Can Your Marietta Home Keep Up With You?

The Marietta ranch is all on one level. Then you pull into the driveway. There are three steps from the garage to the kitchen, the laundry is in the basement, and the bathroom door barely clears the vanity. The listing would call it single-story living. Carry a basket of laundry through it and you m

The Highest Offer on Your Cobb County Home Could Pay You Less

Two offers arrive on your Cobb County home. One is for $625,000. The other is for $615,000. The first buyer wants $14,000 toward closing costs. The second wants $2,000. Before other expenses, the lower offer leaves you with $2,000 more. The first number is the one you want to tell your neighbor. The

The Atlanta Home Upgrade That Stops at the Sewer Line

The kitchen has new cabinets, the shower has never been used, and the listing says “updated plumbing.” Then you ask whether anyone replaced the sewer line from the house to the street. Suddenly, the answers get less specific. That doesn’t mean there’s a problem. It means the renovation may have stop

Should You Sell Your Marietta Home or Rent It Out?

You’re ready to move. A neighbor says your Marietta house could rent for $2,600 a month. The mortgage payment is $1,650. It feels like someone just handed you a $950 monthly raise. Before you order a second set of keys, ask what’s left after a vacancy, a repair and the bills your mortgage payment ma