K.T.'s Blog

The Savannah River Site hired 50 workers this past week start the accelerated clean up.  SRS received $1.65 Billion in stimulus money which will pay the salaries of these, and more employees for the next three years.  With this job growth I expect the local real estate market grow as well.  If yo...

The Aiken County Tea Party will be meeting today in the Alley in Down Town Aiken.  They will be meeting from 1 to 5 and there will be several guest speakers.  The Tea Party is a non-partisan, nationwide event designed to send a message to our representatives in Washington that we are fed-up with ...

In the five years I have been in the real estate sales business I've never before listed a property that's in an estate.  I know what I am doing on the paper work side but what about advertising the property.  Is there anything I need to know?  Has it been your experence that it helps generate of...

Worried about buying a home in todays market? It"s been covered, reviewed, analyzed and experienced to the nth degree, but in a constantly evolving market, analyzing your options on a constant basis means success. The real value of owning real estate is that its a real asset. It can't vanish over...

Aiken's own William "Refrigerator" Perry, best known for his tenure as a defensive lineman for the NFL's Chicago Bears franchise, was recently hospitalized locally.  The 46-year-old Perry was diagnosed with Guillain-Barrà syndrome (GBS), a nervous system disorder that can progress to complete par...

SC State Senator Greg Ryberg has put forward 3 bills which would make it harder for politicians to avoid paying taxes.  Right now there are 12 state house and 1 state senator which have back tax issues from as far back as 1999.  Mr. Ryberg, I wish there were more elected officials like you and to...

Is it just me or did Earth Day get less press this year than in years past.  I guess there's just too much going on for the news media to take a few minutes and remind people and the people themselves don't want to be bothered with remembering.  Oh well, it's only the place where we all live and ...

WELLINGTON, Fla. -- Officials were waiting Monday for test results to find out why 21 polo horses from a Venezuelan team fell fatally ill before a match at a Florida tournament. One veterinarian said it looked like some kind of poison was to blame. The horses from the Lechuza Caracas team were be...

Delta Airlines announced they are bringing their call center back to the U.S.  Although there is a cost savings having acall center in India, Delta has listened to their customer complaints.  Customers with problems and questions tend to be a little bit more on edge anyway, then having to deal wi...

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