I keep reading about how the real estate market has tanked, homes don’t sell, buyers aren’t buying, the world is coming to an end, etc. While the real estate market has slowed down, homes do still sell, buyers do still buy and I’m not really qualified to answer the last point.

At SmyrnaVinings.com, we’ve seen explosive growth on the real estate front. While being your Smyrna Vinings information resource on everything from parks, schools, restaurants and local events, we do sell real estate along the way.

In fact, SmyrnaVinings.com is now the #1 local site according to Google and not only is our traffic continuing to increase every month, but so are the number of people who are searching for their next Smyrna Vinings home.

The graph above shows the number of Smyrna Vinings home searches being run on our site each month, from launch in January 2007 through June 2008. For three months running, we’ve had over 5,000 home searches performed each month at SmyrnaVinings.com.

You may ask why this is significant.

Well, first of all this should let you know that there are home buyers out there in the Smyrna Vinings real estate market and there are a lot of them. Home buyers are coming to our site due to the quality of the content we provide on the Smyrna Vinings community, the ease to search for every Smyrna Vinings home, condo and townhome for sale and the ability to get answers to all of their real estate questions.

According to the National Association of Realtors, the majority of buyers actually purchase their next home within 5-7 miles of where they currently live. This statistic is extremely relevant in conjunction with the graph above as you realize people aren’t going to the national sites to search for their next home. They’re going to the local resource, where we provide an added level of experience, awareness and knowledge of the local market.

So if you’re thinking about selling your Smyrna Vinings home, there is no where else that you can get better and more relevant exposure to get your home sold. To learn more about getting your home featured on SmyrnaVinings.com, feel free to contact us. We’ll be glad to meet with you and show you how our marketing plan, community knowledge and real estate expertise will get your home sold. Your home is your most significant asset and you owe it to yourself and your family to make the right decision.

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We try to offer you the best and most efficient tools to make sure your Smyrna Vinings home search is successful. For years, agents have been using flyers outside of homes to provide buyers with information on the home.

We’ve come up with a better solution for you, the home buyer. Rather than looking for flyers in the flyer box and finding it empty, the flyers soggy or flyers with bad pictures, outdated information, etc., wouldn’t it be better if you could search for all the information from your cell phone.

SmyrnaVinings.com is excited to announce the ability for you to search for all the homes currently listed on the Multiple Listing Service via your cell phone. You will be able to get instant, updated access pulled directly from the Multiple Listing Service via your cell phone. No more having to search for flyers.

And unlike the wireless web or text messaging, HomeSearchbyPhone works on every phone.

With SmyrnaVinings.com’s HomeSearchbyPhone, you’ll get one phone number and you can use that to get information on every home on the market. It can’t get any easier or more convenient than that. How the program works:

1. Send us an email with your Name, Cellphone # and Email address.

2. We’ll register you in the program and send you your exclusive phone number to use for searching for any home on the market. (Tip: Save the number to your speed dial for easy access.)

3. When you’re driving around and curious about a home, simply call your exclusive phone number, enter the street number and street name and you will immediately receive an automated recording of all the details of the home, including any recent price reductions. No more hassle.

4. In addition, you will also receive an email with a summary of any properties that you have called about that day.

This is just another way that the real estate team here at SmyrnaVinings.com is trying to use the latest technological advances to make your Smryna Vinings real estate purchase is a success!

If you have any questions on HomeSearchbyPhone, don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Smyrna Vinings Featured Home

This wonderful 3BR/3.5BA townhome is located in Westwood Terrace, a townhome community at the beginning of the Silver Comet Trail in Smyrna. The neighborhood features a neighborhood park, cabana and swimming pool and you can easily walk to coffee shops, restaurants and shopping.

The townhome has some great features including:

• Hardwood floors throughout main
• Cherry cabinetry
• Granite countertops
• Stainless steel appliances
• Upgraded trim throughout
• Privated wooded view

To learn more about this Smyrna Vinings townhome, click on the Virtual Tour above, check out the property flyer or contact us directly. Click here to schedule a showing.

