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Hey, those are awesome! Love both - can't make up my mind which one I like more. If you ask me, you have perfected it. Eddie

That's cool. Bet that was fun. Eddie

Great day on the water. Nice pics. Thanks.

Thanks, IB. Glad to help. Absolutely you can use the drawing. I did it in Visio and will be happy to send the visio to you to edit as you want - just PM me. If you don't have Visio let me know of any changes you want to it and will be happy to do - no problem - just let me know. Eddie

My apologies for the length We sold our last house as a FSBO. There was a FSBO seminar that was offered in our area that we went to one night. Think it was $25 and worth every penny - highly recommend. Going FSBO is not a bad option if you have the time to sell. There were several factors that led us to go FSBO: 1. We had time 2. We were in a high traffic area. 3. Houses in our neighborhood moved VERY fast Time this, to me is the most important part. We were building so we had about 10 12 months to sell and we put our house up a month or so after we started building. We mapped out a plan that we were going to follow: 0-3 months: We would FSBO our self with flyers and free postings in the area. Cost: printing flyers. Our flyer was very SIMPLE. People sometimes go overboard with these but ours was one sheet front and back that gave general information. 3-6 months: List in the local FSBO magazine that would also get us in the MLS. Cost: $250 - $500 depending upon the listing package. After 6 months: Interview and list with a real estate agent. RW is spot on. Sell your house at fair market value. Do not take less just because you are not going to use an agent. The $10K that you could sell for less because you are not using an agent, use that for concessions during negotiations allowances, home warranty, offer to pay for inspection, etc. There are a number of web sites that will provide you a report for estimating the value of your home based upon recent sales in the area, comparable houses, tax records, valuations, etc. Think the one we used cost $95. Another reason not to discount the price, you have to consider that an agent might be needed eventually. If you do have to list with an agent, they will be hesitant to raise your already discounted price will send a bad message to buyers who saw the asking price when FSBO. So, what will happen is that your price will stay the same, but the agent will still take a commission then you are out more than just the $10K. Another reason for not discounting the price: More than likely you will end up selling to a buyer with a buyer's agent. In our area that commission is 2.5% to 3.5%. So you need to find out the minimums and factor that into your asking price as well. The lady that we sold our house too had a buyer's agent. The first question out of her (agent) was are we willing to pay her commission? My response was that we were not opposed to it, but would consider during negotiations just like stated on the flyer. That was the end of it and we did pay her commission as part of the negotiating process. Once again, do not discount your price. Ask a fair market price and use the savings for leverage during negotiations. Couple of things to keep in mind: The first 20-50 fliers will go to your neighbors and people nearby. So do not waste your best fancy paper and color printing on this first batch of fliers if that is an issue. Be sure to note in your flyers that you Will work with brokers and buyers' agents with qualified buyers those last three words are the most crucial. The agents and brokers will be ringing your phone off the hook the first few weeks - 90% of them are fishing. Tell them you will work with them if they have qualified buyers. They will try to push you into singing with them. Tell them you have a plan do not give time frames and if your house hasn't moved by when you need it too, you will be interviewing agents and will contact them also, use this as an opportunity to pre-interview and screen agents in case you do have to list. The first few weeks our house was on the market I logged every call. After 30 calls I quit keeping track. I probably got another 20-30 calls. BTW do not let agents host an open house for you. Several tried that with us. This is a tactic for them that does not help you at all actually works against you. They are looking to get people who would not normally go to an agent hosted open house but will go to FSBO open house. The agent is looking to get these folks as a buyer's agent, and, show them other properties they may have. This may take away a potential buyer. One thing that we really got a lot of compliments on that was very helpful for us and buyers that I highly recommend - was that I put together a notebook about the house. In it was information about the house taxes, evaluations, property disclosure (required by NC), manuals and warranties for appliances (we replaced A/C, hot water, dishwasher disposal, etc.), recent power bills, recent water bills, information on schools, nearby restaurants, grocery stores, etc., lots of good pictures, pre-sales inspection report (do not get a full blown inspection as the buyer will probably want this anyway with their own inspector), offer to buy contract, and the report that showed how we based our price showed what other homes in the area was selling for. Let me conclude by saying that I am not anti real estate agent. Not at all. After all the interviews with buyers, showings and phone calls, real estate agents earn their money. It takes a lot of effort and can be very disruptive when you work full time and then have to take time to let total strangers into your house and give them a hosted tour. We missed and had a lot of late suppers showing the house, but it was worth it. When we sell the house we are in now we will probably go with agent because we are in an area that does not get a lot of traffic. We will need the visibility that only an agent can provide. But, if given the time PM if you need anything else. Will be happy to help anyway I can.

