Shelly Fisher-Realtor Rabun County GA Real Estate

Are you out there hoping to find that steal on a property? If so here are some helpful tips that might save you some frustration.

1. You need to know the area well enough to make a quick decision.

2. Keep a real estate agent as your guide to keep you informed about new listings, and

foreclosures in the area.

3. Already have a name of your home inspector, terminate inspector, and maybe the contractor

that you want doing any work.(Real estate agents also keep a list of these types of people.)

4. If you need financing go ahead to the bank first. Then you know what you can get and

when dealing with some properties( HUD for EX.) they want a letter of approval from the bank sent in

with your offer.

5. If you are looking to make an offer on a bank owned property you must keep your patience.

Most to not keep within any certain time frame to give you an answer.

6. Be aware that if it's a great deal you may not be the only one looking at the property.

SO MAKE YOUR OFFER COUNT! Sometimes on these HUD , foreclosures, or even sellers

there may be more than one offer coming through on the same day. You may not get a second bid.

There are some great buys out there right now. So pick an agent you trust and let them

help you along the way. Happy buying!!!

I am blessed to be in a unique market. Most markets it's about getting in the right area for work or school or to be near family. Most of the time when people buy in Rabun County it's because they WANT to be here not because they have to be here.

There is more oppourtunity to really let customers find what they have always been dreaming about. Maybe it's the cabin in the woods or the mansion with the big view. Here they are allowed to explore all of our surrounding areas. I service, Clayton, Lakemont, Tiger, Mountain City, Rabun Gap, Dillard and more of the surrounding counties.

For that reason it sometimes takes a lot more work in order to find that perfect home or land. You cannot just go to the neighborhood of your choice. Although Rabun is 70% National Forest there is still a lot of area to cover. I usually suggest starting in some price range then we will talk about the different areas of the county and what each has to offer. Is being on the lake , or near the lake important to you? Or is have some elevation your cup of tea? There is something for all.

So I hope you can come and look for your dream in the mountains of Rabun County.

Buying a dream is fun!

Our local Rabun County Board of Realtors just passed a vote to change to Georgia MLS.

Till now we have had or own local system. The thought was only we could list the properties in our county in the MLS system so listing with a local agent was the only sensible solution for a seller.

We thought it a little irresponsible for an agent from another area to list because the local agents would not see it on our MLS system. Of course, I still believe it makes more sense to list with an agent that lives in the area of your property for sale, but sellers do have a choice.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out but it could open the market both ways in a positive manner.

When the market saw a slow down we saw more traffic from out of town agents bringing in customers to show property in our area but needing the local agent for all of the information.

My guess is when an agents own market recovers they again will be happy to send a client for a referral.

Lets just remember we are all in this together.

Is anyone else seeing their local MLS systems go away?