Buying & Selling Tips

Alpharetta Real Estate What Month Should You Actually List in Windward? Five Years of Data Every seller asks the same question, and the standard answer is to list in spring. I wanted to know whether that is actually true inside Windward, so I pulled every detached home sale in the neighborhood over the past five years. 431 closings. The short version: the spring advice is directionally right and most people […]
Alpharetta Real Estate How Much Is A Finished Basement Worth In Windward What Is a Finished Basement Actually Worth in 30005? 30005 MARKET INTELLIGENCE | JON ROBBINS, CENTURY 21 CONNECT Should you finish the basement before you sell? I ran the numbers on two years of closed sales. Last week we took at look at how much value a pool adds.   After that I got a request […]
Alpharetta Real Estate How Much Is A Pool Worth In Windward? WINDWARD MARKET INTELLIGENCE | JON ROBBINS, CENTURY 21 CONNECT What Is a Pool Actually Worth in Windward? I ran the numbers on 556 closed sales. The answer is more complicated than agents usually let on. Everyone has an opinion about pools. Sellers think they’re worth a fortune. Some buyers don’t want the maintenance. Agents quote […]
Buying & Selling Tips Buying a Home in Georgia: The Process That Surprises New Yorkers For New Yorkers, buying real estate often feels adversarial. Boards. Attorneys. Managing agents. Opaque rules. Endless back-and-forth. You brace for friction because friction is baked into the system. Georgia is different — not looser, not casual — simpler and more direct. That difference surprises many NYC buyers, sometimes pleasantly, sometimes uncomfortably. Understanding how the process […]
Buying & Selling Tips 10 Things You Can Do Now as a Seller to Get Ready to List in the Spring Spring is prime time for sellers. Buyers are active, families are planning moves, and homes tend to show better with flowers in bloom, natural light and landscaping. But the best spring listings are rarely rushed. They’re prepared months in advance. This is the advice I am giving my sellers. Hopefully it helps you guys out. […]
Buying & Selling Tips The 10 Things You Can Do Now as a Buyer to Be Ready to Close in the Spring I have had this conversation about 17 times in the last week with my buyers. Spring is going to be here before you know it, and it looks like this summer could be a competitive market. Here is the advice I am giving my clients so that they can enter this season confident and ready […]
Buying & Selling Tips Renting vs. Buying in Metro Atlanta: A New Yorker’s Math In New York, the rent-versus-buy decision is often philosophical. High prices, opaque fees, board politics, and long time horizons make renting feel rational — sometimes even strategic. Many New Yorkers rent for decades without thinking twice. Atlanta changes that equation. Not because buying is always better — but because the math is clearer, and the […]
Buying & Selling Tips Is 2026 a Good Year to Buy a House? After the last few years, it is understandable if buying a home feels like something to put off until “things settle down.” Prices jumped quickly, mortgage rates moved just as fast, and inventory thinned out in many places. As we move closer to 2026, a lot of buyers are wondering whether the market finally starts […]
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