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atlanta: Successful Short Sale Closings In Atlanta - 02/05/10 08:57 AM
We've been so busy with short sales and stopping foreclosure we forgot to share our successes in November, December and January 2010!
Here's the homes, and the banks that we closed in just these three months!
For those out there working with short sales, just keep your head up, you have to wait it out a few months and your "pipeline" is longer but the reward is great. You get to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and you get to feed your family. Not a bad way to do real estate.
Short Sale Homes Closed by the Jarvis Team from Nov 2009 … (6 comments)
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atlanta: Zillow Just Became Irrelevant... or did it? - 12/16/09 03:46 PM
It's too early for me to make a prediction about the company that has my phone ringing off the hook with people excited about their purchases, since the Zestimate is over inflated.
Here's the great e-mail I received.
As a valued member of the Zillow community with a home posted for sale on Zillow, we'd like to notify you of an important change.
Beginning today, in order to post a home for sale on Zillow, you can either buy a Featured Listing for $9.95 per listing for a 180-day period, or, if you have 50 or more listings, you can send … (11 comments)
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atlanta: Atlanta Ranks #13 on Twitter for the Most Activity - 11/01/08 02:24 PM
According to TwitterLocal.net, Atlanta, GA ranks as the 13th most active area for Tweets. If you aren't using Twitter then there's probably a good reason. If you are like me you thought it was a mindless update on what someone is doing at a given time, but it's actually a live world with endless research opportunities and a great way to stay in touch.
What baffles me (more on using twitter later) is that it would seem that the West Coast should be all over this and based on just the relationships I have here locally that no is using Twitter. … (1 comments)
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atlanta: Predator Posing As Realtor to Access Property - 04/30/08 04:30 AM
Almost as if on cue, our MLS sent out an e-mail blast alerting us to the following:
This happened over the last weekend in DeKalb County.
"I wanted to let you know that twice in two days two people have come by and lied, to get into the house. There was a man yesterday who did all the talking and a woman who did none. I was in the front yard and they approached trying to engage me in conversation by indicating he knew you, (the listing agent). He asked to go in the house. I asked if he was a REALTOR … (3 comments)
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atlanta: New Atlanta Journal Ad Shows the Dangers of For Sale By Owner - 04/28/08 07:46 PM
As I was driving to my appointment this morning I heard a radio ad from the Atlanta Journal, Metro Atlanta's most read newspaper, about their home classified section. I had just attended a presentation that told me that AJC's numbers were dropping in terms of readership and that their website was picking up, but was still not a destination.
I'm sure this new ad campaign is designed to generate more traffic, and more advertisers.
What I thought was so great about the ad (wish I could get the ad for you) is that it perfectly describes what is my number one reason … (3 comments)
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atlanta: Atlanta Real Estate Market - A Buyer's Market Yes, A Bad Market, ... ? You decide - 04/07/08 03:57 PM
As long as I have been in Atlanta Real Estate, it's always been a buyer's market. Sure there were some streets and some neighborhoods that had a certain essence that people clamored for, but overall, as a buyer you could always expect concessions of some sort.
If you're a big fan of the media, you might want to click away right now, because I hate to break it to folks, but this is one of the best years ever for Real Estate.
Let's get right into the facts (all from our MLS).
(Left: Centennial Olympic Park Fountain, By Hamwithcam)
Let's first look at … (2 comments)
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atlanta: Foreclosure Trends In Georgia Real Estate - 03/24/08 08:05 PM
If you turn on the news today and listen to latest on the housing crisis you'll find that in March, Georgia will add another 7300 or so foreclosure/REO properties in the next 90 days. While the inventory for foreclosures / REO properties increases (there are 214 available today in Lawrenceville), there is a great new trend occurring, that make me believe we'll be coming out of the Atlanta version of the housing "crisis." The "F" word has enticed many buyers to look into this avenue. I get requests daily to look at foreclosures. Corporate, Bank owned, investor owned, REOs all can … (0 comments)
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atlanta: Would You Use A Discount Doctor Or Lawyer? | Old Real Estate Comparison Argument Reviewed - 02/01/08 04:48 AM
If you're a buyer or a seller you may not have heard this one but for the average Realtor, we've been armed with this statement as an objection handler since the beginning of the profession.
SELLER: "We want to use XYZ Realty because they are cheaper."
AGENT: "I understand that and let me ask you ... If you had a choice between a two Doctors that would operate on you, would you choose the best Doctor or the cheapest? .... "
AGENT ... "Because selling your home is like financial surgery... "
For a long time now I've been fed up with this particular method … (8 comments)
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atlanta: Metro Atlanta Market: Year In Review | Atlanta, Alpharetta, Duluth, Dacula, Lawrenceville Homes For Sale & Real Estate - 12/21/07 03:34 PM
Year in Review: Atlanta Market.
I selected some major cities to give you a sample of what happened this year.
ATLANTA REAL ESTATEIn the City of Atlanta, there are currently 7,048 Single Family Homes on the market with an average price of $488K. It's no wonder our markets are they way they are as the average price of a home that has sold this year was only $395K. This year 6,466 homes sold with an average market time of 77 Days.
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ALPHARETTA REAL ESTATEIn everyone's favorite Georgia Town, Alpharetta, there are currently 1,434 Homes For Sale with … (0 comments)
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atlanta: Are You Ready to Dip? | Keynote Speaker for Keller Williams Family Reunion Announced - 12/10/07 06:45 AM
Keller Williams Realty will welcome Seth Godin, author of nine world wide best sellers, including his latest book, The Dip, to Family Reunion 2008.
The Dip focuses on what you can do to power through tough times and low points, and how superstars set themselves apart from the pack by escaping dead ends quickly, while staying focused and motivated when it really counts.
