First Annual Fur Ball in New Bern

First Annual Fur Ball in New Bern

The red carpet event is aiming to raise money for the Craven County animal shelter along with other rescue organizations and animal foster programs. Participants can look forward to a silent auction, dinner from downtown restaurants, music, and entertainment.

The event will be held Saturday night, Feb 14, at 6 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Banquet Hall in downtown New Bern. Tickets for the event can be purchased for $50 at Nauti Paws Pet Boutique and Bakery, also in New Bern.

The following organizations will be beneficiaries of this year's First Annual Fur Ball:
-Carolina Hound Rescue
-Colonial Capital Humane Society
-Croatan Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
-Craven-Pamlico Animal Services
-Fran's Felines
-Pals for Paws

For more information about the First Annual Fur Ball visit, http://www.newbernfurball.blogspot.com

Your North Carolina Broker

Sonja Babic

www.SonjaBabic.com

Sonja Babic on YouTube.com

Just a quick aannouncement that from now on all of my listings will be featured on my YouTube,com channel. I have recently started playing with videotechnique and marketing the same and I couldn't believe phenomenal results I have been receiving on YouTube. As a real estate professional dedicated to provide my clients with results I see this as one more opportunity to do the same.

If you have few minutes plese check it out and if you have few more minutes please rate.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SonjaBROKER

Your North Carolina Broker

Sonja Babic

252-617-0861

www.SonjaBabic.com

1-800-GOOG-411

I don't know about you but I am always looking for a new things that can make my usually crazy life little easier. And with current market condition and no bail out for real estate professionals FREE sounds better and better every day.
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If you need more info you can see video here, just click on the link.
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Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252-617-0861
http://www.sonjababic.com/

New Bern is covering up for the cold front!

New Bern is covering up for the cold front!

Weather forecasters expect temperatures to reach the low to mid teens in New Bern on Saturday morning, the coldest air the area has felt in about five years. Officials are advising people to stay indoors and take their plants and pets with them. Cold air has already caused several accidents around the county as we were seeing some ice on the roads. Officials are warning drivers to watch out for slick bridges and overpasses the next several days. A cold front will begin to move through the area today, bringing the coldest arctic air New Bern will feel this winter and high temperatures are expected to stay in low 30s for the next 3-4 days. Some local golf courses are closing as they are covering greens in order to prevent possible serious damage to the facilities.
With sinking temperatures local Charity organizations are gearing up to offer as much assistance as well as to educate public about safety and hypothermia. People must understand how to safely heat their homes when temperatures drop into the teens as that is something this area is not used to. If you have extra winter clothing or blankets please remember Religious Community Services located on 919 George St (252) 633-2767 as they have people lined up and they are always doing such a phenomenal job helping New Bern area's less fortunate.

Be vary careful with your fuel and heating systems and drive safe!

Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252-617-0861
http://www.sonjababic.com/

Military discounts

Times are tough right now for the majority of us and seams like everyone is trying to save few bucks now days. Here is great web site for our women and men in service that is listing all of the discounts that are currently available for them. Please pass on if you know someone who could use this.

http://benefits.military.com/DC/DealIndex.jsp?ESRC=mr.nl

New Bern NC is conveniently located to MCCS Cherry Point as well as MCCS, Camp Lejeune

Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252-617-0861
www.SonjaBabic.com

Wow it is December......

Wow it is December ......again…..and we realize that 2008 is almost over!

2008 Has been a very challenging year for most of us with a declining Real Estate Market, summer of astronomical gas prices, stock market roller coaster, elections and last how about Clay Aiken being gay!
I just wanted to use this opportunity to extend a big "Thank You" to each and every one of you, for the huge impact you had on my life this year. Especially for all the support and e-mails I received.......without you, I'm sure that 2008 would have been extremely boring.
As always I am outmost grateful to all of you that have trusted me with your real estate business and wanted to let you know how much I do appreciate that! You helped me through this challenging year and thanks to you I am still only a phone call away. This challenging market has only made us better! May 2009 mark the beginning of an outburst of Love, Happiness, Bright Future and bring each and every one of you everything you are hoping for and more.
I am determined to make 2009 my best year ever personally as well as professionally as I am constantly striving to better myself.
Let me wish you all a Very Merry Christmas Season filled with Loving Wishes and Beautiful Thoughts as well as healthy and prosperous New Year.

Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252- 617-0861

www.SonjaBabic.com
P.S. Don’t forget that right now is great time to buy, New Bern NC Market is bottoming out and Inertest Rates are at historic low. IT WILL NOT GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS

Kitchen Fire

This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with acommon kitchen fire ... oil in a frying pan. Read the following Introduction, then watch the show ... It's a real eye-opener!!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole, toss water onto the grease fire.
The results got the attention of the students. The water,being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room. Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup of either creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.



Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252-617-0861
www.SonjaBabic.com

RottenNeighbor this could be fun

Tree lined streets. White picket fences. Band practice next door till 3 a.m.? Definitely not what you had in mind when you bought your home!
RottenNeighbor.com is here to help. It's the first real estate search engine of its kind, helping you find troublesome neighbors before you sign the paperwork on your new house, condo or apartment. RottenNeighbor is the largest site anywhere in the world covering the neighbor space, and we're certain you'll agree that the value it offers is unmatched anywhere else!
Use RottenNeighbor to:
Get access to detailed maps of states, counties, cities and neighborhoods, all searchable by zip code
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Whether you're moving down the street or across the country, we want you to be aware of bad neighbors before you relocate. Buying a home is one of the biggest investments you will make, and we are here to provide more peace of mind. Real estate agents can also use RottenNeighbor as a tool to market their services and feel more secure about the homes they show to their clients.
What We Believe
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The more rotten neighbors you contribute, the better the service for everyone.
http://www.rottenneighbor.com/

Just something I came across and it might be if not helpful then fun for sure. Pease let me know what your experience is with this web site and would this be something to use and recommend to the clients.

Your North Carolina Broker Sonja Babic 252-617-0861 www.SonjaBabic.com

Happy Thanksgiving

The Thankful Parrot

A man named Jack received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse and limited vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

As he was experienced with birds, Jack tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, Jack was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. Jack shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. Jack, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, Jack quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jack’s outstretched arms and said,

"I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and even cruder actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my disrespectful and unforgivable behavior."

Jack was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude and vocabulary. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?”


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Is it finally time to buy?

Is it finally time to get off the fence and buy?

If you have been paying close attention to real estate market in the past two years as most of us have you have witnessed a steady decline, decline and some more decline in prices as well as sales. However you must have noticed last four weeks different trend. Sales are up almost 10% in most of the markets as well as sales prices. That might not seam significant but if you take in to consideration that we are entering holiday season witch is typically our slowest time of a year that number looks amazing. I see this to be result of few things that have happened, sellers are more reasonable with pricing as well as condition of the homes offered for sale, inventory has been somewhat reduced as there isn’t much new construction happening any more and last but not least elections are over. If there is that great house offered for sale that you really like do you thing that it will still be there few months from now?



Your North Carolina Broker
Sonja Babic
252-617-0861
http://www.sonjababic.com/