Local Real Estate Comments and Ramblings

Here in Metro Atlanta we have a huge metro area. The downtown Atlanta area is circled by a perimiter hwy I285.  I-75 is Runs from Miami to Canada.  The northern intersection of the 2 is major interchange in a highly populated area of southeast Cobb County. This is only about 15 miles form downtown Atlanta.

Since this is such ahighly poplated and traveled area it makes this story very unusual. Apparently a black bear was hit by a car on the ramp leading from I-75 to I-285!

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16434593/detail.html

 

For the last four years on the Saturday before Memorial Day, my son and I have gone with the scouts to decorate the graves at the National Cemetary in Marietta. This is a truly amazing experience. There are over 18,000 graves on about 23 acres and the scouts put flags on every one of them.

Like I said, it's a very moving experience. We had the honor of paying tribute to people like Lt Colonel Nick Karl Stanislo who I don't know but he served in WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam.

But also honored the unknown soldiers like unknown 4503

Remember that Memorial day is about more than potato salad and bbq. Take a few minutes this weekend to give thanks for Lt Col Stanislo, unknown 4503, and the hundreds of thousands of others who have served so that we may live free.

One of the things about blogging is that we are supposed to write about things to help people get to know us. I thought of this fun fact about myself the other night and had to share. I can't think of any way to even remotely relate this to real estate.

I believe that Elvis is alive. There, I said it. Now, let me say that I am not a huge Elvis fan. I don't memorialize his birthday or the date of his alleged death. I don't think that I even own an Elvis record.

 

After looking at the Elvis is alive conspircies I just think that the chances are better than 50/50 that he faked his own death. Know doubt that many of you have heard the theories and all of the long list of "facts" that support them. There are 2 items that rally make me think:

1. The name on his grave is mis-spelled. Just a small clue that he might not be in there. C'mon, don't you think that if it was a mistake that somebody would have fixed the spelling?

 2. This is the big one for me. $1,000,000 life insurance policy was never cashed in! Of course the reason is that if was cashed it would be fraud since he is still alive!

So why would he fake his own death? I have always believed that it was simply to escape the life that he had created for himself. Elvis was just a simple southern boy and no longer could stand the trappings of his own stardom. The other theory is that he is in witness protection because of some sort of testimony that he was going to give against the mob. Of course that would explain alot about how he was actually able to pull the whole thing off. The feds were helping.

I don't lose any sleep over any of this. Honestly I am not real concerned whether it is true or not. But like I said, it hink it is better than 50/50 that he is still out there somewhere.

Remember, when the big news breaks, that I am the one who told you so!

p.s. Since Elvis is alive, that makes him the first living person to have a memorial postage stamp made ... Hey, why not if the Feds were in on the whole thing anyway ******************************************************

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I am selling my car.  Lets face it, we shouldn't be judged by what we drive, but we are judged anyway. If you want to pull up on a listing appt and look good without breaking the bank then this might be your next car.

Its definitely not new and not perfect, but it has been reliable and suits its purpose well.  All the time I hear "OOHHH driving a Jag, you must be selling a LOT of houses"  It does look expensive.

But for only $3400 looks can be decieving :-) .  If you are not too far from metro Atlanta i might even deliver the car to you for a ticket home?

Its not really real estate related, so if anybody objects, just let me know.

Here's the postlet:

 

1995 Jaguar XJ-6 Sedan Ride in style and on a budget!   Price $3,400 Mileage 158,000 Year 1995 Make Jaguar Model XJ-6 Body Style Sedan Transmission Automatic Drive Rear-wheel drive Engine 6 cyl Exterior Color Black Interior Color Tan VIN SAJHX1746SC720919 Location Powder Springs, GA Features/Options:   - Air conditioning   - AM/FM stereo   - Cruise control   - Power steering   - Power windows   - Power door locks   - Power seats   - Leather seats   - Dual front airbags   - Alloy wheels Other Special Features:   - Only 3 owners. Photo 1 Additional Info:   I bought the car from my wifs boss who owned the car for 10 years. She had purchased it when it was about 1 year old. Contrary to what some folks say about Jags, this car has been very reliable both for her and for me. The only unschedules item that I had was a fuel pump which was replaced about 6 months ago. The car is all in all in good but not great condition. It has been parked outside so the paint is not perfect, but it does look good from a distance. The leather on the front seats was cracked and torn so I put on some seat covers. Like I said the car is not perfect but is very reliable. The AC is ICE COLD! See more photos at http://1995Jag.industryaccess.com Contact Info:   - Bob Southard   - Solid Source Realty   - use site email   - 770-656-9134

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OK. Before I even get started let me say that I just don't like to be told what to do. That's my independant personality. So it should be no suprise that sometimes recieving a "fix this" letter from my HOA, sort of sets me off. So maybe its just me. Anyway I got a letter about 30 days ago informing me that my house nees to be painted. Actually, it did need to be painted. So yeah I was a little cranky about about it, but not much I could say. It's hard to tell from this pic but the paint was really beginning to fade and the green shutters were looking really faded and old.

Ok, so I painted the house. I really mean that I painted the house. And it turned out pretty nice. We did a slight color change on the body of the house and changed the color of the shutters and front door. However the paint is not the problem. I just got another letter informing me that I have other violations. So let's play the HOA version of "Where's Waldo?" Take your best guess what the most recent violations are that so seriously threaten the integrity of our neighborhood. Go ahead and make your best guess. Remember that this is a public forum so let's play nice.

Just to help everybody out, I'll tell you few things that its not. It's not the infamous "you have too many pine cones please pick them up" letter. It might not show up in these pics but there is some pine straw on the sidewalk .. nope that's not it either. For those reading this in other parts of the country you'll see some brown in the grass. Nope, that's just dormant Burmudagrass that hasn't greened up all the way yet. So you are all invited to play. Post your best guess and lets see who wins. There are no valuable prizes or anything but you will win bragging rights and a possible nomination to our HOA board :-)