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Fresh insights from Northwest Atlanta — published weekly by Nicole France and her team.
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Best Guide to River Green Canton: Community Living | Nicole France RE/MAX
Ask around Cherokee County about where to find resort-style living, and river green canton comes up again and again. Set along the banks of the Etowah River just outside historic downtown Canton, River Green is one of the area’s largest and most amenity-rich master-planned communities, the kind of place where the amenities alone could fill…
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Best Guide to Brookstone Acworth: Golf Community Living | Nicole France RE/MAX
Some communities announce themselves loudly. Brookstone acworth does something quieter and, for many buyers, more appealing: it has simply been here long enough, and done things well enough, to have earned its reputation. Set in the rolling foothills of the North Georgia mountains in west Cobb County, Brookstone is one of Acworth’s established golf communities,…
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Best Guide to Governors Towne Club: Acworth Living | Nicole France RE/MAX
There is a moment, driving through the gates of governors towne club, when Acworth stops feeling like a suburb and starts feeling like a private retreat. The manned gatehouse, the sweep of the golf course, the estate homes set back behind mature landscaping: it reads less like a neighborhood and more like a destination that…
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Best Guide to Youth Sports in Cobb, Cherokee, and Paulding | Nicole France RE/MAX
Getting your kids into youth sports in cobb cherokee and paulding counties is one of the first things new residents try to figure out, and it is often more confusing than it should be. You move in, the season is about to start, and you are staring at a patchwork of county websites, independent associations,…
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Best Farmers Markets in Northwest Atlanta: A Local Guide | Nicole France RE/MAX
The farmers markets in northwest atlanta are one of those things you do not fully appreciate until you have them, and then you cannot imagine your week without them. They are where a Saturday morning becomes a ritual, where you learn the name of the person who grows your tomatoes, and where a new resident…
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Best Guide to Lake Allatoona Boat Ramps and Beaches | Nicole France RE/MAX
Finding the right lake allatoona boat ramps and beaches turns a good summer Saturday into a great one, and turns a frustrating one into a lesson learned. Lake Allatoona is one of the busiest reservoirs in the country, and on a hot weekend the difference between the family that launches by nine and the family…
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Best Guide to Contingencies in Georgia: Keep or Waive | Nicole France RE/MAX
Deciding which contingencies in georgia to keep or waive is one of the highest-stakes choices you will make as a buyer, and you often have to make it in a hurry, under pressure, right as you are writing an offer. Every contingency you keep protects you. Every one you waive makes your offer stronger. That…
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Best Guide to Historic Homes in Acworth and Cartersville | Nicole France RE/MAX
Falling for one of the historic homes in acworth or Cartersville is easy. A wrap-around porch, original heart-pine floors, a hundred years of character no builder can replicate. The house has a story, and standing on that porch you can feel yourself becoming part of it. What most buyers do not realize is that the…
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Best Guide to Earnest Money in Georgia: Escrow Explained | Nicole France RE/MAX
Understanding earnest money in georgia is the difference between a deposit that protects you and a deposit you lose. The moment your offer is accepted, you are asked to hand over a few thousand dollars, and most buyers do it without fully understanding where the money goes, who holds it, or what would make it…
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