Here is another thought on drilling the face. I saw it before and appears to be a pretty good idea. I started writing out the description, but it got so long I just slapped together some quick and dirty sketches. The thought is to drill two (or three - see lower right sketch) intersecting holes: one for the popper and the other(s) for the drilling of the face. The idea being that you get a consistent safe cut on the popper face. Push the popper into the hole and drill through the perpindicular hole to create the face. Using different drill diameters and the placing of the through hole, various face contours can be created - upper left examples. With the jig, they can be created over and over - safely and consistently.

Very nice - excellent paint jobs!

Thanks preach4bass. Got a little excited. That was a Coach K thing that started years ago in the late 80's. During Duke's comeback, when they tied it up, Vitale kept talking about it, just mentioned it again in the post game wrap up. WIth all that said..... Was another good game. Was amazed my beloved heels held them to 0 pts last 5 minutes. Once again, Jimmy V. had it right - - win the last 5 mins of the first half (UNC) - win the first 5 mins of the 2nd half (even but will give it to UNC) - win the last 5 mins of the second half (UNC) and you will win the game. Amazing how often that's reality. Totally different team with Ty Lawson on the court.

Just to clarify - becuase Dick Vitale is a #$%^& - there is no such thing as an ACC Regular Season champion! Vitale keeps going on and on about "playing for the ACC regular season Championship" and there is no such thing! The regular seaon record sets the ACC tournament seeds - the best record is the tournament seed #1. As usual, "mr college basketball" is clueless.

Just want to go on record as saying I despise Dick Vitale. Took me a while, but I finally found the mute button on the remote. I hate it when ESPN is the only network carrying the game. Gotta get me a delay so I can watch the games the way they are suppose to be watched - they way I watched them for years - with Woody on the radio.

2x Paulus just got posterized by Greene. Wow! This is a different team with Lawson.

Massive wind here today in central NC. Looking out the window the pine trees are blowing all over the place. Blew the cover off the grill on the deck. Suppose to do this on through the night. Eddie

Funny. That was way cool.

Nice toads. Some beautiful fish there. You guys know how to get the smallies.

Hey, that sounds like good South'rn eatin'. Sure you guys aren't closet south'rn'rs?

Hey, BigT, Glad things are going well. Sounds like you are making good progress. As before, if you or your family need anything while up here send me a PM and will try to help anyway possible. Eddie

Hey, RW, please send some of that about 650 miles East. I love snow. I'm with LBH on this - want four distinct seasons. We haven't had a good snow here in central in NC 5 or 6 years. Nothing I enjoy more that getting out and walking in the snow.

From what I can tell, look pretty good. My first flies were butt-ugly. Had no idea what I was doing or how to do it. Used some of my wifes cross stitch thread, amnesia thread and attempted to make nymph-like flies just wrapping around a hook. Guess what - they caught fish - and that's what matters (although they fell apart after a few strikes). Keep it up - you'll only get better. Eddie

WOW! The holder and rods are awesome. Really like the grips - those are sharp. Eddie

Congrats, LBH. That's great. Enjoy, you deserve it after what you had to endure last year.

Very nice - starting the year off right.

Nice fish!! Congrats.

Nothing like getting a strike on theat first cast! Congrats.

A lake flounder - very cool.

Welcome. Yes, its amazing what they will hit. One morning I was out fooling around with a 6" tidewater lure before heading to the beach. Got a strike and thought I lost it but when pulled it in I had a small one probably a little over 8" long. Was hilarious looking. Hate I didn't have the camera. Eddie