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74 Mays Bend Circle Pell City, Al 35128 Logan Martin Lake Home
Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 10:57am. 1211 Views, 0 Comments.
74 Mays Bend Circle Pell City, AL 35128 See more photos and full listing
House is situated on 2 lots with approximately 1000 feet water on the Main Channel
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Stucco Construction
Castle Gate Doors
Concrete Block and Rip Rap Seawall with private boat launch
Marvin doors and windows (except in kitchen) all new Marvin doors and windows (2009)
Downstairs is completely handicap/wheelchair accessible
All mounted TV’s and surround sound speakers remain
Living room and Master Closet TV’s are LCD, glare free
TV over FP is HDMI High Definition wired
Master bedroom TV is plasma
All closets are cedar…
Credit Cards can sometimes help a poor Credit file
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 5:40pm. 576 Views, 0 Comments.
When you have bad credit, poor credit, and or limited credit it is often hard to get a lender or bank to take a chance and extend any type of credit to you. There by making it diffecult to every establish or rebuild your credit rating. A solution to this problem could be a secured line of credit or better known as a secured credit card.
There are several ways opening a secured credit card can jump start your credit file in the right direction.
- Opens a new line of good credit that reports to the credit companies such as Equafax
- A new credit card with a zero balance (or less than 30%) will jump your credit score up about 3-15 points
There are some situations were a new credit card will negativly affect your credit…
405 Paradise Isle Riverside
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 3:18pm. 601 Views, 0 Comments.
405 Paradise Isle Riverside Al
Logan Martin Lake Condo- This property has been completely remodeled and has all the bells and whistles. Community has Pool, tennis courts and boat launch. If you every wanted to live on Logan Martin lake here is your chance.
The seller is very motivated and willing to be creative with fianincing. So lease purchase option is avaiable as well as trade equity, meaning if you are looking at selling your property, so that you can be on Logan Martin Lake- my client might be interested in buying your property on the condition that you buy his. So that being said if you are looking to live on Logan Martin Lake be sure to give me a call and lets see if we can get something worked out.
New upgrade to Alabama Homes website
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at 1:32pm. 1164 Views, 0 Comments.
You should notice that all of the listings you find will have similar properties located at the bottom, this should help you with searches and insure you don't miss any great properties. So lets say you were on the Birmingham Homes page and you clicked on a property for $400,000 you would see related or similar properties at the bottom. I hope you like the updates and still to come is a mobile application with should be installed by the end of the month.
Below you will find some Birmingham Homes in the $200k price range as examples.
3 Biggest Seller Mistakes (Price/Condition/Marketing)
Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 12:10pm. 901 Views, 2 Comments.
Given the current state of the economy, it has never been more important to be sure you are doing everything right to sell your home. After all, it is no secret that most housing markets are still overflowing with inventory. As such, whether you're selling Alabama or Lake Austin real estate, you need to make your home stand out from the rest of the competition.
The first step toward making this happen is to avoid making these 3 most common seller mistakes.
Seller Mistake #1:
Setting the Wrong Price Perhaps the biggest mistake a seller can make is to set the wrong price. Many sellers mistakenly think they should set the price higher than what they hope to get. This way, they hope to have some room for negotiation. While this may seem like a…
New Real Estate tools finally here! Check them out.
Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 8:31pm. 932 Views, 0 Comments.
Google Street View
Now on our website you can see actual street-level views of neighborhoods surrounding a property.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views to it's users from various positions along just about all streets in the world. Google Street View was launched on 5/25/07, originally only in select cities in the U.S., and has since gradually expanded to include most urban cities and rural areas worldwide.
GSV displays images taken from a small fleet of specially adapted cars and areas not accessible by car, like pedestrian areas, narrow streets, alleys and ski resorts, are sometimes covered by Google Trikes.Microsoft Bird's…
Bills before Congress - Do you know what happens in Washington
Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 4:29am. 825 Views, 0 Comments.
Everyday it seems that Congress changes laws and makes new laws that affect you. Do you know what they are and how they affect you, if not then you need to take 20 minutes and check out some of these bills before Congress. If by chance you disagrees with any of the bills currently before Congress, now is the time to act. Call your representative today and let them know how you feel. It is your job to express your opinion before the bills before Congress become a Law you have to follow. Also before I get to involved with this post, I need to get my pluge in "When your ready to start looking at Birmingham Homes be sure to give our Executive team a call."
There are currently "bills before Congress" pertaining to Real Estate matters
S.1616 -…
Get A Second Opinion!
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at 1:36pm. 630 Views, 0 Comments.
I had a customer contact me wanting to do a lease purchase on a house. She said she talked to a bank and they told her she did not qualify to buy. I suggested that she speak to a lender before she made that decision. After talking to one of my preferred lenders, she was approved for a conventional loan and we are going house-hunting on Thursday! It is sort of like going to the doctor - - getting a second opinion is a smart idea!
Logan Martin Real Estate and Marketing
Friday, September 30th, 2011 at 3:46pm. 724 Views, 0 Comments.
When marketing your Logan Martin Real Estate listings or any listing for that matter it is always a good idea to write your description keeping in mind good SEO. What that means is, in today's market were you have likes of zillow, trulia, and Realtor .com you need to keep in mind keywords to help your listing stand out on those websites. Take for instance these Logan Martin Real Estate listings the agents here are doing a good job of optimizing their listings, by adding descriptive keywords especially the use of Logan Martin Lake. One of them picked this little trick up from me and I only thought it fair to let all the Logan Martin Lake Realtors in on this little secret. The reason this works is, lets say you started off your description with…
Alabama Real Estate: Buyer and Seller Tools
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 5:28pm. 690 Views, 0 Comments.
I pride myself on having the best Alabama Real Estate website in central Alabama. That being said there are some tools that I do not have on this website but that I do have on other websites managed by Barry Miller's "Executive Team"
1. Market Insider
The information on this web page is consolidated from multiple resources and includes active listings, recently sold property, and much more. It does not matter if you're a buyer or seller, the knowledge you obtain will help put you in control of your Alabama real estate transactions. It has Community Information, Local Schools, Insider Tips, and an option to compare areas of interest.
2. Marketing Report
For all our current home sellers and/or Alabama Real Estate clients. To view the…