Laurie Furem's (lfurem) Blog

I came across an article in Innan News by Matt Carter (might only be viewable by subscribers) from last October which really hit home, especially in the Metro Atlanta market where we have a very large standing inventory of homes for sale (10+ months).  The gist of the article is based around the ...

As of earlier today, the AJC  reported that a "boil water advisory" remained in effect for a small area of Sandy Springs in Fulton County.  It is anticipated that the advisory will remain in effect until at least tomorrow morning.The problem that initially caused the advisory to all of Sandy Spri...

Earlier this week, I completed and e-filed my 2006 Income Taxes (what a joy and a pleasure that was).  Although I track my figures throughout the year, I was absolutely blown away when I looked at my 1099 from Coldwell Banker where all of my closed transactions had been from relo business and saw...

There was a not so flattering article on February 12th in the on line version of USA Today (brief synopsis provided) about the Atlanta housing market.Mike Wright of the Atlanta Board of Realtors is cited in this article.  He states that we have a saturated 11.2 months inventory of homes and condo...

In reading and re-reading the new Purchase and Sale Agreement, I just want to clarify a point that was previously posted in terms of the financing contingency.  There has been no change in the form regarding a Buyer losing his/her earnest money if the Buyer finds out that a property doesn't appra...

I don't know about you, but when I am focusing on what I am writing and not always the spelling of words that my fingers seem to run away with.As we all know, all blog formats are not equal and not all have spell check.  I'm sure I got this tool from someone, probably on RealTalk, an absolutely w...

 I am in the process of reading the book "Realty Blogging" by Richard Nacht and Paul Chaney.  The overall premise of this book is to "build your brand and outsmart your competition."A really terrific feature of a blog is that it allows for a dialog between you and a client or prospect to increase...

I recently completed the Georgia Contracts - 2007 online course and found it to be very informative and helpful, especially since there are some major changes over years past.  If you are planning on using the 2007 GAR Purchase and Sale Agreement and haven't already had coursework offered at your...