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	<title>Morris and Raper News &#124; Atlanta New Homes Condos and Townhomes &#187; Homebuyer Adventures</title>
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		<title>The Federal Tax Credit Has Been Extended</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. President Obama has signed the billed to extend the federal $8,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit and added a $6500 tax credit for repeat home buyers. The $8,000 tax credit stipulations remain the same. The $6500 repeat home buyer tax credit is for homeowners who have lived in their home for 5 years. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; The Closing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                Well, my adventure has come to an end. We closed on our first home on Friday! What an adventure it has been. Our closing was set for Thursday, and our loan processor even had us at the closing attorney&#8217;s office that afternoon. After many phone calls, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting-The Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must tell you, the loan has been the most stressful part of my homebuying experience. It started off great&#8211;I was pre-qualified with Bank of America and working with a nice contact there. But, once I finalized my contract, I started shopping around to get the best interest rate, and that became very stressful.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Inspection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew that once our contract was accepted, the stress would really start? I thought the hard part was finding the house! That joke was on me. There are so many more steps to buying your home after you find it. The next step in my home purchase was to make sure the house was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Under Contract!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, after months of searching, we made an offer on our first home this past Saturday. We definitely offered very low, but figured with a market like today&#8217;s, let&#8217;s give it a shot. The house had been on the market for over a year, and the seller had slowly lowered the price. We ended up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting-Homeowners Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I have had to keep in mind while house hunting is the cost of a homeowners association (or HOA). Luckily, the majority of the neighborhoods I have look in have an HOA, but do not have too high annual dues. I feel that having a homeowners association is important. A lot of times, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting-Frustrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it has been a few weeks since I&#8217;ve given a househunting update. Weekly, I have been going out with our realtor, Bruce, looking for the perfect home. I have found that I am not going to get everything that I want, in the area that I want, at a price I can afford. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Loyalty to your Realtor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here&#8217; s a new one for me (and I apologize if it seems a bit of a vent&#8211;I have a lot of realtor friends). As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, my husband and I have been using local search engines to look for a home (AJC.com, Craigslist.com, etc). Well, yesterday we came across a house that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Home Shopping Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    I have always loved to shop. And I&#8217;ve been involved in real estate for 10 years, which I have also loved. But, I must admit, shopping in 100 degree weather for a home on Saturday was not the most fun.     I don&#8217;t know why I thought the shopping part would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211;  Our First Day Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must say, my first day driving around looking at houses was not very promising. We did not find &#8220;The One.&#8221; And I know that I should not expect to find the perfect home the first day I went out looking, but I didn&#8217;t even find one that I would consider. I hope we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following my house hunting journey, you know that I have already decided to buy in Cobb County. Last week, I received an email listing the top 50 schools in Georgia, and where they rank nationally. Newsweek just ranked the top 1,000 schools in the country, and I spent some time looking over this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; On-line House Hunting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I know what part of town I want to live in and my price range, it&#8217;s time to start house hunting. I know that my realtor is searching for homes for me, but Kevin &#38; I are excited and have also been looking on our own. Here are a few of my favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting -Getting Pre-Qualified</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with my lender. I am officially pre-qualified (and at $25,000 more than I wanted!). It is always a good idea to get pre-qualified before you start seriously shopping for a home. You want to make sure you can afford the monthly payments and that your credit is in good shape. Also, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; To Use a Realtor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working in the real estate industry, I have access to programs such as FMLS and MLS. Also, I know a lot of websites to use to search for Atlanta homes. That said, when I started house hunting, I was overwhelmed with the amount of inventory out there. Also, there are a lot of other factors to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Househunting &#8211; Amazing Tax Credits Available!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ashleyrobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know about all the tax credits offered right now? If you are a first time homebuyer, the U.S. goverment will give you $8,000 just for buying a house! And, in Georgia, you will get an additional $1,800. Another offer for Georgia residents right now is the Georgia Dream NSP Program. This offers $14,000 for [...]]]></description>
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