Atlanta Real Estate Investing 
Atlanta real estate investing advice, market insights, economic evaluation and Atlanta Real Estate for short term speculators and long term "buy and hold" strategies for Atlanta investment Property.
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Walking Away
Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 5:56am. 217 Views, 0 Comments.
I was talking with one of my top investor clients a couple days ago and he mentioned he "walked away" (aka foreclosed) from two investment properties last month. The two properties - both Atlanta condos - had lost a combined $250,000 in value over the last 18 months. Meanwhile, the bank holding the note refused to entertain 3 bonafied short sale offers, denied application to modify the adjustable rate mortgage and increased his monthly interest payment $600 a month.
Foreclosing on Your Atlanta Home: A Strategic Approach
For a professional real estate investor who makes his living creating profit in the homes he buys and sells, it was a smart decision. A strategic one, really. Either continue to hemhorage massive amounts of money every month paying…
Credit Crisis Explained
Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 8:16pm. 230 Views, 0 Comments.
Ok. So we all have some idea how we got here, right? We've all heard the terms at least. Credit crisis. Subprime mortgages. Foreclosure. Securitized debt. Bernanke. AIG. Leyman Brothers. Wall Street. Main Street. Greenspan. Federal Reserve. Treasury. Under water. Credit Default Swaps. Meltdown. Crisis. National Debt. GDP. Recession. Depression.
But just how did we get here?
And how why exactly has the entire economy suffered so much at the hands of this Credit Crisis?
Check out the Video below where it's all explained in just shy of 11 minutes:
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Back To The Future
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at 12:06pm. 241 Views, 0 Comments.
You may have read my blog post on Forbes ranking Atlanta Real Estate #13 on the list of best cities to buy a home. After reading the article...I did a little poking around other news sites to see what they have to say about the Atlanta housing market. A few google searches later...I found an article over at CNN Money written in 2007 titled "How to Play The Real Estate Bounce Back."
An interesting subject for an article written in 2007, for sure. But it's the "sub heading" that really got me curious. Here's what it said:
The housing market may be melting down, but Business 2.0 worked with Moody's Economy.com to identify 10 cities that have just about hit rock bottom - and offer opportunities for savvy investors to get in while the…In Atlanta, Developers Destroy Hopes of Recovery
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 5:29pm. 266 Views, 3 Comments.
The Wall Street journal recently reported the Atlanta Real Estate market is suffering from that oft-repeated term that has come to define our current ecnonomy: "irrational excuberance".
They site a 1 mile section of Buckhead Real Estate as a prime example of an emerging trend in the United States commercial real estate sector. A trend that stands as an obstacle to economic recovery.
According to the article, several prominent Atlanta developers are in the process of constructing 4 new office buildings in Buckhead. Now, that alone is not a speculative act, but add to this scenario that there is currently little demand for office space and you've got a recipe for disaster. It's this same reckless builder activity perpetuated by the likes of Novaire…
Predictably Irrational
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 5:00pm. 315 Views, 0 Comments.
I just finished reading a book called "Predictably Irrational", by Don Ariely. In it, the insightful Duke Univerysity professor unveils the hidden, irrational forces that shape our daily decision making. It's a great read
There are a few interesting case studies in this book that can be applied to real estate marketing and negotiations. Specifically, Chapter Seven (The High Price of Ownership) covers what is commonly referred to as "The "endowment effect". Simply put, "the endowment effect" means that when we own something, we begin to value it more than other people do.
The High Price of Real Estate Ownership
There are three fundamental "quirks" of human nature as it applies to real estate:
- We fall in love with what we already have. …
Decatur GA Real Estate
Monday, October 13th, 2008 at 9:20am. 585 Views, 0 Comments.
The above chart represents a year over year statistical comparison of the Median List Price and Inventory levels for the City of Decatur (30030 Zip Code).
You'll immediately notice the steep decline in inventory levels starting in July of this year. You'll also notice the median list price of home for sale has dropped from a peak of around $380,000 a little over a year ago to now hovering around the $355,000 to $360,000 mark.
Certain Measures for Uncertain Times
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 7:54am. 403 Views, 0 Comments.
"Don't wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait..."**
**chiasmusI heard this from a colleague the other day and it gave me pause. What a simple, yet profound way of describing how to buy real estate in the current market.
If you wait to buy real estate you may find that you're buying on the upswing of a market that has already hit bottom. Better to go ahead and hop off the fence, buy some real estate and wait for time to make you a genius.
Market Meltdown
Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 9:49pm. 357 Views, 0 Comments.
"Buy at the sound of cannons. Sell at the sound of trumpets."
The stock market is in the "toilet" and real estate is in the "crapper".Might be a good time to buy. I hear cannons
Why Buying is the Right Decision
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 7:50am. 286 Views, 0 Comments.
Because I'm a real estate agent and I said so. 
On a serious note...I don't think there has ever been a better time to be buying real estate. If you make good decisions now, time will make you look like a genius.
Market Update - The Importance of Being Informed
Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 7:49am. 322 Views, 0 Comments.
It's important to stay up on Atlanta Real Estate Market Trends. So much that every week I send ALL of my current sellers a detailed analysis of the current market in their specific area and competing value range.
If you don't know what's going on in the market...how are you supposed to know how to take advantage of it?
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That's me (Joshua) on the left. Ok ... a little about me in an extremely limited series of words: Thinker of thoughts. Writer of words. Consulant of Real Estate. Seller of homes. Obsessed with systems and marketing. One-fourth of "TeamRSB". This is our blog (aka "web log"). You can check us out here too:
