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Is Atlanta, GA good for entrepreneurs?

Friday, 25 April 2008 14:25
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According to the Kauffman Index… yes.

Georgia ranks 9th among the states in entrepreneurial activity, and Atlanta is 3rd among the 15 largest cities.  Here is the blurb from REALTOR® Magazine Online’s Daily Update.

 Entrepreneurial business is growing in many parts of the country with 495,000 new businesses per month started in 2007, according to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity.

The study, which is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, found that some areas encouraged far more entrepreneurial activity than others.

The 10 states with the highest entrepreneurial activity rates were:

  1. Idaho
  2. District of Columbia
  3. Arizona
  4. Tennessee
  5. Louisiana
  6. Wyoming
  7. Vermont
  8. Montana
  9. Georgia
  10. California


The 10 states with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rates were:

  1. West Virginia
  2. Alabama
  3. Delaware
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Ohio
  6. Connecticut
  7. Rhode Island
  8. Hawaii
  9. Washington
  10. Virginia


Among the 15 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the highest entrepreneurial activity rates were in Phoenix, Riverside-San Bernardino, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Miami. Philadelphia posted the lowest rate of entrepreneurial activity.

Source: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (04/24/08)

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So many places to be… so little time.

Thursday, 24 April 2008 22:51
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So, I announced a while ago that I was building a Social Networking Strategy. Well, part of that strategy is integrating all of the various networks so that consumers can follow me from one to another. If they find me on Twitter, I want them to know about my blog. If they find me on YouTube, I want them to know how to catch me on Twitter. If they find my blog, I want them to be able to catch my channel on YouTube…

So, to that end, here are all of my Social Media outlets, with commentary:

  • ActiveRain. User: LaneBailey. My blog is called Looking out from the garage and I am on there just about every day.
  • YouTube. User: LaneOnRock. My channel has almost nothing to do with real estate… but there are some fun videos. I need to spend some more time surfing videos… and I’m going to call it work ;^D
  • EzineArticles. User: Lane_Bailey. I have a few articles published. I probably have a bunch of other blog posts that could be worked over… I haven’t been active there for a while.
  • Squidoo. Lens: Garage Homes. I would recommend taking 30 minutes and setting up a lens (page) and then letting it ride. Being more active will net more, but having the lens will generate Google Juice.
  • GBR 4WD Club Forum. User: JeepOnRock. I’m there all of the time. I’m the President of the club and the admin for the forum. As long as I’m hitting 4wd clubs… I’m JeepOnRock on OC4WD, SouthernJeeps, Pirate4x4, and the JCCA.
  • del.icio.us. User: LaneBailey. This is the one I am starting to dig in to. It has a lot of potential. I have loaded a few hundred links on here and they are all over the place from real estate to cars.
  • Twitter. User: LaneBailey. I am on here each day, but it is at odd times. I have both of my blogs feeding public posts here. This also holds a lot f promise…
  • LaneBailey.com. It’s my blog, so I don’t need a username. It’s all me.
  • GarageHomesUSA. That would be my website.
  • WellcomeMat.  User: Lane Bailey.  I don’t have any videos up here, but I will in the next few weeks.
  • Linked-In.  User: Lane Bailey.  This is one of the Social Networks that I will be more active in over the next few months.
  • MySpace.  User: Lane Bailey/GeorgiaGarageHomes.  I joined here a long time ago, and had been posting my blogs there.  Now I have a widget with my LaneBailey blog on it.
  • FaceBook.  Use Lane Bailey.  I joined here a few months ago, and have NOT really leveraged this site.  I do have a blog widget there.

If I can think of any more places that I am active, I will post them up.

If you would like to join my networks on any of these sites, just let me know, or send me an invitation.

***Added Linked-In and WellcomeMat.***

***How could I forget FaceBook and MySpace?  I did… they are added now.***

Garage wish list

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 22:36
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As a “Garage Guy” I am asked occasionally by builders and other about what the “perfect garage” might look like… I have a lot of answers, so I will break them down a little. I’d also LOVE to get reactions and input from anyone that has them.

For a two car garage:

  • Find someone that makes a 17′ wide double door… or better yet an 18′ wide door. 8′ tall would be good, too. Just forget about single doors.
  • Put in more than two outlets. In fact, two per wall is a good minimum… and then at least one more on the ceiling for the garage door opener.
  • Add a 220v outlet. Two would be better… they can be next to each other, or not.
  • Having a couple of feet on the side would be good. Rolling tool chests and other items need a home. A couple of feet at the back is good too. 24′ wide would be good. 25′ deep would be good too.
  • (here is one for the builders). Vapor barrier under the slab. This allows the owner to put down epoxy on the floor.

For a three car garage:

  • Many have a taller “SUV” door on the single. Those doors are generally 8′ wide… SUV is 6 1/2 to 7′ wide… mirrors have to be folded in to drive into the bay. Maybe the tall door should be the double.
  • Make one deeper bay. A lot of people that want three car garages have either a boat of a long vehicle (Suburbans come to mind). A 25+’ deep bay would be appreciated.
  • Again, keep a couple extra feet on the side for tool boxes and other storage.
  • More outlets on the back wall… it is wider, so it needs more outlets.

For a four car garage (or more):

  • Generally the same stuff.
  • Splitting it into two garages is ok… maybe. Assume one is for the daily drivers and the other is for working.

For any garage:

  • Size matters, and bigger is better.
  • On new construction, adding the options for garage organization and storage would be a great idea.
  • Ditto for epoxied floors or other floor treatments.
  • A sink in the garage is a great idea.
  • Real lighting is a necessity. A couple of little ceiling mounted lights for the garage are inadequate. At the very least having a few switched outlets on the ceiling would be good. Most fluorescent fixtures can be set up to plug in.

If you are a builder or developer, I hope that helps. If you are a homeowner, these might give you a few ideas on how to make your garage more inviting for auto enthusiasts.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Selling your house? Buy your domain!

Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:33
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I am in the process of building a butt-kicking single property website for a home here in the Atlanta area (not ready to spill the beans quite yet on which one…).  I have previously mentioned this here.

As I’ve put this together, I have been consulting with a small number of other agents around the country that are doing or planning similar campaigns.  I think this is going to be a full step past most of what has been done previously… but that is another post…

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del.icio.us Links are now posted…

Monday, 21 April 2008 22:48
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Not my tag cloudI mentioned a few days ago that I was going to get rolling with del.icio.us.  I had numerous links that I needed to sort through and tag to make them easier to search.

It took a few days of looking at old links (and reminded me of a lot of great sites I need to spend some time on) and editing… but they are ready to go.
Feel free to submit cool links you might run across in your surfing on the net.  Also feel free to join my network.

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