For those of you who are also in the market for a house, I have a property that I am selling in the Grant Park/Peoplestown area.  It's is a 3 year old home with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.  Awesome Hardwood floors throughout and it does have a gas starter/wood burning fireplace.  Nice size fenced in backyard and there is a walk-in crawl space for tons of storage!   It really is a very cute house, approximately 1200 sq. ft.   Click on the link to view pictures!

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The house sits in a central location to Grant Park and Turner Field and has easy access to 75/85 and I-20.  The area is still in transition but if you drive through the neighborhood you will see all of the new construction going on, so there is good amount of equity to be made in the next few years in this area.  If you need additional information please contact me at nesa@greatatlantalofts.com - Nesa Kleinheksel

For the next month I am going to offer an incentive to anyone that purchases a loft or condo at a new building and uses me as your buyers agent.  This is only for new construction not resales!!  If you decide to purchase at the following buildings, Lofts at The Belvedere, Block Lofts, Dynamic Metals Lofts, The Factory Lofts, Back Street Lofts, Greenwood Lofts, Highland School Lofts, Central Park Lofts, Heritage Lofts of Chamblee, Kirkwood School Lofts, and Providence On Ponce, I will give you a $750 closing gift in a form of a gift certificate to any store, restaurant, etc. of YOUR choice, the place that you choose must have gift certificates ability.  The conditions are that you must sign a buyer brokerage agreement with me(Nesa Kleinheksel and my broker, 9 Mile Trolley Realty) before September 23rd, 2004 and the loft or condo that you place an offer on must close on or before  December 1, 2004.   I will give your $750 gift certificate to you on the day of your closing. 

I am trying this out to see how it goes, so if you are interested and would like to first interview me, ask questions about my background or just to make sure that you feel comfortable with me and my knowledge of real estate please give me a call to chat or if you want to set up a time to meet as well.  You can either call me at 404-579-9307 or email me at nesa@greatatlantalofts.com

A couple of other buildings that I thought I would fill you in that I have not posted on my site.  First there is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath at the Pickle Factory Lofts in Candler Park.  It is very rare that one of the units are for sale because there are only 7 total units.  Very cool loft!  It is an authentic loft with wooded beams and open air ducts, plus it is 2 levels.  Priced at $289,900. 

The other building is the new church to condos on Ponce De Leon.  Not exactly lofts but some of the units do have 22 -35 foot ceilings with a lofted bedroom.  The more expensive ones can have an optional private rooftop deck and the two bedrooms do have garage parking.  There are only a few remaining.  Prices range from $159,900 - $321,500.  Approximate sq. ft. is from 678-1405 sq. ft. Great Location and Quality Construction!  For more details and pictures please email me at nesa@greatatlantalofts.com.

BTW - I do not have every loft for sale in Atlanta posted on my site, there are other buildings that are too small to post because of the rarity that a loft is for sale at them.  So if you have not found what you are looking for on my site, please email me your loft criteria and I can email you a list of Atlanta lofts that match. Thanks!

The deal of week comes from an authentic loft building near Grant Park.  This loft was once priced at $225,000 and has been recently reduced  to $199,900.  Two levels, 2 bedrooms, one and half baths, secured covered parking and a property tax abatement until 2008 makes this an extremely good deal.  Plus, the master bedroom is huge!You can walk to Ria's Bluebird cafe, Six feet Under and Grant Park.  Seriously, you won't be able to find a 2 bedroom loft of this size for this price anywhere in an intown neighborhood.

Also, interest rates dropped dramatically this week because of the weak job report, so if you are in the market to buy, lock in those rates soon!!!!  Call me if you are interested in  more information or if you would like me to email picures on this loft. - Nesa Kleinheksel

I finally took a drive down to East Point this evening, it's been a long time since I have been over there, once I finally found it I was very impressed.  Downtown East Point really has come along way, its small but very quaint.  The downtown area consisted of a burrito joint, coffee shop, restaurants and a couple of bars that look pretty cool.  I also checked out Back Street lofts which are directly above some of the retail.  Again, I was impressed.  There are a total of 4 brand new lofts with 3 remaining for sale.  These are all 1 bedroom units but they are bigger than some of the 2 bedrooms that I have seen in Midtown/Buckhead areas.  The layouts are nice and the workmanship looks good.  The only downfall is that the developer didn't include a refrigerator or washer and dryer, but as always, everything in negotiable!!!  Prices start at $129,900 - $135,000. 

I must say that if you are in the market for a loft in this price range this is really the place to buy. Plus, you have retail, restaurants and bars right at your doorstep and it is only a 10 minute drive to get into downtown Atlanta. A+

Another building in the middle of downtown East Point is Lofts of East Point.  Unfortunetly, I ran out of time to look at  the units that they have remaining but this building also looked promising, I just checked to see what is still available, and I stumbled upon what seems to be a pretty good deal.  It's a 2 bedroom, 2 full baths and it's 2 levels for $228,000.  It  looks huge!

I honestly would probably buy one of these if I were looking to buy a loft just because of the affordability and because there are retail and restaurants nearby.  How cool would that be to have all of that for this price range!

If anyone would be interested at looking at the units at either of these buildings, I think I will try to set up a time for August 17th at 6 pm for a “group” viewing.  Anyone may come, no pressure, no sales pitch, just thought it would be kind of cool to set up a time for anyone that wants to take a look at them.  Maybe we can go grab a beer at one of the bars afterward! If you would like to swing by just email me at nesa@greatatlantalofts.com to confirm and I will email you back with directions and the building that we will meet at.  - Nesa Kleinheksel

If you are in the market for a new home and are looking to find the best loan programs and a good lender, let me suggest my company's inhouse lender.  Laura Sosa - Rocha heads up Truth and Lending Mortgage Corporation.  I have worked with Laura many of times on past clients. She can offer substantial savings and can beat most interest rates offered by other mortgage companies.  I really like Truth and Lending because they don't charge the normal 1% loan orgination fee that most companies do.  If you are not the familiar with loan origination fee this a fee that companies will charge just to pay their overhead, typically it is 1% of the purchase price.  This is a cost that is part of your closing costs that you will have to pay at the closing table.  When you are negotiating a contract on a new home with the seller you can ask the seller to pay all or some of your closing costs and most of the time they will pay something, but if your lender doesn't charge a loan origination fee you can probably negotiate more of the sales price saving you more in the long run.

Laura and her team also do a great job with follow up.  SHE WILL ACTUALLY CALL YOU WITH UPDATES ON YOUR LOAN!!!  The #1 complaint of homebuyers is agents and lenders not calling you back to fill you in as to what is going on.  That is frustrating!  If you are in the process of shopping for a mortgage or need to get pre-qualified check out Truth and Lending at www.truthandlending.com.  If you ever need help with the financing process feel free to give me a call for assistance. - Nesa Kleinheksel