Things Look Bad for Atlanta Sellers

In today's slow market, with Atlanta buyers having so many choices, with all the online listing services (Redfin, Zillow, Trulia, Roost) — you think a listing agent would at least get out of the car to take a picture!

 

Thanks to Aaron Hoffman for photo

Suze Orman Speaks Out

I was channel surfing a few nights ago and came across the Suze Orman show, the personal financial expert for CNBC . Suze was providing financial housing advice to a young couple from Oregon who found themselves in the situation of owning two homes, and paying two mortgages.

Simply put, the couple purchased a second home before selling their first home, and wanted advice on how to fix their problem.

Suze was visibly outraged. She lectured the couple that they should have never purchased a second home without first selling their home. And then she screamed into the monitor, to everyone listening,“You should never ever under any circumstance purchase a home before selling your first home. And, if you do, never, ever without a contingency.”

How to Research Atlanta Real Estate to Meet My Personal Needs

Every day a new website is born featuring neighborhood maps, demographics, property listings, and more. The internet enables you to research sales data, public tax records, addresses of sex offenders, toxic waste locations, school rankings and test scores, property tax millage rates; the list goes on.

Obtaining all this information will still not answer your questions, “How do I find the best place to live in Atlanta”? “How do I sell my home in this market without giving it away?” At least not with a peace of mind.

It takes a specialist to quiet those nagging thoughts; to validate your assumptions; to give credibility to your course of action.

In my opinion, we (North Atlanta Realty Group) are Atlanta specialists, an authority on Atlanta real estate. Our knowledge only becomes an asset - an item of value - when it is shared.

Here are the characteristics which, I believe, define an authority:

1. Well informed and up to date on industry news. We are prepared to answer your questions with candor and honesty.
2. Aggregate and filter information. We weed out the junk and provide a no-nonsense overview to help you move forward.
3. Provide a rigorous depth of research. We analyze the Atlanta market and provide information that is unique.
4. Makes knowledge accessible for the general populace. We present concepts, data and information in a way that is understandable to a non-specialist audience — with respect for your knowledge.
5. Expand the conceptual field. We challenge the traditional concepts and practices of the real estate industry.

To provide excellent service with proven results, we need more information than a list of multiple listing numbers two days before you arrive in Atlanta. We need to know more than how much money you want from the sale of your house. Or, how much money you spent getting it ready to go on the market.

Developing knowledge demands relationship and sharing of ideas. Providing excellent service with proven results requires no less.

Thanks to Dosh Dosh and Bonzai.

Real Estate Agents Don’t Get the Picture

We have all seen them. Exterior shots of houses overshadowed by trees. Rooms filled with clutter. Too dark. Too bright. Just plain dumb.

Photos that eliminate the house from consideration before the home buyer logs off the computer.

Don’t know if we can educate the real estate industry… But, we can all have a good laugh.

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And, be sure to send us Photo Trash you find along the way.