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GA Traffic Counts: Free for Everyone!
2007-04-21 09:26:00
My friend and fellow commercial agent, Wade Sonenberg of the Sonenberg Company, has recently created a mashup of Georgia DOT traffic counts and Google Maps. It is a great tool for commercial agents and good knowledge for local residents. Wade had this to say about his new mashup:Commercial Realtors, shopping center investors, and retailers used to have only two options for finding Georgia DOT traffic counts: either pay hundreds of dollars for programs, or navigate the Georgia DOT?s web site which requires downloading programs to view maps with hardly legible names. Now there is an easier (and free) way! We have just introduced the ?Beta? version of Georgia DOT Traffic Count Mashup, which combines Georgia?s publicly available traffic count data with Google?s easy to Google Maps interface. Good work Wade and I am certain your visitors will skyrocket once the word is out.
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GA Traffic Counts: Free for Everyone!
2007-04-18 23:24:00
My friend and fellow commercial agent, Wade Sonenberg of the Sonenberg Company, has recently created a mashup of Georgia DOT traffic counts and Google Maps. It is a great tool for commercial agents and good knowledge for local residents. Wade had this to say about his new mashup: “Commercial Realtors, shopping center investors, and retailers used ...
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Always Pay the Landlord...or Else.
2007-04-18 23:19:00
It's hard to find creative real estate videos...most of them just tour a house with background music and boring voice-overs. Thanks to sellsius for sharing this entertaining video starring Will ferrell.
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Shift Happens
2007-04-15 15:43:00
I recently stumbled across a great video over at the Harper Team blog about how technology is changing our world. It reminds me of one of the best books I have ever read: The World is Flat. Population trends, education trends, and technology trends all indicate that the world we live in today is going to be drastically different tomorrow. This video helps explains why...
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Cherokee County Parks
2007-04-12 14:33:00
Looking for some tennis courts? A batting cage? A tree-lined trail for a relaxing stroll? Check out these parks in Cherokee county: Barnett Park. Baseball fields, softball fields, concessions, restrooms, jogging/walking trails and playground. 10795 Bells Ferry Road, Canton. J.J. Biello Park. Tennis center with 10 courts, pro shop and pavilion; baseball/softball complex and playground. 7155 Main St., Woodstock. Tennis center, 770-592-4582; baseball/softball complex, 770-928-4453 or 770-928-4959. Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails. Intermediate/advanced trail. Off Sixes Road between I-575 and Bells Ferry Road, Woodstock. Boling Park. Tennis courts, jogging/walking track, handball courts, soccer fields, softball and baseball fields, playgrounds, pavilion and basketball court. 1279 Ga. 5, Canton. 770-720-7674 (run by city of Canton). Dwight Terry Park at Pine Bluff. Baseball fields, softball fields, concessions, restrooms, jogging/walking track, playground. 13395 E. Cherokee Drive, Ca...
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Cherokee County Parks
2007-04-12 14:33:00
Looking for some tennis courts? A batting cage? A tree-lined trail for a relaxing stroll? Check out these parks in Cher okee county: Barnett Park . Baseball fields, softball fields, concessions, restrooms, jogging/walking trails and playground. 10795 Bells Ferry Road, Canton. J.J. Biello Park. Tennis center with 10 courts, pro shop and pavilion; baseball/softball complex and playground. 7155 Main St., Woodstock. Tennis center, 770-592-4582; baseball/softball complex, 770-928-4453 or 770-928-4959. Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails. Intermediate/advanced trail. Off Sixes Road between I-575 and Bells Ferry Road, Woodstock. Boling Park. Tennis courts, jogging/walking track, handball courts, soccer fields, softball and baseball fields, playgrounds, pavilion and basketball court. 1279 Ga. 5, Canton. 770-720-7674 (run by city of Canton). Dwight Terry Park at Pine Bluff. Baseball fields, softball fields, concessions, restrooms, jogging/walking track, playground. 13395 E. Cherokee Drive, Ca...
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I told you so...
