Fickling & Company Realtors

If you’re selling your home and want to get more buyers in the door, there are a few quick, easy and inexpensive things that you can do to make your home stand out from the competition. First, your curb appeal will decide if many buyers will want to see more.  Look at your house from…

Looking back at the remarkable year we’ve just enjoyed in Middle Georgia’s retail real estate market and ahead to 2007, I am going to make some projections. I have always said that key to the economy’s remaining positive is Consumer Spending. Everything I’ve read shows Consumer Spending slowing, but continuing in a positive vein for 2007….

A 1031 Tax Exchange allows you to defer taxes on the sale of a property.  It will allow you to have more money to invest in another real estate transaction.  You are actually using the money from the sale toward a purchase instead of paying it to the government in taxes.  This relates to a…

The National Multi-family Market was stronger in 2006 than it has been in the past few years. Owners were able to increase rates while decreasing the amount of concessions given to new tenants. Occupancy rates in many markets, increased as the supply of apartments were constrained due to the conversion of apartments into condominiums. Also,…

Retail was on the mind of over 40,000 people, the number of those who attended the International Council of Shopping Center’s 50th Annual Spring Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 20ththrough the 23rd.   Twelve commercial real estate agents from Fickling and Company took advantage of the opportunity and met with many national retailers and existing…

When you get ready to sell your property, there are a number of things to consider before listing.  Who will market the property, how much to sell for, how and where to market the property, just to consider a few.  Selling a property is a time consuming and tedious project therefore, consider the following questions before…

In the late seventies, General Motors introduced a revolutionary electric vehicle designed to address high oil prices and long gas lines.  Unfortunately, battery system problems prompted GM to abruptly scrap the program.  GM bought back vehicles from customers, cleared dealer lots and ran the fleet through the crusher. Thus ended the immediate promise of alternative…