The Newnan - Coweta County Board of Realtorsheld its Professional Achievement Awards Banquet at the Arbor Springs Golf and Country Club on Friday Night. The awards, formerly the Million Dollar Club, reward agents for meeting production levels set by the board/2007 was supposedly a bad year for re
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03/28/2008
In an unprecedented move, Microsoft has stopped supporting FrontPage, a software program used by many developers for over nine years. While it's true that many of it's features were archaic and old-fashioned, it also had many features that set it apart, not the least of which is the ability to op
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03/24/2008
It's Easter Sunday, 2008. Easter arrived very early this year, and it seems like a lot of us were not quite prepared. I found myself running around at the last minute, getting the ingredients together for Easter dinner. We elected to go non-traditional this year. My mother was Italian, and I make
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03/23/2008
Announcing a new group, The ERA United Realty group! While this group is designed specifically to discuss ERA products and services, it's also a forum to discuss current marketing issues, and how to address specific problems. Hopefully, we'll all benefit from the networking. ERA has become the co
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03/22/2008
OK, I admit it. I have become a blogging junkie. I have been blogging on ActiveRain for some time now, and I have become obsessed with accumulating points. After all, since ActiveRain is a real estate industry blogging site, at least I feel like I am working when I spend countless hours writing,
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03/21/2008
It was a perfect day in Newnan, Georgia. Yes, it is indeed the first day of Spring, but that is an arbitrary word assigned to the day during which a specific astronomical event occurs. But that in itself, did not make the day perfect. No, it was a perfectly crisp, cool and clear day following rai
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03/20/2008
I attended the Newnan - Coweta Board of Realtors luncheon today, and the guest speaker was from the Newnan - Coweta Habitat for Humanity. Our board has always been involved in community service, not the least of which is Habitat. We were challenged to raise enough money to build on of the project
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03/20/2008
It's raining here in Newnan Georgia. During most Springs of the past, I wouldn't give it a second thought. Spring is traditionally wet in our area, and Spring showers are part of the fabric of life here. But last year was not a typical year. It did not rain much in the Spring, and even less in
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03/19/2008
Yes Indeed. Sounds strange, but it's true.It isn't that I don't believe in auction as an aggressive and wonderful marketing tool for selling real estate, it's just that the market has changed and there are many reasons that auction won't work today.The number one reason is competition from bank f
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03/17/2008
I got a phone call today from a staff writer at the Newnan Times-Herald, our local newspaper in Coweta County Georgia. The journalist asked if she could ask a few questions about the local real estate market, and I said that I would be glad to talk as long as she liked.She started with the usual
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03/12/2008