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Buying A Home Series: Step 2 – Setting Up Your Budget

Home Buyer Budget January 30, 2010

Believe it or not, most home buyers never even consider their budget.   Most home buyers do what we did with the advice my Mother gave me.  Take your income and multiply by 3 and that’s the home you could buy.  So if you make $50K you could reasonable afford a $150,000 home.  There’s different variations [...]

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Buying A Home Series: Step One – Pray

December 22, 2009

You might not agree with me, but I think the first step in the home buying process is prayer.  You definitely should be saving and budgeting, etc, which are next steps actually but prayer should be at the start of your day and I believe at the start of your purchase.
Before I jump in, if [...]

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Top Realtor Office In Gwinnett & Dacula

December 16, 2009

The Jarvis Team at Keller Williams Realty is the #1 Brokerage for Gwinnett County and Dacula, GA.  Not only are we the best (in numbers of listings) but we’ve proven it out!
#1 In Market Share in Gwinnett and Dacula for homes for sale
#1 In listing volume (decided by the actual amount of money totall
#1 in number of [...]

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From Businessweek: If You Don’t Buy A Home, You’re Broke or Stupid

http://www.gahomesdigest.com/images/rate-chart-bsnweek.jpg December 14, 2009

Believe it or not, this is the title of the article.  I’ve never said this and don’t agree with what I believe to be a salacious title, but I do agree with the jist of the article.  Rates are low, prices are at an all time low.  There are several great reasons NOT to buy, but hundreds [...]

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Georgia Home Buying Guide Intro Video

November 5, 2009

Be sure to check back for the next update in this series and process!
<<Table of Contents>>                                                  <<Step One>>

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TAX CREDIT – LAST MINUTE CRAM GUIDE

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Got a lot of folks asking me a bunch of questions about the $8000 First Time Home buyer tax credit, so I thought I might try to answer it here.
Only 2 Weeks?  I though it was until Dec 1st.
Right! Unless you have cash, it’ll likely take your lender about 30 days to work through [...]

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Real Esate Market Conditions – September 2009

October 5, 2009

Sales are up, way up by 7% and interest rates are low, however, there’s still a lot of inventory. Buying a home and moving quickly now are key if you are wanting to capitalize on the first time home buyer credit.

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Broward County Residents Top List of Relocating Buyers

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As a Relocation expert for over 7 years I have always tracked where folks from other states move to and county growth etc. Outside local moves from say Decatur to Lawrenceville which make up the majority of the buyers in Gwinnett County, moves from Florida, New York and California have always topped the [...]

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How Do You Know if Your Realtor Is Any Good?

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From a linkedin question:
What kinds of questions might a first time home buyer ask prospective Realtors in order to gauge level of expertise and figure out who would best represent his / her interests? Assuming that no references are available, what criteria would you use?
Another response stated:
…The most important factor in finding a realtor [...]

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As Buyer’s Jump The Fence, CNBC puts them back on it…

December 3, 2008

If you watched CNBC today you likely heard "Bond Guru" Bill Gross comment on interest rates.  His prediction is that rates will continue to fall, likely as low as 4%’s.  1% reduction in rate is the equivalent of a $10,000 reduction in price.  So homes will be slightly more affordable.  The big question is whether [...]

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