Located in the Piedmont Heights Community by Lindberg Station and GA 400 (photos are below, scroll down to view)
* Sought after Buckhead / Lindberg area ¼ mile from GA 400 * Top floor unit, Largest 1 bedroom floor-plan in the complex * Hardwood floors, new carpeting, new paint, walk-in closet, French doors to sunroom * Owner is a non-smoker and has no pets, move-in ready * EXCELLENT location - walk to shopping, restaurants, and MARTA * Ample, well lit parking for you and your guests * Quiet, gated community with lots of dog-walks and green space * Tennis court, swimming pool, clubhouse gym * Well managed Home Owner’s Association and nicely maintained grounds
Listed at $119,900 706 Summit North Drive Atlanta, GA 30324
FMLS # 3682905 Agents... Lockbox accessible, go and show!
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JANET D. PATRICK, REALTOR® Atlanta Area Specialist, Member of The Austin Team Agents of the Year, EVERY year from 1997 - 2008
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL Coldwell Banker The Condo Store 900 Peachtree Street Atlanta , GA 30309
770-314-2918 Direct 404-292-6636 Office 404-292-5411 FAX
Located in the Round Hill Community by The Prado (photos are below, scroll down to view)
* Sought after Sandy Springs area 1/2 mile south of I-285 just inside the perimeter off Roswell Road * Hardwood floors, new carpeting, new paint, crown molding * 6x6 storage unit included! * Ample, well lit parking * Quiet community with lots of green space * Nicely maintained grounds and HOA
Listed at $89,900 5400 Roswell Road, Unit G2 Atlanta, GA 30342
* Owner is a non-smoker and has no pets * Move-in ready, unit is now vacant! * EXCELLENT location - walk to shopping, restaurants, and MARTA * Park either in front or in back of your unit - plenty of well maintained spaces for you and your guests * Established community with lots of trees, greenery, and sidewalks
CLICK HERE to view the FMLS listing, # 3566006 Agents... Unit is vacant – please go and show!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY?
Please contact me:
JANET D. PATRICK, REALTOR® Atlanta Area Specialist
COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL Coldwell Banker The Condo Store
770-314-2918 Direct 404-292-6636 Office 404-292-5411 FAX
I came across THIS article from 1998 today by Robin Sharma called "Eight Ways To Simplify Your Life and Have More Fun" - a brief summary is below but you can click the link (in all caps) for details:
1. Find work that you love
2. Go on a "news fast"
3. Learn to say no
4. Connect with nature
5. Laugh daily
6. Sell your TV
7. Be silent
8. Eat less
I'd like to add a few to the list that I've implemented on my own through the years that have helped me greatly:
1. HAVE LITTLE TO NO DRY CLEANING OR IRONING.
I make a VERY conscience effort to buy only machine-washable clothes so I curb my dry-cleaning bill and don't have yet ANOTHER errand to have to run by dropping it off & picking it up. I like to buy solid, earth-tone clothes that are wrinkle resistant so I can just take them out of the dryer immediately and usually not even need to crack out the ironing board!
Having nothing but solid, earth-tone clothes to chose from in my closet almost ALWAYS guarantees that as long as I've got something clean - it will all match. Doesn't create a big to-do of "what am I going to wear?" It also makes it easy when it comes time to do laundry - one load for darks, one load for lights. No big whoop.
I add color to my wardrobe with scarves around my neck, headbands in my hair, cool shoes, or fun jewelry. Of course - it's hard to say NO clothes that need to be dry-cleaned and that's o.k. If I only have to drop a few items off at the dry-cleaners twice a year that's still a HUGE improvement!
2. STOP DOING DISHES!
I live alone so this is probably MUCH easier for me than for couples with kids, but I realized one day that I had all these dishes, glasses, silverware stacking up in my sink and eventually loading my dishwasher down and that it was ridiculous since I'm single.
So what I did was, I sold all of my nice dishes, cups and silverware on E-bay. I don't do much entertaining in my home, so I went to the thrift store and bought one plate, one bowl, one coffee mug, and one set of flatware. Now when I use any of it, I immediately rinse it out, dry it w/ a towel, and put it back in the cabinet.
Now I never have dishes piling up in the sink - I never have to load or unload the dishwasher! In fact, I haven't run my dishwasher in years!
3. TAKE A BREAK!
I had to *make* myself travel in 2006 and it was WONDERFUL! I realized in the autumn of 2005 that I hadn't taken a real vacation in maybe 5+ years. So I decided to change that all around. In 2006 I took short, affordable weekend getaway vacations in Manhattan, Chicago, Savanah Georgia, downtown Atlanta, and Hike Inn by Amicolola Falls in the North Georgia Mountains.
