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I’ve enjoyed digging in to the history of my home and was lucky enough to meet the son of the man who built my house in 1932. Hearing stories of the history of my home was such a treat and we were happy to get answers to some questions that we had not been able [...]
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Grab your paper for shredding and old tires for recycling to support America Recycles Day. Saturday November 19th Keep DeKalb Beautiful is hosting a Shred & Tread event.
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I just got back from spending the weekend in Savannah. I love Savannah and typically visit a couple times per year. That got me thinking, what other must-visits are there for Atlanta based folks. These are all within about a half days drive of Atlanta. Savannah, GA – home to the largest National Historic Landmark [...]
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Trulia recently launched a beta version of crime maps. They use a heatmap to track crimes and it makes for some very interesting reading. I think this is a great tool for potential home buyers. The stats seem to run 30-45 days behind but the heat colors are indicative of patterns and typically that is [...]
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A survey recently released by move.com shows that in the upcoming months, real estate investors are more likely to throw their hats into the buying ring than typical buyers. The survey also states that investors are most likely to spend their dollars in their own cities. Over the years, we have dealt with many out-of-state [...]
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Pre-foreclosure, shortsale, CDPE listing…these all describe the same thing. In brief, a short sale is when a homeowner owes more than they can sell their home for and they ask their mortgage lender to ‘short’ their mortgage and take less than what it is worth. There are many nuances to short sales but let’s focus [...]
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Meet Blondie… This month’s chicken hails from East Atlanta. Blondie is a silkie. She lives in a really cool coop in the backyard of Rebecca and Joe. Blondie shares her coop with her flock of 4 other chickens. She’s a pretty little thing with a blondish to red coat, who enjoys dust baths. It was [...]
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Ka Pow! Boom! Bang! Twice in the last week I have had two different buyers that have made offers and run into multiple offer situations. It was not too long ago that we regularly encountered multiple offers, however, lately that has been a rarity. In these cases, both happened to be on bank-owned, Freddie and [...]
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On Saturday an Ormewood Park resident stood on the corner of Ormewood and Woodland roads handing out information on the proposed building of a QuikTrip gas station. The proposed gas station would be located adjacent to the Little Azios where the run-down Jiffy Grocery is currently located. I love the idea of having a convenience [...]
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Today is the opening day of the farmers market in East Atlanta. This year the market has moved to a new location at 561 Flat Shoals Ave (across from the Midway). Our local neighborhood market has grown other the past few years and was voted ‘Best Outdoors Farmers Market’ in 2010 by Creative Loafing readers. [...]
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