Category: Real Estate

By Bill Horan –  The “Drop and Swap” is a term used to describe the process of dropping out of a partnership or membership interest of a limited liability company (LLC) into an ownership...

By Kerri Catino-Nason, Esq., & Christopher Nason, owners of Beacon Architecture & Design –  The Sanderling Resort & Spa has had a long history as a wedding venue. In past years, from May through...

By Jeff Scott – Realtors often find that property owners are unfamiliar with how North Carolina handles ad valorem (real estate) taxes. This has the potential to cause bad feelings with owners as well...

By Jeffrey Ballard, GC –  We have many names for our exterior washrooms, and there are many different kinds of outdoor showers here on the Outer Banks, from cheap to extravagant. Some folks take...

By Kip Tabb –  In 25 years a lot can happen. Countries come and go, economies expand and contract, real estate cycles go up and down and back up again. Through all those changes,...

By Bill Horan CES® – This article is for the landlord who is working on a retirement plan and trying to decide where to retire. A common strategy is to convert an investment property...

By Kip Tabb – Chuck Poe, Executive Director of the Outer Banks CDC (Community Development Center), has adjusted with the times. Originally mandated to create affordable housing for the local workforce, Chuck and his...

By Jeffrey Ballard, GC – Historically, Americans have been a “disposable society”–out with the old and in with the new. But lately the trend is to “go green” and the focus is on reducing,...

By Jeff Scott – In thinking about the 100th issue of this publication, I was looking at some old articles written years ago about the Outer Banks real estate market. It was interesting to...