The MAGIC of LAKE BURTON Day dreaming while riding in a boat on Lake Burton, it's easy to forget the troubles that plague your life. Comfort is inevitably found in the gentle rocking motion of the vessel and the sound of lapping waves as you stare into the robin's egg blue sky and watch the Red
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02/17/2009
The New York Times recently referred to Georgia's 'mountain-lakes' area as 'the Hamptons of Atlanta". Rabun County, Georgia - "Where Spring spends the Summer" - is unique in that while the area can be accessed in under two hours from any part of metro Atlanta, Asheville, Greenville, Gainesville
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02/17/2009
The New York Times recently referred to Georgia's 'mountain-lakes' area as 'the Hamptons of Atlanta". Rabun County, Georgia - "Where Spring spends the Summer" - is unique in that while the area can be accessed in under two hours from any part of metro Atlanta, Asheville, Greenville, Gainesville
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02/16/2009
The past four days have been quite a ride. When they say 'ACTIVE Rain', the operative word is definitely - ACTIVE!! Four days ago - quite by accident - I stumbled upon a site named Localism.com. There were two featured agents there for our area and neither of them was ME! How could that be? I
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02/15/2009
Okay, 'fess up. What is the real reason you give a closing gift to a buyer? Is it because you like the buyer? Or is it because you hope they will send you referral business? Maybe it's a little of both, but one thing is for certain. If you don't give a gift with 'staying power', there is little
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02/14/2009
Dear Friends, For such an 'out of the main stream' place, there is a lot going on in Rabun County! I'm going to try to keep you updated on a regular basis about things to do and special events, but if you ever have a question about planned events in this area, feel free to send me a message and
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02/13/2009
It's early in the morning as I write this and my head is filled with memories of Saturday, February 14, 1976. It was my father's 50th birthday. Our family had always celebrated Valentine's Day in a special way, probably because it was Dad's birthday, too, but my elementary school years were a ti
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02/13/2009
Have you ever been introduced to someone and only minutes or even seconds later you couldn't come up with the person's name if someone put a gun to your head? It's bad enough to have this happen during a social occasion, but when your mnd goes blank when you are working with a prospect, that's
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02/13/2009
There is so much information available on the Active Rain blogs. It's just about mind boggling ( that's boggling - not bloggling). I've been reading and reading in the hope of finding something I could comment on knowledgeably and perhaps be a bit of help to someone else since I've been learning
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02/13/2009
For those who would like to have the most recent news about the stimulus bill and the proposed housing credit. This information was taken directly from the email sent this afternoon from NAR Goverment Affairs. Please note the changes to the Homebuyer Tax Credit. TO: State and Local Association Go
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02/12/2009
