Perspectives from Sam’s Blessing Bag project
I wasn't necessarily going to write and post about the Blessing Bags. But once again, it has recently been So. Damn. Cold. And some folks actually have to live daily…
PRESS RELEASE: Hartmanlaw and Smarrlaw Announce Merger
Attorneys Stevan C. Smarr and Andrew W. Hartman are excited to announce the merger of their real estate closing practices. The law firms known as Stevan C. Smarr & Associates,…
A new “Topless Bar” in Downtown Woodstock?
Even far back into the ancient days of early trading, in Egypt and Mesopotamia and along the trade routes of the Nile and Tigris Rivers, the weary traveling traders sat…
Why we demolished a perfectly good law firm.
Contentment may weaken your business; but satisfaction will kill it.
Attention all agents, buyers and sellers: you are being stalked and hunted today and tomorrow.
As we come upon two more of the busiest closing transaction days of the calendar year, I want to remind you to please be vigilant and hyperaware of your email…
Candy Shaming a Closing Attorney is an Act of War
It can be said about me as a sibling, and as a playful boyfriend (then husband), that I am known as an “over-retaliator”. A backyard squirt gun fight would devolve…
Raspberry Gardens Should be Respected
By Ralph Walker Dear Family and Friends, While it is never my intention to unnecessarily frighten others, in the interest of public safety I feel compelled to make this announcement:…
GAR Contract: More Changes to that pesky, never-perfect HOA Exhibit
This is information from garealtor.com. Two significant forms changes have been set forth - the All Cash Sale Exhibit and the F123 Community Association Disclosure Exhibit. This form has been renamed…
Don’t forget to remind your buyers not to pay for “deed processing”
SCAM REMINDER: please share with all home buyers. They will very likely receive one of these in the mail about two weeks after the home purchase. It is NOT a…