Exclusively marketed by:

Aaron Hofmann

Keller Williams Realty

770-653-9601

aaron@SmyrnaVinings.com

SmyrnaVinings.com

Technorati Tags: 1625 Wehunt Place,   Westwood Terrace,   Smyrna Townhomes,   Smyrna Real Estate

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Smyrna Vinings Featured Home

This wonderful home in Smyrna Vinings situated in Cedar Cliffs and loaded with great features

• Hardwoods on Main
• Granite countertops & tile backsplash in Kitchen
• Huge brick patio perfect for those summer parties
• Four-side brick traditional home
• Fenced backyard
• Side-entry garage with lots of storage
• Huge Master Suite
• Professionally Landscaped Yard
• Brand new roof & exterior paint
• Basement includes gym, rec room and workshop
• Private, wooded lot

This gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is conveniently located in the heart of Smyrna, just off of Ridge Road, between Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive.

To learn more about this Smyrna Vinings home, click on the Virtual Tour above or check out the property flyer or contact us directly. Click here to schedule a showing.

This home is offered at $350,000

Exclusively marketed by:

Aaron Hofmann

Keller Williams Realty

770-653-9601

aaron@SmyrnaVinings.com

SmyrnaVinings.com

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Thinking about buying a Smyrna home or perhaps a Vinings condominium? Then you’ll be excited about this. With the recent addition of some new Smyrna Vinings business partners, the SmyrnaVinings.com Ultimate Welcoming Gift is now in excess of $4,000.

So if you are thinking about buying a home, townhome or condo in the Smyrna Vinings community, you’ll want to contact us pronto to make sure you’re registered for the program. This is a great way for a new homeowner to try out several local Smyrna Vinings businesses and have fun doing it as well.

This program applies to not only Smyrna Vinings homes, condos and townhomes for resale but also new construction. Upon closing, you will receive the Ultimate Welcoming Gift, which includes over $4,000 in gift cards to local businesses. Certain restrictions due apply, so click here to learn more about this exciting Smyrna Vinings homebuyer program.

Quantities are limited, so don’t delay. Here are some of our participating Smyrna Vinings businesses.

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Smyrna Vinings Featured Home

Wonderful home in Smyrna Vinings situated at 4241 N Cooper Lake Road and loaded with great features

• Newly renovated hardwood floors throughout
• Open floorplan with lots of natural light
• Stainless steel countertops & tile backsplash in Kitchen
• Updated light fixtures
• Full basement with bonus room and full bathroom
• Four-side brick ranch home
• Large wooded lot
• Two-car garage
• Updated bathrooms
• Professionally Landscaped Yard
• Brand new thermal pane windows and doors
• Adjacent to City of Smyrna’s upcoming North Cooper Lake Park
• Walking distance to Silver Comet Trail

This gorgeous 3 bedroom, 3 bath home is conveniently located in Smyrna, on N Cooper Lake Road, south of Concord Road and west of South Cobb Drive.

To learn more about this Smyrna Vinings home, check out the property flyer, virtual tour or contact us directly. Click here to schedule a showing.

This home is offered at $259,000

Exclusively marketed by:

Aaron Hofmann & Greg Godding

Keller Williams Realty

770-653-9601

aaron@SmyrnaVinings.com

SmyrnaVinings.com

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Smyrna Vinings Featured Home

Wonderful home in Smyrna Vinings situated in Cedar Cliffs and loaded with great features

• Hardwoods on Main
• Granite countertops & tile backsplash in Kitchen
• Huge brick patio perfect for those summer parties
• Four-side brick traditional home
• Fenced backyard
• Side-entry garage with lots of storage
• Huge Master Suite
• Professionally Landscaped Yard
• Brand new roof & exterior paint
• Basement includes gym, rec room and workshop
• Private, wooded lot

This gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is conveniently located in the heart of Smyrna, just off of Ridge Road, between Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive.

