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A/C Repair Yields Over 31 Percent: Financial calculators aren’t normally a hot topic, even in real estate circles, but I took the opportunity to attend an information session on the subject sometime ago, and I haven’t regretted it. The instructor’s name was Gary Johnston, and the night of the session, he forever changed the way I look at investments by introducing me to the...
Yo… Flippin Ain’t Easy: Flipping is one of the first things people think of when they consider getting into real estate investing- “flipping” being the process of buying a house for below market price, fixing it up and selling it to make a BIG chunk of money. Shows like “Flip or Flop” on HGTV, make flipping look like a piece of cake. The truth is it’s a tough job. ...
What if I fall? The other day I was building a pole barn with a buddy of mine. In case you don’t know, a pole barn is a roof on stilts. It may or may not have a loft, but it defiantly won’t have sides. You use them to park an RV or store tractors and other farm equipment. The one we were working on was pretty big. It measured 36 by 40 feet. It was about 22 feet to the ground from the...
Yohanan’s Might: We learned late last Thursday evening that something terrible had happened in our community. A family in our congregation had lost a child. Their 18-month-old son, Obadiah Dillard, had died due to an accidental drowning. Obadiah was the fifth of six children born in the Dillard house. As I lay down Thursday night, I wondered what could be done to help. It dawned on...
This is a Question and Answer session I had with the Calhoun Times Editor Brandi Owczarz about what we are seeing in the rental market. It ran in the paper a few weeks back and a friend asked me to post it to the blog. So here you go. Q. What rental "trends" are you seeing right now in NW Georgia...are you seeing that 3/2 homes are popular? Are people requesting big yards? etc.... ...