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Category Archives: news
Is your home a Showhome?
- Friday, 27 June 2008 22:57
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 3 Comments
Today was an interesting day.
Randy Travis of Fox5 here in Atlanta was on location on one of my listings, 9010 Brixham Court in Suwanee, shooting some video for a story about a vacant home staging service. The home in question has a property manager from Showhomes of Atlanta. There isn’t a problem with this home.
But, apparently that isn’t always the case. Another company didn’t deliver what the promised. And now the home owner is getting headaches and spending money instead of avoiding headaches and saving money.
Look for the story in July. Of course, as soon as I know when the story will air, I will post up about it.
From the comments that were made at the house, the crew from Fox5 was pretty impressed with the house. The furnishings were immaculate, and well-suited to a listing bordering on $1m. The Home Manager team keeps the home immaculate and ready to show all of the time.
For vacant homes, it is a great way to stage and keep the home lived in. Vacant homes seem to have more problems.
And if you want a couple of pretty acres suitable for building up near Ellijay… with a spring… I might be able to get you a good deal. And those things are TOTALLY unrelated.
Yep, Congress is helping…
- Monday, 23 June 2008 13:33
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 0 Comments
For God’s sake, don’t let common sense creep into the picture.
Is this what we signed up for? Is this the type of leadership we want? Let’s not actually get anything accomplished or address real issues. Instead, let’s make a bunch of noise and avoid long-term and/or practical thinking.
Remember, going from bad to worse is a change.
I thought long and hard…
- Sunday, 22 June 2008 22:37
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 2 Comments
The Drag Racing world lost a hero yesterday. Scott Kalitta was killed while qualifying his car. The Kalitta family is well known and respected in the Drag Racing community.
Scott was 46 years old and is survived by his wife, Kathy, and sons Colin and Corey.
Kind of a downer for Video Sunday, but it is also a reminder that the folks that entertain us on Sundays put their lives on the line. And while it might be safer in the dragster or Cup car than on the flight to the track, or than it is for the fans driving to the event, it is no less tragic when something like this happens.
To the Kalitta family, just know that Scott has touched the lives of thousands.
Finally! An eNewsletter… Mailing… Tomorrow!
- Wednesday, 18 June 2008 23:23
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 0 Comments
Yep… I will be mailing the eNewsletter today. I have found a solution and am bypassing the system that I was using before…
If you are curious…
I had been using a WordPress Plug-in called ShiftThis… and it was neat in that I could highlight a few posts, and in about three minutes have a newsletter ready to mail. It also collected the addresses as people signed up. It was an elegant solution… if not pretty. But, when I installed WP2.5, it broke. The developer said he had it covered… and despite installing and re-installing the upgrade, I wasn’t finding a way to make it work.
So, I chucked it. I have signed up with Constant Contact, and while it isn’t quite as simple, I have a prettier and more effective end product.
Feel free to sign up for the newsletter…
Don’t worry about getting spammed. I won’t sell, give away or trade your email address. I also won’t overload your email inbox. I currently only plan on doing one eNewsletter a month, but may go to two, or send out an update… so, never more than one mail a week, and likely only one or two a month.
Enjoy.