Weekend Plans

Have you ever had that terrible feeling when someone else’s troubles make you feel better? The Germans call it schadenfreude. Before you start to think I’m really smart…I learned that word from watching the Simpsons. I got schadenfreuded when I read this article http://www.newsgeni.us/articles/208/Rich_and_Famous_Not_Immune_to_Foreclosure.html.

For those of you who don’t watch local news you may have missed the FREAKING OUT over possible return of Freaknik this weekend. I don’t think it is going to be anything close to what it was in the past, but there are several other big events going on this weekend that on their own will cause some major volume on our highways, including the Dogwood Festival, the Braves are playing at Turner Field, and the Hawks are in the play-offs.

To avoid the mess you may want to stay in…but then you’d miss all the fun too! Craig and I are still deciding what we are going to do.

I recommend MARTA. For the Dogwood get off at Arts Center or Midtown at 10th Street Stations, for the Braves/Hawks get off at 5 Points or CNN. If you look at the top of the screen they have rail alerts where they post real-time delays and important information. Watch the weather as we may have some rain on Saturday. Before you hit the roads check out Georgia Navigator click on cameras and you can see all the highways. The connector and I-20 will be the hardest hit. The good news is that the DOT has cancelled the construction that was planned for this weekend due to the high volume of traffic expected. Whew!

Buy it or Sell it? So what kind of inspection is recommended for these homes? Cliff and Mountain Homes



Don’t Forget! There are only 15 days left to take advantage of the first time homebuyer's tax credit of $8000--it expires April 30th--a house has to be under contract by then and close by June 30 to take off taxes this year. Click Here for IRS.gov info on First Time Homebuyer Credit.

New Trends

How to Take Advantage of 6 Housing Trends I thought this was some great advice from Money Magazine. Here in Atlanta there are currently about 3,700 Active listings marked as foreclosure or corporate owned. However, that requires the listing agent to mark it as such when they enter the listing, so that amount is probably even greater. At my company we are seeing a lot of investors and first-time buyers due to the amount of foreclosures on the market and that new homebuyer credit.

Buy it or Sell it? Rock On! Click here for an interesting tribute to music. Click Here to See a Rockin' Home

Don’t Forget! There are only 30 days left to take advantage of the first time homebuyer's tax credit of $8000--it expires April 30th--a house has to be under contract by then and close by June 30 to take off taxes this year. Click Here for IRS.gov info on First Time Homebuyer Credit.

Let Us Know! Do you have a neighborhood event, charity drive, yard sale coming up? Let us know and we will share with our audience whenever possible. sprinkleruth@mindspring.com