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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:48:05 -0500

Canton Real Estate-CNN Reports a 52.4% job growth rate in Cherokee County

According to CNNMoney.com…

“Life in Cherokee County is pretty peachy. Close proximity to Atlanta, good schools, low taxes and an abundance of green space has driven the influx of families from other parts of the state. ”

Woodstock Real Estate: Woodstock’s Favorite Indie Bookstore

“I have this thing,” declares Karen Schwettman, co-owner of the Foxtale Book Shoppe in downtown Woodstock. “I have trouble staying inside the lines.” It was the morning of the book shop’s second anniversary, and I had handed her my notebook, asking her to record for posterity the greatest triumph of the last two years in business.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:51:05 -0500

Canton Real Estate- 3 Great Burgers In Cherokee County

Tucked away on a country road where a lot of people might never think to look, there’s a tiny place called Sugar Pike Junction where everyone from millionaire land owners to day-laborers convene at a common table. Also noted for its breakfast biscuits and “fancy chicken salad,” Sugar Pike is revered by locals for having some of the best burgers around.

Woodstock Real Estate: Umm.... Yummy Gelato

Woodstock’s own Scream Puffs and Pasticceria and Gelateria, voted best ice cream shop in the Atlanta-metro by cityvoter.com , is poised to host their first ever “Happy Gelato Party” this Saturday, July 18. Made with milk instead of cream, gelato is a richly decadent dessert that is actually less fattening than traditional American ice cream.

Canton Real Estate: Canton Gets "Spooky"

“By a show of hands,” asks the Canton Ghost Tour's guide Leisa Wilkie, “how many people here believe in ghosts?” Of the small group gathered at dusk outside of the Canton Fire Department, a couple of arms go up in the air. “How many believe there’s no such thing?” she asks. A couple more hands are raised. And then comes her final inquiry: “How many of you are not sure?”

Atlanta Commercial Real Estate-Beware Of Build Out

Certain commercial leases allow a tenant to build out space and be reimbursed by the landlord for such buildout. In the current economic climate, however, a landlord may be having financial difficulty or default on its mortgage and be unable to reimburse the tenant for the buildout.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:39:27 -0500

Woodstock Real Estate: A Restaurant Worth "Coming Home" To....

A peaceful sense of calm leans in to meet you as you step up onto that front porch of the Magnolia Thomas Restaurant. Maybe it comes from the evening breezes that are just starting to lessen the sweltering of another Georgia summer day and swaying those rocking chairs in invitation to sit down and stay a while.

'Context Based' Real Estate Search Engine Comes To The Atlanta Real Estate Market

In their own words…. “Estately was created with the belief that home buyers need context when they’re looking for a home. At Estately you can learn about the surrounding area, the nearby shops, the character of the neighborhood and the style, size and price of a property.”

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:34:00 -0500

Woodstock Real Estate: This Saturday- Four Southern Breweries And Twelve Delicious Beers

The beer garden beckons this Saturday afternoon as the Right Wing Tavern in downtown Woodstock invites you to sample some of its impressive Southern brews. Three selections each from the Abita Beer Company, Atlanta Brewing Company, Sweetwater Brewing Company, and the Terrapin Beer Company will all be represented at the event, which will be held from 1-4 p.m.

Woodstock Real Estate: Your City Of Woodstock Tax Dollars At Work

This morning, on my way to a Cherokee Association of REALTORS board of directors meeting, I passed these guys watering a hanging basket plant and couldn’t stop myself from posting this tweet:

“Just drove past 3 guys watering 1 plant. Your city of Woodstock tax dollars at work!”

My twitter account auto-posts to my Facebook account, so the same message appeared in both locations. Well, after my meeting I get a call from one of our Maxsell agents.

Woodstock Real Estate: Home Grown Music And Veggies

An air of festive abundance emanated from Fowler Street this past Saturday as locals gathered to stock up on fresh greens, preserves, locally-produced specialty cooking oils, and hand-cut flowers. Before I could even see the Woodstock Farmers Market, I could hear it.

Atlanta Real Estate: Avoid This Cost When You Refinance

Intangible tax can be a significant cost on your closing statement for a real estate transaction. You may be able to avoid this cost when you refinance your mortgage with your existing lender.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:11:42 -0500

Woodstock Real Estate: Keeping The Woodstock Masses Caffeinated

The Woodstock Coffeehouse has long been a gathering place for Cherokee County locals, whether meeting for a weekly Bible study or rocking out at Monday’s open-mic night. The coffee itself is remarkable, and their food is highly superior to the coffeehouse fare that you would get at a franchised chain.

Atlanta Real Estate: How To Safeguard Your 1031 Exchange Funds

Did you know that your 1031 funds held by a 1031 exchange agent can be at risk to general creditors should tht exchange agent become insolvent?

In order to safeguard your exchange funds and, hopefully, avoid such issues you should ensure that:

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:30:50 -0500

Atlanta Real Estate: Visit Ball Ground, GA- Small-Town, Backroad Journeys, And Some Really Good Barb B-Que

I've always been a devoted fan of hidden places that don't appear on any map, places that only the locals know are there, and I believe I've discovered just that kind of place in Two Brothers Barbecue in Ball Ground, Georgia.

