You mention local employers maybe a gift basket followed by a phone call to those HR directors mentioning that you have a place available for new or existing employees.

These are often called portfolio lenders because they keep their deals in-house and only have to get it to pass muster with the bank's board of directors (BOD), or some long-term, trusted loan officers have a limit up to which they can approve loans without consulting the BOD. 

After following up with the insurance desk adjuster consistently, Back to the present, I just got off the phone with their "Director" of special insurance case, whatever that means, where we've had a pretty combative conversation where I get the feeling that he was fishing for something and I said as much to him.

Home price increases are sharpest in these markets, while dwindling housing inventory in the lower price classes could be discouraging people from buying.”Here are the basic stats on single-family home sales for February 2018 for the City of Austin and the greater Austin area:About the local economy, Mark Sprague, state director of information capital for Independence Title, said, "While wages and jobs in the Austin area haven’t increased, the local economy remains strong and continues to attract new residents and potential homebuyers.

This article sums it up perfectly:“Our latest inventory data tells us buyers are out in full force this spring,” said Javier Vivas, director of economic research for realtor.com.

@Victor MarquezQuick answer is no.The rules do not allow for one to lend his or her IRA or 401k to a company where the participant is is partner, manager, director or employee.See the following page link: https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-particip...

Those who are computer or device savvy can go view direct or call whoever to open the door since everyone has the same tool to search for properties and find out recorded data.

This area never truly took a hit, but with the soon to be overpricing/overcrowdedness of Atlanta lots, I expect developers to heavily target this area (along with East Point) for luxury condos catered to millenials, actors/actresses, and movie directors, and those more affluent looking to be out of the way, but still in the mix if you catch my drift, and then some regular residential lofts catered to those who work at the airport, in the City, or those who pop in and out of the city at will.Your views on Cascade Ave are interesting though.

A couple properties ago we passed our very frugal freedom number, and decided that my very demanding job as an athletic director was ultimately slowing our progress down in real estate.

I've shared this with our Publishing Director.