What If Community Is The Secret Ingredient

Wood smoke, brick pits, and a real look at what’s shifting in the Henderson County housing market, all in one morning. We start with a fast, local market snapshot for Hendersonville and Flat Rock, including inventory levels, average single-family home pricing, and what it means when days on market stretch past 100 days for both buyers and sellers. If you’ve been on the sidelines because affordability feels out of reach, we talk through why this spring may offer more options and how the right plan can uncover pockets of opportunity. 

Then we welcome special guest Kyle Russ, executive chef at Hubba Hubba Barbecue on Rainbow Row in Flat Rock NC. Kyle explains why authentic, full wood-fired Carolina barbecue is becoming a dying breed, how regional barbecue styles differ across the country, and what goes into Hubba Hubba’s in-house sauces. He also shares his path from childhood pit cooking to intense professional kitchens, including the reality of the grind and the craft behind an overnight cook. 

We also get into why places like Hubba Hubba feel bigger than food: the open-air courtyard, the camps and travelers who make it a must-stop, and the way a local restaurant can anchor a community just like trusted local real estate guidance can. If you’re thinking about buying, selling, downsizing, or just want a great lunch in Flat Rock, you’ll leave with practical takeaways and a stronger sense of what makes Western North Carolina special. 

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Transcript

Welcome And How To Reach Us

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Hello, friends. Thank you so much for being here. This is the George Real Estate Group Podcast, which is a production of our live weekly radio shows hosted on multiple radio stations here in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The George Real Estate Group serves Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina, and it is a privilege to share positive news about our local real estate market and community. Thanks so much for subscribing. And of course, if you have any real estate questions or if we can help you in any way, be sure to reach out. Visit us at George Real Estate Group Radio.com for more information. Good morning and welcome to the George Real Estate Group Live Radio broadcast here on the queue every Monday morning, sharing with you positive news about your local real estate market and community. We're so grateful to be here with you on this very chilly uh m April Monday morning. And again, grateful to be with you. And I trust you had a wonderful weekend. We're gonna dive into the conversation about the local real estate market and also have a special guest with us that I'll introduce to you in one second, here after I uh introduce and share about what's going on in the uh local real estate market. And before we do that, if you're tuning in for the first time ever, welcome the George Real Estate Group. We're located in Flat Rock uh on Rainbow Row, and that's gonna maybe give you a little hint of who our guest is gonna be with us. But we are next to our neighbors at Hubba Hubba Barbecue, Campfire Grill, Flat Rock Bakery, the Wrinkled Egg, Dogwood, grateful for our friends and neighbors there, local and independent businesses and restaurants. The George Real Estate Group's local and independent as well. We've had the privilege of helping over 1,600 families throughout the years with their real estate needs, buying and selling and investing in real estate. We have incredible agents, incredible staff, but more importantly, we have incredible customers and clients. And it's a privilege and honor to help our clients navigate through real estate. Uh, and we know real estate happens around life. It could be a really positive reason why you're buying or selling, or it could be a very challenging reason, but the market's the market, the interest rates are the interest rates, and the thing that never changes is again helping and advocating and facilitating for our clients the how real estate impacts their life. And again, if you're curious about the market, if you're curious about the interest rates, what's going on, if you're curious about do you sell before you buy, do you buy before you sell, or maybe you're curious about your uh estate planning in regards to real estate, working with a lot of great attorneys, working with uh if you're curious about how real estate and there's tax strategies that we're working with and tax strategists, again, uh very uh you know, holistic approach looking at your situation. So if we can help you in any way, give us a call 828-393-0134, 828-393-0134. And find us online, realestatebygreg.com. Follow us on social media, Facebook and Instagram. Uh we also podcast all of our radio shows. You can find that on your favorite podcast platform, but we'd love to connect with you. Here's a quick snapshot on what's going on in the market. Henderson County has had over 100 homes, more homes down the last 12 months versus the previous 12 months. Uh some 1,600 of homes have sold in Henderson County. Uh we still have low inventory levels, only 525 active single-family homes in the market. Average single-family home price uh is at 543, uh, but the market is the market's the market. And again, if you're curious and if we can help you in any way, uh give us a call. We'd love to have the conversation. So, Rainbow Row has a lot of history, and there's a lot of incredible uh Rainbow Row in Flat Rock, I'm not the which is the tip of the hat to Rainbow Row in Charleston, uh, but we have some incredible restaurants and curated uh by Star Teal, and one of the restaurants that we're neighbors to uh is Hubba Hubba Barbecue, and they are uh they are out of hibernation. They were in hibernation for the winter, but um I'm so honored to have with us this morning Kyle uh Russ, the executive chef uh with Hubba Hubba Barbecue, is here with us this morning. And again, uh we are we're neighbors where you know with the businesses there are uh it's amazing the business that Hubba Hubba Barbecue does, but wanted to share with our listeners again about Hubba Hubba, but also honored to have Kyle with us this morning. Uh share a little bit about his story and then again uh where Hubba Hubba is going in the vision and also again just the amazing offerings you guys have. It's a it is a staple of flat rock is Hubba Hubba Barbecue. But uh welcome to the mic, uh Kyle Russ.

