SUMMERHILL Atlanta, Georgia

One Of The Best Neighborhoods in Atlanta

Summerhill is a neighborhood directly south of downtown Atlanta.  This unique neighborhood was home to several of Atlanta’s influential civic and business leaders.   You are minutes away from the apex of Atlanta's major highways with quick access to I-20 and I-75/I-85.  If you work in downtown Atlanta, in just 5-10 minutes, you are there already in rush hour!  Wherever you’re going, it’s just right away.

 

Life in Summerhill

Walking Distance to Turner Field

I like this place because it’s near the Turner Field Stadium, one of the best stadiums I have ever seen.  It’s a huge stadium and an Atlanta landmark.  It’s really great to bring a family here to see games and it’s affordable as well.  It’s easy to get here from the highway, the stadium is clean and it’s fun to attend a game.

Walking Distance to Atlanta Zoo

For the kids, you will love this place, aside from the amazing stadium; it’s also near the Atlanta Zoo.  This is a pretty big zoo and rest assured that everyone, regardless of age, will enjoy this. This is because of the panda that is fun to watch, the huge gorilla and all other animals.   Lots of animals are found here.

Summerhill is a beautiful neighborhood in Atlanta town.  What I love here the most is the unique style of the homes.  You can find a new ranch bungalow, 2 storey homes, duplex, and some newly constructed homes.  This community is really different with so many individually designed homes.  There are some larger homes on top of the hill and most of the property has no yard spaces.   It’s crazy!  How they built their home that there’s no yard space!   And I was thinking - not having much yard!  This is really cute and I guess those people passing by are admiring the view of the houses.  Most of the owners of these properties are young professionals. 

It’s great that you have very friendly neighbors.  People are very polite even though you are new to the community.  Even if you are in the middle of the road, they always manage to say “hello”.  Knowing each other is not hard in this friendly community.

Aside from that, this is also one of the largest green spaces in Atlanta –“Clean and Green”.  One advantage is the wide streets.  It’s very important to have that especially for tourists who are passing by or even residents in the community who wants to go in a “rush”.   It is also an advantage for the Summerhill residents so as not to be distracted with traffic cues on the roads.

Grant Park, Phoenix part 1 and II and the Olympic Track are other attractions around Summerhill.  This is one of the best and most overlooked parks in Atlanta.

They also have shops, restaurants, bars, and schools that are just a walk away.  Beautiful and larger homes are all around.  Everything is just inviting and pleasing to the eyes in this great neighborhood.

 

 

How To Grow With Your Real Estate Competition

We can all have the ambition to be the best Real Estate Investor in our state or at least to be a better one but how many of us actually do something to realize our aspirations?

It’s a bit like making New Year’s resolutions, we start out with the very best of intentions and then laziness or apathy takes over.  The same often applies to our real estate and investing business hopes and aspirations, if we succumb to apathy.  It’s easy to think the real estate competition was well established before me and that they are now bigger, better and have sound financial backing.  It’s easy to convince yourself that there’s no point in trying to be as big, as good as or as successful as the competition.

To be more successful in real estate and investing, you must hold on to your ambition and should not allow apathy to creep into your thinking.  Also, you need to keep up with current ideas in real estate and investing.  This comes from education and collaboration with your competition.  There are plenty of conferences that you can attend to learn and network with likeminded investors and realtors.  And by building useful relationships and acquaintances you will be able to find out on how they think and operate their real estate and investing businesses.  It’s good to attend some conferences in person but there are others where you can join in or listen in using teleconferencing.

Work out the total market size within your specialty for the states and counties you do business in and calculate the real estate market share you have compared with each of your competitors.  Then, find out about your competition’s strengths and weaknesses.  And see how to avoid such weaknesses in your own real estate and investing business by doing something different or something extra.  The real estate competition may be very good at finding good leads early, buying low and selling for higher prices than you could.  So, find out how to do that yourself.  It could be that they are just quicker off the mark than you or their customer services are giving more perceived customer satisfaction.

