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Real Estate Agent - Retired
Life & Real Estate in and Around Athens Ga.
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Over the weekend I spent the better part of a day ridding both my wife's system and my laptop of some "malware" that had invaded our systems. My wife picked up the Windows Security virus, the one that keeps popping up windows that tell you you have multiple viruses, worms, etc. You can't click ou...
05/05/2011
Most of us here are using social media, especially sites like Facebook and Twitter, along with our blogs, to increase our presence and, ultimately, our business. Yet everyday a good number of us probably end up fighting worms, viruses and various forms of malware. The best way to not have to figh...
05/04/2011
Oglethorpe County GA Courthouse - Lexington, GA During the month of March 2011, the Oglethorpe County Ga real estate market had the second most active month for total sales in almost a year. Only June of 2010 had more total real estate properties sold in Oglethorpe County during the period and t...
04/27/2011
  The following charts show the month to month residential real estate sales volume of the Greater Athens Ga metropolitan area for the months of Feb. 2010 through Mar. 2011. Sales volume of residential real estate was up sharply over February. The March 2011 volume, while up 75% over February 201...
04/27/2011
Pastor Terry Jones, yeah, that guy that burned the Quran, and then 100,000's of muslims protested violently, killing dozens of people innocent of an unrelated to this incident, was arrested in Dearborn for protesting outside the Islamic Center mosque. A jury found him guilty of breaching the peac...
04/24/2011
The Georgia legislature has finished its business for the most recent session (unlike some states and the federal government, the legislature in Georgia has a finite period in which to meet and pass legislation). This session, among the host of other pieces of legislation proposed, presented and ...
04/20/2011
The following charts show the month to month residential real estate sales volume of the Greater Athens Ga metropolitan area for the months of Jan. 2010 through Feb 2011 . Sales volume of residential real estate has effectively flat, a one unit volume rise over January. The February volume, while...
04/11/2011
  Katerina is pretty sharp and her concerns should be considered. However, I encourage all to read the bill and get an understanding on your own and voice your opinion, rather than echo that of others. This is a very important issue. You can find the bill here http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...
04/11/2011
The Princeton Review's annual rating of the best value public colleges and universities in the United States has rated the University of Georgia as #5 in the overall ratings. Each year the Princeton Review picks the top 50 public and the top 50 private colleges out of the 650 highest rated colleg...
03/21/2011
Much of what we have heard from the adminstration, Pelosi and Reid is how great the health care and finance reform bills will be for me. Well, so far, the only changes have been negative. Last year, my insurance provided sent a letter that they would no long offer my policy because of changes in ...
03/02/2011
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