This event is to benefit the Special Olympics of North Carolina. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Tip#10 Spend More Time Outside This one sounds kind of obvious but really it works! Look we live in the South and whether you want to admit it or not people lives right here in Raleigh WITHOUT air conditioning for more than 300 …

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Tip#1 Change Your Filters & Turn up the Thermostat. I used to buy the expensive filters that would last three months but I soon learned that all I was doing was constricting airflow to my A/C unit and making it work harder.  

The Escrow Department will likely be the same department that will cash and hold your insurance claims check. Don’t be surprised if your bank/lender actually place a hold on the check for up to five business days due to the protential for fraud given the number of mass losses that have occurred recently.

First Time Home Buyers in Raleigh / Wake County no longer have to be under 80% of Adjusted Median Income to take advantage of this $8,000 Down Payment Assistance Program.

If you are like me and have a young family you can appreciate how much effort goes into packing the family into the car for an excursion that will likely keep them out well past the  kids usual bed time. The Fourth of July is one …

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No one remembers the second & third runners up After living in Raleigh for many years, it is no surprise to me that Raleigh and surrounding Triangle area cities continually take the top spots on this Forbes magazine list year …

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Prizes: Participants with completed game cards 6. will be entered for two chances to win a $500 shopping spree for use at any Shop Local
Raleigh member businesses!

While many Realtors and Developers say about other communities Heritage actually backs that up with irrefutable data! Don’t take my word for it, just check out the Triangle Area Residential Real Estate Report which for May 2011 sales…Read More

Due to the recent crisis of confidence by mortgage investors the zero down-payment loan programs disappeared faster than a keg of beer at a frat party!  Apart from VA and USDA Rural Development loans there are very few true 100% …

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