A couple of years ago I wrote a post about Mortgage Fraud… and the dangers it can pose to sellers.  It is a good read, and can clue you in about one of the ways you (as a seller) can get dragged into fraud… and then dragged off to jail.  Be careful.

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Lilburn is in Gwinnett County, GA, just outside of Atlanta.  As of the 2000 Census, there were 11,307 people in Lilburn, but that is only including people in the city limits, and there has been a lot of growth since 2000 in Gwinnett County.  It was incorporated in 1910.  Lilburn is home to Parkview High School, and also has students that the Brookwood, Berkmar and Meadowcreek clusters. It is also home to Killian Hill Christian School, Providence Chrisian Academy, St. John Neumann Catholic School and Parkview Christian School.  Possibly the most famous resident of Lilburn is General Beauregard Lee, a groundhog with a better winter prediction record that Puxatawnee Phil up in PA. Dominique Wilkins, formerly of the Atlanta Hawks also lives in Lilburn.

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The real estate market for Gwinnett County is in a state of flux.  There are wide variations between different location throughout the county, as well as different price strata.  There are a few themes that are readily apparent, but some locations and price ranges are standouts (good or bad)…

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While speaking with a prospective client, we touched on home marketing.  As we were discussing it, I was asked about venues and their importance…  “Should we be on Craigslist, MLS, Trulia, Zillow, etc?”

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Pulling a post from this week two years ago, I came across a market report from February 2008.  My reports are a lot different now, but it was interesting to see the data…

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