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Marietta GA Homes for Sale

Marietta GA Homes for Sale, Marietta GA Active Listings - Marietta GA Real Estate Market Report November 15, 2009*.  As of today December 15 2009 there are currently 1874 Marietta GA homes for sale in Cobb County GA.  

Homes in Marietta that are in the status of Contingency other or CO - denotes inspections, due diligence, financing.  So many of these Marietta homes may come back on the market within the due-diligence period.  This is a direct result of the Georgia Association of Realtors GAR contract has just changed, and the new contract is quite different than the previous version.  It is a great time to buy a home in Marietta, there are many Marietta homes and fine properties to choose from and the sellers will negotiate.  Mortgage rates are still low!

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8 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • December 16 2009 08:21PM

Cobb County Luxury Homes and Luxury Home Comunities

Cobb County - Luxury Country Club Homes and Gated Estates Communities.

Looking for a luxury home in the Atlanta area?  Have you considered buying luxury homes Cobb County?  You should!  Cobb county has some lovely luxury home neighborhoods, country clubs and gated communities.   Cobb County is very close to Atlanta for commuting.  If you need assistance in purchasing a home in Cobb County, we can help!   We are REALTORS®, Accredited Buyer Agents, Broker associates, Ellen Crawford has the experience: CRS, and GRI designations. We specialize in results. 

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Cobb County Luxury Home Communities

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0 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • November 29 2009 11:03AM

Brumby Chair Company Marietta GA | Historic Brumby Rocking Chair Company Marietta GA

Most folks do not realize how much history is in Marietta GA.  Marietta GA is home to the Brumby Rocking Chair Company that dates back to 1875 and is nationally known for the quality of the product!  The company was formed in Marietta GA post civil war over 118 years ago and is known world wide for its famous American Rocking chairs!  You can find the Brumby Rocking Chair Company right on Marietta Square today and still doing business!

Brumby Rocking Chair Company Marietta GA

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11 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • October 10 2009 11:47PM

Gone with the Wind Museum in Marietta GA | Gone With the Wind - Marietta GA Museums

Gone with the WindAnyone that is a fan of civil war romantic novels, or a history of the civil war era... history buff needs to get it out of their system.  Ther is no place better than to visit than historic Marietta GA.  Did you know they have a "Gone With The Wind Museum" there?  They really do!  Atlanta is the home of the Author of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, and so what better place to host the Gone With The Wind Museum than Marietta GA on the Square!

Gone with the Wind Museum Marietta GA

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10 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • October 10 2009 11:32PM

Marietta GA History History of Marietta Georgia Historical Marietta GA

Looking to buy a home in Marietta GA?  Your in luck!  historic Marietta GA is a great place to live whether you are into hisory or not!  Marietta, GA has the distinction of being one of the first settled towns in Georgia, as early as 1824, predating both Chattanooga and Atlanta. According to the Georgia Gazetteer, Marietta was so named after the wife of Supreme Court Judge Thomas Willis Cobb, where Cobb county derives its name. A road, which runs through current day Cobb county became the "Shallow Ford" along the Chattahoochee river, another famous namesake in Georgia history. The town was officially recognized in 1834 and became a major railroad waypoint soon thereafter, and is still in use today by CSX. Just outside the city limits, Dr. Carey Cox had set up a "water cure" facility, which employed the curative and restorative properties  of natural springs, thus making Marietta not only a popular tourist destination as early as 1860, but the hometown of Georgia's first homeopathic physician. James Andrews, leader of Andrews Raiders, planned what would become the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862 in the Fletcher house hotel, which became the Kennesaw House and is currently the home of the Marietta Museum of History. In 1865, William Tecumseh Sherman and General Hugh Kilpatrick invaded, pillaged, and set fire to the town of Marietta, which would become the starting point for Sherman's famous March to the Sea. Some historians have hit the nail on the head by saying the town of Marietta has seen more history in its first 30 years of history than most towns will ever see.

HISTORIC MARIETTA GA

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0 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • October 10 2009 10:43PM

Marietta GA High Schools - Search Marietta GA Homes for Sale in by High Schools

Marietta High SchoolsMany person that are looking for a home in Marietta GA call us to ask for homes in specific school districts in Marietta GA.  I have created a custom home search that will allow those looking for Marietta homes for sale in specific High Schools can now search for them by just clicking a link.

MARIETTA  HIGH SCHOOLS - Homes Search

Marietta High Schools Websites

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4 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • October 10 2009 04:05PM

Marietta GA Homes for Sale | Real Estate Update Active Marietta Georgia MLS Listing | Single Family Detached Homes for Sale - Marietta GA

Marietta GA Homes for Sale, Marietta GA Active Listings - Marietta GA Real Estate Market Report October 10, 2009*.  As of today October 10, 2009 there are currently 2065 Marietta GA homes for sale in Cobb County GA.  Please keep in mind many of the homes in Marietta that are pending sales are also new construction and have to be delivered, or can be lease purchases - a closing could be this month or in a in two years. Homes in Marietta that are in the status of Contingency other or CO - denotes inspections, due diligence, financing.  So many of these Marietta homes may come back on the market within the due-diligence period.  This is a direct result of the Georgia Association of Realtors GAR contract has just changed, and the new contract is quite different than the previous version.  It is a great time to buy a home in Marietta, there are many Marietta homes and fine properties to choose from and the sellers will negotiate.  Mortgage rates are still low!

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0 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • October 10 2009 03:46PM

Pre-Qualification Before Showing? Are We Insulting Buyers?

How Do You Know If You Qualify to Buy that Home?


Occasionally if we speak to a potential buyer on the phone or a visitor to a web receives a generic email explaining pre-qualification - a buyer can go postal, and mention that it is insulting that we question their credit worthiness.  My thoughts?  Excuse me! Have you been listening to the news?  Don’t take it personal, but a lot has changed in the last two years on financing.  How do you know you qualify to buy that home?

First of all I’m not psychic.  I do not know the buyers personal finances, their credit score, if they are n a lease unlti Jone 2012, if they own other properties they have to sell first, or if they have just declared bankruptcy after walking away from a home last year.  Secondly, I will not meet an unqualified buyer at a vacant home. It is pure danger in the current market we are in especially when we are meeting them at mostly vacant homes. I am not a fan of meeting serial killers at homes 5 miles off a beaten path. Buyers must be met at the office for personal safety.  On this rule there is no leniency.  With fewer buyers qualifying to buy homes this is a major red flag.  Those that are totally evasive and boisterous are hiding something.  If the buyer refuses to talk to a loan officer first, and is not forthcoming there is no need to meet them.  It isn’t insulting in my opinion to consider your own personal safety and to save my time for a buyer that is more appreciative of my experience and time.   I am not a taxi cab driver that goes around town with my meter off, and I am not a door opener for the unappreciative and insulting.  My therapist told me I don’t have to.

Lastly, it have been my experience that the louder a person yells, they are hiding something.  Perhaps other agents on different occasions have demanded proof before showing, and the caller did not pass the test or more simply they have an ego problem.  Either way, it is not my problem. Speak to any loan officer, and find out what you qualify to buy.  Answer the personal questions…do you have enough cash, do you have a down payment, closing costs it will take to purchase the home you are looking at?  I run a business, not a TV show.  There is no point at looking at a 350K home, if you can only afford 150K, things are not that bad!  Besides, that qualification you had 2 years ago in the Internet will probably not hold water these days.

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44 comments • Jim Crawford ~ Atlanta Real Estate-ABR E-PRO • August 24 2009 07:49PM