From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Durham Video

February 24, 2009

Holy cow! How did I miss this.  If you like Durham you’ll love this.  If you thought you didn’t like Durham, this might make you reconsider. If you just overpaid for a home in Chapel Hill this might be depressing.

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Durham Image Watch

February 24, 2009

A recurring theme here at DurhamLuxRe.com is the importance of bringing Durham’s image in line with reality.  For years Durham had a reputation for chaotic government, poor schools, high crime rates and a crumbling downtown.  Some of the reputation might have been deserved but much has changed and the Durham that is emerging not only [...]

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Let’s Twitter Around Durham Luxury Real Estate

February 18, 2009

I’ve resisted the idea that old dogs can’t learn new tricks but recently getting my arms around the usefulness of the so-called “social media” like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter has been difficult. But I’m finally getting it, I think, maybe. It turns out that they can be useful and a lot of fun. In the [...]

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Owner Financing?

February 7, 2009

I get bombarded with solicitations for money making “opportunities” that are vague about what is required until the offerer gets a credit card number and makes some money themselves. While I was writing the last series of posts about marketing homes in a buyers market, I received one of these solicitations in the US mail. [...]

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