RE Tech South is a Hit!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

RETech South is a Hit!What an event this was! Thanks to Brad Nix of Maxselland Matt Fagioli of Diamond Dwellings for putting this event together. There were many informative panels and it was a pleasure to meet the faces behind a lot of the blogs I have in my rss reader. Judging by the ...

Atlanta Condominiums are Losing Value?!?!

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

12th & Midtown Condominiums Originally uploaded by The Hendriks Group Though Atlanta was not deep, up to the waist in the muck that was the "Real Estate Bubble", It appears as if Atlanta is feeling the effects (even though not as badly as other markets, i.e., Miami) of not only per se ...

Philips Arena

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Philips ArenaOriginally uploaded by The Hendriks Group I was invited to a basketball game at Philips Arena last night. It was a good game (until the final quarter), watching the Atlanta Hawks play the Houston Rockets.  Background info from Wikipedia "Philips Arena is an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Completed in 1999 at a cost of $213.5 million, ...

Where are the Best Schools in Atlanta?!?

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

It depends on what you are looking for. What are the strong points of a good school in your opinion? I often hear the schools in Gwinnett County are excellent, while in the same breath I hear the schools in Douglas, Clayton etc... all with their local supporters espousing the ...

Lower your Property Tax

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

  Are you a home owner? Have comparable properties in your neighborhood sold for less in the past six months, than what you paid?   If your answer is yes, then you were probably very perturbed when you received your recent property tax bill that was assessed at a higher value ...

Foreign investment is strong.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Originally uploaded by TheHendriksGroup Due to a weaker dollar and the hesitance of the local population, foreign buyers are buying our bargains in droves. At fire sale prices, overseas investors would be crazy not to take advantage of the economic cards they have been dealt. We see this cycle happen every so ...

All Real Estate is Local!!

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Even though we lump our national sales figures together for editorial impact, it remains a very segmented industry. Not even the different faces (residential, commercial, land, etc..) of real estate share similar demand curves, so how could we expect different cities with their individual strong points (location, ...