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Category Archives: buyers

Parkview High School

Monday, 21 January 2008 11:02
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I thought I might toss out some information about Parkview High School. It is a great school cluster in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

  • In 2005, Sports Illustrated rated Parkview in their Top Ten Schools for athletics, nationwide. (Number 7).
  • Despite not having as many Master Teachers, Parkview scored above the district median in every measure provided by the state.
  • There are around 2700 enrolled students.

There is a lot of good information here.

I’ll be posting information about other Gwinnett Schools over the coming weeks.

Real estate video, New and Improved?

Thursday, 17 January 2008 10:46
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I posted this video on my Active Rain blog, which is primarily targeted at real estate professionals. But, I wanted to get reactions from people that would be better characterized as real estate consumers. This is a short video from an agent in Chicago.

We Rock Chicago – Curb Cut Media – Chicago, IL 60646

So, the question is: As a real estate consumer, what do you think? Does this make you want to call this agent and see the property?I’m seriously considering adopting this style of video for properties. I think I would make some changes, but the basic template seems pretty good…

Cool house… not cool garage?

Wednesday, 16 January 2008 15:18
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I just got back from a meeting with a local mortgage broker, Ken Cook.  He let me know about a great sounding program to remedy the situation when you want to move and can’t find that perfect house… with the perfect garage.  If you can find the house, he can do a loan that folds in the improvement to the garage (or renovation of the house).

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If it ain’t broke… fix it anyway!

Monday, 14 January 2008 22:09
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We all know the old saying…  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  But really… is that how we need to approach things? Clean, almost stock Wrangler YJ

I don’t think so.  I think that we (that’s spelled M-E) need to look over our systems and their implementation from time to time.  While it is fun for the Jeep, it is crucial for the real estate business.  On the Jeep, I took a perfectly good ’92 Wrangler and tore it apart so that I could build this crazy ’71 Jeepster/Commando.

I took a website that was just fine… if a bit boring… and turned it into this blog.  I decided that my “real” website needed to be GarageHomesUSA, and instead of making another lame HTML site, I decided that I needed to make a dynamic Joomla based CMS (content management system) site.YJ on Lower 2
I have a very good record with my past clients for service and results, but I have decided that I needed to step it up and take it to another level.  I want to make sure that buyers and sellers that I work with have service that is second to none.

The place for complacency is real estate.  There are simply more and better tools now than there were even just a few years ago.  I have started to implement a paperless transaction system, which last year wasn’t possible.  There are websites that are a “requirement” if one is going to effectively market a property that didn’t exist five years ago.

There are a lot of agents that serve the Gwinnett County and Atlanta area real estate markets in Georgia.  Being good by the measures of last year, or three years ago isn’t enough.  Now, to be effective, we have to push farther.

When you are ready for an agent that is ready for you… call me.   I specialize in properties for auto enthusiasts.  I understand garages and the automotive lifestyle.  I also work with lake properties on Lanier.

Test Drive a house?

Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:43
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Sure…  At least that is how some circles are making it out.  But, I wonder…

On the surface, it looks like it might be a good idea.  There are a couple of compelling aspects to this.  The first, and probably most important is that according to the agents in the area it has been tried, 68% of the test drivers offered on the property they test drove.  The second is that it really does offer buyers the opportunity to sample the lifestyle of the target property.

There are a few drawbacks as well.  To start with, there is security and privacy.  Some sellers don’t like having buyers traipse through their home when they aren’t there.  Obviously, if the buyers are living in the home for a day or three, there won’t be an agent locking and unlocking the door… and keeping the key.  There won’t be a third party watching to try to make sure that drawers aren’t rifled through, and private information and valuables stay where they are.  Next on the list would be bedding and baths…  I know that my wife is a stickler at hotels…  She isn’t going to just be any different in someone’s house.  And then someone has to come back and live in their house again.

The questions are:

Can the obstacles be overcome?

Is it worth it?

If you were in the market for a home, would you want to stay there for a day or three?

What would it be worth?

I’d love to get some feedback about this.  I’ve seen it “discussed” but agent talk isn’t the same as consumer opinion.   I want to know what you would think of this as a buyer or seller.  Don’t worry about buyer qualification, as we would definitely have to make sure that only qualified buyers would be able to use the program.

Let’s hear it.

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