Archive for December, 2007
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Monday, December 17th, 2007Treat yourself and up to 5 more friends or family to this incredible North Georgia getaway located in the community of Big Canoe! This Big Canoe rental home features outstanding long range mountain views. On a clear evening, you can see Stone Mountain and the lights of Atlanta [...]
Guide to Dining Around the Big Canoe Community
Sunday, December 16th, 2007Another question we are asked frequently by clients looking at Big Canoe real estate is what type of restaurants are available nearby. This is usually followed up with questions regarding the quality of the food as well as the overall dining experience. I’ll leave the reviews up to you and just summarize it by saying [...]
Mountainous Terrain in Big Canoe Creates a Challenge For Cell Phone Users…
Saturday, December 15th, 2007A question that comes up with almost every real estate transaction we have in Big Canoe is “what cell service works best up here?”. First off, let me point out that our while our company, IBA Realty Group, lives, operates, and conducts 99.9% of its business within the gates of Big Canoe, we are not [...]
The Geminid Meteor Shower Viewed From Our Home in Big Canoe Was Spectacular!
Friday, December 14th, 2007Here in the North Georgia mountains the stars are shining brightly above us, and the meteors are flying fast and furious. We have been observing the Geminid meteor show since around midnight and desperately trying to get a good picture. Getting a good picture of the sky is one thing, getting ANY picture of a fiery [...]
New Families Welcomed to Big Canoe Through Moms Morning Out
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Living in Big Canoe isn’t entirely about the mountains and all the fantastic amenities available. Big Canoe could truly be summarized by the old saying that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For me, the community of Big Canoe in conjunction with the natural beauty of our surroundings, as well as the fantastic amenities is really what makes this such a [...]
I Will Pay Full Price…Sight Unseen
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Those words should be the red flag waving annoyingly in your face. Let me finish the above sentence:
“I have family coming in from out of the country and they will require lodging.”
“We will need to procure a decorator. I will send you money for this.”
“I would like to put down some extra earnest money to cover any [...]
$100 Million in Sales!
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Did the headline “$100 million in sales!” grab your attention? First off, we did not have $100 million in sales. Sales in 2007 were not as good as 2006, but it was better than anticipated. So why the headline? As I thumbed through a recent edition of our local newspaper, I noticed several ads from realtors that [...]
Big Canoe Real Estate Co-op
Sunday, December 9th, 2007I began MountainHomeResales.com in June of 2007. To the best of my knowledge it was and still is the first and only true North Georgia and Big Canoe real estate co-op. The idea was to find 4-5 other agents that were interested in increasing exposure for their listing clients while promoting inter-agency cooperation. Currently, our list of [...]
Homeowners Offer Big Canoe Rentals and Weekend Getaways
Saturday, December 8th, 2007The Big Canoe rental market is extremely active. In fact, it is so active, instead of incorporating a page or two into our main site at http://ibamountainhomes.com , we dedicated an entire web site to it! Yes, it does look a lot like our Big Canoe real estate site, but we feel we put together a [...]
The Jeep Trail
Saturday, December 8th, 2007The community of Big Canoe features numerous amenities. Many are exactly waht you would expect from a gated community - 27 holes of golf, tennis, fitness center, restaurants, clubhouse, etc., but there are a many hidden treasures scattered throughout the natural landscape of Big Canoe!
One of these treasures is the Jeep Trail, so named [...]
