Every state has some crazy laws, check out Crazytopics: Craziest Laws in America for a list of them all, but here are the ones discovered in Georgia: Acworth: All citizens must own a rake. A Kennesaw, Ga. law makes it illegal for every homeowner not to own a gun, unless you are a convicted felon, [...]
A client of mine is beginning the process to purchase a vacant lot to build his new home. As expected, he has many questions about how to do find the right property and then what to do with it once he has found it. After searching the web for a good website that explains the [...]
I have been a Cingular cell phone customer since they were BellSouth. My real estate company has a Blackberry Enterprise Server so all of my agents can use Blackberry‘s to provide better communications to each of their clients and customers. Almost all of my agents use Cingular as a cell service provider. But now the [...]
As I anticipated in an earlier post about property rights in Cherokee County, the cities within the county are already seeking annexation of property. Of course the Cherokee Board of Commissioners are fighting the City of Holly Springs over the issue… County, Holly Springs face off Board of Commissioners challenges two annexations; growth boundary expired [...]
Or do suburbs attract fat people? In a recent article of Science News, researchers found… So far, the dozen strong studies that have probed the relationships among the urban environment, people’s activity, and obesity have all agreed, says Ewing. “Sprawling places have heavier people,” he says. “There is evidence of an association between the built [...]
Last week at our Maxsell Real Estate sales meeting we covered the changes for the new GAR contracts, and there are many. garealtor.com has a good overview of the changes posted here on their website and today I found a good post by Doug Quance of Brokers First realty covering those changes. Excerpts are reposted [...]
The Atlanta Business Chronicle has a good story about the agenda for the Georgia General Assembly. I really like the fact that Georgia is considering the Fair Tax! Reforming the state tax code — perhaps to eliminate the income tax or raise badly needed funds for transportation — is likely to be a key focus [...]
Everyone knows my love of LoopNet as a commercial real estate service. But it seems that I may not be the only one who thinks highly of LOOP. While the housing market contracts, the office-space market is poised to grow. One of the biggest beneficiaries of that growth may be a tech company: LoopNet (LOOP [...]
The lives of a Waleska family were changed forever on Thursday, January 11, 2007. Faith Tipton-Smith and her two daughters were awakened by the now famous “good morning” wake-up call from the host of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Ty Pennington. As is the practice on the very popular Sunday night show, they are being [...]
With the intent to slow or stop the growth of Cherokee County, I am just waiting for the Board of Commissioners to ban sex…or better yet, charge an Impact Fee! $5,000 per child reproduced in Cherokee County? Wouldn’t this generate income and prohibit growth at the same time? I can’t think of a more logical [...]
Home affordability took a slight hit this week after the Federal Reserve's release of its August 10 meeting minutes.
Mortgage rates would have been volatile this week. The presence of Labor Day just piles on. If you have a chance to lock something favorable ...
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, up to 30 percent of a home's energy costs can be cut just by reducing drafts. For example, ...
