big canoe homes: Will the Bailout make our market a little tougher? - 10/06/08 12:46 AM
There are a ton of aspects to this bail out that may or may not effect us. I am curious about one of those aspects. Will the bail out make the short sale market and the REO market get tougher or dry up?
If the banks are having their paper being bought up will they still be looking to "deal" on these ? I am seeing this as a potentially unintended consequence of the bill. But I am not sure if my logic is correct. So please email me or comment on this blog. Do you think the bailout will make … (8 comments)

big canoe homes: What I would like to see Happen Next - 10/04/08 02:07 AM
This week in our markets we have had a great deal of turmoil. We have had bills fail. The stock market plummeted. The economic numbers were grim. "THE BILL" passed thru the Senate. Credit started to freeze up. The house got scared and passed  the bill. Wall Street still tanked( Remember the rule , the market rises on the rumor and falls on the fact. So what should happen next week ?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I would like to see a week where I can look at the leaves changing. A week where I can split wood with the Oldies station and … (9 comments)

big canoe homes: Big Canoe Buyers read this - 10/02/08 09:00 AM
Now is a great time to buy in Big Canoe. Big Canoe is North Georgia's premier Mountain community. Prices are very very good right now. If you are looking for that great retirement community or a community you can raise a family in while still being able to commute to the Nroth side of Atlanta consider Big Canoe. Look for a second home. North Georgia mountains are the closest to Florida of any Mountain destination. Escape the heat. Have your friends call you snow birds!!
Visit us on line at www.allmtnrealty.com Contact us for information. If you are thinking about a … (2 comments)

big canoe homes: No one seriously considers bailing us out - 10/02/08 12:40 AM
As I watch the bailout debate  and the bailout bill morphing  I am struck by one thing. The boys and girls in DC say how complicated this all is . Well guess what  give the money to us. IT IS OUR MONEY in the form of taxes so give it to us. The hot blog says  take the 85 billion you gave AIG and give it to us so we can pay off our mortgages makes perfect sense. It is a lot less than 700 billion . There is precedent. After all we give 10 billion a month to a bunch … (4 comments)

big canoe homes: Big Canoe Real Estate Update. The CIF fails - 10/01/08 12:04 AM
Recently in Big Canoe the property owners voted on an initiative to raise money for capital and other expenses. This initiative was called the Capital Initiation Fund. or CIF for short. The fund would have placed a fee on folks moving in to the community. This initiative plan spread like wild fire. It was blogged about and many Realtors talked about it in the negative. I personally was against it.
The measure was voted on and it failed by a big number. This is great news if you are considering buying in one of North Georgia's premier and affordable  communities. Did … (2 comments)

big canoe homes: Where will they be? - 09/27/08 03:29 AM
Where will all the 200 economists that Shelby from Alabama is holding up be if we do nothing and the economy collapses. It is really interesting watching the drama unfold. The Democrats are supporting the President more than his own party !!!. You could not do theater this good.
We know something must be done. But the Wamu experience shows =us that there is money in the market to buy up fallen companies. I am pleased with the way Congress did not rush to judgment this week. I hope that what comes out of this is a good strong package that … (8 comments)

big canoe homes: Give Congress their Due - 09/23/08 11:56 PM
It is so much fun to bash Congress that it almost seems wrong to say something nice about them. Yesterday in between work and showing homes I had the bail out hearing on in the back ground. I am so happy that Congress is not going to be stampeded into this program which looks worse and worse upon examination. I learned there were 3 buyers for AIG but they held out for Uncle Sam figuring they would get a better deal. They were wrong. I learned that these guys want to sell toxic paper at a high price. I also learned … (4 comments)

big canoe homes: P. T. Barnum was right!!! 2 rants for the price of 1 - 09/22/08 07:45 AM
Rant 1
If you live in the the South or the Southeast you are feeling the price of gas at the pumps. The reason is simple , There is a sucker born every minute. First people watched Ike roll in. Then they thought lets go fill up. So they did. They topped up , filled up, brought gas cans to the pumps etc. And the PT Barnum's of the world said, Oh my lets raise the prices as the demand is so up. WE are the suckers. I was trying to get gas, Why, because I needed it ! There was … (1 comments)

big canoe homes: What I object to - 09/22/08 12:36 AM
In the recent days there have been a number of posts about the bailout. IN fact all you have to say is the bailout and we all know what we are talking about. There are a number of pros and cons and what if scenarios. I have posted about this as well. But here is the one thing I think we all can agree on. ( Is it possible ?)
I think we all can agree that part of any bailout includes a provision that negates any golden parachute. If you messed this up so bad we have to pay you … (12 comments)

big canoe homes: Ellijay Georgia Apple Festival - 09/21/08 07:25 AM
As noted earlier about Jasper, the mountains are full of fall festivals. The Ellijay apple festival is one of the biggest. It is Oct 11 and 12 and the 18 and 19th. The famous antique car parade is on the 19th. Get there early so that you do not have to park miles away. To find out more about the festive go to www.georgiaapplefestival.org. You will find directions and all the information you need to have a great day in the country. And after you have been to the marble festival and the Apple festival visit us on line at www.allmtnrealty.com … (3 comments)

