Flutter and flurry and winter's chill
Toss fire-hued petals aloft until
The caress of earth, then lay in place
For one last show of nature's grace!
R. Weisser 2009
The one question that comes up the most this time of year is this: "Will it be a good leaf season?"
There are many scientific factors that affect leaf color. The amount of sunlight, recent rainfall, temperature and elevation can all affect leaf color.
But if there is one thing that I have learned over all of the years that I have been taking fall foliage photos is this: There is always good leaf color somewhere!
And like any good treasure hunter, I seek to find the caches of color wherever they may be!
It's a ritual of autumn that I have repeated every year for more than I care to remember.
And it's what I look forward to every year!
As the November 30 deadline for the expiration of the first-time homebuyer tax credit approaches, the availability of bargain properties is diminishing drastically.
Short-sales are probably out, as there is not enough time left to assure a purchase will occur by the cutoff date. HUD homes are allowing 45 days to close in our area, but if anything goes wrong you will not get to closing in time if you purchase this weekend.
The "best bet" right now is a motivated conventional seller, willing to negotiate fair terms and move "QUICKLY!" The buyer can get excellent terms and conditions, a market price, and have a good change of closing the property in time to garner the tax credit.
The next two weeks will be hectic. The time to act is NOW!
We are having our busiest month of the year selling Coweta County real estate. So far, in the first week of October, we have closed more homes than the entire month of August. And there are plenty more scheduled to close this month.
There are few places in the country that offer such a high quality of life with such a low threshold of real estate pricing. The American dream is alive and affordable in Coweta County Georgia!
If you have been considering a move to the Southeaster United States, you are cordially invited to come and visit to see for yourself one of Atlanta's most charming bedroom communities!
And you might want to hurry ... before all of the bargains are gone for good!
I got a call yesterday that started: "I would like to check the availability of your listing at..."
The only problem was, it wasn't my listing. I immediately realized that the caller had found the property on one of my IDX website and assumed it was my listing.
I politely asked "Are you an agent?" The caller said "no" but that they had an agent that was helping them and that he was just checking availability for him. Now, since there was already a listing agent and a buyer's agent already involved, I simply asked the caller to please have their agent call me and I would give him the information that he needed.
About an hour later, the same individual called again and said that he was at the house with his agent and that they needed the lockbox code to get in the door. At this point I asked him to put his agent on the phone and that I would speak to him.
Instead, he said that he would have his agent call me back. The agent called in thirty minutes and said that he checked on the MLS and realized that it wasn't my listing and it had been withdrawn and wanted to know if I knew anything about the property because his buyer was "at the house."
At that point, my suspicions were verified. The buyer did NOT have an agent present with him, he was doing his searching on his own but had an agent ready to write a contract when he found a house.I told the agent politely that he was "on his own" and thought that would be that!
Not so, About thirty minutes later the buyer called me again. He was desperate to buy this house and wanted to know why I couldn't help him. I explained that he indicated that he had an agent and that his agent was responsible to help him.
Now this gentlemen who was polite, sincere, and earnest sounded confused. I wonder why. Buyer's agency has been around for over twenty years. Everyone understands that when you want to sell a house, you hire an agent. But buyers still ignore the protocol when it come to purchasing a house.
In my 25+ years in the business, I have only a handful of calls that started" "hello, we are considering buying a house and we are interviewing buyer's agent's" And yet I get calls like that all the time from sellers.
The is no one to blame for this debacle except the real estate community at large. We have failed to educate the public about the importance of agency, and have instead succumbed to the willy-nilly demands from potential buyers in hope of making a deal.
It is our responsibility to protect the consumer by properly representing them. Anything less is unacceptable.
There is always a lot of confusion about how to correctly spell the word "smoky." Or is it "Smokey?" You see it spelled both ways so often because it is actually the correct spelling of the word either way!
But if you are referring to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, there is only one official way to spell the word, and that is with no "E" included. Now you can call them the the Smokey Mountains, as do many of the locals, especially on the North Carolina side.
But the more prevalent Tennessee spelling is "Smoky" and was chosen as the official adjective of the park!
Perhaps it was a cost saving measure. The elimination of all of those "E's" over all those years must have saved a small fortune on signage and printing costs. I mean, that could be millions of "E's" saved over all of the years since the park was dedicated.
And when you think about it, it's not smoke at all. It's mist, or fog, or ozone and other greenhouse gases being emitted from the foliage. But the Cherokee named the range Shaconage which roughly translates to the place of blue smoke.
Or it could be equally translate as the place of blue mist, or blue greenhouse gases. Who knows, but it sure is a beautiful place!
Photos courtesy of Richard Weisser and SmokyPhotos.com, but if you type "smokeyphotos.com it will work just fine!
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Coweta Fayette Real Estate is a website owned and operated by Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc. It is the official website of Coweta Fayette Realty. Richard Weisser is the webmaster, a licensed real estate broker and a licensed auctioneer. Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc. is an associate broker at ERA United Realty, Newnan, Georgia.
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Richard Weisser was originally licensed in January of 1984, and affiliated with Gramm and Associates in Stockbridge Georgia. After a stint as managing broker for CENTURY 21 Intown, he affiliated with Keller WIlliams Realty Professionals in Peachtree City Georgia, until leaving in 2006. He is currently the responsible broker and owner of Richard Weisser Realty, Sharpsburg, Georgia, and broker for Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc., which is currently an associate broker at United Realty Group. He is currently doing business as Coweta Fayette Real Estate, Inc. and is a founding member of Coweta Fayette Realty. He is a real estate license law and agency authority that is available to testify as an expert witness in Georgia Real Estate lawsuits. He is also certified by the National Association of Realtors as an e-pro, the highest level of technical merit recognized by the Board of Realtors. In 2006, Mr. Weisser became a licensed auctioneer!
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Richard is a contracts and agency specialist. He wrote the policy and procedures manual for Century 21 Intown, and developed in-house real estate training programs and web-based training programs. As an active member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Technology and Education committee, He developed and presented two programs on computer basics to members of the board in March and April of 2003. In July of 2004, at ERA United Realty Realty Professionals in Peachtree City Georgia, Richard teamed up with Owen Hand of realty professionals to form Coweta Fayette Realty, a consortium of agents working for a common purpose. You can read more about Coweta Fayette Realty here!
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Richard Weisser has actively developed websites since January 1991. He is the developer and owner of the worlds number one Great Smoky Mountains Photos website, SmokyPhotos.com. Photos have appeared in hundreds of Publications and products, and SmokyPhotos was commissioned by President George W. Bush in February 2001 to provide four photographs as backdrops for a major political speech. An expert webmaster, Richard developed Century 21 Intown's website at C21intown.com. Additionally, he developed other websites for various companies. He prepared and delivered PowerPoint slide presentations for the Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association. Developed numerous software programs for specific applications, including "Depalmas Data Base, " "Keycoder," and "Fax Filer." Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visual Basic, HTML, JavaScript, Photoshop, and hundreds of other software applications.
Awards:
2002 Century 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Award. ERA United Realty Realty Professionals 2004 WI4C2TS Award for agent best exemplifying the principles and beliefs of the Keller Williams philosophy. Newnan Board of Realtors 2006 and 2007 Professional Achievement Award. ERA Million Dollar Producer.
Other Interests:
Golf: Winner second place low gross in the 2002 Atlanta Board of Realtors annual tournament. Winner third place individual in 2004 Equity One Tournament in Peachtree City Georgia.
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