Florida loses a ruling in tri-state water case �| ajc.com

Florida's environmental basis for it's claim to water is rejected by the judge, but Georgia is denied legal standing to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. First good news for Georgia in quite a time...  from the Atlanta Journal Constitution ...  unusual place for good news ...

Online Marketing - Where do I Start? | The Tech Byte - Technology Strategies for Real Estate from Amy Chorew, Speaker, Coach

Amy Chorew, Tech Guru real estate agents, gives some great advice that could be useful to anyone's online marketing no matter what your product(s)... Great advice, Ms. Chorew!

Walking Away From Million-Dollar Mortgages - NYTimes.com

"More than one in seven homeowners with loans in excess of a million dollars are seriously delinquent, according to data compiled for The New York Times by the real estate analytics firm CoreLogic.


By contrast, homeowners with less lavish housing are much more likely to keep writing checks to their lender. About one in 12 mortgages below the million-dollar mark is delinquent."

Fayette County Office Space Prices On The Rise

Loopnet, the commercial listing website, is showing an increase in prices for office space in Fayette County that is bucking the trend seen generally in metro Atlanta and the rest of the state.  Is Fayette County leading the way to recovery or are we just out of touch?

Buycott BP

Just filled up again at BP.  I want like to make sure that BP continues to have revenues so that they can afford to cap the well and repair the damage along the Gulf Coast.  


The people that are boycotting BP gas stations have not thought this through.  If anything we should be employing a Buy-cott to support BP while both BP and US are in peril.  My 2 cents...

Still living by the words of the Founding Fathers

"... We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ..."  Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

May God continue to bless these United States

Law.com - Ga. Murder Case Shines Spotlight on Nation's Indigent Defense Systems

Law.com - Ga. Murder Case Shines Spotlight on Nation's Indigent Defense Systems

I know this is not real estate, but I live in Georgia and the Georgia legal system is being challenged by an accused murderer who claims the state public defender system is broken.

New Accounting Rules Could Unsettle Leasing Market - NYTimes.com

Square Feet - New Accounting Rules Could Unsettle Leasing Market - NYTimes.com

Changes in accounting rules would require companies to put leases on their balance sheets as Liabilities and Assets. At present, according to this NY Times article, "American and foreign companies list many leases as footnotes in their financial statements".

Congress Passes

The House and Senate have passed two pieces of legislation affecting the Real Estate Industry:


Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act (H.R. 5623). The June 30, 2010 closing deadline has been extended to September 30, 2010 The extension applies only to transactions that have ratified contracts in place as of April 30, 2010 that have not yet closed.  The legislation is designed to create a seamless extension the new closing deadline for eligible transactions is now September 30, 2010.  There is will be no gap between June 30 and the date the President signs the bill into law.  I'm at a loss why contracts executed by April 30 still need time to close.

Additionally, the United States Senate has passed the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 5569).  This extension is only to September, so time's a-wastin'.