we have a brand new model home in Courtney Pines!!

We are now located at 622 Torchwood Blvd.  Please come out and visit us!  We are open daily 10-5 pm and 1-5 pm on Sunday. 

 Hope to see you soon!

Please contact Courtney Pridgen at (910) 297-7754 or courtney@buddyblake.com for more information.

A very close vote in the State House Wednesday means big changes for North Carolina smokers. A 62 to 56 vote approved banning smoking in bars and restaurants in the Tar Heel state. The news was met with mixed reactions in Wilmington bars.

"I feel it should be up to the owner of every establishment to make that call,” said Theresa Welch. “I very much strongly believe in that."

Curtiss Pulliam, a smoker, said, "I think smoking goes along with beer drinking and I don't even think I'd come to the bar if I couldn't smoke in it."

North Carolina will join 31 other states and the District of Columbia, which, by the end of this year, will have similar laws. Under the new law, smokers could get fined up to fifty dollars if they don't put out their butt after…

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS!

From the book "Wellsprings of Wisdom" comes this story:

A sturdy but diffident young man asked a farmer for a job as a farm hand. "What can you do?" inquired the farmer. "I can do whatever needs to be done, and I can sleep when the wind blows," replied the applicant. Although mystified by the phrase "sleep when the wind blows," the farmer did not press the question but hired the young man.

Some nights later a violent storm awoke the farmer. He got up and tried unsuccessfully to arouse the farm hand, then with…