Buying a home is an exciting adventure, but it can also be a bit overwhelming. It’s easy to make mistakes along the way, but with some foresight, you can avoid the most common ones. Here’s a relaxed guide to help you navigate the process smoothly. Not Getting Pre-Approved for a Mortgage One of the first…
Work has progressed well on our retail developments MarketPlace at Bass, Lullwater Village and Lullwater East here in Macon. At MarketPlace, the new McDonalds has opened and, judging from the crowds we are seeing there, is doing a great business at the corner of Bass Road and Bass Pro Blvd. We have heard many compliments…
Rental property accounting doesn’t have to be complicated, but it does have to be precise. When you’re earning income from your rental properties and spending money on things like maintenance, marketing, and tenant screening, you need to have an accounting of all that. Most rental property owners don’t get into the real estate business because…
2006 has been a record breaking year in Houston County real estate for new construction in the commercial realm of retail, office, hotels, churches, schools and multi-family projects. Within the last sixty days the city is showing twenty-seven commercial projects under review, eighteen more being resubmitted for review, nineteen approved, thirty-one under construction, and twenty-one…
It’s the end of 2006. In the Land and Timber real estate market, this year started out good in the first quarter with a high amount of land sales in all categories: Timber real estate tracts, Recreational tracts and Farm/Agricultural land. The second and third quarters didn’t go as well, due to severalfactors. Whenever there…
In our last article, we stated that we thought the housing market would continue to slump until mid-year and then start to stabilize. We may have been too optimistic. We now believe the housing slump will continue through year end and start to stabilize in early 2008. Some of the statistics that influenced our prediction…
Bank Owned . . . sound familiar? In today’s world of commercial real estate, most of us are now all too familiar with such terms as “REO” (Real Estate Owned) or “OREO” (Other Real Estate Owned) or “CREO” (Commercial Real Estate Owned). It is far more normal in the current market to see bank owned…
The Macon, Georgia downtown and suburban office real estate markets remained stable in 2007. According to Fickling & Company’s recent survey, including a comparison of almost 1,000,000 square feet of office space in Bibb County, the 2007 suburban office market remained virtually unchanged. The suburban market maintained approximately 80% occupancy which is a slight decrease…
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…
If you’re spending Valentine’s Day in Macon, Georgia, you’re in luck — this city knows how to do romance without trying too hard. Whether you’re planning an elegant dinner or a full date-night experience, here are five spots that make the perfect backdrop for love. A top pick for a romantic evening is Dovetail in…
