7 Cobb County Businesses Named in Inc.’s 500
When looking for prestige as a business there are many types of honors which can be bestowed. The Inc. 500 consists of business which are ”privately held, headquartered in the U.S., and had a minimum 2010 revenue of $2 million. This year’s list measures revenue growth from 2007 through 2010.”
| Business | Ranking |
| Valuation Management Group | 22 |
| Property Masters | 39 |
| PalmerHouse Properties | 172 |
| Maximum One Realty Greater Atlanta | 408 |
| Flip Flop Shops | 425 |
| Axis Teknologies | 428 |
| LogFire | 449 |
To qualify for the 2011 Inc. 500|5000, all of the following must have been true of each company:
- Have generated revenue by March 31, 2007;
- Have generated at least $100,000 in revenue in 2007;
- Have generated at least $2 million in revenue in 2010;
- Be privately held, for profit, based in the U.S., and independent (not a subsidiary or division of another company).
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What Is An “Executive Home” in Marietta, Georgia?
We hear, and see, the words “executive home”. Do you know what it is? If not don’t feel too alone because even among seasoned professionals who attempt to define “executive homes” there is dissension. Today I asked a few REALTORS for an answer. Is there a specific designation for an executive home? Their answers were, “No.”
Cobb County, Marietta, Executive Homes
Around my base of operations in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia – just a few minutes north of Atlanta on I75 – there are plenty of homes for sale which would fall into this somewhat imaginary “Marietta, Georgia Executive Homes For Sale” category. In researching and over years of experience I have been able to surmise that an executive home here in Georgia would be one which falls into the following:
- Is near mass or easy transportation
- Is a single-family home
- Generally in a PUD (Planned Unit Development)
- Has a sales price between about $400,000 and $650,000 (but can go lower or higher)
- Includes an office or study in the floor plan
- Often is in a gated community or has security patrols
- Is for families and individuals equally
- Features amenities like swimming, tennis, pathways, and golf
While other homes may also, especially in Cobb County, Georgia, be considered executive style homes this is the general description of what I have long seen referred to as an executive home. Priced just a little higher than the starter home and just a little lower than many luxury homes the executive home is built well enough and with the right floor-plan to be the final home purchased prior to retirement and downsizing if that is your plan.
There are several people in the Atlanta metropolitan area who can help you find an executive home once I have qualified you for the purchase.
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Dream solution for Georgia flood areas – special Down Payment Assistance
September of 2009 brought devastating flooding to many areas of metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. During this time flood waters from the Chattahoochee River, the Yellow River, Peachtree Creek and hundreds of other small tributaries and?reservoirs?crested to record levels. During a 24 to 48 hour period as much as 15 inches of rain deluged the already water soaked landscape and created a new line of?demarcation?between flood zone and safe zone.
At least eight people lost their lives, hundreds were injured and thousands left homeless as the Georgia flood receded. What it left behind, as does any flood or other disaster, is wounded lives and dashed hopes and dreams. As a grim reminder of the loss of property there is a raw video feed from CNN attached.
Power of the FHA 203k Streamlined
There is little secret about the devastation delivered to the real estate industry in the Atlanta area over the last twenty-four months. Values plummeted in 2009 as more properties made their way to the market through increasing numbers of foreclosures leaving banks and investors holding inventory unlikely to resell in months if not years.
Making matters worse many of the foreclosed properties are not in prime condition with many of them needing repairs to return them to livable condition. Add to this trouble the number of properties which have been vandalized while vacant and those continue to set in a deteriorating state further impacting the values of other properties in the area.
Marietta, Georgia – Today Show's Top 4 Pick In America
Looking for a great place to live with some of the best values in America? Look no farther because I am sitting in it right now keyboarding this post to you! On October 6th NBC’s Today Show with Al Roker highlighted Marietta, Georgia as the number 4 place in America to buy a home and get the most “bang for your buck”.
I happen to agree with them because I live here, have lived here my entire life except a little college stint, and I am very actively involved in my community and lending here. During the boom builders constructed some very beautiful homes which in turn emptied a number of existing homes and left us with a surplus of larger, newer homes. In fact on October the 12th I wrote about “My Home, Marietta, Georgia” which was a featured article here on Active Rain.
My Town: Marietta, Georgia – Cobb County
Fifty years ago this past August I was born in the same hospital where decades later my children would be born and I would say good-bye to both of my parents. I remember when there was no Interstate highway, only six government high schools and the fire department was all volunteer. That was before my fellow Cobb County residents Ty Pennington, Travis Tritt or Julie (Julia) Roberts were born.
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