I have been talking septic systems a lot lately, and I think I know a thing or two about them. Not how they work, but how to “deal” with them when negotiating a RE transaction. Septic Systems are quite a topic these days. With all the rain we’ve had lately, a number of dormant septic [...]
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What You Need to Know Before Buying or Selling a Home with a Septic System. Part 1 of 2
Posted in buyers, home inspections, Joe's Posts, sellers on January 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Yes, Virginia, There is a Buying Season…And It’s Here!
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, sellers, taxes on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Holy Cow! The sun is out! A friend who recently moved here from Seattle to escape the gloomy weather now fears he may have brought it with him. No kidding, we’ve had 56 inches of rain so far this year, and I can’t believe this next line, but it is apparently not even a record. [...]
What Does a Tax Credit Extension Mean for The Athens, GA Real Estate Market?
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, sellers, taxes on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All. Please see this link for up to date info on extending the first time homebuyer tax credit. It’s not a done deal, but it looks promising. The proposed legislation would include repeat buyers, and this addition will surely result in better housing stock to choose from (Ask any realtor, and they will [...]
Hey, All!
Posted in Blogging is fun, buyers, Joe's Posts, sellers on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, it has been a long time since my last post, so long in fact that I failed to update my credit card info or failed to confirm something with my blog provider, and offline it went! But I have an excuse: I’m a busy guy. Very very busy. With a part time assistant, I [...]
Short Sales in the Athens, GA Regional Area: No Different than Elsewhere in the Nation.
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, real estate in the media, taxes on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excellent piece on short sales on NPR today. Hits the nail squarely on the head, and at this risk of sharing this with the millions of readers of this blog, resulting in a grinding halt to the economic turnaround currently being propelled by the 8000.00 fed tax credit and the new 1500.00 state tax credit, [...]
Georgia on My Mind
Posted in Athens Life, buyers, Joe's Posts, taxes on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Georgia Homebuyer Tax Credit Has Arrived! Better late than never, and every penny counts. I was wondering how the $8000.00 federal tax credit would affect the market, and that is all buyers all talking about now (at every price range too!). This state icing on the cake definitely doesn’t hurt. See the link to [...]
GA House Bill 233 Property Assessment Freeze
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, Mortgages and Loans, sellers, taxes on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I thought you might be interested to know that as of yesterday, Governor Perdue signed House Bill 233 into law essentially freezing all property tax assessments in Georgia for 3 years. Effective January 1, 2009 through 2011, counties may not increase the value of any property, even when that property is sold, subject to a [...]
Foreclosures in the Athens, GA Area: – Where are all the good ones?
Posted in buyers, foreclosures, investment properties, Joe's Posts on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you listen to the talking heads in the media these days, you’d think there were foreclosures on every corner of every neighborhood, like gorgeous low hanging fruit in mid-summer. Let me set the record straight: Nothing could be farther from the truth. I have been involved in easily a half dozen foreclosure transactions in [...]
Water Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink or Why It’s a Great Time to Sell Your Home in the 100 to 200k Range.
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, sellers on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the Athens area, the buyers purchasing in the 100-200k range are driving the market, due in part to incredibly low interest rates and the 8000.00 tax credit. Fortunately, I have been working with a number of buyers in this range this Spring. That’s the good news. But here’s the challenge: finding my clients good [...]
Where’s the Beef?
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, real estate in the media, sellers on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite all the not posting I have been doing, the world continues to present an increasing number of interesting topics worthy of comment. But for now, I want to blog a bit about three things in the next week (an ambitious goal to be sure). First, what happened to the real estate market being [...]
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