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APRIL 1 is the deadline for filing your Homestead Exemption!Filing for Homestead Exemption can help you to save drastically on your property taxes for your primary residence. When you purchase a home that you plan to live in, you will have an opportunity to file for…

The question on many homebuyer's minds this year is, “Why is it so hard to find a house?” We’re in the ultimate sellers’ market, which means residential real estate is super competitive for buyers right now. The National Association of…

Every homebuyer should plan to have a qualified, professional home inspection done on any home they plan on purchasing, but savvy homebuyers know there's a lot they can notice themselves when touring a home, before making an offer. While we are REALTORS® and not…

It's a commonly believed myth that a room must have a closet to be considered a bedroom. While a closet may make practical sense, and of course most buyers want the bedrooms in their home to have a storage option, a closet is not necessary for a room to be considered a…

While many think that septic systems are only found in rural areas, that's definitely a myth, and if you are buying a home in Georgia, there's about a one in four chance the home you buy will be on a septic system (rather than on a city or county sewer service). Septic…

I recently wrote a post (What is a Pre-Foreclosure?) in which I stated that the most accurate place for homebuyers to find listed properties is the MLS (Multiple Listing Service). However, even the MLS may not be accurate, 100% of the time.Before you click this page closed…

Homeowners Associations (HOAs) are a common thing here in the metro Atlanta area, and homebuyers should do their due diligence about the HOA (in addition to their due diligence on the home itself) when considering purchasing a home in a community with a Homeowners…

Radon testing is an important part of the home inspection process in Georgia. We recommend to all of our homebuyer clients that a a radon test be part of their due diligence, when evaluating a home for purchase and going through the home inspection process.Radon map from…

Many of our clients ask this question during their home search: "Why are there listings online that aren't for sale?"It's an interesting question: shouldn't anything that is being presented as a "listing" of a home be for sale? If a house is listed on a website, shouldn't…

Oftentimes, when we are working with a buyer client, we are asked, "What is a pre-foreclosure?" Some of our clients request to see homes that are marked as "pre-foreclosure" (most often in Zillow), and confusion arises when we have to explain that those homes are not…

If you've been paying even a little bit of attention lately, you probably know that the real estate market is a bit...crazy, right now. Perhaps you know someone who sold their house in a weekend (or even in a day or an hour!); maybe you have a friend who has made offer…