Lake Lanier is Full

October 15, 2009

For the first time in over 4 years Lake Lanier has reached full pool. When measured at midnight last night the water level in Lake Lanier reached 1071.17 feet above sea level or .17 feet above full pool.
In November of 2007 when I first wrote about the water level in Lake Lanier, the lake was [...]

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Blog Disclosure

October 6, 2009

In a ruling released yesterday from the Federal Trade Commission, the commissioners unanimously voted to require disclosure from bloggers regarding endorsements as well as the disclosure of important connections between advertisers and endorsers. As a REALTOR one of the continuing education classes that I attended was taught by Seth Weissman who is Council to the [...]

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Gwinnett County Trash

June 21, 2009

Once again the solid waste fiasco in Gwinnett County has reared it’s ugly head. As many of you are aware the county awarded the Request for Proposal for an additional solid waste study to the R W Beck Company. Yesterday was the second in a series of eight meetings to be held through out the [...]

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Low Agent Fees in Atlanta

April 20, 2009

Don’t ever let anyone say that RE/MAX Around Atlanta broker Sharon Dover doesn’t care about the agents in her office. She just recently announced a monthly fee decrease which will provide agents with one of the top commission payouts in Atlanta. There are 2 plans available for experienced agents and a separate new agent plan.
As [...]

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Gwinnett Trash Committee Recommendations

April 7, 2009

At the last meeting of the”Blue Ribbon” Trash Committee on March 2, 2009 I was asked by committee chairman Mike Royal not to publish anything regarding the recommendations on this blog until they had been formally written, reviewed, approved and presented to the individual County Commissioners. I was told by both he and Commissioner Beaudreau [...]

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Time Change Spring 2009

March 5, 2009

It’s that magical time of the year. You guessed it; magically the sun will begin to come up an hour later and will set an hour later than in the last few days. Yes it only comes twice annually and the spring forward portion will be arriving this Saturday Evening. So here we go, it’s [...]

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Snow in Atlanta

March 1, 2009

Here it is March 1st 2009 and Atlanta is seeing it’s first real snowfall of the year. For those of you who had a White Christmas, I for one am jealous. For those of you who have been covered up with snow since Thanksgiving, perhap you will want to consider relocating to the Greater Atlanta [...]

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North Fulton County Market Update January 2009

February 17, 2009

Statistics for single family detached homes in the North Fulton County real estate market for the month of January 2009 are in. North Fulton County is divided into two different areas and we will examine each area and then look at North Fulton County as a whole.
Area 13
Area 13 is the section of the county [...]

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Lilburn Georgia Annexation Plan

January 31, 2009

The Stimulus Package
The city of Lilburn Georgia has announce an annexation strategy that will more than double the land mass of the city and basically double the residents of the city. The current approximately 6.5 square miles would increase to approximately 14.5 square miles and the population would grow from approximately 12,000 to approximately 24,000. [...]

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Gwinnett County Trash Advisory Committee

January 21, 2009

Thrown Out With The Trash
Last night was the initial meeting of the all volunteer committee that is to make recommendations to the Gwinnett County Commissioners on how to best address the issue of Solid Waste Disposal in Gwinnett County. This committee has been referred to as “Commissioner Beaudrea’s Blue Ribbon Committee” or the “Gwinnett Sanitation [...]

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