Charles Jarvis's (chugs512) Blog

I'm looking for property in the Atlanta area.  Don't want to spend to much, actually don't won't to spend more than $50,000.  I have cash, in hand, and am ready to buy as soon as I find a good deal.  So if you have any properties that are a good deal that your looking to get rid of let me know.  ...

I recently visted one of the most amazing places in the world!  The Country was Costa Rica and the town was Dominical!  Dominical is a small, I mean really small, town in the south western part of Costa Rica.  Up until recently very few people had ever heard of Dominical.  It's a place were your ...

Like many other areas of Atlanta, Georgia, Buckhead is in a buyers market.  Buckhead is known nationwide as Shoppers dream and a place where people can go to let loose.  And just recently Buckhead was voted as the number one city in the nation for singles!  It's where our Governor resides and it'...

Research is one of the most if not the most important thing when purchasing investment properties.  It's your money so when looking at purchasing a property make the time worth it.  Verify the value of the home after the needed renovations are completed.  Familiarize yourself with estimating repa...

Overall market conditions for Atlanta are strong and vibrant in many different areas including first-time homebuyers, buyers "moving-up" to the $200-$350K price range, and investors seeking to take advantage of historically low interest rates. With the current popularity of interest-only loans an...

Now's the time for first time home buyers to get on the ball and purchase their first home!   For 20 or so more days a first time home buyer can take advantage of down payment assistance and the 10% or $7,500 tax credit.  As of October 1, 2008 down payment assistance on FHA loans will be no more....

Yesterday our great city, Atlanta of course, was voted number five on the top American cities to live well at an affordable price!  We were also ranked as one of the top five most caffeine driven cities in the country!  I don't know what these rankings will do for our real estate market but they ...

I love going up to Lake Lanier Georgia and I love the water!  Unfortunately Georgia is going through one of the worst draughts in its history!  Being an Atlanta area real estate agent I know a lot of people interested in or would be interested in purchasing lake-front property somewhere in Georgi...

Lets face it, Georgia Bulldog fans come to home games dressed in red!  This has been a tradition for years and I don't think its going to change any time soon.  So when I heard that a group a seniors on this years football team were wanting a "Blackout" I was a little confused.  I mean why change...

Well, my two favorite local teams didn't far well this season so it's up to the Atlanta Hawks to change the Atlanta sports year!  Lets see how they far.