Joseph Harrison's (harr6607) Blog

Another financing method for those homebuyers looking to move up the property ladder.  Suppose you've been looking at homes in the area, almost haphazardly, without any serious motivation to buy any time soon, but then one day the misses (aka "The Boss"....aka "Your Wife") falls in love with this...

If you own rental property, this is one of those things you should know about!  Section 1031 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code allows investors (that you if you own a rental) to defer capital gains taxes on the exchange of like-kind properties. Ok, so what does this mean? First, let's explain wha...

The FHA 203K is a mortgage loan that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration and allows for the rehabilitation and repair of a single family property. Traditionally if you bought a fixer upper, you would have to obtain financing to purchase the property (acquistion), then obtain addition...

  So you've decided to put your home on the market.  Most sellers have a pretty good idea of what they would like to get for the sale of their home.  Sometimes it doen't always correspond with what they could realistically receive for the home, but that's human nature.  We all want to make the hi...

Marshes of MacKay is a very beautiful neighborhood in Brunswick, GA.  The subdivision is located off of Highway 17 in North Glynn County, about midway between the old waterfront city of Darien and all the shopping and entertainment of central Brunswick. What I find great about this neighborhood i...

Nattie Em's Old Town Cafe, 1414 Newcastle St. (Coming Soon- August 1st)   Cargo Portside Grill, 1423 Newcastle St., 267-7330   4th of May, 1618 Newcastle St., 262-0699   Daddy Cate's Coffee, 302 Gloucester St., 264-9363   Fox's Pizza Den, 1429 Newcastle St., 265-4490   FTG Cafe, 1402 Reynolds St....

Caleb's Crossing is a townhome community in Northern Glynn, off of Harry Drigger's Blvd.  this is a premium location, convient to great schools, shopping, employment, recreation, and churches.  The community features a large lake, a salt-based pool, and playground area.  Units vary from 1100 squa...

Come down to Howard Coffin Park in Brunswick, GA this Saturday, June 13th, to watch the world famous frisbee dogs!!  The event is sponsored by "Suzie's Friends" a local spay/neuter hospital and adoption center striving to "fix" the feral cat population by offering affordable cat spay/neuter servi...

  Are you upside down? The mystifying "short sale" is becoming a more common phrase when it comes to the sale of homes in today's market.  There is a very particular reason it is thus.  According to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development,  a short sale allows the mortgagor in default...

The city lies about 30 miles north of Florida. It was settled in 1738, founded in 1771, and incorporated February 22, 1856. Plans for the city's streets and squares were laid out in grid-style following James Oglethorpe's Savannah Plan. In 1789, George Washington proclaimed Brunswick as one of t...