Here's a video of just another foreclosure appraisal...the key here is that this one will bite someone. This home requires finishing but from what I saw during my walkthrough it also requires repair of the work completed. The takeaway here is that buyer's are and will continue to be bitten by the
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01/30/2012
The dichotomy never ends, I'm a foreclosure appraiser but will not touch any brokerage deals with "distressed" in the in description; the continued housing blood bath kills the economy but keeps those in the "distressed" area busy; I'm annoyed by so much of this business but yet after 25 years I
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01/25/2012
If there’s a better industry for obfuscation of a practitioner’s qualifications than the real estate industry, please let me know. I challenge anyone to give me a list of alphabetical nonsense designations nearly as long as that which we regularly see in this business. I know our “trade organizat
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01/11/2012
This Atlanta foreclosure made me grab the cam for a couple of reasons. Looking at the home, it was interesting to see how vegetation has encroached on and into the structure – the front entrance is completely blocked, the rear facade has shrubbery right on it and there were good sized plants grow
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01/10/2012
I've been posting foreclosure videos from some of the more interesting Atlanta foreclosures that I appraise, this one made the list because of what appears to be a freakish combination of events. In 25+ years of this I’ve never seen this many spider webs. The kicker was that something appears to
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01/10/2012
Real estate in Atlanta is heavily influenced by schools; in many cases the academic track record of a high school dictates appeal and marketability of an area. Using RealValuator, we can now provide clients the real estate market trends for any metro Atlanta high school district. This snapshot
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01/10/2012
Our job is protect our clients with solid data, but someone buying a home is living there and needs to understand the demographics of areas that interest them. There are legal limits to what agents can say regarding demographics for good reason, every client is different and only that client know
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01/10/2012
How are home prices in Roswell, GA? Here's a look at the December '11 stats for Roswell, GA. Below is a review of key points and trends over the last month. Much more detailed information for Roswell, GA real estate is available on the Hound Dog Real Estate home page. Key points from this and our
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01/03/2012