2007-04-12 00:25:00
I have talked about Mary Catarineau in the past and questioned her true intent about entering politics and now it seems that my instinct was right. Mary has stepped-down from her new position only months after getting the nod from Harry Johnston.Here is the story from the Cherokee Ledger....Catarineau resigns amid controversy By Gerry Yandel Mary Catarineau, a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission and of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Council, has resigned from both positions following a controversy over comments about Israel she published on her Web blog. However, the controversy may not be over with Catarineau?s resignation Saturday because the woman who raised complaints about the comments said she has informed a ?multitude? of people, including the Anti-Defamation League, to look into the Web site, mydiarywithgod.com. The comments, which included calling for disbanding Israel to ?give the land back to the Muslims? and the claim that ?G...
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Are you Crazy? Take the Real Estate Test
2007-03-31 14:52:00
drawahouse.com has a very interesting personality test...draw a house and answer 10 questions about your drawing, then see if your crazy. Here is what they say about the concept:"The way you draw a house says a lot about your personality. You can use this site to draw a house, answer some quesions based on your house then find out what your house says about you."Here is what my house says about me:Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes.You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.You are not a romantic person by na...
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Lowe's has Benefits for Sellers and Realtors
2007-03-29 02:36:00
Lowes Real tor Benefits.com is a great partnership between the National Association of Realtors and Lowe?s. It allows Realtors to send Free personalized direct mail pieces with valuable discounts, rebates and coupons to buyer and seller customers alike. It?s a great win-win situation for everyone involved. Realtors get quality marketing, buyers and sellers receive valuable savings and tips and Lowe?s gets new or repeat customers. I recommend all agents to look into this great partnership.Here are the latest tips from Lowe?s monthly ?News You Can Use?:1. Spring into cleaning ? Use a little elbow grease tomake your floors, windows, appliances and lightfixtures sparkle. Potential buyers feel more comfortablewhen viewing a clean house.2. Minimize clutter ? ?Less is more? when it comesto staging your home for sale. Put anything in storagethat takes away from a room?s overall impact.3. Organize closets ? A well-organized closet will appearroomier, which is what buyers want. There area number...
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Welcome to WellcomeMat
2007-03-27 01:04:00
WellcomeMat.com is a great video service for real estate professionals. Christian Sterner, co-founder, use to live in Cobb County and is a graduate of Lassiter High School. He now lives Colorado, where he had the idea for WellcomeMat.I have not used the service myself, but I promised myself I would get a video camera or hire someone to do video for me before the end of the year. I am posting this sample video because it's about Atlanta and maybe it will remind me to follow my own advice and believe that the future of real estate marketing is in video.This is a great tool for agents everywhere.
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GA Traffic Counts: Free for Everyone!
2007-03-21 16:25:00
My friend and fellow commercial agent, Wade Sonenberg of the Sonenberg Company, has recently created a mashup of Georgia DOT traffic counts and Google Maps. It is a great tool for commercial agents and good knowledge for local residents. Wade had this to say about his new mashup:Commercial Realtors, shopping center investors, and retailers used to have only two options for finding Georgia DOT traffic counts: either pay hundreds of dollars for programs, or navigate the Georgia DOT?s web site which requires downloading programs to view maps with hardly legible names. Now there is an easier (and free) way! We have just introduced the ?Beta? version of Georgia DOT Traffic Count Mashup, which combines Georgia?s publicly available traffic count data with Google?s easy to Google Maps interface. Good work Wade and I am certain your visitors will skyrocket once the word is out.
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Monthly Economic Outlook
2007-03-16 15:42:00
Wachovia Econ omic s Group has released it's Month ly Outlook and David Bell, Vice President of Business Banking, had these comments about the report:With all the recent activity in the stock market this past week, I have highlighted a few comments from our economic team below.We believe real GDP growth will be held back the first half of 2007 due to the ongoing unwinding of the housing boom and some slowing in consumer spending.By mid year, the drag from housing will diminish and the Federal Reserve should hold rates unchanged. Much of the deterioration in the subprime mortgage market is in loans issued in 2006. This leads us to believe that faulty underwriting and mortgage fraud have more to do with the rise in delinquency rates than a general deterioration in credit quality. Delinquency rates in subprime auto loans and credit cards do not show anywhere near the deterioration as in mortgages.Special thanks toDavid Bell of Wachovia for providing this report. Contact Da...