Another Reason To Buy Atlanta Real Estate: The Georgia Aquarium

My family just made one of the most brilliant investments toward the enjoyment of our summer off of the couch-season passes to the world's largest aquarium right here at our Georgia fingertips.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:40:16 -0500

Attention Vann Johnson: Please Protect The Atlatna Real Estate Market

Last week on Agent Genius, I joined a thorough discussion on why NAR ruled to shut down an IDX solution because a web server could not tell the difference between Google and a scraper site. This happened when Paula Henry's "website was reported for allowing the MLS data on my website to be indexed, which led the Indianapolis Metropolitan Board of REALTORS®, (MIBOR), to issue a cease and desist letter to my broker for both our sites, or they would cut our feed"

Atlanta Commercial Real Estate-Take The Advantage In The Negotiation

After multiple negotiation sessions the deal has been struck and all that is left is to draft a contract. Who should draft the contract, isn't it easier and cheaper to let the other party's lawyer draft the contract and just have your attorney review the draft.

Atlanta Real Estate Brokers: The Importance Of Confidentiality And Non-Compete Agreements

Does this situation sound familiar? Your employee leaves your real estate company and turns in his laptop. Your IT experts check the computer and determine the former employee made a copy of sensitive company information.

Atlanta Real Estate Agents- Socal Networkings Real Value Is Relationship Building

Please be careful when considering Facebook Pages as a marekting tool. I know it's tempting to tap Facebook's immense community to grow your bsuiness, but be careful in how you approach it. Social networks should be for ‘network'ing and not your marketing plan.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:24:23 -0500

Atlanta Real Estate: Magnificent Marietta

Just a stone's throw from both the bustling city streets of Atlanta and the quiet serenity of the North Georgia mountains , there exists a city that seamlessly merges the charms and character of both extremes.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:32:19 -0500

Passion For Making Woodstock Real Estate Industry Better

Shawn Graves is an agent for competing firm in our market area. I have no idea what volume of business Shawn does in real estate, but I do know he does things the right way. He has proven to be vigilant about learning new technologies, yet has not missed the big picture that it's not about the technology itself - it's about the person behind the technology.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:49:50 -0500

Woodstock Real Estate: Maxsell Real Estate Agents=Over Achievers

At Maxsell Real Estate we have 26 licensed agents (and two of those work primarily as management staff , but we're going to count them in our numbers anyway). For 2008, we had 6 agents make the Top Achiever's Club (in a down a market). 23% of our agents are Top Achievers.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:07:04 -0500

Woodstock Real Estate: Exciting News For The City of Woodstock

Magnolia Thomas restaraunt is welcome return to my lunch and dinner circuit around Woodstock. What's even more exciting is that the City of Woodstock, current owner of the Magnolia Thomas house and the restaurant's landlord, is considering donating the property to the Woodstock DDA.

Atlanta Real Estate-Use Online Tools To Build Offline Relationships

"Attack it with a beginner's mind," I read recently on Dave Jenks' website, and I was forced to guffaw because I frankly had no other means of attack on the social media front. Three short months ago I had admittedly never even heard of the term Social Media.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:08:38 -0500

Atlanta Commercial Real Estate: Banking On Bankruptcy

One man's distressed assets are your opportunity. Acquiring a failing competitors customers, equipment, real estate or other assets will be a golden opportunity in the coming months

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:52:56 -0500

Atlanta Real Estate-Nobody Said The Market Is Fair

Today's business climate will result in an inevitable rise in business divorces that involve commercial real estate assets. How will stock or an LLC interest in the company that owns such real estate be valued?

Atlatna Homes: Get Connected With Holly Springs, GA

Holly Springs, a burgeoning city that was voted by Forbes.com as one of the fastest growing suburbs in America, is committed to developing the infrastructure for healthy growth while still maintaining the "small town" community feel.

7 Reasons NOT to attend REtechSouth

Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:57:24 -0500

1. You already know everything there is to know about real estate, marketing, technology, and business strategies. If you have mastered each of these areas, then give the $150 as an extra tip to your private jet pilot as you most certainly roll like that.

2. Barack Obama was unavailable for the keynote. If you were only coming to see the President, then you can stay home. However, Dave Jenks, yes that Dave Jenks: co-author of “Shift” and “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent”, will be the keynote and he may be worth the $150 by himself.

3. You are morbidly afraid of friendly smart people. REtechSouth will be crawling with the smartest people in the real estate industry and rumor has it they are all very friendly and approachable. Stay home if you can’t stand meeting smart people who are actually nice to you.

4. You think Google is fake. If you believe wrestling is real but landing on the moon and all that internet stuff that came later is fake, then stay home and spend the $150 for the next wrestling event on pay-per-view.

5. You like doing things the hardest way possible. All of the tips, tools and technologies presented at REtechSouth are simple to use and will take up very little of your time. It’s best for you stay home and try to reinvent the wheel, design a better paper clip, or walk and chew gum - as these things are way harder to do than anything shared at REtechSouth.

