Friday Night Live “Summer of Love” The Merchants in the Olde Towne stay open late for Friday Night Live. Spend the first Friday of every month in Olde Towne Woodstock and enjoy the many restaurants and stores that the area has to offer. August 1st Friday Night Live theme will be Summer of Love. The [...]
Active Rain is the world’s largest real estate networking portal. I have used Active Rain on and off for years now, but they seem to be making waves in the search results. I have had several clients look me up on the internet and find my contact information via Active Rain. this means it works! [...]
Today is the first day of no sales tax for any purchases related to school usage (details below). Georgia has been offering these tax holidays for years now and they seem to work as most businesses report an increase in sales over these weekends. House Bill 948 provides for a sales tax exemption from both [...]
Canton, GA got some unexpected public promotion recently when Stephen Colbert referred to Canton as crappy. Here is Colbert’s quote: “Canton. And not the crappy Canton in Georgia. I’m talking about Canton, Ohio!” Many local papers have covered the story and seem to focus on Bill Grant‘s attempt to have Stephen Colbert visit Canton, GA [...]
Pre printed form commercial sales agreements contain pitfalls for buyers unaware that the form is silent on many provisions that are critical to specific types of corporate and real estate transactions. I recently reviewed a form commercial sales agreement that addressed the sale of a business along with the commercial real estate. The form, however, was [...]
Lawrence Yun is the Managing Director of Quantitative Research Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the National Association of REALTORS®, where he manages the Statistics and Forecasting Groups of the Research Division. He writes regular columns on real estate market trends, creates NAR’s forecasts, and participates in many economic forecasting panels, including [...]
Our resident commercial real estate attorney has written his Top 10 Checklist for Commercial Lease Legal Issues to help you consider the important issues that come up in your lease. Confirm all financial and legal terms from lease LOI and properly reflected in the lease document. CAM Charges: a) Did landlord included capital expenses in [...]
Thanks to David Bell for proving these highlights on Wachovia’s July Economic Report. (bold emphasis added by me) Modest consumer spending, a pullback in commercial construction and lower growth in exports has resulted in a lower forecast for 2009. Inflation remains at the top end of the Fed’s target range, due to higher priced imports, [...]
The July 15th Primary Ballot contains a referendum for the purpose of establishing a “floating” homestead exemption. An Act to Amend Property Assessments- House Bill 1269 “Shall the Act be approved which provides a homestead exemption from Cherokee County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the [...]
In the year 2008, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said: Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans. He [...]
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, ...
