Am I allowed to offer short term cabin rental advertising on my web site? Read More...

We are in the process of selling our first home that is a foreclosure listed with a different brokerage in our town. Is it standard procedure for the listing office to hold in escrow the Earnest Money as opposed to the selling office? Read More...

While showing properties yesterday, I discovered a fabulous new marketing and advertising technique. It is inexpensive and really quite simple. First, you print up beautiful flyers for some of your listings. Be sure to include your name and phone number Read More...

I found this beauty in the July, 2007 issue of REALTOR Magazine. It's worth reading! Read More...

What would you do if you discovered that one of your dearest friends improperly uses "realtor" in his/her url address? What should I do? He has been in the business longer than I have, and he is very successful. He never asks me any questions about real Read More...

I am watching that funny movie Hitch and thinking how delightful it is to have a mentor who helps us through the new and rough spots in life. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out. It made me think of a question regarding real estate. How do Read More...

Okay, here is the scenario. I have a client who wishes to rent another agent's and brokerage's listing for a trial period of 2 weeks. It seems that she wants it for her second home, but hubby is afraid he would be bored here. So, the arrangements have Read More...

Our Northeast Georgia Real Estate Board include 5 counties in Northeast Georgia. Two of the counties are a minimum of a 45 minute drive away from us. How far will you go? Do you try to do it all or do you refer prospective clients to other realtors when Read More...

... we will buy it! An agent in our area makes this promise to his sellers. He guarantees that he will "sell your present home before you take possession of your new one." Sellers are drawn to this guarantee because they feel that they can safely find Read More...

I have read with great interest, the comments at another post lamenting the lack of stringent training and testing prior to the issuing of a real estate license to a licensee. While I would agree that the testing process seems to merely "weed out" the illiterate and the undisciplined, it is my contention that the real root of the public's mistrust of the real estate industry stems from incompetent agents who lack ethics and people skills. Read More...

It seems like real estate agents have been getting a bum rap. I have found the majority of my colleagues in the Northeast Georgia Board and on Point2 Homes, to be fine and upstanding citizens of great warmth and integrity. In fact, most are bright, articulate, Read More...

Here is the scenario. You get a phone call or an e-mail from a prospective client who has discovered your web page and thinks that he likes what he sees. He has already begun to imagine living out the rest of his days in your town. “Of course, I can help Read More...

I have come to the realization that Pinocchio is alive, well, and selling real estate in the Northeast Georgia Mountains ! Or more specifically, entering his listing information into the MLS. Every new home that he lists presents him with another delightful Read More...