First time available on one of the most premier cottage homesites in Bear Lake Reserve! The level yard with natural rock outcroppings and mountain stream is the perfect setting for this fully furnished cozy cottage, all on one level featuring an open kitchen/dining/great room floor plan with many upgrades including heart pine floors, tongue-and-groove ceiling, two wood-burning fireplaces with gas starters, stainless steel appliances, screened back porch with fireplace, and more. Bear Lake Reserve is a 2,100-acre resort with miles of lake frontage, hiking trails, stocked trout ponds, fly-fishing streams, mountain biking, 9-Hole Jack Nicklaus golf course, tennis, lakefront clubhouse with swimming pools, hot tubs, restaurant, and fitness center. In 2019, over $25,000 in gross short term rental income with owners staying most major peak holidays. Seller is a licensed NC Broker.