Anne Rains' Real Estate Blog

Okay, today's edition of What You Get for the Money is a home that sold in the price range of $200,000 to $299,000. In case you missed Part I of this series, you can view it here: Part I: What You Get for the Money-$100,000 As we all know, home sales have been way down, so I only had two homes to...

Spicy Chicken with Peanut Sauce You probably wouldn't believe the amount of cookbooks I have...they fill my cabinets and the bookshelves in the office. Why do I have so many? Well, I have a passion for cooking and although it's fun to make recipes up spontaneously, I usually really enjoy followin...

Last night I was browsing through various blogs and happened to stumble across Ryan Hukill's blog series "What You Get for the Money--AR Style" that he did during February of 2007. I had been trying to come up with a blog series I could do over the next week or so and I think this is the perfect ...

Gold Coast, Australia     ©2009 Anne Rains Photography http://annerains.blogspot.com

I can't take any credit for this post; it's another man's words that I received in an e-mail today, but it inspired me and made me think about my purpose here on earth. I invite you to read the following interview that Paul Bradshaw had with Rick Warren (this is from a couple of years ago). It i...

Most people I know set at least one New Year's Resolution, I myself have set a couple, including: reading the entire Bible, eating better and getting into the habit of exercising. According towww.USA.gov, the most popular resolutions are: 1. lose weight 2. manage debt  3. save money 4. get a bett...

  Hoschton, Georgia was taken over by thousands of scarecrows this past fall; although the residents of the town only number 1,455 people, there was 5,441 scarecrows scattered throughout the 30548 zip code. The people's efforts at making this a memorable fall season were not in vain either, they...

Happy New Year everyone! I am always amazed by how fast the years seem to fly by now; when I was a little girl a year seemed like forever. So much has happened in 2008--a year full of changes in my life, from getting married and buying a home to learning how to be a better real estate agent and a...

 Well, I know that Christmas is over (regrettably) and the New Year is approaching, but I still feel in the Christmas spirit (probably because I still have all my decorations up...I know, I know...it's bad luck to have them up after the New Year, or so my Gran would say, but I just can't seem to...

*If you missed the first post about the Scam, you can look at it here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/837427/Scam-Alert-Renters-Beware Just wanted to quickly fill you in on everything that has happened since I last posted about the renter's scam alert. My husband decided to respond to the Craig'...