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A short sale listing and a regular listing end with the word listing and that is about the end of the similarities. At least if we are talking about a short sale listing that has a chance to close. That's because of the additional information you need to know if you are listing a home as a short sale as well as the steps required to keep all parties involved in a transaction where time lines and contract dates often come and go without a closing. If you are a real estate agent in this market, you know what I'm talking about and you can stop here. If you are a consumer, you may want to read a little more.

The Short Sale Listing Process

If you have found yourself in a situation where you aren't sure that you can continue making payments on your home or you…

If you have been on the sidelines waiting for something in Milton, Now is your chance! This one will not last long. I put it in the FMLS last night at about 11:00 and I won't be surprised if we have a contract on it by the end of the Holiday weekend.

This 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home has hardwood floors and granite counters as well as a master on the main and upstairs as well. The bonus room could easily be a fifth bedroom and all in the convenient and popular Crabapple Crossroads neighborhood.

Because it's located in the Crabapple Overlay District, it's within walking distance to all of the great sidewalk shops and restaurants.

I don't want to sound like an alarmist, but, if you want in on a great deal, you better hurry. Get more details here...

Recently I decided that it was time to change my growing real estate brand known as "The Ryan Ward Group" to something that I felt better represented the vision that I have for myself and for my agents. This is not a task that should be undertaken lightly. I've actually been intellectually tinkering with the idea for about a year. Coming up with a "brand" is not easy to do. Our lead generation is in large part online, but, I am not so naive as to believe the world will eventually go online for all real estate. I think it's a mistake to think that it will.

So, I tossed around the idea and tossed it around a little more and then decided to leave it alone. I felt I had exhausted most of what I thought were good ideas and was about out of new ones. If I came…

We have a beautiful new listing in Grand Veridian (picture to left) so I thought I would talk about the neighborhood a little bit. If you are interested in this home more specifically, visit the single property website located here at homes for sale in grand veridian.

Grand Veridian is a swim/tennis neighborhood that was built by Fairgreen with the first homes being finished in 2001. When you drive through Grand Veridian it doesn't take long to see that the neighborhood itself was thought out with more detail than many of the suburban cookie cutter neighborhoods. Street lights and sidewalks line the streets like most, but, it's clear that green space was given a greater consideration. Besides being built around a small lake, the cul-de-sacs are not…

Some are claiming "the bottom" here in Atlanta. John Adams, a very popular real estate investor with a talk radio show has been saying it for months, you can read other "experts" in the AJC who say that February was the bottom, but, I do not believe that to be the case and I believe that what we have is nothing more than a homes for sale in Atlanta problem - make that a too many homes for sale in Atlanta problem. In other words, there is still simply too much inventory for the current sales rates to stabilize the market now or for the near future.

The FMLS shows 43,799 homes for sale (active only) and the last month of complete sales data is April where there were 3,477 sold homes. Simple division gives you an absorption rate, or, months of inventory of…

What better time to update sales in Crooked Creek than right now when we have a listing for sale and right after I'm back with some fresh photos of the golf course. I'll post a couple photos down the page a little, but, I do want to get to the actual market. Crooked Creek is in an extraordinary community and if you live there or you are familiar with it, you probably don't need me to tell you that :). For everyone else, I think it's important to talk about what Crooked Creek is in the process of doing right now. At a time in the real estate market where many would argue that it isn't the best time to put money in your property or neighborhood, Crooked Creek is in full swing of doing more than your average upgrade. They are gating the main entrance on…

Keller Williams Red Day is an event where offices around the country take a day to give back to our community. It is another one of the many reasons that , in my opinion, separates Keller Williams from other real estate brokerages and makes it the best place to hang my license. This year, our Keller Williams Roswell office donated our time to The Foster Care Support Foundation.

The Foundation helps foster families across the state of Georgia through donations of clothing for infants, toddlers and small children who then have an opportunity to "shop" at the warehouse during the course of the year. It is a non profit that is 100% funded with volunteers and donations.

18 agents, brokers and owners from our office showed up to help prepare the new location…

Seen Through the Eyes of a First Timer

(I'm in the Keller Williams Realty Consultants office in Roswell, GA)

Saturday

I arrived in Orlando earlier today and finally got a chance to meet Cal Carter from the Gulf Shores outside of the exhibits and registration entrance at the Orlando County Convention Center. He's going to be sitting in on one of the panels so I'll definitely try to make that one. The city is jam packed with multiple conventions and traffic is a bear, but, I already feel energized and we have yet to really begin the event. I just finished scheduling the first two days of classes. I struggled a bit with whether to take this opportunity to invest some time in areas that I consider the weakest or to utilize the time to enhance my strengths.…