Carl Martens's (carlhmartens) Blog

JEZEBEL's ninth annual Most Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes issue unearths 20 local singles who are living, breathing embodiments of the qualities found universally attractive:  professionally successful, outgoing, charismatic, physically appealing and charitably involved.  Bid for a date wi...

Gov. Sonny Perdue of Atlanta and Gov. Bob Riley of Alabama had their first meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday morning.  The meeting was scheduled in an attempt for the two to discuss solutions and methods of reserving water to fight the current drought both states are experiencing.  Gov. Charlie Cr...

ZIP codes with largest growth in new home pricesCountyZIP2005 price2006 price% change2006 sales% changeDeKalb30038$133,909$266,48799.0%314-15.6%DeKalb30319$217,504$330,97652.2%28512.6%Rockdale30012$143,920$206,04443.2%500124.2%Clayton30260$120,041$166,05038.3%152-6.2%Cobb30082$289,868$400,90038.3...

The WNBA will announce Wednesday that it has awarded a franchise to Atlanta, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday.Atlanta real estate executive Ron Terwilliger will be the sole owner of the team, which will begin play in 2008, according to the person familiar with the deal, who requested ...

I am presenting at a class (Assistant Masterminds) today on useful/helpful websites for the real estate industry.  I have a list of about 100 currently, but would like to add to this list.  Please look my list over and if you have suggestions please comment.  Thanks!Site NameSite URLClassificatio...

I only recently started blogging on AR, but I am noticing an increase in traffic to our site directly related to AR.  This past month alone there has been an increase of over 100 unique visitors to our site...I am using tracking software that allows me to see how people "landed" on our website.  ...

This past week I looked at several cars...I have been considering selling/trading-in my 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo for a more fuel efficient car.  I had heard you could get tax credits from these cars...this prompted me to do some research about hybrid cars and alternative fuel cars.  I did ...

I was fortunate this week to attend Greg Gorman's (Keller Williams agent in Naples, FL) seminar entitled, "Open House that Rock".  Greg is a master at scripts and he had some great tips for open houses.  I wanted to share one of these tips with the community.  Greg has a "Your Opinion Matters" su...

An agent in my office just sent out an email about North Fulton Charities.  There was an article in the Alpharetta News stating the charity normally sees 75 families a day, but they are now seeing 100 families daily.  I went to the website for the charity and browsed the site for awhile.  Under t...

Last night I caught a clip on the news about a local organization called, Soccer in the Streets.  The organization is a nationwide non-profit group based in Atlanta.  The group's mission is; "To teach less advantaged kids to make positive choices in life so as to better themselves, their families...