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Archive for February, 2010

Volunteer!

Posted By Lane Bailey on February 24th, 2010

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During the month of February, as well as the end of January, I spent each Friday afternoon volunteering to talk about business and economics with a bunch of 4th Graders. This was in connection with Junior Achievement.

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Short Sale : 1925 Branches Way, Lawrenceville, Ga. 30043

Posted By Matt Fagioli on February 23rd, 2010

This one’s a pretty amazing deal. Great inground pool. Super private backyard. Huge oversized garage that can fit 2 full size trucks or SUVs AND a whole bunch of storage too! It’s currently listed for $169,800 (but check with us for updated prices)

I’ll add more detail here soon, but for now… Here’s a photo

Interesting article on where people are moving within the US…

Posted By Lane Bailey on February 16th, 2010

I ran across an article that parses IRS data on which states are gaining population and which are losing population. GA is doing pretty well on the list… only a couple of states gained more population that we did here in GA. Texas and North Carolina picked up more households than the 37,000+ Georgia picked up. The big losers were Michigan and New York.

The information was assembled by the AP from IRS data points. Here is a link back to the article.

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Looking for a Deal on a New Home around Gwinnett County, GA?

Posted By Lane Bailey on February 11th, 2010

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I’m here for you. I have been getting these emails for years from builders promoting their inventory of homes. In some cases, they are offering incentives to agents to bring buyers to their communities. In other cases they are offing incentives to buyers. Sometimes, there are both…

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Flashback Friday and the County Assessors facing reality

Posted By Lane Bailey on February 9th, 2010

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Last year I wrote about Senate Bill 55 in the Georgia Senate. Basically, the bill required the Counties to include foreclosures in assessments. Previously, assessments for taxes excluded foreclosures, so they (falsly?) increased values and tax revenue to the counties.

While that makes it tough for the counties, it is a needed break for home owners. The counties complained that they would lose revenues… well, the people are losing revenue, too. They have to suck it up.

In the last year, the bill quietly passed and was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue.

Here is the link to the original post.

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