After understanding what your competition is doing right and doing it better than you have been doing, then plan changes in your business to match and exceed the competition.  This could be putting the right personnel in place to contact real estate buyers and sellers or training your admin to be more efficient.   It could be something completely different like moving away from buy to let rental properties to concentrating on selling houses, wholesale.

However you decide to change your business approach and whatever you decide to do differently, you can be better than the rest.  Also, remember not to fight with your competitors because sooner or later they can be your great allies in real estate and investing business.  Instead, work with your competitors and listen carefully to what they say.  In the end, having good and harmonious relationships in real estate and investing business is the way to do it.

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Bidding Games In Real Estate

Bidding is second nature to property investors in real estate.   And there is a process well established for bidding for HUD foreclosures.   How about bidding for a house listed with the main street real estate company?

Bidding is usually the term used when something goes under the hammer at an auction, isn’t it?  In real estate, we can use the term to bid, and bidding to mean offers and counter offers.  And we should question what has brought about a recent increase in this kind of bidding?

Some real estate agents may persuade sellers to list the price low, particularly for houses that previously were unsuccessfully listed with another agent and it did not sell.  This is a selling and marketing strategy for some agents.  A home that was previously on the market for $600,000 may be priced requesting offers around $500,000 and a $2,000,000 luxury home may be re-priced at offers around $1,500,000. Such prices will attract a lot of interest especially when the real estate agent is skilled at marketing.  But wait, this does not necessarily mean that these houses will end up being sold at a knock-down price.  In many cases, when there is a huge interest in a well priced real estate property, several offers may be received and when someone really wants to make sure they win, then they will offer a higher price bid.

It has been suggested that marking prices down to a level that the real estate seller cannot accept is a game intended to attract many interested real estate buyers. Doing this is a crafty way to proceed but it is legal to do this albeit a risky strategy if enough real estate buyers to cause a price hike did not show up to make “expressions of interest” – that’s still an offer in plain English.
At the end of the day, in bidding, the best price usually wins as long as the real estate seller can accept a price. If the best price bid was too low then either the agent did not market aggressively enough to attract interest or the price was still too high.  In this case, the real estate seller must decide to accept a price even lower than it was listed for or try again later, maybe with yet another agent.

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Virtual Assistants Use Them Wisely In Your Business

Many of us have heard of the concept of hiring virtual assistants.  In this fast paced business we call real estate, to be effective you’ve can easily have many things going on and many times they are on multiple fronts.  Whether it’s marketing, research, putting contracts together, talking to leads to name a few, it’s a near endless supply of things to do.  However we have a solution and that is virtual assistants.  They can do amazing things to help you out and help streamline your business.   However, before you go running off to Odesk or Craigslist or somebody’s other job sites where you can find such help, it will pay great dividends to think about what is it exactly that you want to do with them? 

How will you leverage their time?  How will you measure if they are effective?  How will you judge that they are fit for your business?  These are all things to consider.  It is all too attractive to see some of these people that we hire and just get very excited hiring them quickly just because the price is low compared to American standards.  Quite honestly even though you’re getting “deal” in terms of pricing, the amount of time and work involved with that deal could easily increase the cost of your assistant very, very quickly.  Thus, it is important to plan.  So I would encourage you to think about these things before you even post the ad.  Ask yourself, what exactly do I want them to do?  Ask yourself, is this a repeatable process that can be documented?  Ask yourself, how will I measure if it is been effective?  This last point about measuring is probably the most important.  Yes, you could sit there and say, well I tried this, spent $100 or $200 and it didn’t work out so I let them go since it wasn’t a fit.  But that’s not really why you hire them in the first place.  You hired them to help make your business run better.  As a result, isn’t it important and worth your time to make sure you have got a measurable process?  We think it is.  In our company we are leveraging more and more assistants.  And we are finding that we are now to the point where if something is not measurable then there has to be an incredibly compelling reason to lift a finger to do it at all.  As a result, we gained better visibility into our business.  We’ve had better results and we are able to make better decisions to be more effective at a much faster rate.  All this is helping to grow our business and truly build a business as opposed to having some additional help just because it’s inexpensive.

