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Elegant Augusta GA Real Estate BlogElegant Augusta GA Real Estate BlogThe Elegant Augusta GA Real Estate Blog offers local information, fun posts, and whatever else strikes our fancy as interesting. If you want drab market analysis full of statistics, go elsewhere, that's not our bag, baby! 
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Trivia from North Augusta?s fascinating history
2008-01-30 12:00:00 Country Music Hall of Famer Brenda Lee attended North Augusta Elementary School. Martintown Road follows the path of an Indian trail leading from Fort Moore to the Saluda Ridge. Traders took this route on their way to the Cherokee Nation. Jim Nabors, famous for his vocal recordings and roles on the Andy Griffith Show and Gomer ... More About: History , Trivia , Historical
Trivia from North Augusta?s fascinating history
2008-01-30 12:00:00 Country Music Hall of Famer Brenda Lee attended North Augusta Elementary School. Martintown Road follows the path of an Indian trail leading from Fort Moore to the Saluda Ridge. Traders took this route on their way to the Cherokee Nation. Jim Nabors, famous for his vocal recordings and roles on the Andy Griffith Show and Gomer ... More About: History , Trivia
Puzzling out Mortgage Loan Pre-Approvals
2008-01-29 01:47:00 I have the privilege of having another guest correspondent on the Augusta Real Estate Blog today. Lauren Ferguson of Wells Fargo Mortgage sent in the following post about getting pre-approved for a home loan. Lauren and I work often together and I really enjoy working with her. If you need a mortgage specialist, ... More About: Tips , Loan
Investing in Multi-family housing - what should a buyer look for?
2008-01-26 18:46:00 Thinking about buying a large multi-family investment property? Multi-family investment is a large commitment above and beyond rental homes. Before embarking into real estate sales, I spent six years managing multi-family units across North and South Carolina. I had thousands of tenants- many of my apartment complexes housed a hundred or ... More About: Family , Real Estate Investing , Tips , Investing , Buyer
I am the Realtor who fell down on the job?
2008-01-22 19:15:00 I try very hard to be a competent and hardworking Realtor . I try to provide the best service possible - and I try to go the extra mile for all of my clients. However sometimes grace leaves my side and things go a little pear shaped. I was meeting with some pretty important clients and ...
What you need to know about the new Georgia Real Estate Contracts!
2008-01-22 04:08:00 News Flash: Georgia decided to change the Purchase and Sell Contract, effective January 1st, 2008… As a Realtor, I see changes to forms often and it is usually nothing to alert the public on, because they have changed wording or a blank has moved. However recent changes by the State of Georgia to real estate ... More About: News , Estate , Real Estate , Tips
Hot deal in Heritage neighborhood?North Augusta, SC
2008-01-19 04:32:00 Wow do I have an opportunity to share a special opportunity with you! One of my real estate investors has a deal for a lucky buyer! I was stunned when I first toured this property. Rarely do these types of listings come along. This 3 bedroom 2 bath home features refinished hardwood floors throughout ... More About: Heritage , Listings , North , Deal , Neighborhood
2+ acres in the Heart of Edgefield, SC
2008-01-19 04:31:00 If you are looking for an investment property -or a great location to build your next home- in Edgefield… then I have just listed your next real estate purchase! This property sits on 2.26 acres in the heart of Edgefield on Gray Street. There is a manufactured home on the site with 2 bedrooms and ... More About: Listings , Heart , Acres , The Heart
I?m expecting!
2008-01-11 21:20:00 Well it looks like the Taylor household is going to expand a little bit. We discovered our Angelfish are hard at work laying eggs. I’ll try to post pictures of the happy parents in the next day or so. They were too busy trying to scare away the camera from their nest ...
Local Economists examine indicators, predict happy future (gasp!) for Augus
2008-01-03 03:33:00 Those doom-and-gloomers who can’t stop feasting on national media reports about the real estate market collapse probably missed a wonderful article in the Sunday edition of the Augusta Chronicle. Staff writers Tim Rausch, LaTina Emerson and Damon Cline interviewed local experts about the state of the economy in the area, and managed to ... More About: News , Future , Tips , Happy , Local
The best Augusta GA Realtor
2007-12-31 00:48:00 Wow check out this Google Search. Who is the best Augusta GA Realtor in 2007? Well, If that means total houses sold (no, unfortunately not)… but maybe in service? Let’s hope so! I certainly try to be!
How about those outrageous Realtors fees?
2007-12-29 00:35:00 The debate rages on… There are a lot of people out there that believe that Realtor fees are outrageous and Realtors are way overpaid. That is a debate that has gone on for a long time, and I won’t address it here. What I will address is the misconception that an agent walks away with huge commissions ... More About: Tips , Fees , Outrageous
The story behind NorthoftheSavannah.com
2007-12-27 16:02:00 I get this question every now and again, ‘Why does an Augusta Real Estate website have such a strange domain name? Isn’t Augusta south and west of the Savannah River??’ Well, the answer to the question is more personal than professional. Here are a few reasons: Originally I intended this domain to service ... More About: Story , The Story
Columbia County Real Estate - over time
2007-12-22 00:07:00 I had a request today to share some historical housing data for Columbia County. The question was, “Can you post some information from the MLS concerning average DOMs and declining prices in Columbia County?” It took a little bit of digging, but I found it! So, here you go: For the year 2006: Columbia County ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Time , Real
Augusta GA Real Estate Report December 17th, 2007
2007-12-18 05:07:00 The year 2007 in Review: Before I get into the stats today I just wanted to make a comment on my own activity. In terms of clients, I’ve pretty much closed out what I am going to do for the year. I do have one more house closing scheduled before the end of ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Report , Real , December
Just had to point this out?
