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#2 in Intown Atlanta Means That We Try Harder

August 12, 2009 By 4 Comments
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Keller Williams Realty continues to rank number 2 in total sales of Condos, Townhomes and Single Family Detached Residences across Intown Atlanta. Have you noticed how solid KW has become in just 10 years? If you think it’s because of the special Kool-Aid that we drink, then you should try some. Thanks to professionals like The Red Robin Group, Matura Homes, the C Group, Chuck and Marshall, Rick Hale, Rob Damman, and lots of other cool agency teams who work for KW’s Intown market centers, KW has done a remarkable thing with it’s Intown presence in just 10 years. Look at Solid Source as an up and coming #5, up against Dorsey Alston, the remarkable Sanctuary, the stalwart Nine Mile Trolley, the always good Realsource, 14 West, Sotheby’s, Jenny Pruitt is still in business too … you name the boutique agency and you’ll find quite a few solid agents. There are too many good real estate agents Intown to mention them all. CB and HN have fallen consistently for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastside, Fun Facts, Market Analysis, Northside, Really Great Real Estate Marketing, Southside, Westside

Intown Atlanta’s Market Profile

August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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  I have the latest stats from Chartmaster Chuck for Intown Atlanta and I’m throwing up a map slide so that we can engage on what’s Intown and what’s not Intown, in my opinion. My broker pays for these killer stats presentations and quite a few of our agents use them everyday. If you saw the reports that I was buying for myself last year, then you can see that what Shaun Rawls is buying for his agents who work “Intown” is quite simply the best stats presentation available. Let me know if you want to see them… Chartmaster Chuck keeps outdoing himself! However, the map above indicates that area 53 and area 32 – greater Grant Park and Ormewood Park, east Atlanta Village and the unincorporated areas southeast of the city limits, arguably a few of the hottest Intown neighborhoods, are not part of these stats. The area of West End to Colllege Park is included. I think that the missing 53 and 32 should be in the next report. I think that area 31, The … [Read more...]

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Thumbs Up for Trulia Voices from The Intown Insider

August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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I am enamored with the real estate marketing power of Trulia.com…I always give Trulia.com a big “thumbs up” but take a look at a few “thumbs up” that I’ve received from real estate consumers on Trulia.com … 2 Thumbs Up for my answers to this question: How long you should go without contact from your agent? I recently viewed several properties with my agent and she said she would get back to me with information on other listings we found...that was 22 days ago! 2 Thumbs Up for my answers to this question: My husband and I want to purchase rental property in the Atlanta area. We reside in Louisiana. What areas should we consider to increase the chances that the home is rented out most of the time? We can only spend about $30,000. We are looking at predominantly foreclosed properties, but just aren't sure which area to choose? 3 Thumbs Up for my answers to this question: Area Around Bessie Branham Park - Good Kirkwood Neighborhood? I'm interested … [Read more...]

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Those That “Don’t Have To Sell,” Don’t Sell

August 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Atlanta real estate market is in a very interesting place. That’s a quote from a letter that I got this morning from my friend Shaun Rawls, my mentor in the real estate business since 1999. In 1999, he was one of my pre-license real estate school teachers at the Homebanc Institute of Real Estate Studies, a school led by the one and only Kay Evans. Y’all remember Homebanc? Aaahhh, the halcyon days of mid-1999, before Shaun and Kay led Keller Williams Realty to become a real estate brokerage stalwart in Georgia. Thinking back, I was probably in a “crash course” for my licensing test, it was this time of year ten years ago when I was “fixing” to get my real estate license…what a long strange trip it’s been! This is most of the content of Shaun’s letter that he wrote to his team today, a team of about 1000 people who work in Atlanta area real estate as part of The Rawls Group of market centers. I believe that Shaun’s words deserve a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastside, Market Analysis, Northside, Really Great Real Estate Marketing, Southside, Westside

How Big of a Funk Are We In?

August 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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That’s the logo of my real estate agency practice at Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta. I think it’s funky. Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta is the #1 real estate brokerage office in the entire state of Georgia for dollars sold this year! That’s beyond funky. My real estate brokerage is a 10 year old whiz kid centrally located in Sandy Springs and Keller Williams Realty First Atlanta is lead by Shaun Rawls, Jeri Moran, and Steve Kout. It’s a tremendous “place to work” and those three are all very funky. And, they let me co-brand and build my own unique Intown Atlanta and Decatur practice all within the safe confines of a smartly run brokerage. And, they let me call it The Rootdown Group. That’s a funky one. I can thank Greg Ruis, The Pricemaster, for also being the Chief Logo Officer at The Rootdown Group. He spent about 6 months coming up with our funky logo. I wish that he would blog, but he doesn’t blog…yet. So, instead of … [Read more...]

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To Life, 1598 Liberty Avenue and the Pursuit of Happiness

August 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
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For me, Office Manager Joan Holloway on Mad Men is just one of my pursuits of happiness… So, if you hang around Keller Williams Realty long enough, you ingrain a Mission, a Vision, your Values, your Goals, and your Beliefs into your real estate agency business. Sometimes, among some agents, it’s all talk and no action. It’s lots of classes and limited application in the field. But, the 80/20 rule applies and the 80/20 rule reveals that most, 80%, fail in real estate agency. The washout rate is 50% a year. Replenishment of the ranks is less frequent now, but talent arrives every week – young and old, rich and poor…some with brainpower, some, not so much. But 20% are always going to do 80% of the business. That’s sales. I started the Intown Insider blog on January 1, 2007 and since then, my business has changed for the better. The title, the headline, states: “To life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…” kind of like a stake in the ground … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastside, Market Analysis, Really Great Real Estate Marketing, Southside, Westside
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