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I am an Atlanta native and made the decision in 2007 to leave my job as an architect/urban planner to get my real estate license. This was a difficult decision but has been great since my very first day in my new career and I am really enjoying it! It is so rewarding helping people find that perfect home, and it allows me to continue to satiate my love of good architecture and great neighborhoods!

I attended Georgia Tech (GO JACKETS!!!!) which is where I met my husband. For almost a decade we lived in one of Atlanta's fabulous in-town neighborhoods in a great 1920's Craftsman bungalow with our two dogs and two cats. Following the birth of our first child, we bought a foreclosure in the west Buckhead area and fully renovated it using an FHA 203k loan, which was a fun and sometimes daunting process. And just prior to the birth of our second child, we purchased and renovated a home in downtown Historic Roswell, completing our personal tour of some of Atlanta's best neighborhoods to live in!

I decided to create this blog in order to share useful information and resources about the real estate market and home buying process, as well as hopefully bring some humor and levity to what is often a complex and intimidating process. Enjoy!!!

Monday, November 12, 2012

2012 Reflections

As we near the end of the year (where has the time gone?!), I wanted to try to put down some of my thought about 2012. I'm going to gloss over my precious Yellow Jacket's sub-par season so far and just focus on real estate.  =)

 This past June marked one full year at my new office, RE/MAX Around Atlanta, and it has been my most successful year to date!  Andrew and I have loved working with our new brokers and getting to know all the new agents in our office.  In particular, I have found that their systems for processing paperwork and managing listings has helped me make my business run more efficiently so I can spend more time focusing on the important stuff: my clients.

Speaking of my clients, they are the BEST!  I have had the pleasure of working with some fantastic new folks while also helping out many returning clients.  I have now been a Realtor for 5 years so many of my clients that I worked with in the first few years are starting to cycle back through as they expand their families, change jobs, and begin new life experiences.  There is nothing as gratifying to me as when a past client comes back to me to help them with their real estate needs again.  It validates that I am doing my job correctly, providing great service, and making lasting relationships.

Over the past several years I have experimented with various technology and marketing systems to help my clients, and I feel that in the past year I have really honed in on the most effective techniques.  I am using the most current and state-of-the-art technology available to make sure my sellers have the very best visibility on the web, while also providing a fantastic tool for following up after showings to get invaluable feedback from other agents and their clients.  For my buyers, I now provide access to their very own website which allows them to search all the available listings using much better search criteria and much more current data than what is available to the general public.

Historically, my listings sell in just 86 days and for over 96% of their list price (the Atlanta average is 6+ months). With my new systems in place, those numbers have gotten even better!  My last two listings were both previously listed with another agent for over 6 months, with no offers.  Once I took over, they both sold quickly (one in 35 days, one in just 3 days!) and for almost full price.  The combination of the services I provide, along with my experience and dedication to getting the very best deal for my clients, is truly unparalleled and it shows in my results!

The media has been touting a lot of doom and gloom with regards to the real estate market over the past year, but I say, “What bad market?”  There has never been a better time to buy with prices still low and interest rates rock-bottom.  But this is also a great time to sell: inventory is dropping and there are a lot of buyers out there!  If you – or any of your friends or family – have been thinking about buying or selling, please give me a call, I would love to help!

My daughter is keeping hope alive for the season!

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