jasper homes: The Mountain Conservation Trust on the Mountain Real Estate Report - 11/13/09 07:59 AM
The Mountain Real Estate Report is heard every Thursday on WYYZ Radio in North Georgia. This week we interviewed the President of the Mountain Conservation Trust. The trust is a non profit group aimed at preserving land. It is not just a green acres thing. The trust takes land use … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: The Mountain Real Estate Report - 10/15/09 04:07 PM
The Mountain Real Estate report is heard every Thursday on WYYZ Radio broadcast out of Jasper Georgia. This weeks show focused on the changing Financial environment and the effect it has on mortgages. Now more than ever you need to work with professionals. The show is also stored on our web … (0 comments)
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jasper homes: North Georgia Mountain Real Estate Report - 10/09/09 08:48 AM
The Mountain real estate report is heard in Jasper, Big CanoeEllijay Ball Ground and through out the North Georgia Mountains. It is also on line at www.allmountainrealty.com This weeks shows centers on leases and lease purchases. This growing part of our business can be tricky for buyers sellers and Realtors. Enjoy … (0 comments)
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jasper homes: Mountain Real Estate Report - 10/01/09 03:18 PM
Each Thursday as Heard on WYYZ Radio in our North Georgia Mountains we bring you the Mountain Real Estate report. If you are in Big Canoe, Jasper, Ball Ground, Ellijay or one of the many areas the show is broadcast you know how important the information is to you. This … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: Mountain Chill sets in - 09/28/09 10:02 AM
This week it is going to get a bit cool in the mountains. Fall is a great time of year. Whether you are in Big Canoe or anywhere in Jasper or the North Georgia Mountains you are thinking, " I am looking forward to that first fire in the fire place. … (4 comments)
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jasper homes: Foreclosure rate still high - 08/31/09 12:46 PM
The national foreclosure rate reported today is still high. As of this time today the markets have reacted in a negative way. So what is the problem?
The Government bail out program and loan re-modification programs have actually worked! Some of these programs were started by the last administration and modified … (4 comments)
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jasper homes: The North Georgia Mountains Summer review - 08/30/09 10:10 AM
The North Georgia Mountains usually get busy in the summer. This is when we see many of the buyers. This summer started slow but picked up some as the summer went on.
We are seeing prices in places like Big Canoe adjust downward as the sales volume starts to pick up. … (0 comments)
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jasper homes: Two totally unrealted events of today - 08/29/09 05:00 PM
Event 1 . I keep my camera in my car for photo opportunities. When I got in my wife said, "too bad you took the camera. There was a bear in the yard and guess what he was doing?' That's right he was Sh&&^^&^&ing in the woods. I missed a golden … (6 comments)
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jasper homes: Great New Listing in Ball Ground Ga - 08/28/09 01:28 PM
We have a great new 3/2 listing in Ball Ground The link to the property is: HTTP://rwrt.us/fik
This home sits on almost an acre and is in a cul-de sac. It is in a great neighborhood and many of the homes in this neighborhood are priced much higher
The … (3 comments)
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jasper homes: Looking to Start a Real Estate Career in the North Georgia Mountains pt 7 - 08/24/09 12:56 PM
This is the last part in the series. I hope you all enjoyed it. The last thing we have not covered is choosing a firm to associate with.
Like many other areas you have choices. But if you choose a big name make sure they are established in the mountains. If … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: Looking to start a Real Estate Career in the North Georgia Mountains Pt 5 - 08/21/09 08:18 AM
In this part we will look at working with Buyers. There are a couple of different types of folks who buy in the Mountains. Remember 32% of retiring baby boomers want mountain property. So we will focus on the buyer moving here. Advise your buyer. If your buyer is coming from … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: Let's hear it for us !!!! - 08/20/09 04:22 PM
Our board of Realtors is very active in the community doing many things to help. In general even the community I live in is very active in the county. Today at a meeting it was announced that per capita Pickens County had more volunteers involved in the community than any other … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: Looking to Start a Real Estate career in the North Georgia Mountains Pt 3 - 08/17/09 08:12 AM
In parts 1 and 2 we covered getting started and land sales. It is now time to move on to housing. In the mountains you will run into homes that are different from other areas.
1 Log Cabins. You will have buyers who want the cabin feeling and look at log … (1 comments)
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jasper homes: REMEMBER TO DISCLOSE Informational Post - 08/14/09 03:18 PM
This year we have been involved in 3 listings that belonged to others and we are the second party in to try and sell the home. What makes these 3 unique is the homes were built before 1978. In all three cases when we presented the seller with the REQUIRED Lead … (8 comments)
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jasper homes: The Populist Movement and the Health Care debate a Lesson - 08/12/09 08:27 AM
At the turn of the 20th and near the end of 19th Century there was a big , what we would call today, grass roots movement in the South. It was called the Populist movement. It featured such colorful characters as Sock-less Jerry Simpson, and famous figures like William Jennings Bryan.
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jasper homes: Motivational Monday - 08/10/09 01:30 PM
The following 2 quotes caught my eye and for the first time I thought I would participate in Motivational Monday
"It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse"
Adlai Stevenson
I love this quote because in our business it is so true. You … (4 comments)
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jasper homes: Old Fashion Barber Shop Photos in small town America - 08/09/09 11:18 AM
The Old Fashion Barber shop is exactly what it says it is. A small building on South Main Street in Jasper Georgia.
The Barber poll works and is the traditional advertisement. There is a bench outside where you can sit if you do not want to wait inside. This shop has … (5 comments)
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jasper homes: Jasper, Big Canoe Mountain Builder Jerry Hynes - 08/07/09 10:37 AM
Jerry Hynes aka to us up here as Hynes in the pines is a quality mountain builder. Jerry owns his own company . His attention to detail and the way he warrants his product is second to none. Unlike big tract builders Jerry is small enough to monitor all the projects … (0 comments)
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jasper homes: The Terraces Big Canoe photos - 08/05/09 12:20 PM
The Terraces in Big Canoe are a place where great things happen. The Terraces are owned by the Big Canoe Chapel. But they are not reserved for Chapel members only. Every summer the Terraces put on a series of concerts open to the general public. Some of these concerts are free. … (4 comments)
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jasper homes: An Interesting Dilemma - 08/03/09 09:13 AM
Last week the Federal cash for clunkers program ran into trouble. The trouble was success. This program makes so much sense it is hard to believe it comes out of Washington. After all if we get better gas mileage we reduce our dependence on foreign oil as well as help the … (8 comments)
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