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The Green Building Council of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association

The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association announces the launch of the Green Building Council.  The official launch will be at the Fall General Membership Meeting September 24th.  Complete details of the event and launch can be found at http://www.atlantahomebuilders.com/uploads/100018_pdfs/102528.pdf  Here is a little information about the Green Building Council and its goals:
The Green Building Council brings participants in the [...]

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2009 Atlanta Green Home Sales Statistics January 1-June 30

I have been working hard to come up with a solid plan for reporting Certified Green Home Sales Statistics for Atlanta, Georgia.  After speaking with several industry professionals about best practices I believe we have a good report that will stand the test of time. 
The Criteria:
The findings are based on Single Family Homes that were [...]

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A Visit to Greenhaven, Atlanta’s Premiere Eco-Decorators Showhouse

Today Carol and I finally made it out to Greenhaven, a subdivision of Green homes in Marietta that are tracking LEED for Homes, EarthCraft House & NAHB Green Certifications.  The house we went into is an Eco-Decorators showhouse where each room is decorated by a different company.  Personally I am more into the house and [...]

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GreenPrints 2009 Begins in Atlanta Today!

GreenPrints 2009 begins today and will continue through tomorrow so be sure and go down to the Hyatt Regency and be a part of Atlanta’s flagship Green Building Conference.  The keynote speaker today will be Edward Mazria who authored the “bible” of solar design, The Passive Solar Energy Book.  I will be down there today [...]

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Carson Matthews and Carol Cahill Move to Keller Williams Realty Peachtree Battle

Last week Carol and I made the tough decision to change the brokerage firm where we hold our licenses.  As of Friday, we have joined the Peachtree Battle office of Keller Williams Realty.  Going forward our contact information has changed and I will put it at the bottom of this post.  We look forward to building [...]

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Selling homes with a text message

Carol and I have recently began marketing our listings with a new text messaging service.  An addition to our signs is a topper that reads “For instant text message of information and photos, Text Green to 88000″.  Each listing has a different message and within about 10 seconds, the potential buyer gets a message back [...]

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