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Marian Goetzinger Crystal Coast Real Estate NC

Let's Play Golf!!

Right here in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, in the middle of this little island of Bogue Banks, you can find one of the most beautiful golf courses anywhere. THE COUNTRY CLUB OF THE CRYSTAL COAST.

It is a member owned club and in addition to the golf course, there is a wonderful club house with pro shop, meeting rooms and dining facility as well as a member lounge. There are tennis courts and a brand new swimming pool.

The Country Club of the Crystal Coast is a bargain in anybody's book. Check out the link from my web-site at www.pineknollshoresrealty.com for rates and more information.

This is a picture of our signature hole, #15. It's an easy par three over the water.

My handicap is 27 but I'm working on it. Let's play! Give me a call

MARIAN@PINEKNOLLSHORESREALTY.COM

252-727-5000

"Life isn't about how you survived the storm...it's about how you danced in the rain."

If you love wildlife and peace and quiet and beauty and nature and friendly, happy people, this is where you need to be.

Maybe I shouldn't tell you but there's a little known secret just off the coast of North Carolina. It's a little island called Bogue Banks. Folks call it the Crystal Coast. I call it PARADISE.

I took this picture just days ago from the walkway near my house to the beach. I love the sea grass. Please don't touch. From my house this is about a five minute power walk away.

If I walk west, the sound is about a five minute power walk away. How blessed I am to be able to visit both ocean and sound every morning on my walk.

You can rent a house or condo or hotel room and come for a visit anytime. But you can buy your own place and come often or forever. Call me. I can make it happen.

MARIAN GOETZINGER

252-422-9000

marian@pineknollshoresrealty.com

How hard is it to decide if it's a bedroom or not?

Come on, you walk through the house and there are 5 rooms with beds and dressers. Nice comfortable bedrooms, right? NOT! Go back and check. Do each of these rooms have closets? If not, they are not technically (legally) bedrooms. OK, so they all have closets? Well, now go to the health department and ask for a copy of the septic permit. It says 3 bedrooms? Well, now you know. It's a three bedroom house with two bonus rooms that are currently being used for sleeping quarters.

Don't advertise that house as a 5 bedroom house!

I know, I know, you'll miss some prospects but you can't do it. Be a professional. Be ethical. DON'T push the envelope. Get it right.

MARIAN GOETZINGER

PINE KNOLL SHORES REALTY

marian@pineknollshoresrealty.com

www.pineknollshoresrealty.com

252-727-5000

KEEPING THE MAIN THING...THE MAIN THING

This morning I was thinking about all the problems I have to deal with today.

Four of my listings are expiring. Will the sellers relist with me?

One of my pendings has a bad inspection. I have to break the bad news to the sellers.

One of my best friends is in crisis. How can I help?

A good REALTOR friend just got devastating news regarding the health of a family member. Is there anything I can do to comfort her?

One of my lockboxes wouldn't open for a buyer's agent yesterday. I have to go there and call technical support and deal with that.

I left lights on at a vacant listing. I better go turn them off.

STOP! What am I doing here? This is not like me. Let's focus on the good stuff.

I'm alive and healthy.

I rreceived a great referral yesterday.

I have a wonderful family who love and appreciate me.

I have a profession that I love and that I'm good at.

I have successful brokers working in my firm.

I have friends who are incredible and stick by me even when I don't deserve it.

I am respected by other REALTORS.

Our association offers wonderful support.

I have many great listings.

I live on a beautiful island.

LIFE IS GOOD!

MARIAN GOETZINGER

PINE KNOLL SHORES REALTY

252-727-5000

marian@pineknollshoresrealty.com

www.pineknollshoresrealty.com

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

"A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold..." Luke 8; 5-8

I divided a pack of flower seeds equally among my three grandsons. They each planted the same seeds in the same soil. We left them in a sunny spot where the sprinkler would water them for us. Look at the difference. Tyler used the terra cotta pot. I guess flower seeds like terra cotta. The pot in the middle is Tanner's. Wonder why his are the sparsest? Maybe he pushed the seeds down too far. Jackson's pot is the one the right. Even though these seeds have had equal attention, equal water and sun, they have flourished at different rates

Fifteen years ago when I was a new rookie REALTOR® I was taught to "farm". I've been very successful in my endeavors but sometimes I forget to "tend" my farm and guess what? It begins to shrivel up. I truly believe that our business is like farming. We choose the sunny spot where we want to "plant" our seeds and then we take care of it and watch it grow. Or...we neglect it and lose precious seeds. And sometimes, even with the best attention and care, our seeds flourish at different rates.

Are you tending your garden?

MARIAN GOETZINGER

PINEKNOLLSHORESREALTY

252-727-5000

marian@pineknollshoresrealty.com

www.pineknollshoresrealty.com