Archive for Murphy NC News

John Poltrock Meets Dave Ramsey

Here I sit at the StarPower 2010 Conference in Nashville TN, and I got to meet the man himself – Dave Ramsey. He spoke last night for roughly 1.5-2 hours and it was a PHENOMENAL speech. He’s a great speaker and although I have heard many of his materials and stories before (I teach Financial [...]

The POWER of an Educated Realtor in Murphy NC

Realtors are an incredibly diverse group of people. You have folks who are young, old, middle aged, well educated, high school drop-outs, and everything in between.
No matter the options, its important to make sure your Realtor is on top of all the latest tools and knowledge.
With all that said, I love to get [...]

Toastmasters in Murphy NC is Growing!

Toastmasters is a group beginning in Murphy that helps people grow in their leading and speaking abilities – and it’s growing! Our newly dubbed club name is the “Smoky Mountain Leaders and Speakers Toastmasters.” We’d love you to join- it’s Monday Night at 6:30 at RBC Bank in downtown Murphy. Hope to see you there [...]

The Summit at Shoal Creek Land Sale Event in Murphy NC

This past weekend, there was a large land sale here in Murphy NC at the Summit in Shoal Creek – and it turned out to be a great success. There were over 100 appointments for folks to look at the land and make the decision they want to buy it. After Saturday was over, there [...]

Toastmasters in Murphy NC

It’s almost here! Toastmasters is close to having a club right here in Murphy NC! We are working to build our 20 required initial members and then we will be official.
When: Monday nights at 6:30
Where: currently at RBC Bank in downtown
Who: Call me if you’re interested and I can give you more details
We currently [...]

Cherokee Indian Tribe to Put Casino in Murphy NC

That’s right – it was front page news today in The Cherokee Scout.  The Cherokee Indian Tribe has 793+/- acres secured to potentially grow their casino business from the Cherokee to Murphy (the land is actually in Marble, which is between Murphy and Andrews NC). The growth of this enterprise will be a huge influx [...]

The Ocoee Gorge Now Open from Tennessee to Murphy NC

After MANY months of 64 between Tennessee and Murphy NC being closed from a major rock slide, it is now open to traffic! In fact, Tennessee threw a celebration party open to all the day it opened.
The slide caused business disruptions and some to even close since many businesses relied on the traffic to [...]

Spring is Here in Murphy NC!!

Yup, that’s right! Today is an absolutely GORGEOUS first day of Spring. The weather man, who is known for being right all the time says its supposed to reach 71 and beautiful all day long. I’m supposed to show land in a couple of hours, and I couldn’t ask for a better [...]

John Poltrock finished 2009 in the Mountain Lakes Board of Realtors Million Dollar Club

John Poltrock is officially a Lifetime Member of the Million Dollar Club with the Mountain Lakes Board of Realtors! This award is presented for selling well over a million dollars worth of real estate in 2009.
Call The Poltrock Team at RE/MAX Mountain Properties today! 1-866-687-7496 – www.MyMurphy.com – JohnPoltrock@gmail.com

We’ve Got Snow in Murphy NC!

Starting yesterday, we had HUGE Flakes of snow falling from the sky! This year has been a great year in Murphy NC to get snow – and yesterday had the largest flakes I’ve seen in a long time! It’s simply gorgeous! We probably had 2-3 inches of wet, fluffy snow – perfect for building snowmen!
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