General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Tiger burning bright on the sidelines
It was good to see Tiger Woods live on television two nights ago. He was attending the Dodgers/Phillies playoff baseball game in L.A. As a lifelong Dodger fan, I was happy to see a Dodgers cap on...
Flight to quality
In yesterday's article (see immediately below), I reported that a 5-acre piece of property in the Bald Rock community in Cashiers, NC, had been foreclosed and was being offered for $249,900 by the...
Mountain real estate at end of peak
Transylvania is a county in the mountains of North Carolina, not Dracula's home, but realtors there could be excused for thinking some evil entity is sucking the blood from their market. During the early...
Quote of the Day: Wishful thinking
"This is a good market to get into while it's in a down cycle, because I believe it will come back soon." David Brasfield, a real estate investor, commenting on Gulf Coast real estate in a special...
Golf for geezers?
The second shot at the par 5 18th at Hop Meadow must steer clear of a stream down the left hand side and, for the approach, a pond in front. My friend Bill and I played golf today at Hop Meadow...
A view on home ownership from down under
As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrials average is rolling off the cliff, down 500 points in the first hour of trading. That $700 billion investment cum bailout sure seems to have bolstered...
Toughest Ones: #4, Lundin Golf Club
From the tee, #4 at Lundin looks innocent enough, but with ocean on the left, rough on the right, a burn in front and a small, elevated green, it is anything but. Lundin Golf Club in Fife, Scotland...
Golfweek: Fazio best residential golf course designer; Nicklaus close second
The two-year old Bright's Creek Golf Club in Mill Spring, NC, a Tom Fazio course, cracked the top 100 list atGolfweek. Photos by L. Gavrich Golf course designer Tom Fazio is finicky about what...
Death rattle for suburbs not likely
With the high price of gas and the reasonable notion that people would rather walk to work or take mass transportation, major media articles have begun predicting a mass return to urban areas and...
Don't just do something, stand there
If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including...
Privacy has its privilege...and its cost
Private club membership provides extra services, personal relationships and well-tended clubhouses, like this one at The Reserve, which you cannot find at most daily-fee clubs. My friend Bob and I...
A life well lived
Please forgive me the departure. This isn't about golf today, but it is about lifestyle and what it means to live well. Paul Newman had it all. His talent, displayed across the entire range of roles...