I told someone that  I was spending 2 days in a real estate technology conference and they looked at me with an odd expression. Emerging trends, marketing hot topics, online tools, wordpress plugins, QR codes (love/hate), mobile technology. We are getting to nibble on a little of it all. Unlike many real estate functions, RE [...]

Learn More

–
The FHA mortgage insurance premium, known as MIP, rates go up on April 18, 2011! You still have time to lock in and save money.
–

Learn More

Tomorrow night, March 25th from 6pm-9pm is the Dekalb County History Center’s annual silent auction. This is a free event, open to the public & there will be lots of awesome things to bid on from local businesses. Also, beer, wine & munchies! Mindy & I will be your friendly bartenders, so come on by, [...]

Learn More

The DeKalb County school board is scheduled for a controversial vote on Monday March 7, 2011 regarding the potential closure of up to 8 schools. DeKalb County has faced a drop in enrollment and currently has  a large number of empty seats, that coupled with a reduction in funding has brought this issue, which has [...]

Learn More

Spring is on the way & what better way to celebrate than with spring chicks! Eloise (yellow) & Tootie (brown), are Easter Egger chicks. They are 3 weeks old & will grow up to lay beautiful baby blue & light green eggs. Happy Spring!! Stacy

Learn More

I have not seen any reports of how many people took advantage of the first time home buyer tax credits that were available in several forms 2008 – 2010. I wonder how many folks are going to be surprised that Uncle Sam wants some money from them? Most people would consider the tax “credit” that [...]

Learn More

Happy February! Can you believe it? We have almost made it to spring! We have several chickens & each & every one is special to us. But sometimes, you have those that take a super special place in your heart. Martha is one of those. Martha is a Silver Cochin & she came to us [...]

Learn More

A new law went into effect for 2011 that affects landlords. All landlords who receive $600 or more in rent for the year must send a 1099 to all service providers that the landlord paid $600 or more during the year, such as plumbers, carpenters, yard services, and repair people. Prior to 2011, this requirement [...]

Learn More

Decatur has long billed itself as “Your Mallternative.” Their goal is to get you to shop local & stay away from those pesky big box stores. Every year, starting the 1st Thurs in November & running through Christmas, they have Terrific Thursdays. All the local businesses group together, stay open late, serve snacks & beverages [...]

Learn More

We are spending the day in a seminar about landlord-tenant law. We are the only attendees that are not lawyers. Lucky us, we have a roomful of free legal advice. Stacy and I have always strived to go above and beyond our required continuing education. Today our focus is adding to our current processes and [...]

Learn More

Once a home is foreclosed upon it is often very difficult to hunt down the owner or who is ultimately responsible for maintaining the home. As of November 1st, the DeKalb County Foreclosure Registry that was passed by the county commissioners back in July is in effect. The registry requires all foreclosed properties be registered [...]

Learn More

Ok, so Tom is not technically a chicken, but he said this is HIS month & I have to say, I agree. Here are some little known facts about turkeys that you might use to impress your friends: 1. The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America.  In fact, Benjamin Franklin [...]

Learn More

I’ve had several calls in the past week asking me to clarify all the chatter in the news about freezing foreclosures. There have been allegations that lenders repossessed homes without using proper procedures and verifying documents. Home loans get bought and sold regularly. Years ago there was an electronic system, known as MERS, in place [...]

Learn More

Alice is a Silver Laced Wyandotte whose interests include long, free-range walks in the backyard, eating meal worms & pecking inferior hens. Dislikes:people who eat chicken. (Can’t blame her for that!) Turn ons: cracked corn & fresh greens. Turn offs: roosters with small combs or thinning feathers.

Learn More

Last week my husband called me while he was on his way into work and said there were police, fire, gas trucks and the EPA out in front of the Urban Loft townhomes on Maynard Terrace.  My initial thought was that maybe they found a meth lab. Good news is that I was wrong. However, [...]

Learn More

I have lived in East Atlanta for 11 years.  In those years I have rarely missed a strut. The Strut it is our Village’s annual festival. The streets are closed down to traffic and instead filled with artist booths, food vendors and music stages. This year it was icky hot, we hopped on our bikes [...]

Learn More

Mindy & I are always are always on the lookout for new technology that will not only make us stand apart from the competition, but make our Client’s lives easier & the transaction as stress free as possible. We also work with a lot of investors, many of whom are out of state. These investors [...]

Learn More

« Previous Page