Glenn's Thoughts...

Lake real estate brings challenges, often different from typical urban or rural homes. Some companies focus on websites to drive traffic to agents who will pay for membership (or ads). Meanwhile most general real estate brokerages lack specialization (at least at the brokerage level).  We have a ...

You all know them. Perhaps you are “them”; those who seem to eagerly agree, but then rarely participate.  Or they agree but participate unhappily.     “You bet I’ll help you move!”     “Of course I’ll help with your open house.”     “Call me; I’d love to help on that community project.” People ar...

This impacts every agents and broker in the business. My comments are not meant to be fear mongering, but a real update of events we have seen recently (as well as recently reported by many in the computer support industry). My background includes a heavy dose of technology and technology consult...

  “Is this property still available?” is one of the most common questions we get from visitors to LakeHomes.com. There is great concern about outdated listings of homes for sale. I know why home buyers ask this question, and it has nothing to do with our brokerage or website. Our listings are kep...

  At first blush, many prospective buyers see a vacation rental purchase as a potential win-win: They pick up a new source of income and have a cost-effective vacation destination whenever they have the urge to get away. It’s easy to understand why vacationers prefer to rent their own property in...

  Bear with me a moment, as this may seem unrelated to real estate but is actually something applicable to all of us. A few weeks ago I’m driving to the office along a four lane highway. The speed limit along this stretch of road is 55 MPH. In the fast lane, a small SUV is going about 35 MPH, twe...

If you’ve decided you’d like to invest in a vacation home, look carefully before you make the final commitment.  Buying a home, no matter what the circumstances might be, is a major investment and enormous responsibility. While real estate has certainly been a safe haven for investment in the pas...

  Recently, I was visiting lake real estate agents across Georgia and traveling on I-20 toward Atlanta I saw a billboard that read, "If You Could Improve Your Life, Would You?" I don't know what it was advertising but WOW. As I drove, and since, I've really been really thinking about that questio...

“Go Team!” “You are a Winner!” “Just Believe!” I’ve often heard that real estate agents (and brokers too) just need better motivation to be successful. As if poor performance is just a communication problem. “Oh the poor people, we just didn’t tell them the inspiring words that would bring them s...

Many of us deal with vacation homes, such as lake homes and mountain homes, that are considered investment property. As we specialize in lake real estate, here is a list we share of investment tips for these types of property. You are welcome to share it. 10 TOP Investment Tips for Buying a Vacat...