About Forsyth County, NC

It's called "buyer's market" for a reason! This is the age of the buyer!

Who do you know right now that is renting? With so many opportunities for first-time home buyers, everyone who is renting should at least explore what opportunities may be available. Sellers are now helping buyers with down payments, buying down rates, concessions, and much more! Who do you know that might want to learn more?

The real estate market changes quickly, so don't let your friends miss out on this fantastic opportunity. Real estae in Kernersville is holding strong. First time homes in Kernersville below $150K are selling very well. The Triad real estate market as a whole is doing well. Just dont be the person who looks back in a few months frow now and says "man wish I would have bought then!" Email or call me today with the names and contact information of people I may be able to help. You can find out more information at www.TheCarolinaCrew.com

What is an opportunistic market?
When the real estate market shifts, it creates opportunities. There is money to be made in every real estate market. What are the opportunities for you or someone you may know? The Kernersville real estate market is strong! Who do you know that we can help?

1. First-Time Home Buyers

2. Move Up to a Larger Home

3. Investors

4. People in Trouble with Their Home

As your Kernersville economic and real estate expert, I look forward to helping you or someone you care about explore these opportunities. Please call me or pass along my name to a friend. You can check out our website at www.TheCarolinaCrew.com

Billy Bob's Silver Diner in Winston Salem NC

Eating breakfast out is one of my favorite times to enjoy "the works"! There is no better place to find all you are looking for, than Billy Bob's Silver Diner©. From the very crispy"Chunky Home Fries" to a their "Mile High Omelets"! Naturally, all their meal are made to order, of course.

Restaurants in Winston Salem have flourished in recent years, because of the general growth in our area. North and South of Winston Salem have seen the most growth in new construction of shopping areas and Billy Bob's Silver Diner© is in one of the most visible locations in that southern area. Of course, having a "Shiny" silver exterior doesn't hurt either!

Billy Bob's Silver Diner© is a very friendly place as well. The staff obviously enjoys their work because they are always so friendly and welcoming. At breakfast, my coffee cup is never empty, with Antoin saying with a bright smile, "Can I filler up for you?"

Marion Slonecker runs Billy Bob's Silver Diner© with a watchful eye, checking with each booth and table to make sure his guests are well satisfied. Recently, 3 of my friends and I were having breakfast and I hung "my jacket" on a post across the aisle. A couple of weeks later, I went to my closet at home to get"my jacket" and it was missing. After searching the house, I began asking people if I had left my jacket at their home or in their cars. No one had seen it. This was my favorite jacket as you may gather. Then it dawned on me to check my schedule, which I keep in my computer using Microsoft Outlook Calendar for my real estate business. Suddenly, I ran across "That Breakfast Meeting"...at Billy Bob's Silver Diner©. It hit me about hanging the coat across the aisle.

I immediately jumped in my car and drove to Billy Bob's Silver Diner©. When I arrived, the place was full, so I asked one of the servers if they had a "Lost and Found" section. She went to get Marion. He was in the back and came walking out with a blue jacket! I was thrilled! ...until I held it up and it had "Lighthouses" embroidered all over the front. Not mine, for sure. My heart sank. I thanked him for taking time to look.

As I turned away, head hanging down, he said, well is it this one? He then whipped out "My Jacket" that he had somehow concealed behind his back!! Well, all the staff at Billy Bob's Silver Diner© started laughing, and gathered around, because they knew what he was up to.

We all had a good laugh and he said, "Doug, I didn't know how to get in touch with you." I then realized I had committed the unforgivable sin, as a REALTOR at Park Place Real Estate, by not handing out my business cards to all the staff at Billy Bob's Silver Diner©! I have since reconciled THAT situation!

So, when you are looking for good place to eat, head on over to see Marion at Billy Bob's Silver Diner© and check it out. Tell Marion, "Doug Patterson Sent Me"! and if he says 'WHO" ...call me at (336) 710-1108 and I'll deliver him more Business Cards from Park Place Real Estate to all the staff at Billy Bob's Silver Diner©!

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Staging Homes for Sale in Winston Salem, NC

Recently I was taking a young lady on a tour of homes for sale in Winston Salem and surrounding towns and decided to make it a project of seeing her reactions in homes with no staging and those that were. It's a proven statistic that more sales come out of a "staged home" than not, so I wasn't trying to test that value, but instead to just see (and hear) the reactions.

In a dated condo, the listing agent had taken only one room, the dining room, and placed a Danish style table with 4 small matching chairs onto the buffed up hardwood flooring.

At each place setting, there was a brightly colored, over-sized plate on a neutral colored place mat. Beside each plate was an unusually large matching knife, 3 pronged fork, and a large spoon. The forks were placed on yet another splash of bold colored cloth napkins at each setting. The centerpiece was a beautiful flower arrangement, which spectacularly brought all the colors together, unifying the entire setting! The windows had regular blinds, but the agent had taken some thick, bold dark red cloth and draped it over a rod at the top and shaped it into a bellowing arrangement of flowing cloth just over the tops of these two windows and slightly down each side about a foot...Well, it was very tasteful and brought the room to a finished look.

Okay, my client's eyes were glued to this room. She walked around it several times, talking about what she wanted in a condo, but never really taking her eyes off the table. With all the homes for sale in Winston Salem, we were here to see this condo only because it was close to her school and across from the park.

There was no other "staging" in this 2 bedroom, one bath condo....so this table was the focal point. As we walked from each room to the other, we had to go past this "Dining Room" of delight! She had wanted a garden, but there was no place for a garden. She had wanted alot of storage, there was only ample storage. She had wanted a washer and dryer in a separate laundry room. There were washer/dryer connections in the small kitchen. The single-pane windows were the old, two-sided "roll out at the bottom", metal types. She had wanted the new "insulated double-pane" types.

That's when it happened. Everything she had wanted didn't seem to matter anymore. She started saying that she could really see herself living here. When she walked to the kitchen, she began saying how it was just perfect. The closet spaces were all she really needed. And then when she said, "I really don't need a garden, I can just grow that flowers in pots!"

I couldn't help myself, and laughed right out loud! She looked at me as if surprised, but with a big, bright smile also! So I assured her that we will certainly keep this condo in mind as we looked at more homes for sale in Winston Salem.

I wish I had taken a picture of that dining room for you, but didn't have my camera on me. Shame on me for that! We are still looking, and she always mentions that Condo...so it may be the one she ultimately decides to purchase.

...I'll probably have to purchase that dining room furniture from the Agent...Oh Well! Staging is a powerful tool. It was confirmed first hand THAT day!