SPEAKER_01 4:30

Thank you. It's uh great to be here with you, Noah. And yeah, Hubba Hubba's definitely been uh a beast and uh staple of the community so far.

SPEAKER_03 4:37

Aaron Ross Powell It's amazing. And for our listeners, that again, let's assume no one's I mean, maybe there's a few that haven't heard about Hubba Hubba, but if you had to share that elevator pitch, I mean, uh if you had to describe it for somebody that's never been, how would you do that?

What Makes Wood-Fired Barbecue Different

SPEAKER_01 4:52

Aaron Ross Powell Oh, it's old school traditional wood fire, authentic Carolina barbecue.

SPEAKER_03 4:57

Aaron Ross Powell Which is different. I mean, there's right, I mean, like the the barbecue across, you know, depending on regionally where you come from, but this is a old school method of barbecue, wood-fired.

SPEAKER_01 5:08

For sure. Most people are going to pellet smokers or gas-assisted rotisserie smokers, and it's just doing full wood fire is a very dying breed for barbecue.

SPEAKER_03 5:18

It's a it's amazing, and it tastes amazing. It definitely gives it that unique taste. Uh, but full offerings at uh Hubba Hubba. Um, and and again, let the how did you get into the the barbecue world?

Kyle’s Path From Backyard Pits

SPEAKER_01 5:30

Uh that's actually a long story. I actually started in barbecue when I was five. Uh I am quarter Native American, and my family would go in the backyard, dig a pit, and wrap a brisket in some corn husk and smoke it, and that's how I got started in barbecue. Really?

SPEAKER_03 5:45

Yeah you I mean, this was part of your story. I mean, this was you grew up with this. Yes. And was your gr grandparents or parents? I mean, this was a family affair.

SPEAKER_01 5:53

Yeah, both my grandparents through my mom's side. Uh they're both indigenous, and uh we just kind of grew up doing barbecue all the time.

SPEAKER_03 5:59

Wow, in the ground, wrapped in corn husks. Yes. That's amazing. And so throughout the you decided, what when did you decide to go into to the food industry full-time?

SPEAKER_01 6:10

Oh, I started actually in a pit barbecue in Kansas City when I was fourteen, uh, but I knew I wanted to be a chef since I was very young and just kind of geared my life towards it and had been a professional show yeah since I was fourteen in Kansas City.

SPEAKER_03 6:22

That's amazing. Was there formal training or was it all just I mean, by f by fire?

SPEAKER_01 6:26

I mean, like it was uh there was some formal training, but it was after I'd been a chef for 15 years. I went to the culinary school in San Francisco uh at the community college there because they decided to go for free tuition. So I decided, hey, let's go get a free culinary degree.

SPEAKER_03 6:42

That's amazing. And so the where you see yourself now, and again, the the the all the life experiences that have brought you to this, I mean like what an opportunity.

