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Has Echelon Found Its Prince? | Southeastern Capital Partners Poised to Ride to the Rescue
The rumor mill has been working and this time it has spit out that Echelon could have a suitor.  No, not "The Donald" as I had teased here in the Spring.  The Donald must have spent his money bailing out Jim McMahon. This time, it is rumored that Southeast Capital Partners has Echelon under contract ... [Continue Reading]
Milton House Did Not Foreclose | Their Delay is Your Opportunity
MILTON – I just learned that this house did NOT foreclose this month.  The bank gave them one more month to sell it short.  I still believe that this house has one of the best upsides of any opportunity in the area.  Read what I wrote about it the other day. I hear that they ... [Continue Reading]
Vickery Foreclosure Presents New Opportunities in Forsyth County
CUMMING – A lot of people – mostly notably those getting foreclosed on – might think that foreclosure is the worst thing that could happen. Actually, in this case, it might be the best. It has been a while coming, but Wachovia finally started foreclosure proceedings against Hedgewood Properties and the Vickery development on Post ... [Continue Reading]
$45 Million Estate For Sale in Cumming | You Can’t Pick Your Neighbors Though
Listed at $45 million dollars, the Le Reve Estate in Cumming is one of the 10th most expensive residential properties in the U.S. What do you get for $45M? How about this: Private golf course (and indoor virtual golf) 2-lane bowling alley Full arcade and restaurant Home theatre (seating at least 25) replicated after The ... [Continue Reading]
Build a Custom Home in Alpharetta
Do you want that "dream home," that home that you will leave feet first? Do you just not like resale or think that all the resale homes are tired and need updating?  And you’re not going to be the one updating them! Do you think that builders building on spec are just popping out cookies, ... [Continue Reading]
Mystery Million-Dollar House in Milton reduced $200k
I don’t get it:  the listing broker told the agent managing this house not to blog about it.  Why not?  Are they afraid the additional exposure might actually cause a buyer to step forward?  I suspect that they are still just stuck in a pre-Internet mindset and don’t appreciate the power of the new media.  ... [Continue Reading]
Least Expensive House in The Manor | Sometimes Projects Just Don’t Get Finished
I’ve been agitated with myself for the past few weeks because I have a bunch of projects that are partially complete but not over the goal line.  It is definitely one of the character flaws I struggle with:  getting things only 90% finished. Are you the same way?  It feels soooo good to actually complete ... [Continue Reading]
New Home Sales Outpace Resales in Alpharetta | Retake on Alpharetta Housing Trends
Last week I wrote a post showing market data indicating that house prices continue to rise in Alpharetta; it is just that the volume of sales is down.  This is true overall for the market. However, one of the insightful readers of this blog, took me a little bit to task on differentiating between new ... [Continue Reading]
Examples of Brick and Stone Architecture in Alpharetta Real Estate
I’ve received a lot of questions and interest in these pictures that I innocently posted months ago, so I thought that I’d repost them this time using Next Generation Gallery and Piclens so that you can view them more easily.  If you don’t have piclens, GET IT! [piclens-lite-link] Stone and Brick elevations on homes are ... [Continue Reading]
Slicker Than Baby Snot:  Using Piclens to Display Real Estate Photography
I’ve said here before that I really don’t care for virtual tours.  It is so tedious to watch still photographs zoom in and out to muzak. In an effort to find something better, I was recently introduced to PicLens.  Now THIS is the way to display photos of homes for sale. I’ve been working on ... [Continue Reading]


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