The mantra “real estate is local” is chanted over and over again in towns and counties across the land. While it is true that every area has it’s own version of a real estate reality, it is also a fact that every region has a local economy that must be taken into account when considering the long...

03/06/2012

Down and out in Newnan GA!

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I have to leave my car at the shop today for some too-long deferred repairs. As you might expect, the universal forces have conspired against me and I have a million things to do. My gut tells me to postpone the work but after nearly not making it home last night I know that prudence must overrid...

03/05/2012

Just because a house is “For Sale” does not mean that it is “Open!”

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One of the most troubling “new attitudes” in the real estate arena is the notion that any house that is listed is open and available to be viewed WITHOUT a real estate agent present. I get call after call from potential buyers that tell me that they are either looking in the windows of one of my ...

03/04/2012

Spring pushes forth new life!

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Awake, from sleeping root push forthTo beckon famished apian swarms‘Tis Spring’s first industry of growthThat bursts from rock as Nature’s host! (R Weisser 2012) It’s THAT time of year again. The time when the earth warms enough to force the earliest blooms to open and fac...

03/03/2012

At some point you have to have confidence in your systems!

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If your job required you to hang in mid-air on the side of a building, you would be unable to perform your task satisfactorily until you had full confidence in your suspension system! Setting a system in place is only the first step in achieving your ultimate purpose. You must employ the system w...

03/02/2012

“This generation shall not pass until….”

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Yesterday we got the news that “teen” heartthrob Davy Jones had succumbed to a heart attack. Half of the Beatles has preceded him, as did Elvis, Roy Orbison and so many others that defined an entire generation. But this is not intended to be a tribute post or an epistle about musical history. It ...

02/29/2012