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Are You Doing What You Always Did? As I’m writing this, it’s the beginning of October. That means three quarters of 2026 are over, and we have but three months left. What are you going to do about it? Now, I didn’t mean for that to sound ominous. Instead, I meant for it to be a call to action. We still have three months left, and a lot can be done. And of those things, I believe...
Annexation without Representation Today I’d like to talk to you, not as an authority, but as a member of the community trying to reason through some things. My hope is that you’ll be my sounding board as I try to come to grips with something that just happened in my area. A property owner has decided to convert his family farm into a new housing development in Calhoun off Liberty Road,...
What I Learned From 2025 Yesterday I was talking with an appraiser from Bartow County, and he was sharing some of his experiences from 2025. Today, I’d like to tell you about that conversation and then share some of the things I learned after reflecting on the past year. This came up because we’re still working through our 2025 end-of-year review at the office. I know — we’re well into...
Interfering with real estate investing This week has been a busy week for me. And at the end, I’m ready for Sabbath to get here. But some great things happened, and I would like to tell you about it. At the beginning of the week is when we had that predicted cold snap. This was not so great because we had five different houses that were vacant. One was waiting to close sale later that...
The cheese is moving. Are you? I’ve been having some interesting conversations with investors, agents and even appraisers about our current market. And I’d like to tell you some things I’ve gleaned from those talks. But before we get there, I want to remind you about a book I told you about in a column titled “My cheese moved … again” from 2024. Here’s an excerpt from it: “Today...