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How smart is this? The city of Sandy Springs, GA (just outside the City of Atlanta's limits) is launching a smart phone application to allow residents to submit photos of potholes, broken sidewalks, downed trees and other problems that need to be fixed by city workers. The app, called CoSSpotter,...

We all knew it was coming. Local governments are now getting  into the foreclosure mess: A new law was passed in DeKalb County which will affect all properties that were foreclosed after October 27, 2010, in the Dekalb portion of Atlanta and unincorporated DeKalb county .   The DeKalb County Fore...

Most of the current challenges, investigations, and allegations concerning improper affidavits, signatures, notaries, and foreclosures are in states with "judicial" foreclosure, where a judge must approve the procedure, based on the paperwork provided.  There have been claims that this paperwork ...

Yesterday morning, I wrote an offer for a house. I called the listing agent, leaving her a voice mail message, asking her to call me before I sent the offer and to please return my call. 3 hours later, she texted me. I returned the text and called her again, leaving a 2nd message. I called her 3 ...

Atlanta's Dean Gardens, one of the largest and most expensive homes in NE Atlanta just sold. The home is over 32,000 square feet, with two carriage houses. It has been on and off the market for over 15 years, for $20M to $40M! It sold last week for $7.6M, 55% of its latest listing price of $13.9M...

 The big economic rumor these days, from Washington to Wall Street, is that investment firms are privately alerting their clients that the Obama administration may order government lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more...

On April 30, 2010, mortgage rates were 5.125%.  All Realtors all know that April 30 was the last day to write a contract and be eligible for the $8000 first time homebuyer tax credit. Today, mortgage rates were 4.375%. On a $300,000 loan, for homebuyers who purchased after the tax credit expired,...

Downtown Atlanta's annual restaurant "deal" is back! Central Atlanta Progress sponsors one week of low - priced dinners. Depending on the particular restaurant, you can get a 3-course meal for either $25 or $35 per person. http://www.atlantadowntown.com/fun/restaurant-week

An effort led by the powerful civic organization, The Buckhead Coalition, is asking 16 Buckhead neighborhoods to participate in the mapping of pothole locations. This is the Coalition's new project, "Code Buckhead 300".  The Coalition will then ask the City of Atlanta to repair the potholes.     ...

Ken is absolutely spot-on with this! My listings that sold quickly, were from sellers who listened to me on pricing. The properties that didn't sell, or took months to sell, were from sellers who resisted my pricing advice and strategies.After 15 years of selling financial products, I am very com...