Life in Big Canoe, Real Estate in the Mountains

The Market dropped more than my weight yesterday! Everyone seems to be questioning when it is going to hit the bottom.  I started to delve into all this to see what wasn’t losing money. Something astounded me and then it all made sense! According to Foxnews.com on Tuesday the following is stated to be true: The [...]

We often have clients ask us about the sales history on our listings in Pickens and Dawson counties (located in the North Georgia mountains).  Most of the listings we have are in Big Canoe which is located in both Dawson and Pickens, and Bent Tree, which is located in Pickens.  Here in Big Canoe, realtors often have a [...]

Many of the real estate agents who serve Big Canoe have a Caravan every two weeks to showcase Big Canoe homes for sale. If your home is on the Caravan you may feel a little like you’re trying out for American Idol. Approximately 25 agents will walk through your home and give their professional opinions and suggestions [...]

*Update 7/17/2008 – The Cragislist email scammers / spammers have a new name they are using in addition to fay, natalie, and the rest of the gang. Thanks to Christa for naming this one – gregory.sambo@gmail.com is apparently being sent out as well now, so if you’re advertising on Craigslist, keep an eye out for [...]

  Anyone who reads this is probably wondering how death threats, lost dogs, and real estate marketing could possibly be tied together, so let me explain by fleshing out the title a bit more:   First, let me explain the death threats. The metro Atlanta area has a very popular talk show personality named Clark Howard [...]

Heed My Warning – Don’t Touch! Have you ever done something, gone through a process, or committed to a course of action and then been smacked in the face with the cold hard truth that maybe your way of doing something was not the best way to do it? And to add insult to injury, something [...]

My house just got a whole lot bigger, thanks to the warm sunny weather. Suddenly the rocking chair front porch is my new favorite office. The screened porch doubles as a great place to read a book and dinners taste a whole lot better cooked on the grill and served on the deck! This is [...]

  The other day I received a phone call from a woman named Bethany Lyttle inquiring about one of my little cabins we have listed in the North Georgia community of Big Canoe. Ms. Lyttle explained to me that she was a writer for the New York Times Escapes section and wanted to feature one of our Big Canoe [...]

I have blogged about this before, but some recent events have swayed me to follow-up on the topic of web based marketing for North Georgia, specifically in the mountain community of Big Canoe.  You can read the previous article regarding web based real estate marketing for Big Canoe here.  My point tonight is about the [...]

I guess my last blog about the Laurel Ridge section of Big Canoe really hit home to some people!! I just put the very adorable 350 Laurel Ridge Drive under contract and several others have gone under contract and sold over the past few months. I’m happy to see this little village community active with renewed interest because it’s cute, [...]