Archive for December, 2007
« Previous EntriesDiscounting Real Estate Commissions in the Big Canoe Resales Market
Monday, December 31st, 2007An important part of all real estate sales is the amount of commission paid by the Seller. The commission is broken into 2 parts; the selling commission and the listing commission. If the listing agent sells the home they earn the entire commission. If another Agent sells the home, the commission is typically split 50/50 between the Listing Agent and the Selling [...]
Creative Financing in a Tough Market - North Georgia Lease Purchases
Saturday, December 29th, 2007I’m getting a ton of real estate calls regarding anything but good old fashioned “I am prequalified and want to buy a home within the month!”. Many of these folks ask about a lease/purchase. With the curent real estate market across the country, we are getting a lot more calls regarding creative financing. Buyers are itchy to [...]
Weekender of the Week | Big Canoe and North Georgia Weekenders
Thursday, December 27th, 2007There are only a handful of weekenders up here that I have fallen in love with. Located in the North Georgia mountain community of Big Canoe, 6152 Trout Lily Trail is truly an upscale rustic cabin with urban accents. It starts off with a very practical and curb appealing corner lot complete with a circular [...]
Big Canoe Home For Lease Or Rent! Fully Furnished, Ready to Move-In!
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007This home located on 6099 Indian Pipe Drive of Big Canoe is a fantastic deal. For only $950 per month, this home is available for rental or lease. The owners would prefer a minimum lease / rent of 6 months. This home features an open floor plan, rustic accents throughout (such as hardwood flooring, vaulted [...]
Directions in Big Canoe - Which way do I go?
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007I can’t tell you how many agents call me up from the metro Atlanta area and ask about showing one of my listings. I generously offer to help guide them and often get promptly refused. By the time I forget about it I get a call from said agent and he/she has a million questions [...]
Helen Dickson Needs Your Help!
Friday, December 21st, 2007I added this as a comment to my post regarding 419 scams AKA Advance Fee Fraud scams, and then decided to make it into a post. I just received this in my email a few minutes ago, but here is the Reader’s Digest version. Poor Helen Dickson is a resident of the UK and needs your [...]
Update on Big Canoe Community Real Estate Market Conditions, Year’s End 2007
Friday, December 21st, 2007After a slow first half of the year, real estate activity with Big Canoe resales started to pick up in the summer of 2007. We noticed this with competing real estate agents as well. While the market was still slower than 2006, at least we had some activity where many other communities across the country were completely [...]
Respectable Birds Ready to Attack Grenadiers of the British Guard! Wild Turkeys in the North Georgia Mountain Community of Big Canoe
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Yes, the title is truly an overly dramatic paraphrase from a letter that Ben Franklin [...]
Bent Trees, A Link to the Past in Big Canoe
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Prior to moving to the North Georgia mountain community of Big Canoe, I had never heard of Bent Trees. People also refer to them as Boundary Trees, Trail Trees, and other names, but they all refer to trees marked or bent by Native Americans. The area around Big Canoe was mostly [...]
Early Winter Weather in Big Canoe
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007This Sunday I had my first hint of winter in the north Georgia Mountains. This is great because after Thanksgiving I’m ready to hide behind some clothes! I have been working with a couple from Duluth, Ga for a while and I met them Sunday afternoon with a coat, hat, [...]
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