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The Mortgage Professor: The fixed-rate, adjustable-rate decision. Here is a great discussion by the Mortgage Professor over adjustable and fixed rates. 10-7-2014: Great discussion an explanation between Adjustable Rate Mortgages and Fixed Rate Mortgages 8-1-2014: Almost 20% of the home … Continue reading →

12-16-2014: Sewer overflow of 140 gallons caused by grease on Dec. 5 on Wild Oats Court in Marietta into Noses Creek tributary. 11-4-2014: (Oh, how appropriate to report this on election day!) 340 Gallons of wastewater overflowed into the Chattahoochee … Continue reading →

Check your local County authority for proper disposal of paint and paint cans. But it’s a shame we just mix paint with kitty litter and toss it in the dump to get rid of old paint and paint cans. Authorities … Continue reading →

In many counties across the US, there are property tax exemptions from local school taxes to those citizens who’ve reached 62 years or older, depending on the local laws. Arguments normally arise by younger taxpayers that this is unfair. Older … Continue reading →

If you haven’t noticed already, your air conditioning system(s) take the humidity inside your house and puts it outside… On several visits to homes over the years, I see the condensed water pour out of openings/tubes on sides of the … Continue reading →

These zones are being defined throughout Cobb County, but let me focus on Canton Road area. Commissioner JoAnn Birrell is proposing, to the Cobb Commissioners, to expand the Canton Road Enterprise Zone to give businesses a non-school property tax exemption … Continue reading →

A recent local Atlanta news story about a government building in Atlanta that had been water damaged over time and obvious mold issues arose finally got the attention of the government employer to move employees out of area and repair … Continue reading →

Remember that recent financial system bump in the road we just had a few years ago? It had something to do with monetizing bad/risky mortgages in an increasingly rising real estate pricing market that suddenly dropped? Update 10-29-2014: US regulators … Continue reading →

This post will be updated from time to time to reflect some issues about Cobb County Schools. I welcome any thought you might have to share… 6-2-2014: It was reported that the Cobb School Board authorized eleven (11) more school … Continue reading →

This Federal CDBG program has been administered by the U.S.Department of Housing and Development. It has taken federal income tax revenue and “redistributed it” to state and local government offices to help with “special projects”. Update 5-30-2015: The City of … Continue reading →