Tina Fountain's Blog

One of the most important steps to take as you get ready to put your house on the market, is properly prepping and staging your home to make it as marketable as possible. The first part of the staging process is one that is not concrete or tangible: You must disassociate yourself from your house....

When it comes to comparing interest rates for a mortgage loan, homebuyers frequently have the option of choosing a loan with a lower interest rate by paying what is called points. To put it simply, a point is equal to 1% of the loan amount. For example, with a $200,000 loan, one point equals $2,0...

Realistically understanding how much house you can actually afford is not only one of the first things you need to get a grasp of when starting the home buying process, but it's also one of the most important. Depending on your particular situation, your budget affects everything from the neighbo...

Residential mortgages in Georgia are typically referred to as security deeds (or deeds to secure debt). Your lender's collateral interest in your property can come in several forms, such as deeds of trust in Texas and mortgages in South Carolina. A security deed grants a present interest in your ...

If you are thinking about buying a home, now may be one of the best times to be a buyer in this current economy. With the current real estate market prices being as low as they are, coupled with the extended tax credit available for several different types of buyers, throw in historically low mor...

If you are putting your home on the market, it's crucial to keep in mind what buyers consider to be the most important selling points of your home.While prospective buyers might appreciate enhancements and upgrades such as a brand new Viking stove, a Sub-zero or a Jacuzzi, they simply won't even ...

In addition to any other research you would want to do before buying any type of property, one of the most important, and valuable, components to understand regarding condo living, is how parking is handled. If you live in an urban area where parking tends to be problematic, you will want to work...

The Virginia Highland neighborhood, located in metro Atlanta just a few minutes from downtown, might be one of the city's most perfect neighborhoods. Bungalows and turn of the century condominium and apartment homes populate the character bursting tree-lined streets of zip code 30306. Quaint shop...

Located on 260 acres of lush, rolling hills and landscaping is the Atlanta Country Club and golf course. North of downtown Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, residents of this community enjoy an amenity filled clubhouse, Olympic-sized swimming pool, eight tennis courts, a fitness center and an award w...

Easily accessible from both Interstate 75 and US Highway 41, Acworth, Georgia, is a wonderful combination of small town charm and big city convenience.In addition to being surrounded by the beautiful Lake Allatoona and Lake Acworth, this Cobb County city has twelve parks and hundreds of wooded ac...