SPEAKER_01 6:52

Oh, indeed, yeah. Uh Star created a wonderful barbecue restaurant there, and it's definitely a nod to the real traditions and authenticity of what barbecue is, and just kind of building a community around it rather than just being a place where you go to get food. It's a place where you go to hang out and meet people and be part of something.

SPEAKER_03 7:12

It is. It's much more than the food, it is the community, it's the connection, it's the relationships, and again, it's it's around the table that people are are are connecting. It's amazing. You uh and I love how you just said that, but and Hubba Hubba is unique in that it's it's an open-air restaurant. Yeah, it's an only reason it's uh unique, but I mean it's one of the many unique features.

SPEAKER_01 7:37

Yeah, and it just you know it's nice just being able to you can sit outside and it's like you're in somebody's backyard and you can smell the wood smoke and it's it's it's a whole vibe.

SPEAKER_03 7:45

Barbecue I've heard isn't just food, it's a debate. You know, people have very specific likes and preferences. Uh even I mean, you got Eastern I mean North Carolina in and of itself, right? But I mean you you Kansas City is known for its barbecue.

SPEAKER_01 8:02

Oh, absolutely. Kansas City Pit Barbecue is definitely one of the known titans of the industry. I also worked in Texas, uh California, Florida. I've been all over with barbecue.

SPEAKER_03 8:14

It's amazing. Any particular hole in the wall stand out to you in your experiences with barbecue?

SPEAKER_01 8:20

Uh a few. There's this I wouldn't call it a hole in the wall. It's actually one of the oldest pit barbecues in Houston. Uh I was there for a while called Pizzatolas, and it's was an amazing, like almost similar to Hubba Hubba where it had the old original wood fire and brick uh pits, and that's just kind of something about doing the brick and wood fire just changes the way barbecue tastes and it's amazing.

Regional Barbecue Styles And Sauces

SPEAKER_03 8:41

It's incredible. Now some people let's talk about the different types of um of of meat. I mean, like people think about you know, b you know, pork or or brisket. I mean, like there's there's different I mean can you explain to our listeners again uh about those different offerings?

SPEAKER_01 8:58

Uh absolutely. I mean like you can you can smoke anything on an animal, really. Uh with brisket, obviously that's tends to be the most popular one, but like if you go to California, a lot of times barbecue places will include like tri-tip, which is closer to the brisket, uh where it meets other parts of the intramuscular and has a different kind of fat marbling and takes less time to cook, but it's still rich and delicious. Um people like to smoke like the beef legs and uh in Texas they mostly do brisket, but they also have a really good pork tradition too, where it's less of the vinegar base and more of the just really seasoned heavy bark meat, which you get in the Carolina, you get more of the vinegar base, and they like to mix the vinegar sauce in with the pork or uh things like that. It's just very regional. You go to Alabama, they get a lot of the they do a lot of chicken and they do the white sauce. And the white sauce.

SPEAKER_03 9:44

That's right. Let's talk about the sauces because your sauces are incredible.

SPEAKER_01 9:48

Yeah, we do all of our sauces in-house um every day. Uh we have four different sauces: the Carolina sweet, the Caroline vinegar, the hot chipotle, and I believe we have a mustard sauce as well that isn't really uh known about.

SPEAKER_03 10:03

It's really I I actually I love the mustard sauce. So if you again, North Carolina tends to be more pork-driven than brisket-driven.

SPEAKER_01 10:13

Yeah, both the Carolinas actually are very heavily pork uh-driven, uh, but there's a lot of great pork in the area. You got Berkshire farms out on the coast that produce phenomenal pigs. Um you have now Michelin award-winning barbecue places in South Carolina and North Carolina, um, which is amazing. Uh so you know, so they're obviously doing something right with pork.

SPEAKER_03 10:34

The industry is incredible. And again, it bring I think the again the compelling piece to it is it brings people together. And Hubba Hubba Barbecue certainly does that for FlatRock. I mean, the it is a s it is a part of the stops for many people and families uh for a lot of reasons that they're traveling through. Uh and I think of the camp families in the camp industry here that we have here in Western North Carolina. And and when it's opening day or closing day, the amount of uh you know camp families that come through. I mean, Hubba Hubba is absolutely one of their must-stops on their journey.

