John B. McKernan II with Coldwell Banker Atlanta

I am all about information, and I do not necessarily need to be the one getting credit for providing it to my client. The reality is that some people can say it better than me and in the case of loans qualified, and if they do, they deserve to get the credit. I recently found a blog out of Massac...

I doubt there is an active REALTOR or mortgage professional out there today that has not gotten this question, or one like it. While you always want to check with a mortgage professional to discuss your specific situation, I thought it might be helpful to help set expectations for that conversati...

I know I am not the only one who gets this question. Nor am I the only one, who has to explain the form to NON-accountant clients. I have had more than a few people indicate that they did not know a Masters in Accounting was needed to quickly understand the HUD. This is only heightened when the c...

My best friend lost his dad a few weeks ago, an the question of what to do with his dad's house has come up. Talk about a myriad of issues that need to be addressed that are complicated a bit with it being my best friend. First and foremost, how is my friend doing on a given day? See, my friend i...

A good friend of mine in the commercial side of things recently blogged about the issues he sees with lenders not properly maintaining their defaulted spaces. Rather than repeat what he said, here is a link to his blog in the Real Talk section of the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Ted does a real go...

In the Spring in Atlanta, there comes the cloud of pollen. As the pollen wanes it gives way to two treasured events that display the true brilliance of Spring in the South. The majesty that is Augusta National in full bloom for The Masters, and the right of passage for any father-son (or daughter...

I was talking with a colleague the other day who had spent the weekend cramming 4 years worth of continuing education into that weekend. All I could do was laugh, and say, "Really? How is that possible?".  I could understand if the market had been booming over the past few years, or if he had bee...

Like it or not, we are all subject to the expectations of potential clients. I went out this afternoon with a client looking for a rental property. He showed up on time, and we looked at a property that interested him. When we got ready to leave, I asked him if this met his expectations. He indic...

My three year old son was recently posed with the question, "What is your Daddy's favorite thing to do?". His response, "Work on the computer." When I read this, it was like I had been kicked in the stomach because nothing could have been farther from the truth. My favorite thing by far is to pla...

Spring has sprung, and with it come new ideas. I remember the "home of the future" when I was a kid. It amazes how short-sighted the experts of the day really were. Actually, that is probably unfair. There is no way they could have foreseen the coming technological reveolution. Even Bill Gates hi...