"What if my home in Atlanta never sells?  What if it sells at a Loss?" "Can you list this for nothing?" Sometimes the only way to get the seller's attention is with a real dose of reality!  These are just a few questions to be used to the sellers in this current market to separate your ability from wannabee agents!  Smelling salt questions!  Most agents will want to sugarcoat the listing presentation.  They'll smile a lot, make a lot of empty promises, get the listing, and it will be the last time the seller ever lays eyes upon them!  Sound familiar? In this Atlanta real estate market we are a lot of pressure not only to develope the listing lead, generate an appointment, if accepted...run around and come up with a knock your socks listing presentation to get the listing in less than 8 ... 05/02/2007

Did you ever go into a Atlanta neighborhood where you think the prices are astronomical, and yet when you check the listings for Actives everything is either "Under Contract or "Pending Sale" except one listing?  The listing that hasn't sold seems to be priced right, clean, has OK curb appeal but it is listed for sale month after month?  When you finally get into the home, everything seems in order, nothing spectacular but priced right!  It may even be priced way below market.  A few months pass, and now you see more major price reductions, the Atlanta MLS has a note that says "Seller Desperate!"  "Bring All Offers!"  And for the life of you cannot figure out why? Co-oping agents can tell you why it hasn't sold.  More often than not the listing agents' calls go unanswered for days.  Sel... 05/02/2007

According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Georgia is no longer the number one state of mortgage fraud.  This has been a dirty crown that we have worn off and on(mainly on) since 2002.  We have recently dropped from number one to number eight!Here is the top ten list: 1)  Utah 2)  Florida  3)  California 4)  New York 5)  Idaho 6)  Michigan 7)  Arizona 8)  Georgia 9)  Minnesota10)  Illinois  05/01/2007

Here are statistics about Atlanta homes for sale from the FMLS: There are 53,946 active lisitings.9,661 Atlanta homes are either pending sale or working through various contingencies.3,875 homes have sold in the last 30 days.During the last 60 days, there have been 8,638 sales.In the last 90 days, 13,204 Atlanta homes sold.Currently just over 4,400 homes are selling per monthThe absorption rate based on the last three months of data indicate that it would take over 1 year for all homes for sale in Atlanta that are currently listed for sale to sell.During the same 90 day period in 2006, 16,244 homes sold.While not all homes that have actually sold currently show correctly in the FMLS, it is likely that overall sales will be down slightly from 2006 during the same time period. It sometime... 04/27/2007

I moved around same props for opposite side to take another picture. I forgot to bring a wall art, and a brown curtain I prepared:( Blame on heavy rain today!!I took first photo with an angle to show double sinks, a garden bathtub, and a shower. Second one to show a nice size window by bathtab showing the view.I am not just used to decorate the room with white wall. I have to get used to it.Hope I will meet the clients who are willing to paint on wall soon:)RedesignInAtlanta.com <04/26/2007