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	<description>blogging about real estate &#38; the North Georgia Mountains</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NAR says pending home sales up 7.4% nationally</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2008/10/08/nar-says-pending-home-sales-up-74-nationally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that the bargain hunters are finally starting to grab some good deals out there:
The National Association of Realtors says pending home rose 7.4% from July to August, an unexpected piece of positive news for the battered U.S. housing market.
The group said Wednesday its seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes rose [...]


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		<title>NEG Board increases number of allowed property photos</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2008/01/10/neg-board-increases-number-of-allowed-property-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The NEG Board of Realtors has increased the number of potential property photos from 4 to 24. As you know, I&#8217;ve been pushing for this as the overwhelming majority of my emails ask for &#8220;more photos&#8221;.
It will take awhile for agents to populate their listings with more photos, but many are already exceeding 4 per [...]


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		<title>Beautiful bear face Indian Trail Tree in North GA</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/19/trail-tree-north-ga/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/19/trail-tree-north-ga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 14:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[   

  
Wow, this one looks like an old bear. I&#8217;ve seen similar ones in pictures but have never encountered one this impressive “live”. If you haven&#8217;t heard of trail trees, they were basically used as road signs/markers (and sometimes secret message drop boxes, hence the bear&#8217;s mouth?) by Native Americans. From [...]


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		<title>The leaves are out, time to take new listing pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/17/time-to-take-new-listing-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/17/time-to-take-new-listing-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Selling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re all guilty of letting those leafless winter listing photos stretch into summer sometimes, especially if you get a new listing in late winter. Let&#8217;s face it, it can make your listing look pretty dated when it&#8217;s 90 degrees outside and there&#8217;s frost on the windows in the photos. That this area is so lush [...]


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		<title>It is slooooooowwww&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/16/slow-north-georgia-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/05/16/slow-north-georgia-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 15:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Buying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This may be the only place you&#8217;ll hear it, but the market up here is painfully slow right now. Usually, we prepare ourselves for the annual spring season jolt, as the winter trickle of buyers becomes a raging river of second home shoppers with the fever for spring in the mountains. However, we&#8217;re still looking [...]


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		<title>The latest in hi-tech virtual &#038; video tours</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/04/24/the-latest-in-hi-tech-virtual-video-tours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/04/24/the-latest-in-hi-tech-virtual-video-tours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
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Virtual and video tours have given real estate shoppers the ability to get a pretty good feel  for a property without leaving their homes. VuPod promises to bring the consumer back into the storefront by providing a 360-degree, surround theater, life-like walk-through.
It won&#8217;t replace the stay-at-home version (virtual video tours) or actually walking-through a [...]


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		<title>What&#8217;s the true meaning of &#8217;sold furnished&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/04/13/whats-the-true-meaning-of-sold-furnished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/04/13/whats-the-true-meaning-of-sold-furnished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I encountered a situation with a cabin being sold as furnished. Generally, if a cabin is marketed as furnished the Buyer receives all of the furnishings in the cabin minus the owners personal items. Examples of personal items should basically include the obvious toothbrush, robe, slippers, and sometimes Grandma&#8217;s antique dresser or other personal [...]


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		<title>Testing new design for log home shopping</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/26/new-design-log-home-shopping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/26/new-design-log-home-shopping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Draper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Company Website Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re testing a new layout for our log cabin sorts. The new design displays larger thumbnails and less text than our standard log home sort. However, you can see the agent&#8217;s remarks on the property when you roll your mouse over a thumbnail; for the listing detail page, click it.
Instead of a line of 25 [...]


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		<title>We need more than 4 photos per listing</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/24/we-need-more-than-4-photos-per-listing-in-the-idx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/24/we-need-more-than-4-photos-per-listing-in-the-idx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Draper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[NE GA Board]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our number one request is by far, &#8220;more photos&#8221;. It&#8217;s crazy, close to 10 emails a day with just basically, &#8220;more photos please&#8221;. Apparently, for now, our MLS only exports 4 photos per property. What does this mean? Basically, we display every picture we can; there are no more.
Kip has set up a cheap, simple [...]


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		<title>Company Website comments, suggestions, complaints</title>
		<link>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/24/company-website-comments-suggestions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shelleydraper.com/2007/03/24/company-website-comments-suggestions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Draper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a comment, suggestion, or complaint about our Company Website?
Did you find a listing on our Website that had bad or misleading information (says &#8220;lakefront&#8221; but it&#8217;s not, misrepresentation of photos, etc.)?
Please post your feedback below&#8230;


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