I think that the reason I hadn't taken a break was because I had this idea that I couldn't miss work and that I couldn't afford to take a 'real' vacation. Leaving town on a Thursday night gets the travel time out of the way and seeing a new city over Friday and Saturday is usually enough time for me to be happy and feel like I've had time away from the day-to-day. Then using Sunday morning as travel back time and Sunday evening to get caught up on laundry and hang out on the sofa a bit makes you feel like you weren't gone forever and gives you plenty of time to readjust your head so you can get back to work on Monday morning.
What a great way to recharge!
I would LOVE to hear input from everyone on how YOU simplify your life and make things easier for yourself!
I've been contemplating signing a lease on an executive office for awhile now... however - I had a very good trusted friend and mentor (my father) tell me that he thought it was SUCH a bad idea that he's now decided he can't even talk with me about it anymore. He said I'm spending too much money w/ not enough return.
But I just CAN'T stay motivated and focused at home. I live in a small 2 bedroom condo and have basically set up shop in my bedroom where, in the past, I surfed the internet only for fun and responded to personal E-mails, checked movie times, found recipies, etc...
I've found myself slipping into bad habits of staying up late, waking up late, not getting dressed until 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, etc... NOT GOOD!!!
So I've decided to accept my weakness (the inability to effectively work from home) and I signed a 6 month lease at $300 a month starting January 1st in a brand new executive suites office complex a short bike-ride from home.
It's not a HUGE amount of money - even though I agree that EVERY bit counts... and it's not for a huge amount of time (a six month lease is almost unheard of in commercial leasing!)
Anywhoo... My dad DID make a good point of say that if I can't get motivated and put my big girl britches on and just get out of bed every morning and do what I'm supposed to do - why would spending $300 a month on an office where I have no more accountability at make any difference? (This executive office isn't in my broker's building).
I think that actually spending the extra money WILL be the motivation that I need. I'll have to justify paying for the office in my own head SOMEhow, ya' know? I think it'll be good for me to have a place to put all my stuff and actually have an office to go to though. I've been self-employed before but I had an office to go to. Working out of my home is just TOO distracting for me and I think I'll know if leasing an office was a good idea or not in 6 months. It won't kill me and it just might make things a LOT better for me. Worse case scenario - I spend $1,800 and learn a good lesson.
So now I'm curious as to how everyone else does it?!! WHAT DO YOU DO?
I've been thinking of posting real estate videos to YouTube for quite some time now but just haven't gotten around to doing it yet. YouTube is a FREE service and I can do the video myself... other than my time - it's virtually FREE!
So today I came across an excellent article over on ContraCostaTimes.com that has made me add one more thing to my goals for 2007 - start hosting video tours for listings over on YouTube
I'm curious if any of you have every posted a self-guided video tour of a listing before? Any tips for us newbies? I've been reading other info. on the internet and I'm thinking that once I finally get in gear next month and do this I might write my own how-to. Or at least a good list of things to avoid. heh!
As many of you know - I just started printing an 8-page newsletter every month and mailing them out to about 200 people. My first edition went out in October and I am VERY happy to say that I already found a client as a direct result of my newsletter - the closing scheduled for this Tuesday!!!
My parent's neighbors are a really sweet couple whom I've known for years so of course, they are on my mailing list. They had a friend who decided to buy a home in the Atlanta metro area and they handed him my newsletter. The first time I met with him, he had my newsletter in hand and had written notes all over it. ha!
The software I use to do my newsletter with is Microsoft Publisher - I print my newsletter on an 11x17 paper I buy and then bring to OfficeMax for them to print (they don't carry this color in 11x17). They print the newsletter front & back in black ink only, collate the sheets, then fold them in half to 8-1/2x11.
I pick them up, fold them in half again (to 5-1/2x8-1/2 mailing size), run labels from my mailing list on my home computer, put the labels on along with the circle sealer labels for mailing and add postage.
For 200 finished sets of newsletters it costs me around $1.10 each.
I am more than happy to add you to my mailing list if you'll just send me your contact info so you can see what the finished newsletter looks like and if you'd like a copy of the Microsoft Publisher template, I am more than happy to share that with you as well - just send me an E-mail at MyRealtor@JanetPatrick.com and I'll send it to you that way. You'll have to tweak several things, but at least you'll have the shell to start working with & not have to reinvent the wheel from scratch.
Even though this is a time consuming project each month - I *do* think it's worth it because it's an excellent way to keep your name, face, phone number, and logo in front of your sphere of influence TWELVE times a year. Plus - you never know who they're going to pass your info. along to. It's probably easier for friends & family to pass on a newsletter than to keep up w/ your business cards & pass those along.
