If things go well, I am looking to have December be my best month of 2011. Never thought I’d write a sentence like that, but business has picked up noticeably in the 4th Quarter in the Athens Area. It is still extremely challenging to keep deals moving towards an actual closing, but that has a [...]
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Athens, GA Housing Market Improving! I Kind of had a Hunch…
Posted in Joe's Posts, real estate in the media, sellers on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Has the Whole World Gone Mad?
Posted in buyers, foreclosures, Joe's Posts, sellers on October 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Has the Whole World Gone Mad? (Water Sobchak: The Big Lebowski) A funny thing happened to me again yesterday. I call is Foreclosure Mania, that intense desire to purchase a foreclosure, so much so that all other listings on the market are ignored regardless of their inherent value. The following anecdote will demonstrate how [...]
3 Easy Ways to Get Your House Ready For Sale…Before the Buying Season
Posted in Joe's Posts, sellers, Uncategorized on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the buying season is supposedly officially over, it is time time to prep your house for next year’s market…which begins in three months! No kidding. Expect a bit of a slow down in the last quarter almost upon us, but there is still a market in the year’s last three months. I had [...]
“Stay Alive as Long as You Live”
Posted in buyers, foreclosures, Joe's Posts, Mortgages and Loans, sellers on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Stay alive as long as you live” J.W. Fanning Bloggers are an interesting bunch. Correction: GOOD bloggers are an interesting bunch. They post regularly, often for years, even when no one is reading. They just keep going. But here’s the thing: some of the busiest folks I know still carve out time to blog. [...]
You’ve Got Mail! Life on the Edge of the RE Market
Posted in buyers, Joe's Posts, sellers on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The following is an email exchange between a client and me this morning. It seems that so much of what we are doing as realtors these days is anything but routine, and every email, telephone call, market analysis, etc., seems to have so much more riding on it than in the past. Not to say [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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