2007-12-01 04:25:00 Isn’t this just the most amazing picture of Hong Kong? Wow. More About: Point
5 Stupid Home Listing Tricks
2007-11-21 02:57:00 For the real estate professional, one of the biggest tasks in taking on a home listing is marketing the home. Some agents are more savvy than others, some agents invest more in marketing materials, and some agents (many actually) don’t do anything but list the home in the local MLS and stick a sign ... More About: Tips , Home , Tricks , Stupid , Listing
Wow, is blogging tough sometimes!
2007-11-18 03:17:00 For the last few weeks I’ve been so busy selling homes and promoting listings, it seems I have very little free time. Then there’s all the chores around the house, walking the dogs- it goes on and on. Oh, and did I mention I’m going to school in the evenings to get my ... More About: Blogging , Blogs , Tough , Some
A quick note about comments
2007-11-13 16:27:00 A note to my visitors leaving comments: Please use your real name or a nickname for comments. Any posts using promotional slogans, business names, etc. will be deleted. I value your insights, but please use comments for just that. Thank you! More About: Note , Comments , Quick
Home for sale in Ivy Falls Plantation
2007-11-02 02:55:00 I had the privilege of listing a great house this Monday in Grovetown. It’s an all-brick ranch-style home, on a landscaped lot, in a cul-de-sac. The property features a fireplace, a vaulted great room, a master’s suite with a tray ceiling, a large kitchen, a laundry room, two additional bedrooms, and 2 baths. The ... More About: For Sale , Home , Listings , Sale , Falls
The Top 10 Most Haunted Sites in Augusta Georgia
2007-10-24 12:00:00 Pendleton King Park - Named after a fallen prominent Augusta n fallen in World War One, a ghostly blur flits about the park at night. Ezekiel Harris House - Many visitors report poltergheist activity there- this is a VERY active site. St. Paul’s - The oldest church in Augusta also has the oldest dead people in Augusta ... More About: Sites , Georgia , Most Haunted , Haunted
MCG Pumpkin Festival coming October 20th!
2007-10-15 01:24:00 I’m proud to announce the Red Wagon Society is ready and rearing to go with our MCG Pump kin Festival . This year the event will be on Saturday, October 20 at the beautiful Columbia County Amphitheater. This event will be great for the kids, as we will have lots of fun games, face painting, and hay ...
Niche Investments: Student Housing
2007-10-11 19:57:00 I have the privilege of having a guest writer on the Augusta Real Estate Blog today. Aubrey Zaffke of Trimark Properties in Gainesville Florida sent in the following article about investing in the student housing market. Aubrey and I have been corresponding about rental housing. Trimark has been a great success ... More About: Real Estate Investing , Student , Tips , Housing , Investments
Stay off the ?net: New Augusta Real Estate listings sent straight to your i
2007-10-01 21:40:00 In my effort to provide the top website in Augusta for real estate services, I’ve never stopped trying to improve. I’ve been frequently updating the real estate content and information, with the aim of improving the usefulness of the site itself; and working on the ‘back-end’, to provide more functionality for my clients. After all ... More About: News , Estate , Real Estate , Tips , Listings
Augusta Real Estate Market Report for September, 2007
2007-10-01 20:58:00 Well another month down and fall is here. I’m really looking forward to pulling out some sweaters and jackets. Oh- and selling you a wonderful new home (Yay!) If my own personal activity on behalf of clients -and this websites’ traffic- are any indication at all, we are in for a very productive fall. ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Market , Report
Revealing the Secrets: North Augusta?s Golf Communities
2007-09-28 19:39:00 North Augusta is not very well known for it’s golf communities. In fact, I think it’s more known for it’s quiet, slower pace, with open fields and valleys and good fishing holes. But in fact there are a number of excellent courses in the area, and I’d like to point out that we ... More About: Golf , North , Secrets , Communities , Unit
Elegant Augusta Georgia Real Estate: Reloaded.
2007-06-23 17:40:00 It’s official. Sometime on Monday, June 25th, we will redirect our DNS to the new site. I am confident you will be impressed with my new web site. The star attraction will be the new MLS search functionality, using data pulled from the Greater Augusta Area MLS system. I will host data ... More About: News , Estate , Real Estate , Tips , Georgia
Elegant Augusta Georgia Real Estate Teaser
2007-06-21 04:23:00 Regular readers may have noticed my posts have been a little less frequent lately. Here is the reason why. I hinted in this post that I had something I was working on that would greatly enhance the website. I have a teaser for you: I can’t reveal much more than that except that ... More About: News , Estate , Real Estate , Teaser , Georgia
Real Estate Term of the Week: Fixtures
2007-06-19 14:05:00 Fixture-An item of personal property which, through its attachment to, or association with, real estate, loses its identity as personal property and becomes real property. Strangely enough, fixtures that are taken from the home by the seller can be one of the biggest sticking points in a real estate transaction. I was involved with one ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Week , Real , Fixtures
Why use a Local Lender to Finance your Home?
More articles from this author:2007-06-18 12:32:00 In the age of the internet, the options for mortgage brokers to choose from are enormous. No longer are buyers relegated to using only the local bank to get a mortgage. They now have the ability to find a mortgage company while in their pajamas at home. Why then do real estate ... More About: Finance , Tips , Home , Local , Ender 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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