Sellers in the North Georgia Mountains 

• A Realtor dedicated to selling your property for the best possible price in the shortest amount of time
• Assistance in pricing your home  1)Listing Price Evaluation; 2) Comparative Market Analysis
• Prepare a detailed marketing plan utilizing Northeast Georgia Multiple Listing Services; online and printed media; signage - 24 hours advertising; flyers; direct mail; email; tv, newspaper and magazines; caravan tour
• Professional advice on current and on-going market conditions; status of competing properties that may affect the sale of your home; financing guidance; optimizing physical appearance to maximize market value; staging
• Utilize an extensive Referral Network with local Realtors and Realtors nationally and globally
• Screen potential buyers to ensure credit worthiness and proper motivation to purchase your home
• Negotiate the best deal possible
• Facilitate the entire selling process through to a successful closing

Buyers in the North Georgia Mountains 

• A Realtor who will listen to your wants an desires and is dedicated to finding the right property for you.  A serious and motivated Realtor dedicated to a serious and motivated Buyer. 
• Preview properties when and if necessary prior to showing Utilize every possible means of advertising such as but not limited to: (MLS)Multiple Listing Service(s); (TREB); The Real Estate Book, Homes and Land; Real Estate Internet sites; TV, Magazines, Newspapers, network with other Realtors to research properties currently on the market
• Keep up-to-the-minute on new properties being marketed; price reductions; changes in the market place, local activities Offer a Buyer's Agreement so that YOU the BUYER are fully represented.  My loyalty for your loyalty.  
• Negotiate the best deal possible with a signed Buyer's Agreement Professional guidance with Buyer's Agreements, direct you to the experts in financing; home inspections; homeowner's insurance; taxes; schools; Home Owner's Associations, etc.
• Facilitate the entire buying process through to a successful closing

About: 

Donna Yates, Georgia Realtor

The North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains and real estate are my passion!  I feel very fortunate to have both.  I strive to be a reliable, hard-working Realtor® who is dedicated to the real estate profession full-time.  

Brief resume:  Mercer University, Early Childhood Education; BellSouth Telecommunications - career in management, retired; Fannin County School System -Technology.  Member of:  National Association of Realtors, Georgia Association of Realtors, Northeast Georgia Board.

My goal for both home buyers and home sellers in the North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains is to build trusting relationships that will last far beyond closing. Real estate is a business, MY business and therefore, my clients and/or customers can be assured that they will be contacted in a timely manner and receive the utmost degree of integrity and ethics. 

Respect for my clients and/or customers, their families, their hopes and dreams matter to me.  Your real estate experience should be fair, honest and as smooth as possible because your satisfaction means much more to me than "just making the deal".  I have a keen sense of responsibility and I am cautious - not to be mistaken for pessimism but instead positive thinking with a lot of reality checks! 

This is a very competitive industry and you have many choices in real estate agents.  Therefore, you have my personal commitment to earning your business through unremitting devotion and highly professional, personalized service to meet your needs.  Please choose carefully. 

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.  Winston Churchill

Testimonials:  It occurred to me recently to scan actual handwritten cards I've received from my clients and also picture their North Georgia Mountain home if applicable.  So this section is "still under construction".  More to come very soon...

A follow up from the Pooles:
"Hello Donna:
We are all doing fine, and we're surely enjoying this new home.  I know Joe is ever so eager to get to the outside work that desperately needs to be done, and that work will start in the spring.  But the inside is pretty much settled in, and it is surely feeling like home.  We would love to have  you and your husband come by for a visit!  We surely know who to recommend whenever they need a realtor.      Jacqueline Poole"

Update:  Since the note above, Lisa and Jordan referred a couple to me who want a mountain escape too.

Nothing is more rewarding to me in my profession than to help families realize their dreams by assisting them with finding their dream home.  Mr. Carrillo was looking for vacant lots for him and his wife and other family members.  They wanted to relocate to Georgia and build their dream homes in the near future.  We found three great lots very close to town and close to each other which will be conducive to their personal needs and future venture of starting a family business .  Mr. Carrillo's sister has recently had the construction of her dream home completed and is getting settled in. She is loving Georgia and her new home.  I got the pleasure to preview her new home recently along with a darling couple whom Mr. Carrillo had referred to me.  The home is beautiful and it was a great experience for me to see their dreams becoming reality.  Mr. Carrillo has been very kind to send three referrals to me since our association and one turned into another successful closing.  He was a super client and I feel I made wonderful friends in the process.   I referred Mr. Carrillo to one of our own Active Rainers - James Coogan, Realtor to help him in his search for the ideal commercial property because I felt James could better serve Mr. Carrillo in the commercial arena. 

"James, I have to tell you Donna went above and beyond her job description to help us out. I am not saying I expect that from you but it was really nice of her. She was able to help us out and for that reason I wanted to deal with her.  ... she would try to recommend someone she felt was trust worthily. She picked you and I already feel she picked the right person. Let's hope we can get something started and start a great friend ship along the way.     Thank you   Franco Carrillo"

"...I'm still learning  how to "blog". I checked out some of yours last nite and they are great! I was also pleasantly surprised to see the ones on God, the Bible and several others. It is always great to find another christian real estate agent! You sound like someone I would want to work with!  Thanks   Patty Ledford, Realtor and Active Rain Member

A nice note from past clients Jill and Noel.  I sold them a lot in a beautiful resort community in late 2007. Jill was expecting her second child at the time.  They are a darling couple that Mr. Carrillo referred to me along with two other referrals.  Summer and John are also another couple who purchased a lot through me in the same resort and have since built their dream home.  It's always such a kick for me to hear from past clients about what's happening in their lives.  Jill and Noel's two boys pictured at the right. 

Our new year started off great - the baby, Andrew, came two weeks early on the 29th, and New Year's Day we came home from the hospital.  It has been a great year so far!  I know that Summer and John are very happy there. ...we hope your holidays were quiet and peaceful and full of family and loved ones.  We will definitely keep your number handy for our future in Blue Ridge/Gilmer, as well as let others know!  We've already talked to some of our friends here about contacting you.   Thanks again, and Happy New Year!   Jill

I had the great pleasure of meeting many new clients in 2007 and making new friends as a result.  Barry, Jackie and Joshua are an exceptional family and it was a sheer joy for me to get to know them.  They bought their mountain home with plans to relocate in the near future.  They were my first sale for 2007 !  What a joy it was to assist them with their real estate needs.  I received a beautiful Christmas card from them with their photo.  They write:

Praise God! His Son has come to save us!  We'll be up for Christmas.  Stop by if you're showing the blue roof house!  We are so happy with our cabin and grateful for His blessings to us, including you.  Love, Barry, Jackie, Joshua (Raisin and Percy say "hi") 

 A recent email from a current customer with whom I'm working.  They have plans to relocate to North Georgia in the near future and I'm delighted to help them with their move 2 North Georgia.

 hi Donna!!! you are doing great.. we love the attention that you are giving us. we are realizing that we do want to move up near you, and we are gonna make that happen...  The Herrins