To learn more about this Smyrna Vinings home, check out the property flyer or contact us directly. Click here to schedule a showing.This home is offered at $350,000

Exclusively marketed by:

Aaron Hofmann

Keller Williams Realty

770-653-9601

aaron@SmyrnaVinings.com

SmyrnaVinings.com

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Well, we recently covered the basis of the advanced Smyrna Vinings Home Search in our last class Home Search 201. We’ve dubbed this class, Home Search 202.

In this class, we’ll cover some of the really cool functionality available to you, which is all accessible under under Search for Homes on the top menu bar, then select Home/Condo Search. We’ve covered the basics in Home Search 201, but here comes the fun stuff.

If you’d like to be more specific or perhaps less constrained by searching by the city, you have the capability with the Additional Settings section. You can choose select any of the following items to fine-tune your search:

• Area of Metro Atlanta
• Name of Subdivision
• Name of Condo/Townhome Complex
• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School
• Style

You can also make some other selections to narrow your search, including:

• Minimum Year Built

and certain other requirements you’re looking for in your next home, including:

• Pool
• Fireplace
• Foreclosure
• Dock
• Garage
• One Story
• Waterfront

Now, obviously docks and waterfront selections will probably eliminate 99.99% of all Smyrna Vinings homes, but keep in mind that you can use this for any of your metro Atlanta home searches.

Finally, you can also limit your search by using mapcodes.

Now, before you go back and click on Submit, make sure you click on “Narrow my Search with City, Zip, Sub Area…“. Then click on Submit and and review your results.

And if you review your notes from Home Search 201, you’ll remember that we emphasized the importance of registering for the Property Organizer, which will allow you to save your searches, save your favorite Smyrna Vinings homes and receive instant email notification when a new property meeting your criteria hits the market.

And remember, if you ever have any questions on the Smyrna Vinings home search tools or on any Smyrna Vinings homes, condos or townhomes, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re here to help you with your Smyrna Vinings real estate needs.

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If you’ve now passed Home Search 101 and Home Search 102, then it’s time to move on to our newest class, Home Search 201. Coming out of the first two classes, you know about the basics of the home search functional availability at SmyrnaVinings.com. We’ll now move into some of the advanced functionality of our home search tools.

To access Smyrna Vinings Home Advance Search, click on Search for Homes on the top menu and scroll down to the Home/Condo Search.

The image above shows your first options, including selecting the city or cities that you want to search, whether you want to search homes, condos or both; setting the minimum and maximum price; and minimum bedrooms and bathrooms. Once you have made these selections, you can select Submit Search and and your home search results will be displayed.

Now the Smyrna Vinings home search tool has lots of nuggets of functionality that easily makes it the most powerful home search tool on the market and certainly the most popularly.

The last bit we will cover today is the ability to search by zip codes rather than by cities. You will notice that this option is located at the bottom left corner of the image above, where it simply states  “If you would like to search by zip codes, click here.” If you choose this option, you will be taken to the Home Search by Zip Code page.

On either the city search or the zip code page, you will still have access to the advanced search functionality that we will cover in our next class, Home Search 202.

But just one more tip, be sure to sign up for the Property Organizer. There is no reason to waste time re-running the same search over again. By signing up for the Property Organizer, you will be able to save your searches, save homes and receive instant notification when a home meeting your criteria hits the market.

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You won’t want to miss out on this home just listed. Priced for a quick sale at $195,000, 1178 Reed Road is located in King Springs Heights and features:

• A one-acre corner lot
• Three bedrooms
• Two bathrooms
• Hardwood floors throughout
• Stainless Steel appliances
• A separate studio/outbuilding
• Walking distance to Rhyne Park
• Close to King Springs Elementary & Griffin Middle School

You can get more information on this Smyrna home by viewing the property flyer or contacting us directly.

This home is marketed by:

Aaron Hofmann

Keller Williams Realty Cityside

770-874-6383

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