Camps, Community, And The Barbecue Trail

SPEAKER_01 11:10

Aaron Ross Powell Yeah, absolutely. And I'm excited to work with the camps and get all of them in there and show them some good barbecue this year. Uh it's also interesting because we're part of the barbecue trail, so it's actually like a place to stop. Aaron Powell Let's talk about the barbecue trail. Aaron Powell The Barbecue Trail's interesting. It's just uh somebody decided to get together and be like, hey, here's a trail of authentic real barbecue that goes up from I think it goes starts in Georgia and then just goes all the way up.

SPEAKER_03 11:34

We'll we'll have some more details to share about after the break about the barbecue trail. I'll pull I'll pull some of that up because I think it's uh we we should share more about that. But you guys are on the stops for the barbecue trail.

SPEAKER_01 11:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 11:44

That's amazing. Um we do have a break coming up here, but you are you guys are open. Uh talk about your hours and then uh and we'll talk more after the break here.

SPEAKER_01 11:53

Aaron Powell Uh right now we are open Thursday through Monday, 11 to 3, uh for lunch, and hopefully open for dinner some more days soon.

SPEAKER_03 12:01

That's amazing. And your staff is incredible, your team's awesome. Uh it's a gr it's an incredible experience when you guys come when people come out to uh enjoy the food.

SPEAKER_01 12:10

Yeah, there's a lot of great people there who are really excited to give good service and good barbecue and have fun with people.

SPEAKER_03 12:17

The other thing that I have to mention about the outdoor eating area is the incredible flowers and the beautiful greenery there. It's it's stunning. That and the chickens. Well, and the chickens. What the talk the the chickens are they do they do you have them all named?

SPEAKER_01 12:31

Uh they all have various names depending on who you talk to, which you know, same with the cats.

SPEAKER_03 12:36

Uh that that's right, the local cat.

SPEAKER_01 12:38

Yeah. Uh but we also just had uh a clutch of uh hatchlings born and they're being raised over at one of the camps right now.