Godin has changed the way people think about marketing, change and work. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages, and his ebooks are among the most popular ever published. He is responsible for many words in … (1 comments)
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atlanta: Atlanta Real Estate Market Report - Homes For Sale | Appreciation is Up, so are Expireds and Days on Market - 11/15/07 06:18 AM
Our Metro Atlanta MLS system compiles the data and is off by one month, but the numbers are striking. Atlanta Real Estate is actually still producing appreciation and is only in a "slump" relative to it's own statistical data.
September ended what may be the worst year-to-year quarterly (July-September) percentage change in single family units closed that will ever be reported.
There were 4,017 homes for sale that closed for all single family in September. This is a 39.6% decline from September 2006.
According to our MLS, "Last September was our first year-to-year percentage decline reported during our housing recession. Even after … (0 comments)
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atlanta: REMINDER: HELP! With My Subject Lines! Read More To Get 100% of Your E-mail Read! - 11/13/07 04:50 AM
If you're reading this, then the rest of the article will be very confusing or at the very least, ironic. I recently read another article about a study done on e-mail subjects and their effectiveness. If you haven't guessed by now, the study reveals that the words: Reminder, Help, and % off are the least effective words you can use to get your e-mail opened.
A study conducted by Atlanta-based MailChimp looked at 200 million e-mails sent by the firm's clients, and found that wording is key to getting consumers to open their e-mail.The study's report noted that most consumers do … (10 comments)
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atlanta: Want To Sell Your Atlanta Home? Think Like A Bank! Atlanta Business Chronicle Says 1 in 5 Homes Sold Are Bank Owned - 10/05/07 09:07 AM
October 5th, 2007
Atlanta Business Chronicle announced today that 1 in 5 homes for sale in Atlanta that are sold are Bank owned. What's the sudden increase of solds from Bank owned properties? The banks are getting agressive.
To understand the agressive nature of what the Atlanta Business Chronicle means you have to understand the economics of a sale.
Value is when condition and price meet. Right now, in the Atlanta Real Estate Market, the top 10% of homes are selling. If 20% of those homes are bank owned, then what must a seller do to compete.
Up until recently bank owned … (4 comments)
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atlanta: Builders & Agents - Foe to Friend? Atlanta New Home Market Changes - 10/01/07 02:11 PM
Toward the height of the supposed real estate boom there were builders out there advertising not to bring in an Agent.
"BONUS TO BUYER** Buyer's without agents"
Some builders even went so far as to create lengthy agency contracts for how a Realtor would get paid. Most of which required the Realtor go stick their heads in the dirt while their client was hi-jacked by the builder's staff.
What's puzzling, is how these builders do business. Some have employees, some have agents that have gone through special training to be effective but hold their license with a builder affiliate. While others have new … (6 comments)
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atlanta: New Business Proposal, Really?! Don't fall for these scams - 09/25/07 07:34 AM
Hopefully, by now we've all seen this, one way or another. The one that seemed the most real to me was about 3 years ago. I got a call with someone wanting to buy a home. They had a large sum of money but they would have to transfer it to my account since they had no account here. There was a long drawn out story about what they wanted to do and why they had to do it this way, but it worked on me (not in the end) because the had the nerve to call me. I brought it … (5 comments)
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atlanta: Online Tool Helps Us Answer "THAT" Demographic Question - 09/05/07 01:37 PM
Melissa Data helps answer questions Realtors Can't AND gives great information about lookups.
I'm always getting the questions, whether it's Politically Correct or not, it's the same thing, what's this neighborhood "like." I'd almost rather you just blurt out racial slurs so I know where you stand. I have had a few people actually ask me about illegals in an area. Excuse me, but isn't that kind of the point. I mean, they are illegal, so how does anyone quantify them? I suppose it is a good question, just one that I don't think I can answer.
People from all walks ask … (0 comments)
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atlanta: U.S. News Reports Georgia Tech a Top 10 University | GT top 35 Nationwide - 09/05/07 11:59 AM
As a Georgia Tech alum, I love hearing great news about my college. Although, I am not "practicing" the trade I learned, I am using all of the tools GT gave me.
With this news announcement, it continues to make a great case for college students and their parents to move to Georgia for more than just the low cost of living and great weather.
Georgia offers several great college options. Georgia Tech, Emory, University of Georgia, Georgia State and now Gwinnett College are all within 1 hour from Atlanta.
Georgia Tech has received its highest ranking yet from U.S. News … (0 comments)
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atlanta: Beauty Pageant Contestant Shows Realtors How NOT to Answer Their Clients - 08/31/07 06:28 AM
By now you've seen this video everywhere. I'm especially fond of this particular one because of the subtitles. It may be a bit trite or perhaps cheap and cheesy to post something about this but it really got me thinking.
Now say what you will about this contestant. There's probably a thousand answers to why she answered the way she did, but let's just assumed that she TRIED to answer the question and this article assumes that she was TRYING TO SOUND LIKE SHE KNEW A GOOD ANSWER. In fact, I'll go one step further and state that she was trying … (12 comments)
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atlanta: What would you do? (Out of Town Client) - 07/11/07 07:09 AM
This happens about twice a month, a potential client calls and says, "I'm coming to Atlanta for a few days and would like to look at some homes." When asked about their move time or "is this a recon trip or do you need to find a home?" Some say, "Oh, I'm scouting out the areas, I need to see some homes." Some of them state they will not be purchasing for 1 year or more. Most don't have a clear reason to move to Atlanta except that it's very cheap here.
So, I throw the question out to you.
WHAT WOULD YOU … (23 comments)
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