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.

Christmas, and then inevitably New Year’s has come and gone. While the stock market seems to have stabilized, business media types continue to latch on to all manner of bad news. It does strike me as completely ironic that I wake up and look out of my bedroom window to see that my neighbor’s attractive “Five-Four and a Door East Cobb Georgian” home is still standing in spite of all the bad news.

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.

Although it doesn’t make the headlines on the local news anymore, the election and economy have taken front stage, we still have a serious water problem in North Metro Atlanta.  Drought conditions continue to grow harsher across north Georgia.

Marietta Real Estate: BuinessWeek Ranks Marietta #2 In Georgia For The Best Places To Raise A Family

Load up the mini-vans, throw in the pack-n-play, don’t forget the stroller and move to Marietta, GA!

Business Week magazine in its November 10 edition named Marietta the second best place to raise children in Georgia among towns with at least 50,000 residents and an average family income between $40,000 and $100,000.