Spring Housing Market Pressure Eases

Bourdain, The Bear, And Kitchen Reality

SPEAKER_03 12:44

Aaron Ross Powell Oh, that's amazing. That is awesome. Uh we have Kyle Russ with us this morning from Hubba Hubba Barbecue, and we'll keep the conversation going, but grateful to have you here with us this morning and and to share and and and spread the word if you've not been to Hubba Hubba Barbecue. Uh it's incredible food, incredible community, incredible location, and again, it's uh one of the uh amazing offerings that FlatRock has. Among our other friends there too. Again, uh the FlatRock community is rich in its uh history, it's rich in its community, and the local uh businesses, the local restaurants there are uh an amazing asset to our community. Um I know Kyle, we're grateful to have you here. Uh grateful to have you uh you know part of the community as well with Hubba Hubba Barbecue. Um you're listening to the George Real Estate Group live radio broadcast here in the queue every Monday morning, and again, bringing you positive news, not only about real estate, we love sharing about our community and our neighbors and our friends, and again, supporting local business. But stay tuned in. We have a short break. We'll be right back. Good morning and welcome back. With the you're listening to the live radio broadcasts of the George Real Estate Group here on the queue every Monday morning. And and wow, time flies when you're having fun. Again, it's hard to believe we're even towards the end of April. And I will say this time of year, there's a lot of people that are ramping up their real estate activities. Uh it's you know, people think it's the time of year, but but a lot of people, again, they they they feel like it's it's real estate's been out of reach. They feel like it's been it's been hard. Your first home. I mean, the age of the first-time home buyers is rising. It's in their 40s. And and for a lot of people, uh they just run the numbers and it just doesn't work. You know, this time this however, you know, a lot of people that have been sitting on the sideline for years looking in this spring could be uh a time to consider uh trying again, because in some markets there there are some markets around the country that have have opened up, it's it's buying a little bit, you know, the it's it's eased up, the inventory is eased up. I will tell you this one of the things that's happening here locally, I mean we have some 500 homes available, uh, but the days on market is longer, which is gives buyers more time to decide. And and for sellers, they have to decide too. You know, it's time versus money. How do I price it? But days on market are over over a hundred days here locally, and that can give buyers a little bit more time uh in this spring market. It doesn't mean and here's the thing, you have more options. Buyers have, you know, you know, not long ago it felt like you couldn't afford anything. But this is so interesting. A lot of people and this is a national report. According to Zillow, a lot of these markets, medium income households, can afford 68% of all homes for sale in a large a lot of the large metropolitan markets. So again, it doesn't mean every home is suddenly going to fit your budget, it doesn't mean that uh every area is gonna work, but again, this is things are starting to open up in some areas. First-time home buyers are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. And affordability is a challenge. Attainable housing is a challenge. But again, this time of year, more homes are hitting the market, inventory levels are rising. Uh uh Realtor.com actually said inventory is up 8.1% compared to this time last year. So there's more choices, less pressure, and chances to find a place that fits your budget. Um price growth, again, we've actually held a had a holding pattern with our pricing. Uh the average single-family home price uh in the in the last 12 months is at 543 versus the previous 12 months is at 542. So again, working with a real estate professional that can help you with your budget, work with you with your lenders, and again, finding the right property, getting set up, having a partner on their side, the right agent knows how to find pockets of opportunity in any market. And it could and maybe that's a neighborhood where prices haven't climbed as quickly. Maybe it's a part of town with more inventory, maybe a new build community offering incentives so builders can sell their inventory. So here's the thing: there's there's you we always look at it very openly. Again, your unique situation, maybe you're buying for the first time, maybe it's your home that you've lived in for 20 or 30 years, and now it's time to downsize or to write size. Again, we'd love to have the conversation. There's no pressure, there's no cost, there's no obligation. Give us a call at 828-393-0134, 828-393-0134. We have Kyle Russ with us this morning with Hubba Hubba Barbecue. And Kyle, uh grateful to have you here with us. Uh, it is barbecue is a is a way of life for people, and and again, it's highly debated, but you know, North Carolina and and I know across the country, but I mean it is it it is these are you see, and again, Hubba Hubba Barbecue was this vision uh that Star had and he created it. But I mean you see these uh you know barbecue places where I mean you hear about these whole holes in the wall and people are like, I gotta stop. Or you it's the word of mouth and and people and it's really word of mouth that that carries the most weight in the in the food industry, right? I mean, like it's that people are sharing about their story and where where they ate and what they what they love doing, but I mean people will travel miles, I mean hours. Oh, I mean people will travel across the world for food. Uh isn't that true, right? I mean like um and food is is such a powerful uh you know connector and community uh creator. And and again, you've had experiences uh you know it's it was amazing to hear off air, again, you you've you've been all over the world uh cooking.

SPEAKER_01 18:36

Yeah, uh yeah. I've been all over the country, all over the world. Uh I started, like I said, when I was fourteen uh cooking, but I ended up as an executive chef by the time I was twenty. I've cooked for I cooked for Kamala Harris when she was the attorney general in San Francisco. I cooked for the governor of Guam when I lived there. Uh wild. Yeah, it's just been I got a mission recommendation in 2015 uh at the barbecue restaurant I worked at in San Francisco.

SPEAKER_03 18:58

Phenomenal.

SPEAKER_01 18:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:00

I gotta ask, who was your inspiration for cooking? Like where did that come from?

SPEAKER_01 19:05

My grandma. Okay. Uh and my grandpa. They both just we grew up in the kitchen. Uh that was what it was. We grew up, like I said, doing barbecue, making tacos, just kinda it was a family thing. We would just cook, and then I just decided that's what I wanted to do. And then professionally it was more Anthony Bourdain, of course.

SPEAKER_03 19:21

Uh was your biggest inspiration.

