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What does “inside the gates” mean at Lake Oconee?Real estate market trends are quite different, depending on whether you’re considering properties in one of our gated golf communities or not.“Inside the gates” at Lake Oconee you’ll find world class amenities and a host of manicured golf courses. ...
06/12/2023
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23 years ago this month, I discovered Lake Oconee. 5 years later, I stepped away from my international business career and began helping people discover the joys of lake and rural living in Georgia's Lake Country.Once a business analyst, always a business analyst.So - today let's see what's happe...
05/08/2023
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Working on a project now that is bringing back memories...Current project is a 1980's vintage ranch, estate sale, inhabited by smokers and dogs with less than perfect potty training.On a spectacular 2.25 acre home site, with towering oaks and views across neighboring farms.With time and money (an...
05/08/2023
Some things just don't change.Most of my land sales over the past 2 decades have been to folks heading into their empty nester years, eager to follow their dreams of a bit of land to play with, now that they are not tethered to school and sports activities.The dream nearly always includes some mi...
04/19/2023
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One of the benefits of longevity in the business is helping clients work though the stages of life.I met the sellers of this custom brick ranch home on 5 acres more than 10 years ago, when they were wrapping up a long time in the horse world - breeding, training, and showing horses. They were app...
04/10/2023
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Its been 5 years since my last blog post.During that time, I became a caretaker, long and short distance, for a sister and two in-laws in succession.During that time, the COVID pandemic arose, and has abated - somewhat. Today our office assistant returned to work after a rough spell with COVID ac...
04/05/2023
Georgia's Lake Country* market continued its five year rebound in 2017, with just over 1600 sales generating $479 million in volume - that's an increase of 26% in volume and 7% in units over 2016 - and more than 125% in units and volume compared to 2012! Five straight years of steady double digi...
02/14/2018
Its FARMeander season in Madison and Morgan County, Georgia!Georgia’s Piedmont is fast becoming the hub of the local food movement. Here in Madison and Morgan County in the heart of the Piedmont, the Madison-Morgan Conservancy is supporting commodity farming as well as the production of local an...
05/31/2017
Madison Georgia has been called the #1 small town in America - with a postcard-like downtown, surrounded by bucolic countryside, and one of the largest protected Historic Districts in Georgia. Some of us were born here (along with generations of our family before) and some of us discovered Madis...
05/18/2017
Lake Oconee Georgia market report: 2017 lakefront home and lot sales trends Lakefront home sales on Oconee continue to rise – closed sales in 2016 reached their highest point since 2004, and First Quarter of 2017 was very strong – with 30 homes closed at an average sales price of an eye popping $...
05/04/2017