I hear a lot of people talk about how sending out a newsletter via E-mail ONLY is the way to go, but I disagree. You don't even know if the recipients spam-filter is blocking your message or not. When I get online newsletters I rarely read them and I definitely do NOT hold on to them - I delete them even if I do read a portion of the stuff inside.
With a PAPER newsletter - they can put it on the coffee table until they're ready to read it. They can pass it on to other people. I know we all get junk-mail in the mailbox as well as our E-mail accounts, but I at least LOOK at everything before I recycle or shred it if it comes in my physical mailbox - it's already physically IN MY HAND anyways. Many times I just delete things in my E-mail if it doesn't look like something I'm interested in.
ok, well... I was just excited about the SPEEDY return on investment and wanted to share!
I took THIS from REALTOR.org - something I stumbled upon that was written back in October - but I thought it was good information:
MISTAKES THAT CAN TURN A FLIP INTO A FLOP
Your goal may be to build wealth quickly by buying and selling properties. But the reality is that flipping properties is a tough business. Here are 10 mistakes that could turn a flip into a flop.
Liar loans. "Lying on a mortgage application is a federal crime," says Joseph Falk of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. "It includes bank fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud and potentially a host of state offenses. This can result in jail time."
Overpaying. No matter how promising the property, the bottom line is trump.
Lacking cash. Desperation makes investors do crazy things. When you act in haste, you're more likely to make poor decisions.
Quitting your day job. A steady source of cash staves off desperation.
Hiring unlicensed contractors. Not only do they present an insurance risk, but worse yet, often they don’t get the job done.
Buying sight unseen. You can bet it will be uglier than the seller said it was.
Buying property far, far away. Even the tiniest repair can mushroom into a crisis.
Buying too many properties too fast. Too much money, too little time.
Underestimating remodeling costs. There’s no such thing as a cheap and easy fix.
Having a poor exit strategy. Running out of cash and living on credit cards doesn’t work.
Source: USA Today, Noelle Knox (10/23/2006)
I'd like to add the comment that watching TV shows about how quick & easy it is to flip houses does NOT help people either. Do NOT consider these shows any kind of study guide! ha!
Thought this might be of use to newer agents or seasoned agents working with new buyers. A client of mine has his closing scheduled for this Friday and he is a first time home buyer.
As a courtesy, I sent him an E-mail with links to information describing the closing process and why to buy Title Insurance so I thought I'd share it with all of you here. I'll copy & paste an excerpt below of the E-mail I sent him. You are more than welcome to copy & paste this yourself.
If you know of an even better resource to pass on to 1st time buyers, please post your thoughts or links.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Click on the terms in all caps for an explanation of what happens at CLOSING and the definition and purpose of TITLE INSURANCE.
CLICK HERE for a more in-depth outline of four of the major documents involved at closing in addition to the purchase agreement (contract).
CLICK HERE for a more in-depth explanation of Title Insurance.
Amazing that it's only December 2nd but that holiday parties are already here!!!
I just realized that even thought it's only the 2nd, I've already had many holiday party invites this year and that it is *possible* that some of the same people might be at some of these parties so now I'm thinking... DAMN! I've got to have at LEAST three really sharp outfits to wear! ha! ha! ha!
I hate shopping - especially for clothes... it reminds me of how I've not been working out the way I should. heh! But I also hate to spend money on stuff. I have NO problem blowing crazy money on an awesome top floor hotel room overlooking everything while on vacation - but an outfit I'll only have the opportunity to wear a couple of times before donating it?
I've thought about going to the consignment shop so I don't have to spend top retail money on a new outfit. But then that whole, "I hate shopping" thing kicks in and what if they don't have a whole lot of selection in my size? I've wasted a trip to a store that netted me nothing and then I've got to wind up going to the 'sure thing' store at the mall I was dreading going to in the first place. ha!
I've almost decided to get a really sharp black pant-suit and wear it to ALL the parties, but just change the blouse I wear each time!!! AAAHHHhhhhhh!!!!! Men have it so easy! All they really have to do is wear a different tie!
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Thought I'd start things off with an introduction thread. :D
My name is Janet D. Patrick and I'm with Century 21 Ann Boggs & Associates in Duluth, Georgia which is about 30-45 minutes north of downtown Atlanta. I focus much of my business in the Atlanta Metro area but of course, go where the clients take me! I got my real estate license earlier this year and thus far have been working exclusively with buyers (residential and commercial) but have been thinking that a goal for 2007 will be to work more listings.
I love the ActiveRain network and have found it to be an *excellent* resource when trying to figure out how everyone else does things. I've also been able to make some REAL connections with people.
You can view my website and learn even more about me by CLICKING HERE.
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