Also keep in mind and I’d like you to never forget that when you hire virtual assistants they are not just inexpensive assistants.  They are people with lives with families and they have a lot to care for, wherever they may live.  Please keep this in mind that some of these assistants are working extremely hard for you so you want to be insensitive so make sure you pick the right person for the job.  Don’t let the low dollar entrance point allow you to think they are disposable.  They are not disposable assistants, they are real people that can make or break your business if you leverage them the right way.  They can make your business soar in ways you could not have dreamed and help them tremendously in their way of life at the same time.  It is a true win-win.  It’s an endeavor worth taking as you can learn so much about cultures around the world in the process.  It is truly an evolutionary process to work with virtual assistants.  Cherish the opportunity.  Choose wisely, post wisely when you advertise for them and best of luck to you in growing your business.

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Arbor Bridge

Liveable Community!
 

Arbor Bridge is a "family- oriented community". It is located in East Cobb County, Georgia. A 
very attractive and desirable neighborhood. Recently, I've been there and witnessed how the neighbours treat the new faces in town and have seen how beautiful Arbor Bridge is.

Arbor Bridge has so much more to it than visiting, eating and parks. It's a community that is worth so much more than a couple of days to visit, but that's all I had, I'll recommend a few things to do and how wonderful it is to live in Arbor Bridge.
 

When I passed by the entrance, I took a photo for myself and added it on my photo collections. I just really like the view and the colorful flowers on it. When I walked in I was amazed with the large mature trees line in the streets and the great variety of homes. They have different styles of homes such as Cape Cod, Colonial, Victorian and European Stucco.
 

Most of the houses in their town are usually 4 or more bedrooms, 2-storey, hardwood floors, spacious backyard, and multiple fireplaces and the outside being surrounded by flowers and trees. Many of these homes are filled in by young professional and they are very friendly and smiling faces. And I noticed each house is typically situated on a 1/2 acre lot.
 

Places like this are really good to see, I really love green spaces and those area surrounded by the trees, plants and flowers. It's liveable community! I also loved their amenities that include a junior Olympic pool, baby pool, playground, tennis courts and clubhouse. I've seen a lot of kids with their family in the pool, some do pool workout activities and there are some who are just enjoying the swimming with their friends together. Arbor Bridge is a swim/tennis community.
 

And guess what, this is the best part and my favourite - the parties! Neighborhoods are very active in terms of parties, group activities, community activities, prayer group and more. They participate well every time there's a meeting in the town or any group activities. It's certainly not hard to make bonds with the neighbors. Aside from that, they are also walking distance to top rated schools like Rocky Mt. Elementary, Mabry Middle School and Lassiter High School. It is also close to Sweet Mountain Park, Shaw Park, Harrison Park, Kennesaw State University and more. In just a minute from Arbor Bridge, I've been to Town Center Mall.
 

It's a perfect place for the people who enjoy nightlife, shopping malls, parks, schools and other business shops. And I wish I can just live here for good. It was a memorable visit for me. I just added this one day tour on my travel list for the nicest view in Georgia.
 

Looking for a community? This is really a perfect place to be! You can build your future here! This community is truly an amazing place to visit and fully deserves a longer stay.
 

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Ansley Parkside

“Spectacular Ansley Parkside”

I love to travel and discover new things, when I get a chance to visit Ansley Parkside, I really had a great time and experience when I was there.  I visit my friend’s house and I was so impressed with the beauty of the community.  Her house is like a dream house to me.  It’s very elegant and great design, modern interiors and spacious living space that opens to expansive decks - ideal for entertaining.  Neighbours are very friendly and very polite.  I had a chance also to tour and walk around the town.

There are different styles of houses which include Colonial, American Federal, Neo-Classical, Italian Renaissance, Queen Anne, and Tudor styles, as well as Prairie School and Craftsmen bungalows we found in here.  There are apartment complexes and condominiums, too.  I also love the amenities; they feature full size, sparkling pool, outdoor fire place and a gas grill – perfect for family or group gatherings.