big canoe homes: Jasper Georgia Marble Festival - 09/21/08 05:46 AM
The mountains are a great place to be i the Fall. On Oct 4 and 5 come to Jasper Georgia for the Pickens county Marble festival. The festival is 2 days long and really a lot of fun. If you are into arts and crafts and have an interest in marble then you cannot miss this. As Jasper is the "First Mountain City" It is close to Atlanta as well. For more information visit www.pickenschamber.com/marblefestival.
I will be in the parade this year in the Wells Fargo stage coach. Don't ask how this happened. But it is all in fun and … (0 comments)

big canoe homes: Be careful what you wish for - 09/19/08 08:02 AM
Tomorrow is USTA tennis day. We are on the road to Blue Ridge. The team we are playing is number one. So tonight , Friday night, I will make the supreme sacrifice and get to bed at a reasonable hour. Now as to the title of this blog
Blue Ridge is a beautiful place. Lake Blue ridge is well known and hard to get a property on for less than 600,000. But when the Blue Ridge tennis team comes to see us in Jasper they all wish they lived here. Why? Because we are in the mountains like they are but … (2 comments)

big canoe homes: It's Outrageuos - 09/19/08 12:08 AM
The new almost proposed Government plan is outrageous. What is happening is the boys in DC, the Fed, the secretary of the Treasury etc have gotten together and decided that YOU AND I should pay for the bail out of the speculators. They have decided that YOU AND I should pay for those who screwed up. They say it is bad for us. When they say us they mean them. They give you all kinds of doom and gloom scenarios. Well here is one for you. We will devalue the currency so much that you will need a wheel barrel of … (5 comments)

big canoe homes: Real Estate The trails of Big Canoe - 09/18/08 08:45 AM
The Trails in Big Canoe are wonderful and along the way we discover some great gems. Above is a picture of a working still . This is part of the tradition. Didn't you see the Dukes of Hazzard ? It remains a testiment of a bygone era. Below is the Lower Falls They are actually about 20 feet high. You need water to run a still. And even though it is September and dry they are still running and very pretty. Below the falls is the Disharoon Cabin and the plaque outside it. It is a large one room with a … (1 comments)

big canoe homes: "SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!!" Wall Street Style - 09/18/08 07:56 AM
The current situation is confusing concerning and a bit frightening. You may be asking yourself how did this happen?  Why did it happen. As a former Wall Street Banker ( yes I admit it) I am writing this blog as a simple way of giving insight into this mess.
You are in Business. You have money. The more money you have the more assets you have. Some of your assets are cash, bonds stocks, investments. Mainly liquid or easily liquidated assets. The you have your home , the sticks and bricks the not so liquid asset. The more assets you have … (1 comments)

big canoe homes: Here we go Again !!! - 09/16/08 11:59 PM
Well the Feds are now in the insurance business. We are bailing out AIG. Naturally the price of oil goes up again today. This whole thing amazes me. The idea that if you are big enough and screw up bad enough some one will save you is now the new motto on Wall Street. Too bad Lehman Brothers you weren't big enough to get help.
Her is the real issue . YOU CANNOT DEREGULATE THES GUYS  as others have suggested. Why ? Because when they screw up you and I are called on to bail them out. If you deregulate then … (11 comments)

big canoe homes: Safe Haven - 09/16/08 09:24 AM
When you were a little kid did you have a safe haven? Most of us did. We ran home. Now that home may have been an apartment, a condo, or a house with a white picket fence. But whatever it was it was home. We felt if we ran home from whatever was chasing us we would be safe.
Today as adults we have a safe haven. It is still called a home. When markets crash, oil prices go up, and things do not make a lot of sense, the home is the safe haven. It is the place where families … (7 comments)

big canoe homes: Where art thou oh Lehman Brothers? - 09/15/08 12:25 AM
                               Well now that you have heard the news about Lehman Brothers do you feel like my friend above? You shouldn't. This has been coming for a while. These are the guys  took a beautiful thing, the housing market, and turned it into a commodity. These are the guys that have inflicted pain on home owners and all the folks involved in our industry for 2 years. These are the guys who perverted the American Dream. So Good bye. I am glad you did not get bailed out. I am sorry for the working folks that will lose their jobs. I … (9 comments)

big canoe homes: Health Food Southern Style - 09/14/08 09:53 AM
I am a transplanted New Yorker.I have been here almost 24 Years. Each section of the country has it's beauty . But it also has a uniqueness that adds the human touch to an area. The picture below is a typical North Georgia Mountain store. You can tell by the Chimney and the wooden structure that the building has been around for a while.
It is a Health food store. now aside from the appeal of the building there is a certain incongruity to this photo that is uniquely Southern. In the Land of North Georgia just outside Atlanta you can … (10 comments)

big canoe homes: Mountain Lakes Part 4 Benttree - 09/12/08 12:14 AM
This is the last of my posts on Mountain Lakes. The Lake today is Lake Tamarack in Benttree. Tamarack is about 100 acres and again just wonderfully nestled in the mountains.
The community of Benttree offers Golf, Tennis,  Swimming, and an equestrain center. I hope you have enjoyed these photos. The goal was to show how the Southern end of the North Georgia Mountains are a beautiful wonderful  place.  This first Picture shows the expanse of the lake The photo to the Left and below was taken from the boat launch area. You cannot imagine how sweet the grass smelled and … (0 comments)

 
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