I've been incredibly busy and Christmas decorations are still in their boxes in the storage room. We have a tree. A naked tree. Standing in the great room with the cats and dogs going over to sniff and drink water from the bowl. Thev Christmas cards are on the table. No wreath is on the door
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12/12/2013
At 21 I got a new boss (I was a principal's secretary) I didn't like and after 6 one quarter of working for him I resigned and moved on. I went to work as a graphic artisit for a national chain newspaper and loved my job for 6 years. Then one day I got a new boss. After 6 months I bailed. Lif
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12/11/2013
Well we are seeing a traditional slow down that we see around the holidays at Lake Sinclair. Most of our market is second/vacation homes and folks aren't typically shopping for homes to put under the tree. But hey, if you want to be extravagant this year call me and I'm sure I can help you fin
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12/11/2013
I was just watching a new segment about a new baby seat with an iPad holder. Seriously? Technology is great and I use it, I use it a lot. I have an iPhone and I use it daily. I email, I take photos, I tweet, I check in on foursquare and I socialize on Facebook. But I don't have a single photo
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12/08/2013
Sadly I got a lot of last minute regrets. And Jordon, Richard, Alan, Ande, Quay, John, Dorothy, Nancy and Jerrill... missed you all. But dinner was delightful. And I was surprised that Lynn Friedman showed up and I wasn't expecting her at all. And she brought me the most lovely gift that I h
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12/07/2013
Recently we had a buyer who didn't listen to us and go with one of our preferred lenders and our preferred attorney... okay her money I get it. So we muddled through with little communication and closed. The appraiser on this deal was local and we've been friends for a long time. At the time he
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12/05/2013
Every now and then you find one of those things that touches your heart profoundly. This news clip did that for me and I truly hope that it will touch your heart too. I sincerely doubt that anyone reading this has the finances to be a secret Santa to hundreds of people, but I do think that most
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12/04/2013
Jared Christiansen's blog today about sales history inspired my post today. Recently I have had a lot of customers who in Georgia are looking at a site called qpublic in an effort to "educate" themselves on the market. The current value of a home has little to do with sales price unless it sold
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12/03/2013
I'm getting into my winter funk. When it's dark when I wake up and dark when I get home from work and it is cold and dreary outside I fight depression. So today I started my count down. Since it's technically still fall it's way too soon to start counting the days until spring. Like my busine
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12/02/2013
I'm not about to promise to answer your email if you send it after midnight because SOMETIMES I do sleep. But last night I was still up late and happened to check my email when I was about to put my phone on the charger. I had a question about a listing from a buyer client. I looked up the inf
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12/01/2013