Trees and flowers in the corner give beauty and add colors in town.  Pretty houses, parks, boutiques and entertainments are just a walk away.  Ansley Parkside is walking distance to Piedmont Park and a wide array of dining, entertainment and nightlife.

Ansley Mall is also within walking distance, I get a chance to go inside and look for food and some souvenirs!  I also met some young professionals in the mall and talked for a couple of minutes.  This community is really perfect for young professionals or students who still have a love affair with Atlanta but need a quiet, more serene neighbourhood.

After an hour of staying in the mall, we go out and visit the Botanical Gardens.  I was amazed by the creative and fantastic garden.   The garden is a wonderful place for both children and adults, featuring a realistic rainforest environment complete with exotic birds, hundreds of tiny tree frogs, and turtles.  This has been one of the beautiful botanical garden I’ve ever been to.  They have well organized and well cared for gardens that makes me entertain.  There were several people when we arrived, mostly group of students, young professionals and families.

Aside from parks and malls, there are more walking distance attractions we found here in Ansley Parkside.  There are coffees like in Amsterdam Café, Red light Café, Starbucks and more.

Above all, Ansley Park can provide everything you want for living.  This is a very peaceful community with elegant houses.  In my one day visit, I really had much fun and great time with my friend.  One day is not enough to make this all happen; however, we explore and do everything in just one day trip.  So come on down to this little oasis and spend some time. So much FUN! FUN! FUN!

So, for the home seekers, travellers, tourists, what are you waiting for!  Visit Ansley and you will see how beautiful and elegant their homes are.  No matter what you’re up to, rest assured that you’ll find some excitement here and better deals.

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Is It Time To Sell Your Investment Property?

It is now well documented that inventories in markets that were rich with investment opportunities just one year ago have been drying up quite a bit. Hedge funds, private equity firms, and institutional backed organizations have been coming in and buying up inventory en masse. As a result, inventory has dried up! The result of all these is simple economics…less supply, higher demand, higher prices. And so we’ve seen some rather inflated inflation of prices in some parts of town. We have seen houses that sold for 50,000 one year ago now selling in the 70000-80000 dollar range. This is quite a jump of appreciation in a short time period. Time will tell how sustainable this all ultimately is but as we know, Wall Street has a way of coming into an idea and exiting just as quickly which can radically change prices. It is entirely possible that we could see a mass of price adjustments again in the future but only time will tell.

In the meantime, since we are in a bit of a bubble, the question is if you bought an investment property in the last 3 or 4 years where you got it at a great price that was nice and inexpensive for cash flow purposes, has there been enough appreciation to make it worth selling? Well, the question goes back to what are your goals? I read an article recently that said somebody sold theirs and they made $10,000. I thought to myself $10,000 versus no cash flow and for me that personally will not fit my goals however it might be a great goal for someone else especially if they have a hundred of them! Then perhaps that goal makes perfect sense as that’s a nice easy way to make quite a bit of money in a hurry. So, one must check their goals to see if in fact it is ultimately time to sell. We think higher prices in better days are still ahead but they are farther down the road based on strengthening and stable markets as opposed to a quick rise bubble which is what we are experiencing right now.

 

So, if you own an investment property and you’ve thought about selling, I would ask you to consider to not abandon your long term goals. Did you buy the property for cash flow for the long term? If so, you may want to stick with your plan as we all know inflation is coming. If you bought with the intent to only hold properties for one, two, three years, then yes, maybe now is a good time to sell and cash in a little bit and move on to bigger and better things. As Robert Kiyosaki said, four green houses, one hotel. It’s not a bad time to do that all if you are looking to grow in that direction!

 

An argument to not sell may be that while cash is king, cash flow is even better. There’s nothing like getting a check every month for very little to no effort when owning cash flowing properties. It is truly one of the best avenues out there for making money and we all know the life blood of a business is its cash flow. We are in a special place where we have the opportunity to pick and choose before the market corrects yet again and I don’t think anyone doubts it will. In the meantime, happy investing, good luck to you and look forward to hear how it turns out.

 

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