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A smaller world

When Realtor Monika Papenhausen first moved to Raleigh from New Jersey in 1993, she wanted to work with international clients. But Papenhausen, who immigrated to the U.S. from Poland in 1978, soon found there was no official organization in the area that offered information or networking opportunities for Realtors working in a global market — nor was there much interest. “I couldn’t get anywhere for a year or two,” says Papenhausen, a Realtor and broker with Re/Max Preferred Associates in Raleigh. “Finally, I got a hold of somebody with the National Association of Realtors (NAR), and they directed me to the International Council.” Updated: Jul. 7, 2008 2:50 PM | Full story

'Hurricane Ida'

Ida Terbet made a huge impression on Jerry Rossi when she began her career 20 years ago at Howard Perry and Walston Realtors. Rossi, an international real estate coach and writer, said he was so taken with the Triangle Realtor’s “effervescence” that he dubbed her Hurricane Ida. Updated: Jun. 27, 2008 4:52 PM | Full story

2008 Wake County Builder Blitz

A line of white vans piled high with ladders rolled slowly into Augusta Landings, a modest subdivision off Poole Road in east Raleigh. The hospitality tent hadn’t shown up, but the handful of Habitat for Humanity employees and volunteers who had been there since dawn scrambled to find some replacement awnings for shade from the pre-summer sun that had pushed the temperature up near 90 degrees a few hours later. Construction crews from 29 local builders grabbed bagels off a table under the makeshift shelter and scattered among five lots, anxious to frame and put a roof on each house before a line of late-afternoon thunderstorms hit. Updated: Jun. 23, 2008 9:16 AM | Full story