6. You believe having fun is for losers. If you’d rather be miserable than happy, then do not show up at REtechSouth. There will be live music, entertaining speakers, cool visuals, and it all ends with a cash bar networking happy hour.

7. You’re married to Brad Nix or Matt Fagioli. These guys have been consumed with making REtechSouth a kick ass event for almost 5 months and their wives are certainly tired of hearing about the newest ‘dynamite speaker’ or latest ‘elite sponsor’. So stay home and enjoy a day without REtechSouth only if you are married to Brad or Matt.

Unless one of the 7 above apply, then you should hurry up and take advantage of this $25 off discount code: http://retechsouth.eventbrite.com/?discount=AtlantaRain and get your butt down south for REtechSouth, March 20th, Gwinnet Center. See you there!

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:29:51 -0600

Atlanta Real Estate: NAR Enters Into Social Media

The National Association of REALTORS has a reputation of being slow to react, an aimless conglomerate, and much much worse. But this article is not aimed to slam NAR for the many things they do wrong (like taking Realtor's data and then selling it back to us), as yesterday they got something very right.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:10:49 -0600

Buying Atlanta Real Estate? Three Questions You Need To Ask.

In a previous post, I made light of a few questions that may not be as valuable as one would think. Here are some better ones for those who know how to use them. So on a more serious level of analysis, here are 3 questions to the Listing Agent that will generate valuable answers and make you look outstanding.

Atlanta Homes:Tax Credit For First Time Buyers

Thanks to Terri Cagle of New South Federal Bank for sharing this update on the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit:

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:10:04 -0600

Buying Atlanta Real Estate? Three Questions You Need To Ask.

Atlanta Homes:Tax Credit For First Time Buyers

Thanks to Terri Cagle of New South Federal Bank for sharing this update on the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit:

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:18:24 -0600

Atlanta Homes: There Is A Difference Between Short Sales And Foreclosures

In these economic times, you may hear the words short sale and foreclosure and ask what the difference is and why is that important to me. The short answer is there is a big difference and it could mean a lot to you.

Atlanta Real Estate Negotiation-The Only Way To A Successful Sale

Here are some thoughts about negotiation that I think most buyers, and some agents, have forgotten.

The only way to a successful sale is through a negotiation. As with many big purchases, the act of negotiating is truly the only way that a sale will ever be consummated.

Zero Value Questions Atlanta Real Estate Buyers Should Not Ask

In this short post, I would like to have some fun with a few questions that are quickly becoming the norm versus the exception. In the end though, even I agree that buyers and their agents have the right to ask any questions they desire and I will give them the best answers that I can provide

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:33:13 -0600

Woodstock Real Estate-Small Town Meets Big City

The city of Woodstock is emerging to be a perfect blend of a rustic, small town lifestyle intermingled with a cosmopolitan, sophisticated community. The first group of farmers and gold prospectors began making the area their home in the 1830's around its rivers, and when the trains began traveling through, "Olde Towne Woodstock" was born.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:51:52 -0600

Woodstock Real Estate Has New Community Advocate

As a lifetime native of North Atlanta, I feel strongly about the great quality of life and opportunities for enjoyment of the region. Owning a real estate company based in Woodstock gives me the added benefit of sharing this wonderful area with others.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:46:56 -0600

Atlanta Real Estate: Contractors And Subcontractors Will Be Held Criminally Liable

Agents, Buyers, and Sellers should be aware that Georgia law (O.C.G.A 16-8-15) imposes criminal liability of at least one year in jail for contractors or subcontractors who use proceeds paid to them for real estate improvements on your property to pay expenses on some other project.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:02:28 -0600

RETECH SOUTH: A Technology Conference for Atlanta Real Estate

The skills required to succeed in the real estate industry are changing rapidly. Consumers expect their agents to be tech savvy and masters at online marketing. No one reads newspapers to find their next home. Most begin their search on the internet.

Atlanta Real Estate Community- Please Pray For Kevin Warmath's Recovery

Life is greater than real estate. Yet without real estate I would not have Kevin Warmath in my life. Life is greater than real estate because of real estate.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:43:39 -0600

Contractors Financial Difficulties Causing Legal Issues For Atlanta Commercial Real Estate

This is a problem that has come across my desk lately that you should avoid. Most commercial leases require that the tenant obtain a lien waiver from the general contractor and its subcontractors prior to a tenant receiving its buildout allowance from a landlord.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:08:23 -0600

Atlanta Residential Real Estate Attraction

Christmas, and then inevitably New Year's has come and gone. While the stock market seems to have stabilized, business media types continue to latch on to all manner of bad news. It does strike me as completely ironic that I wake up and look out of my bedroom window to see that my neighbor's attractive "Five-Four and a Door East Cobb Georgian" home is still standing in spite of all the bad news.

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Brad Nix (Maxsell Real Estate) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:09:23 -0600

Atlanta GA Real Estate: Maxsell Real Estate Grows While Others Shrink In 2008!

2008 was one of the worst real estate markets in the history of Metro Atlanta. The number of sales dropped, the value of real property dropped (although only slightly in Atlanta), and many builders, lenders, and realtors were forced to leave the business. However, the story was different for us at Maxsell Real Estate.