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KSU to host Suburban Conference, April 13th
2007-03-12 16:56:00
Kennesaw State University is hosting a conference about "What works in Suburban Growth: Challenges and Opportunities" on Friday, April 13th, presented by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. The keynote speaker will be Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers.This year?s conference provides a platform on governments, corporations, community groups, educators, citizens and suburban researchers to learn and share experiences and insights with one another regarding suburban issues.The conference consists of panel presentations,discussions and a featured speaker, including Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers who will discuss the very controversial Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act passed into law last spring. Suburban experiences will be expressed by groups and individuals from a variety of disciplines, perspectives, professions and fields. Among the topics and issues to be examined include immigration and multiculturalism, urban/suburban planning, crime & drugs, l...
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KSU to host Suburban Conference, April 13th
2007-03-12 16:56:00
Kennesaw State University is hosting a conference about "What works in Suburban Growth: Challenges and Opportunities" on Friday, April 13th, presented by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. The keynote speaker will be Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers.This year’s conference provides a platform on governments, corporations, community groups, educators, citizens and suburban researchers to learn and share experiences and insights with one another regarding suburban issues.The conference consists of panel presentations,discussions and a featured speaker, including Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers who will discuss the very controversial Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act passed into law last spring. Suburban experiences will be expressed by groups and individuals from a variety of disciplines, perspectives, professions and fields. Among the topics and issues to be examined include immigration and multiculturalism, urban/suburban planning, crime & drugs, ...
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New Industrial Construction in Cherokee County
2007-03-09 16:03:00
The Cherokee County Development Authority released an article highlighting MDH Partners' new industrial project at Airport Industrial Park in Ball Ground, GA.MDH Partners, LLC has started construction on 19 acres in the I-575/Airport Industrial Park in Ball Ground. MDH Partners, LLC is the new real estate investment company founded by the former senior executives of M.D. Hodges Enterprises, one of Atlanta?s largest real estate developers.MDH Partners will build four speculative buildings that will have between 4,000 and 100,000 available square feet and have excellent I-575 frontage.All of the buildings will be brick on block with glass fronts. The first of the buildings is set to be completed by winter 2007.Marshall Day, Chairman of the Development Authority of Cherokee County, said spec buildings give businesses a reason to look at Cherokee. ?It is hard to relocate someone if you don?t have any inventory,? he said. ?That is something we have sorely lacked in the county.?The Devel...
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New Industrial Construction in Cherokee County
2007-03-09 16:03:00
The Cher okee County Development Authority released an article highlighting MDH Partners' new industrial project at Airport Industria l Park in Ball Ground, GA.MDH Partners, LLC has started construction on 19 acres in the I-575/Airport Industrial Park in Ball Ground. MDH Partners, LLC is the new real estate investment company founded by the former senior executives of M.D. Hodges Enterprises, one of Atlanta’s largest real estate developers.MDH Partners will build four speculative buildings that will have between 4,000 and 100,000 available square feet and have excellent I-575 frontage.All of the buildings will be brick on block with glass fronts. The first of the buildings is set to be completed by winter 2007.Marshall Day, Chairman of the Development Authority of Cherokee County, said spec buildings give businesses a reason to look at Cherokee. “It is hard to relocate someone if you don’t have any inventory,” he said. “That is something we have sorely lacked in the county....
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Google Apps, Zoho and the future of real estate online
2007-03-08 04:13:00
I was recently sent the below article from a Subscriber. The weird part is...he called me to ask if it was okay if he forwarded me the story and the call interrupted me and my assistant's conversation about Google Apps. The story below is about Google Apps, and other similar web services. I had been kicking around the idea for months, but just happened to begin the process of analyzing and understanding the pros and cons of going completely web-based. The result is still not determined, but I am testing some things behind the scenes.With that said, I do use Zoho Planner daily. It's a great way to create tasks and monitor their completion between me and my assistant.Read the entire article from Duct Tape Marketing, but here is an excerpt:The new Holy Grail, if you follow new things, is something I would like to officially term the Softwareless Office. At present, most any function that you might need a computer or working using that computer to accomplish, can be done with an...
