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Coming Soon! 2017 Georgia Real Estate Contracts

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Coming Soon! 2017 Georgia Real Estate Contracts

Georgia Real Estate ContractToday, I was looking at some of my past blog posts and pages here at MyMidtownMojo.com. I’m always working to put out NEW content, but it’s well worth my while to go back and look at some of my old content. 

I’m getting ready to launch a new website that is more encompassing of the Atlanta real estate markets I serve. (Never fear, MyMidtownMojo is not going anywhere!!!!) So I’m looking at content here that I can share on the new site. Afterall, I’ve spent many an hour creating everything that you read and find here! 

But as I looked over some of the older posts, I realized that one subject I had not looked at in a few years is the various forms we use in buying and selling real estate in Georgia. In fact, many of my posts are dated from 2011!! Shreek…that is FIVE years ago! Our Georgia Association of REALTORS (GAR) contract and forms have certainly undergone some changes since then. 

So, the new contracts and forms will be released in the coming days. And with that, I’ve got a whole heaping lot of writing and reviewing to do with you and help you be a more informed real estate consumer. 

So, stay tuned! We will start the series, probably during the holiday week, but there will always be links to find any posts that you may have missed as well as where you can find the information here on the site. 

Coming Soon! 2017 Georgia Real Estate Contracts

First Annual Chamblee Christmas Parade

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The First Annual Chamblee Christmas Parade was a hit!!!

Unfortunately, we were called out of town on business and missed the event. But it was well attended, despite the cold weather, and Mayor Eric Clarkson is confident the parade will grow and become an annual Chamblee tradition and event! 

Click on the photo below to see a story by Brookhaven Post’s Trey Benton. (Photo Courtesy of Brookhaven Post)

First Annual Chamblee Christmas Parade

Atlanta Passes Historic Transit Referendum

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Not since 1971 when MARTA was first created, has the City of Atlanta sent a message that transit is what we want! 

This is GREAT news for the City, and we can only hope it will one day trickle out to the burbs. It’s just a shame that the Metro Atlanta region is so limited with transit options when you compare us to other cities. 

First off, click on the photo below to read the latest newsletter from Citizens For Progressive Transit, a grass-roots transit organization in Atlanta. 

Atlanta Passes Historic Transit Referendum

And here is an interesting study we found regarding the economic benefits of investing in transit.

Click on the photo below to read the report

Atlanta Passes Historic Transit Referendum

 

Thinking About Buying Soon? Make Sure Your Credit is in Order

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There’s no more important time to work on your credit score than when you’re about to apply for a mortgage. Improving your credit can save you a ton of money—we’re talking about thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Here are the actions you can take that will have a notable impact on your score.

Thinking About Buying Soon? Make sure Your Credit is in Order

Make Sure Your Credit is in OrderPay down your credit card balances Credit utilization is one of the biggest factors in determining your credit score. Your credit utilization should at least be less than 30 percent of your limit, and it’s even better if you can get it below 15 percent. This rule applies to both individual cards and your overall credit limit.

It may even be worthwhile to use some of the cash funds you were planning to use for a down payment to pay off credit card balances.

Do no harm While you certainly want to improve your score if possible, at the very least you’ll want to keep it steady. Avoid opening new lines of credit if you’re applying for a mortgage in the very near future. This will cause a hard inquiry to show up on your credit report. Like don’t start shopping for a new car, or a TV or furniture until AFTER you buy your home!

Take care of negative items It’s good practice to check your credit report for negative items a few times a year—you can get one free report from each of the three major bureaus (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) per year.

If you find any negative items (collections, late payments, etc.), write a letter to the original creditor. Explain the circumstances that led to the negative item, and request that it be removed from your report. It can be surprisingly effective, and removing a negative item will improve your credit score in a hurry. You can find some good templates for a request letter online.

These are good things to look at, and look at LONG before you start the mortgage application process. This way, you can make changes as needed and be ready to get the needed pre-approval letter from the lender so we can start shopping for your new home!

 

Condo Living Rooms

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Condo Living RoomsDepending on the size of condominium you may have purchased in Atlanta, you could have a large living room, or it could be part of a smaller space, combined with the dining area, and even open to the kitchen. Condo Living Rooms can be small, medium or even large!

The interior design of many condos offer cool spaces where you can do an accent paint color, like along the dropped ceiling that as the HVAC and vents in it.

What’s YOUR condo living room look like?

 

Buford Highway: Food From Around the World

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Buford Highway Food From Around the World

If you love to eat out, then you probably keep tabs on the restaurant opening and closings. And that can almost be a full time job. They can be in a prominent location like Mi Cocina in Midtown which just closed this past week!  And then, you’ll see an opening of another restaurant someplace else….

But there might be World Restaurant Row that you have yet to experience…..and that is Atlanta’s Buford Highway Food From Around the World!

First impressions many have are of run-down apartment complexes, less-than-pretty strip malls…and lots of people walking on man-made trails due to the lack of sidewalks. All of the above is starting to change, but the exotic cuisine from some 20 plus countries is still there for the enjoyment.

The Buford Highway Corridor runs through Brookhaven, Chamblee and Doraville. Here you will find Chinese, Mexican, Korean, Central American, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Indian, South America, Japan and some delish bakeries including Sweet Hut, which has a store right in Midtown at Metropolis!!

To learn more about this food-arama that is not to far from you…check out this great article by the Travel Channel —

Atlanta’s Buford Highway : Global Food Paradise

Getting to Buford Highway is a pretty straight shot from Midtown! If driving, you just take West Peachtree to the Buford Highway Connector (which will take you to the GA400 merge as well as I-85 North. But you take neither…you just head North on Buford Highway.

Atlanta's Buford Highway

Thom Abbott

Associate Broker, REALTOR(R)
905 Juniper Street, NE Suite 110
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
770.713.1505 Direct
404.876.4901 Office

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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