SPEAKER_01 19:23

Yeah, and I was blessed enough to have gotten to meet and film with him. Uh the same restaurant I got the mission recommendation at. We were on uh Parts Unknown and featured there, and so I got a film with him.

SPEAKER_03 19:31

And uh what was that experience like?

SPEAKER_01 19:34

I was intense. He's a very intense person. He you know wanted to have everything match the vision that he had, and it's the same kind of thing you get into when you get to that mission level of cooking. The person in charge has a very specific vision, and your job is to be the cog in the machine and implement that vision.

SPEAKER_03 19:58

I mean it's it it's intense.

SPEAKER_01 20:00

It's very intense. Uh I was working a hundred hours a week. Uh definitely a lot of sacrifice, so it's tough on your body, you gotta take care of yourself, uh, but it's worth it. It's if you love food, it's worth it.

SPEAKER_03 20:11

It's it's amazing. I mean that's that's remarkable to hear that that story. And to to you so was the the prof was the jump I mean, people love cooking. People are inspired by food, but to make that jump professionally much must have been a step of faith.

SPEAKER_01 20:29

More a step of masochism. You gotta enjoy the abuse. It's it's it's a lot of it's a lot of work and and pressure. So you knew that's where you were going. Yeah, I knew. I mean I knew. I started out there, I saw it, and I was like, oh, I love this. I tried getting out a couple times. I tried, I did I filmed dolphin experiences for one summer and was like, nope, I need to get back in the kitchen.

SPEAKER_03 20:49

Wild. Yeah. Absolutely wild. Um the I mean there was a there was a TV show that I felt gave a little bit of a glimpse into the the the bear.

SPEAKER_01 21:00

I was I as soon as you said that, that's one of the most well-written as far as like what a kitchen is like that I've ever seen. So he's like sitting in the back drinking water out of a deli cup. Like that's what chefs do. We're sweaty, we're gross, we're next to a trash can eating a hamburger, and we have water in a deli cup.

The Overnight Cook And Creative Menu

SPEAKER_03 21:17

It's the grind. I mean it's but it's it's but it's the commitment, the passion, it's the it's the untold, unseen hours of of work. How I mean, how long does it take you guys to s to do the the I mean it takes a long time to do the wood-fired brick.

SPEAKER_01 21:30

Uh I usually put the meat on around six or seven in the morning, and then I load wood on again at nine o'clock, and then I load g wood on again at eleven o'clock, and then I go to sleep, and I wake up and by seven o'clock we're checking the meat again.

SPEAKER_03 21:43

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 21:44

Yeah. How many hours like that's well, I mean I live on property, so incredible. So it's pretty easy to just pop over and check on everything.

SPEAKER_03 21:55

That's probably about the only way it's it it's possible to to to pull that off.

SPEAKER_01 22:00

Yeah. Uh w well when I was doing it before it was I was working a lot of hours, like I said.

SPEAKER_03 22:04

So That's amazing. That's amazing. So you guys sometimes you have fun with the menu. I mean you have your staples. Yes. But like last Friday you had fish tacos, I gotta tell you. I got they were phenomenal. But you have fun, right? You play with the menu, you get to be creative.

SPEAKER_01 22:20

Yes, absolutely. And there's there's a giant smoker there. And there's so many fun things you can do out of a smoker that people just don't expect that just are fun. It's amazing. And there's gonna be more coming.

When To Visit Hubba Hubba

SPEAKER_03 22:30

And I encourage our listeners, if you and and and occasionally we hear those people that haven't heard of Hubba Hubba. It's it's becoming f fewer and far between. But again, if you've not tried out Hubba Hubba Barbecue, it's in Flat Rock. It's below, it's behind the Flat Rock Bakery, it's behind the it's actually behind our office. I I I I'm so privileged we get to smell the barbecue every single day from our office. It's dangerous. I I joke it's a dangerous place for an office between the the bakery and hubbahubba barbecue and uh the George Real Estate group. We're in the blue building overlooking the barbecue courtyard. Um but stop in, and again, for our listeners, the remind again the the times, the your offerings are open, and again, we want to encourage our listeners to come out. And by the way, if you're listening this morning and you choose to come out, please tell Kyle you heard him on the radio this morning.