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Cherokee Commissioners, Private School Teachers & Legos
2007-03-08 04:05:00
What do Cher okee County Commission ers, Private School Teachers and Lego s have in common? Could it be Socialism?I found this story about a teacher in Seattle to be very interesting and then I thought maybe it relates to Cherokee County somehow. Read through and let me know what you think?A Seattle public school class, taught by Ann Pelo, was building an elaborate LEGO town when it was suddenly (yet accidentally) destroyed. The teachers in the class decided this was somehow a perfect opportunity to expand on the concept that private property ownership is evil. One teacher said that they felt that the children were building a city that “mirrored that of a class-based, capitalist society — a society that we teachers believe to be unjust and oppressive.” As such, the classroom became LEGO free as the teachers banned the activity until a “social and political understanding of ownership and economic equity… from a perspective of social justice” was agreed upon by the classmat...
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Cherokee Commissioners, Private School Teachers & Legos
2007-03-08 04:05:00
What do Cherokee County Commission ers, Private School Teacher s and Lego s have in common? Could it be Socialism?I found this story about a teacher in Seattle to be very interesting and then I thought maybe it relates to Cherokee County somehow. Read through and let me know what you think?A Seattle public school class, taught by Ann Pelo, was building an elaborate LEGO town when it was suddenly (yet accidentally) destroyed. The teachers in the class decided this was somehow a perfect opportunity to expand on the concept that private property ownership is evil. One teacher said that they felt that the children were building a city that ?mirrored that of a class-based, capitalist society ? a society that we teachers believe to be unjust and oppressive.? As such, the classroom became LEGO free as the teachers banned the activity until a ?social and political understanding of ownership and economic equity? from a perspective of social justice? was agreed upon by the classmates. LEGO?s w...

Transportation Sales Tax proposal gets mixed Reviews
2007-03-06 22:37:02
The AJC recently reported...A bold plan that would put high-impact transportation projects such as tunnels, optional toll lanes, interstate truck lanes and a relocated Northern Arc in metro Atlanta and across the state met with mixed reactions Thursday, when a powerful House Republican filed a resolution to make it happen. If approved by voters statewide, the measure would add 1 cent to the state sales tax for 10 years and would bypass the staff of the state Department of Transportation, creating a new, far smaller organization that would manage the $2 billion a year estimated to come from the tax. The measure for an amendment to the state Constitution, HR 509, was filed by House Transportation Committee Chairman Vance Smith (R-Pine Mountain) and Rep. Johnny Floyd (R-Cordele), vice chairman of the committee. Transit advocates reacted strongly to the plan, both for and against it. It snubs commuter rail, which elicited the condemnation of some transit groups. But it w...
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Transportation Sales Tax proposal gets mixed Reviews
2007-03-06 19:35:00
The AJC recently reported...A bold plan that would put high-impact transportation projects such as tunnels, optional toll lanes, interstate truck lanes and a relocated Northern Arc in metro Atlanta and across the state met with mixed reactions Thursday, when a powerful House Republican filed a resolution to make it happen. If approved by voters statewide, the measure would add 1 cent to the state sales tax for 10 years and would bypass the staff of the state Department of Transportation , creating a new, far smaller organization that would manage the $2 billion a year estimated to come from the tax. The measure for an amendment to the state Constitution, HR 509, was filed by House Transportation Committee Chairman Vance Smith (R-Pine Mountain) and Rep. Johnny Floyd (R-Cordele), vice chairman of the committee. Transit advocates reacted strongly to the plan, both for and against it. It snubs commuter rail, which elicited the condemnation of some transit groups. But it w...
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Atlanta: Best Place for Value Vacation in 2007
2007-03-02 16:32:05
Georgia on your mind? Well it should be. Atlanta tops the list because of its deep discounts (81), affordable entertainment and wide variety of quality hotels (68). Atlanta is home to some of the country's largest cultural institutions. Enjoy these great bargains: The World of Coca-Cola Tour (free to $9)CNN Studio Tour, a behind-the-scenes look at the 24-hour news service ($9 to $12)Centennial Olympic Park, an open-air park where the 1996 Olympic Games were held (free)TripAdvisor has a detailed list of things to do in Atlanta.The Hotwire Travel Value Index ranks the 50 most-visited places* in the U.S. for visitor value. Each destination is scored in three categories (on a 100-point scale): Low rates on air, rental car and hotelDiscounts on air, rental car and hotelAffordable entertainment and overall appeal Take a look at how the top 10 destinations scored in each category: Top 10 Leisure Markets Travel Value Index Discount Rating Low Price Rating Affordable Entertainme...
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