Like I always tell myself when a deal falls through; the great thing about Real Estate is the "Deal of the Century" comes along every week!

Some hoods where the wheels have completely fallen off might be great too...um...in the next century.

GF is an incorporated city dating back maybe a century, with more sub-$200k residential (sometimes now zoned multi-family/commercial) properties concentrated near the urban core than I've seen anywhere else, without actually being urban ghetto.

Secondly, what is with the 17th century state's rights rhetoric, anyways?

@Ryan Boltman as someone mentioned earlier, Amazon already has a presence on the western side of town in Bessemer, but now they've bought the old Century Plaza mall in the Irondale/Eastwood area and are in the process of demoing that old mall and will start a new facility there too....So Amazon seems to think highly of our little Southern piece of pecan pie.I've been investing in and around Bham since 1992, so I've seen a lot of ups and downs.

Post 1980 construction condos have worked better for us than century old triplexes.

Kim Salvatoriello with Century 21

I just got approved for my real estate license in December & looking at brokerages to sign up under in Austin, TX.I have been looking at the obvious big names (Keller Williams, Coldwell Banker, Century 21) and trying to figure which one would best for someone starting their real estate career. 

You are required to work under a designated broker such as a RE company like Century 21 or ReMax or some one else for several years.Any way hope this helps.

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