Hello Friends:

Best Wishes for a Great 2009!

I keep telling you folks that Glynn County and the Golden Isles of GA is a great place to live and now I have additional “proof.” Our local newspaper recently featured a Brunswick resident who holds the record as the second oldest person in the world. Beatrice Farve of Brunswick celebrated her 113^th birthday on January 2^nd and the #1 record holder is another woman named Gertrude Baines, age 115, who resides in Los Angeles.   There is an incredible parallel between these two ladies---both are actually Georgia natives! Perhaps our wonderful weather is a key factor to long life---we are enjoying a beautiful 69° currently (1/9/09) and had high 70’s over the past weekend.

If this isn’t additional evidence that Georgia is a special place, I don’t know what is! Make your plan to come check us out and be sure to look me up in the Village area of historic St. Simons Island. 

Google has a great new service that I use frequently on my cell and even when I am on a land line. You can dial 1-800/GOOG-411 and simply SAY what you are looking for and then GOOG-411 will connect you with the business without any fees or charges (only the air time your cell phone provider charges for minutes will apply). No computer or Internet connection or keypad is required as it is voice activated!  If you are calling from a mobile device, the system can even send you a text message with more details and a map! Simply say “text message” or “map it.” 

FREE is always a good thing, particularly when it is such a useful tool.  Try it out and I 'll wager you'll be using this service often.

I obviously have a vested interest in the real estate market making an upturn, and I also predict that we will see an increase in sales in the coming months. Weary buyers who have been cruising through new homes coming on the market and even on occasion making low ball offers must be getting saddle sores from all that looking! There also comes a time, when people recognize there are some wonderful buys available, good rates to obtain and some absolutely flawless homes to be had. I cannot foresee this phenomenal buyers market getting much better or lasting too much longer. With somewhat declining property values even the property taxes have come down for that new dream home you’ve been eyeing.   Frustrated sellers are even offering perks such as paying closing costs, throwing in Home Assn. Dues and even in some cases taking some self-financing. 

 In a nutshell to Buyers -  in the famous words of Nike – Just Do It!