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Public Safety
Home Security Tips for Working Parents
This blog post is sponsored by ADT. As a parent, nothing is more important than keeping your child safe, but this can be a difficult job if you work full time. Remember that saf...
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Government
A Strategy for Banks: Don't Foreclose
A person with a mortgage abandons their house, but then the bank uses the strategy of not foreclosing, thereby leaving ownership with the buyer and not taking responsibility for the prope...
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Patch's House & Home
Are Short Sales Really A Nightmare?
I read a blog post by another agent the other day. He had a long story about a short sale that he worked on that was so difficult. He said the lender sent him a form on Friday. On Fr...
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The Neighborhood Files
House Hunt: Open Houses and Brand-New Listings
This week's open houses and featured homes range in price from $127,900 for a three-bedroom home on Braemore Court in Hiram to a five-bedroom home on Devonshire Street in Douglasville for...
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Business
What Should Proceed into Plaza?
Thank you to Powder Springs homeowner for suggesting a coffee shop, cafe, clothing store, houseware store, bowling alley and arcade in the last Fill in the Blank. What should move in...
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The Neighborhood Files
House Hunt: Open Houses and New Listings
This week's featured homes range in price from $194,900 for a five-bedroom home on Hanover Way in Lithia Springs to a seven-bedroom home in Magnolia Springs Trace in Powder Springs for $3...
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Patch's House & Home
Avoid a Jam with 2nd Mortgage Negotiations On Short Sales
We received a question from another agent on short sale negotiations. Here was their email. "I am having a problem on a short sale and would like to know how to avoidit next time. Th...
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The Neighborhood Files
Weekend Yard Sale Roundup
Yard Sale in Hiram Where: 1097 Pool Road When: Saturday, June 2; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.Featured Items: Furniture, baby items, clothes, 1988 F-150 Ford truck, sewing machine, house with two a...