SPEAKER_01 23:22

Absolutely. Yes. So we are open Thursday 11 to 3, all the way through Monday, 11 to 3, and more hours coming soon. So today. Yes, today.

SPEAKER_03 23:31

You can come out today to Hubba Hubba Barbecue. Absolutely. Maybe we'll get Mark out there this time. I'm there. I'm there. But it's it's amazing, and again, it's uh it is barbecue is uh is a way of life. Uh you'll travel about it, you'll you'll argue, you'll travel for it, you'll argue about it, and then you'll you'll pass it around. I mean, it's it's a it's a special uh it's it's I mean it it brings the community together.

SPEAKER_01 23:56

It is, it's and it's and it's something that's uniquely and truly American.

SPEAKER_03 24:00

It really is. It really is. Kyle, any other thoughts or uh again, we've just sort of had a broad c conversation this morning. It's amazing to hear parts of your story, and we're grateful we're grateful you're here now in Flat Rock.

SPEAKER_01 24:13

Uh no, I'm happy to be here. Flat Rock is a wonderful community, Hendersonville's a wonderful community, and I'm looking forward to being in it.

SPEAKER_03 24:19

Had you ever even heard of Flat Rock or Hendersonville before? Coming from from Kansas?

Coming Home To Deep Local Roots

SPEAKER_01 24:25

So funny story. Uh my family is actually one of the like founding people of this area. Really? I'm related to the Tangster Lees, who were one of the main families of Flat Rock uh directly, and then I'm also part Cherokee and descended through the Bean family, which founded Tennessee.

Wrap-Up And Real Estate Help

SPEAKER_03 24:40

Wow. You're back to your your roots. That's phenomenal. Like you're coming home. Yeah. That's amazing. Thank you for sharing that Kyle. That's amazing. Again, grateful to have you here on the radio. And again, for our listeners, please visit our friends and neighbors, Hubba Hubba Barbecue there. They are open today. But then again, check out their social media and and uh website. You can see their menu, the food's incredible. Come out, it's it's it's remarkable. And again, what a what a uh you know gem that we have you know here in the heart of Flat Rock. So uh we're here every Monday morning. Again, today was conversations about uh our friends and neighbors, Hubba Hubba Barbecue, and again, uh grateful to have Kyle here with us this morning. Come come over, check them out, stop by, say hello. Uh and by the way, we're here every Monday morning sharing with you about our community, about uh our neighbors, and about our real estate market. Again, the market's the market. The life happens, therefore real estate happens. And and we've had the privilege and honor of helping so many clients. I I I've said this many times, and you know, it's it's not about the houses, it's about the the relationships, the the people, the connections, and and and navigating through life and helping our clients and how real estate is in pack is part of that story. It's part of the again, maybe you're starting out for the first time ever, maybe you have a grandchild or somebody, a friend that's you know getting into their first home. Maybe it's the you're downsizing or upsizing or or you're moving or selling, you're gonna move into a uh retirement community, maybe you're moving back with kids, maybe you're dealing with your family's estate. So many different scenarios, and we've we've had the privilege of helping so many, and if we can so many people, if we can help you, we'd love to interview. No pressure, no cost, no obligation. For consultation, give us a call, 828-393-0134. So thankful to spend time with you this morning. I hope you have a wonderful day. Enjoy this cool Monday morning, and we'll see you next Monday.

SPEAKER_00 26:40

The George Real Estate Group has the experience of selling over 1,200 properties and serving over 1,200 families with their real estate needs in Henderson County and throughout Western North Carolina. The George Real Estate Group is located in Flat Rock, North Carolina and near Hendersonville in Henderson County. You can find them online at realestatebygreg.com. The George Real Estate Group can be reached at 828-393-0134 or stop by their office at 2720 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, North Carolina. Tune in live each week on Monday mornings at 905 on WTZQ FM 95.3 and 1600 AM, or stream online at WTZQ.com.

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