Many, many years ago I worked on a construction crew. For a short time we had a helper named Ron. Ron was a hard worker, but he never quite understood what we were trying to accomplish. Ron thought that if he did what he was told and stayed busy that he was doing a good job. But Ron wasn’t doing...

07/07/2011

Sell or hold? That’s the $64,000 question and we are not talking about Monopoly money!

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These days I get asked this question quite frequently: Should we sell now and cut our losses or should we hold out and wait until the market rebounds? And I wish that I had the answer to that question, but the simple answer is that “nobody knows.” However, each case is different and anyone face...

07/06/2011

Everybody talks about real estate, but nobody ever does anything about it!

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With all due respect to Mark Twain, real estate has replaced the weather as the main topic of conversation at social gatherings. I attended several functions over the Independence Day weekend and everybody wanted to talk about the market and what was being done to fix it. After all, everyone ha...

07/05/2011

Independence did not come easily and there was a price to be paid for freedom!

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In 1776 a group of stalwart individuals had finally had enough. In concert, they agreed to pen their grievances on parchment, and officially emancipated themselves from the rule of the British Crown. It was not a case of meaningless symbolism. Every man that affixed his signature understood the ...

07/04/2011

What have we given up in our relentless pursuit of the almighty dollar?

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I was in the real estate office the other day, and on my way to the kitchen for a coffee break I stopped and initiated a conversation with some coworkers. As I commenced speaking, one of the agents interrupted me and asked: How is this going to make me any money? Oh really? Is that all that life...

07/03/2011

Chattahoochee Bend State Park in Coweta County Georgia is Georgia’s Newest State Park.

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Chattahoochee Bend State Park is now open! Located in Coweta County Georgia, the 2,910 acre state park is one of the largest in Georgia. It officially was dedicated and opened on July 1, 2011. The park has frontage on nearly 7 miles of the Chattahoochee River, and the public can access the rive...

07/01/2011

OMG it’s official: 2011 is half over!!!!

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It’s July 1 and it’s hard to believe that 2011 is officially half over. And the holiday weekend may be a good time to assess our businesses to see if changes need to be made for the duration of the year. I for one am very surprised that we are still concluding transactions that started in 2010. ...

07/01/2011