The skills required to succeed in the real estate industry are changing rapidly.  Consumers expect their agents to be tech savvy and masters at online marketing.  No one reads newspapers to find their next home.  Most begin their search on the internet.

Atlanta Real Estate Community- Please Pray For Kevin Warmath’s Recovery

Life is greater than real estate.  Yet without real estate I would not have Kevin Warmath in my life.  Life is greater than real estate because of real estate.

This is a problem that has come across my desk lately that you should avoid. Most commercial leases require that the tenant obtain a lien waiver from the general contractor and its subcontractors prior to a tenant receiving its buildout allowance from a landlord.

In the metro Atlanta area, Existing home sales are down about 38% (units) and new sales are down 68%. In itself, these figures create an over inventory of homes which causes a longer time on market. However, this news is not all bad either.

Atlanta GA Real Estate Recovery Series 3: Credit

As far back as July 2007, Wall Street began to question the true value of Mortgage Backed Securities. Interesting how it really became a household word in recent months. Either way, banks are continuing to search for ways to loan money to the masses.

You’ve got a fancy new Twitter account, or perhaps a rusty old twitter account, and now you want to take it out for a spin.  But who talks about real estate on Twitter?  It’s not so much about talking real estate as it is about meeting cool people within the real estate industry.

Atlanta Commercial Real Estate: Bankrupcty Advice From A Business Attorney

In the coming months, you may find your customers are having grave financial difficulty and may file for bankruptcy protection. It may shock you when you receive a letter from the bankruptcy court trustee demanding return of payments your customer had made to you within 90 days of their filing for bankruptcy.

Atlanta Real Estate-Ready For RECOVERY!

Yesterday, Roger Tutterow Ph.D. and Dean of Economics at Mercer University gave his opinion to Sally’s Roundtable on the Recession of 08′ as it relates to Atlanta Real Estate. It was great to hear that it seems we are now at or past the bottom of the curve and the expectation is that in late 2nd Qtr and Early 3rd Qtr 2009, we will see a noticeable improvement in some key statistics.