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Is Anything Selling in Southern Shores?

Everyone is always asking me "What is the market doing?" or "Is anything really selling?". So I am going to post each sale in Southern Shores as it happens with a photo, address and sold price. If you want any more information about the specific property, please give me a call or shoot me an email. Enjoy!

Here is what we have for 2009 so far:
10/16/09 63 Ocean Blvd $689,000
10/5/09 92 Duck Woods Rd $620,000
10/2/09 264 Sea Oats Trl $365,000
10/1/09 19 First Ave $385,000
9/28/09 44 Skyline Rd $378,875
9/28/09 163 Happy Indian Ln $300,000
9/25/09 249 Ocean Blvd $680,000
9/25/09 116 Last Hunt Ln $435,000
9/21/09 173 Happy Indian Ln $394,00
9/17/09 204 Ocean Blvd $3,050,000
9/16/09 24 Spindrift Trl $375,000
9/4/09 238 Sea Oats Trl $291,000
8/28/09 141 Beech Tree Trl $349,900
8/28/09 19 Palmetto Ln $295,000
8/25/09 62 Trinitie Trl $325.000
8/24/09 50 Duck Woods Dr $405,000
8/17/09 24 Eleventh Ave $380,000
8/12/09 29 Pintail Ct $470,000
8/11/09 258 N Woodland Dr $264,750
8/7/09 9 Thirteenth Ave $875,00
7/31/09 111 Pudding Pan Ln $535,000
7/24/09 106 Landing Trl $240,000
7/24/09 1 Mallard Cove $294,500
7/16/09 45 Ocean Blvd $845,000
6/30/09 149 Poteskeet Loop $460,000
6/12/09 30 Juniper Trl $174,000
6/12/09 9 Second Ave $565,000
6/12/09 43 Eleventh Ave $500,000
5/29/09 314 Sea Oats Trl $465,000
5/29/09 133 Chicahauk Trl $300,000
5/15/09 118 Tall Pine Ln $575,000
5/4/09 40 Skyline Rd $220,000
5/1/09 49 Ocean Blvd $475,000
4/23/09 228 Ocean Blvd $1,250,000
4/7/09 26 Eighth Ave $445,000
3/30/09 236 Hillcrest Dr $450,000
3/23/09 112 Landing Trl $255,000
3/18/09 18 Mallard Cove Loop $329,000
3/17/09 116 Duck Woods Dr $440,000
3/6/09 147 Holly Trl $600,000
2/27/09 33 Tenth Ave $443,000
2/13/09 68 E Dogwood Trl $341,550
2/13/09 38 Spindrift Trl $550,000
2/12/09 91 Trinitie Trl $525,000
2/6/09 347 Sea Oats Trl $850,000
1/9/09 1 Hickory Trl $3,100,000
1/9/09 52 E Dogwood Trl $290,000

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Life's Surprises!

I used to live in Malibu CA and everyone asked me, “Why do you live where there are Fires, Mudslides and Earthquakes every year?”. Now I live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the same folks ask “How can you live where there are Hurricanes, and Nor’easters?”.

But you already know the answer; it is beautiful, the oceans are breathtaking and I am not looking for safety. I am content with paradise.

Life is like that. Adventure requires risk. Status Quo requires, well, maintaining the same old same old. That has never been my goal.

Real estate is a new career for me. It was my last resort. I did not choose it because of my love for real estate. On the Outer Banks, one of the few ways to earn a good living is selling real estate. And I wanted to stay here after my job taking care of my father ended with his death in February.

But like almost everything else in my life, the best things happen when I am trying to make plans! Real estate is the place for me, absolutely. But how would I have known? For 18 years I owned an executive search firm in Los Angeles. Not even close to real estate, I thought. In fact, in July, 2000, when I came to Southern Shores to keep an eye on my Dad I expected to be here a couple years, three tops, then return to Malibu, start another search firm and jump back into my life on the Pacific Coast.

What I would have missed if my dad had left that soon! His living to the age of 97 afforded me the luxury of developing a loving relationship with him as an adult and the time to recognize this Atlantic paradise is where I wish to be more than any place else on earth. I love The Outer Banks!

My past work experience taught me to treat everyone with respect, check the facts, take responsibility for my own actions, set goals and have fun. With that background, my real estate business already feels like an old friend. I am looking forward to building a business based on client relationships and referrals, which is what I know. My future feels full of promise when many of my peers are retiring. That may be their status quo, but for me adventure is where it is at!!

Thanks, Dad, for the everything. And thanks to life for the surprises.

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