Outer Banks Articles & Shorts - Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates

If you’re like a lot of people – like hundreds of thousands of people – you love the Outer Banks of North Carolina. You might consider us presumptuous drawing this conclusion so quickly, and we would agree with you . . . except for the fact that we’re right. You love the Outer Banks beaches, the Outer Banks water sports, the Outer Banks towns, Outer Banks shops, the Outer Banks events and Outer Banks activities . . . everything about this place (you wouldn’t be on this site if you didn’t). We do too. And, lucky for you, we also love writing about the Outer Banks. Locals and visitors alike value our Outer Banks information.

Our local writers tell you how to negotiate dining out if you have a big crowd. We show you, step by step, how to pick a crab. We’ve written articles highlighting Corolla and the Currituck Outer Banks or about charming Manteo on Roanoke Island or telling you the mysteries of Ocracoke Island. We cover the events happening on the Outer Banks – and, boy, are there a lot of them to cover! Outer Banks activities, everything from water sports to walking tours to lighthouse tours to birdwatching trips, are focal points. Businesses, rituals and legends local to the Outer Banks are detailed in our articles. You’ll find out how that restaurant got its name or the modest beginning of that now-booming business. We give you insider Outer Banks information about staying safe in the ocean, how to navigate those pesky turn lanes, which restaurants to check out for the best Southern cuisine in the area and resorts’ present and future aspirations. Our Outer Banks articles are good reading. You’ll feel like a local with all the knowledge you’re sure to collect! And we’re adding to them all the time. Click on in to learn about the Outer Banks from the locals' side!

 

Your Home Away From Home

By Lexi Holian
At the beach, our way of life is best likened to the ebb and flow of the tides. But some things are constant – like the familiar faces and welcoming smiles awaiting guests each season at Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates. For nearly 50 years, the esteemed vacation rental company has had the same philosophy … to focus on... Read More

With a Personal Touch

By Amelia Boldaji
It’s a small, but telling, detail that speaks volumes: Of all the vacation rental and property management companies on the Outer Banks, Joe Lamb, Jr. & Associates is the only one that doesn’t actually use the word realty in its name. Their focus is on people, and their chosen name underlines that fact. “Joe... Read More

Family to Family

By Lexi Holian
The single Kitty Hawk office has a cozier feel than you would expect of a large-scale vacation rental company. And, in some ways, Joe and Ann Lamb like that because it matches the way they like to run their business – personal and real. In fact, when you check into your home at Joe Lamb, Jr. & Associates on a... Read More

Understanding the Value of Tradition

By Horace Whitfield
It would have been easier to sell swampland in Florida than a winter rental on the Outer Banks when Joe Lamb Jr. and his wife, Ann, opened their first Nags Head office in 1968. One might wonder what Joe had learned from his association with his father-in-law's family selling real estate in Elizabeth City, Kinston and... Read More

An Outer Banks Love Story

By Eve Turek
When Joe Lamb, Jr. and his wife, Ann, opened their real estate office in 1968, Dare County had less than 7,000 residents. Manteo was the county's population center. Only Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills had incorporated. The Oregon Inlet bridge was four years young, and today's bustling bypass had only two lanes.The... Read More