After the sale

You have a contract on a house and are going to a closing. What more is there to do ? There are a lot of things you should be doing. But since this is about the North Georgia Mountains we will limit those things to things that are unique to our area

1 Wild Life management. You decide to put out bird feeders and maybe a humming bird feeder or 2.  Then one morning you walk to your window and see a 300pound Bear munching away. I have seen them climb up deck polls, the metal ones, over 1 1/2 stories to get to a feeder. Now if you use the humming bird feeders that stick to windows, guess what a 300 pound bear will do to your windows when he leans on them to get to the feeder. Can you say , "Lucy I 'm home." If your buyers are coming from urban or beach areas they do need to be advised. I had a buyer  from West Palm who thought i was kidding till he walked out ion his deck one morning and saw a bear sleeping on his porch with his paws wrapped around a feeder.

2 Wild Life Management 2 Deer are beautifu,l but do not feed them. If you feed them from the ground you will be encouraging not so wanted things like mice who love deer feed too. Also deer ticks carries Lyme disease so you really do not want a herd in your yard awaiting breakfast. Talk to your buyers about this.

If both of the above discussions fail to convince your nature loving buyers from feeding the critters then tell them making these animals comfortable around people is a death sentence for them during hunting season.That is the simple brutal truth

3 Pet management. Tel your folks they are really going to have to take care of their pets especially dogs when the move to the mountains. There loving Beagle will take off after a deer if he is not used to seeing him. Or a mother doe  with a fawn will kick your pet to defend her baby leading to some hefty Vet Bills. I recommend all pet owners chip their dogs. In Georgia we scan for chips. Sometimes collars get broken off and as smart as the animal is it cannot say it's name. The second thing NOT to do is, if you have a big yard,  putting a dog on a long lead before you go to work. There are animals in the mountains that are bigger than your dog and if you are away you have just tied up a meal for them.

So know your buyer and advise them about wildlife and pets. By going this extra step you will have a new client for life.