1 ODDS AN ENDS Recently with fear and trepidation of being overwhelmed I posted a referral. I have a buyer looking to buy a Condo in the Atlanta area. This would be a co-brokered deal. I think there may be 4 other buyers in this Condo market right now so I thought i would get slammed with respons
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12/30/2007
I recently attended a local meeting of our board of Realtors. Our board does a lot of good work. The guest speaker was a minister who runs an out reach program. Very good stuff and we all contribute. In her speech she mentioned that ,"she didn't know what the million dollar club was but wanted to
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12/30/2007
Hey it is inevitable. It is the time of year we look ahead. Here is how I see the year shaping up1 It is an election year. Elections bring about uncertainty. When we have uncertainty people tend to stay on the couch. Just look at this year. The uncertainty the press in part created made many fea
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12/26/2007
What do you know about your buyers ? If you have been in this business for more than 1 day you probably can say; 1 I know what they can afford and are approved for. 2 I know whether they have to sell to buy. 3 I know what they are looking for , and 4 I know there time frame. If you do not know t
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12/23/2007
When you look for an agent in the mountains what do you look for? If you are shopping for Big Canoe Homes do you go to the real estate company inside the gates. Maybe you are looking for Lake Arrowhead homes, or Benttree homes. When you shop for a Realtor you should be looking for one who can sho
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12/22/2007
It is early Saturday morning here and foggy and wet. This is day 3 of no sunshine. Now remember we are in a big drought situation a little south of us so I should be happy. But the gloom is starting to get to me. I am meeting a first time buyer this morning. He is making a life for himself and hi
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12/21/2007
We have a new great condo in Big Canoe for sale. It is 199,000. It is a 3 bedroom 2 bath unit. The beauty of this is 3 fold. 1 It comes furnished2 It can be rented. There are no restrictions against this3 There are 2 holiday rental companies and vacation companies with in the community that handl
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12/20/2007
OK, so you want to buy land. You are singing , "Don't fence me in" and got the bug. If you are looking in our North Georgia Mountains and maybe elsewhere there are some things you should watch out for. There are two broad categories to choose from Developed and undeveloped land. Developed. This
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12/20/2007
No one has a crystal ball but all indications are real estate in the mountains is going to be strong. We have a scarcity of land. We have great prices. We are very desirable. We are in fact as mountain property number 2 on the baby Boomer destination list.What this means is we should see a contin
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12/19/2007
We are all saying now is the time to buy. But buy what ? I work with a lot of first time investors. So here is how I think about it. First of all a first time investor is someone who maybe already owns their home and is looking to invest some money in real estate OTHER than their home investment.
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12/17/2007
