Charlie Ragonesi Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

NAR and major sites all do studies of how long people look at a listing. The time is in seconds but if you have pictures , and I mean good pictures of your listing and a lot of them folks will linger longer.

Today I had rather an interesting experience. I was showing a home in Big Canoe to some folks. This was their first time in Big Canoe. As we were in the house the wife said, " I have been in this home before ! I recognize this art work" Now I am thinking, they said they had never been in Big Canoe before what gives? The husband said you have been in this home virtually.

The wife had seen it on line and the quality of the pictures were good enough for her to recognize the interior. This created a feeling of familiarity and ease. It made the showing go very well

We at All Mountain Realty do at least 25 pictures( the max for our MLS) as well as use virtual tours and a professional photographer. Why? Because we want folks to know our properties and see them. Pictures may be low tech but they are critical to your listings.

The picture above is of the pink marble Tate house. Looking at this picture wouldn't you want to know more? It is NOT for sale but it is beautiful

The statistics for Jasper Georgia and Pickens county in our north Georgia mountains can be seen below.

There are some interesting lines. . Jasper in the mountains is at or above the average for the State of Georgia. Pickens county , where Jasper is, is way above. The difference her is Big Canoe. Big Canoe is an upscale community in Pickens county and accounts for the big difference. Now you can see at the start of the year so far all the lines are close together. This means that if you are buying in North Georgia Big Canoe is a GREAT value. Contact us at All mountain Realty. We are your North Georgia Mountains experts.

The trends for Big Canoe and the jasper area are as follows;

Average Listing Price:	$376,710	-0.06%
Average Listing Price/Sq Ft:	$129.00	0.05%
Total Listings:	766	2.61%
Total Listings Previous Months: August July	212 214	-0.01% -0.02%
The numbers reflect the whole Jasper area including Big Canoe. However for Big Canoe you can see listings are 212. That is a number lower than we have seen in over 1 year. What this means is the Big Canoe inventory as part of the whole Pickens county area is being reduced. Good news for buyers is that prices have been significantly reduced. This is due to a re-alignment of prices in Big Canoe to the total mountain market. Big Canoe is a great buy right now . The other think is broken out the Big Canoe Sort Sale and Foreclosure numbers are about 3 percent of our market. this indicates a strong community. NOW is the time to buy in Big Canoe. The folks at All Mountain Realty are your Big Canoe and North Georgia Mountains specialists.

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Many Home owner today look for places to store their important papers. Many home Owners wear a Belt. What I mean by that is they go out and buy a safe and use it to store papers in. They look at the safes rating and decide that it is fire proof and in case of a fire their important papers will be saved. But they need to where suspenders too!

The suspenders in this case are making sue the safe is also WATER PROOF ! What do folks who fight fires use to put them out? That's right water. As a Volunteer here in the North Georgia Mountains I can tell you that some times the safe was saved but the contents looked like a big spit ball. So you have the belt, wear the suspenders too. If you are not sure about your fire proof safe being water proof use oven bags to store your things in. They should give yo the water proof protection as well as be heat resistant and not melt.

Thank you Jennifer Chiongbian for the idea for this post

Folks looking to buy or sell in Big Canoe often have questions. In this series I will as a Realtor who works in Big Canoe as well as the North Georgia Mountains do my best to provide answers to the most asked questions.

Why are the association fees so high in Big Canoe ?

The Association fees in Big Canoe are approximately 225. 00 per month. The main reasons for these fees are simple:

ROADS In a gated community in Georgia the community is responsible for the roads. In Big Canoe there are over 100 miles of mountain roads that need to be maintained. Drive any other mountain community and you will soon see why Big Canoe spends on Roads

SECURITY and FIRE PROTECTION In Big Canoe there is 24/7 EMT service as well as security and fire protection. I fact you will save close to 500 a year on your home owners insurance because of the great protective services in Big Canoe. When one considers this reduction against the cost it makes the fees in Big Canoe very reasonable.

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