Life in Big Canoe, Real Estate in the Mountains

Every once in a while as I scan through the FMLS listings I come across a great deal! Last month in Big Canoe , I found a 1 bedroom, 1 bath Disharoon Ridge condo foreclosure with the rock slide in the back yard. It was fully furnished with TVs, linens, and custom window treatments.  The listing [...]

Ahhhh the good old summertime; relaxing by the pool, canoeing on a glassy lake, fishing, long naps on the porch. You are almost there, but before you trade in your boots for flip-flops, take a look around the house to make sure you have the necessary seasonal maintenance completed. Down the road you will be [...]

You searched for months, spent endless hours on the Internet looking for Big Canoe homes, and have finally found the home of your dreams. It’s perfect in every way! The furnishings, paint, and atmosphere reflect your inner soul, and yet you have the toughest hill ahead of you…now it’s time to NAME your home!!! One [...]

Avoid Foreclosure Pitfalls I was recently looking over statistics for our web site, and one of the main keyword phrases that brought visitors to our site was “Big Canoe foreclosures” or “North Georgia foreclosures.” Buyers are out there. It’s just that many, if not all, of them are looking for a deal. Over the past [...]

Waterford is a section of Big Canoe that has a whole lot to offer. Nestled right past the North Gate, this large section is home to rolling hills, 2 ponds, and a hiking trail. The homes in Waterford are upscale and range from the 500′s up to $1,000,000. Here you will find a more traditional [...]

Customers always ask me to find them certain style homes when they first come to Big Canoe. They have big ideas in mind and I’m always happy to help whether it’s a rustic cabin with a view or a formal well appointed home with all the bells and whistles. As you know, Big Canoe real estate has such a [...]

Over the past weekend I was speaking with a broker here in the Big Canoe community about a real estate show he had recently attended down in Florida. The purpose of the show was to match potential buyers with real estate groups selling mountain property, and hopefully to make a few sales. This broker explained [...]

Well, there were about 125 disappointed young soccer players this Saturday morning with the heavy rains on Friday night. However, ALL the plants in Big Canoe were waving their leaves with joy because not only did they avoid the predicted hard freeze, but they also got some rain to boot!. Many of you already know [...]

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 [...]

Over the past weekend, we had several calls from clients looking for second homes or “weekenders” as we like to call them.  We also had a few clients looking over our Big Canoe real estate listings that were to be used for their primary residence.  Considering the different ways in which these two groups of clients intended to [...]