USDA Rural Housing Loan: November 2009

USDA Rural Housing loans provide individuals and families with affordable financing for those who have little savings. This blog provides updates on USDA, local trends, and a quick way to apply online for this fantastic loan program. GBC lends to all 50 states!

The Georgia Shrimp Company

The Georgia Shrimp Company is one of the very few restaurants in Peachtree City, Georgia that actually understands how to successfully create an enjoyable atmosphere while providing fantastic meals on a very consistent basis. 


I have lived in Peachtree City, Georgia for over 27 years and can arguably say that The Georgia Shrimp Company is one of the best restaurants that Peachtree City and Fayette county have ever hosted.  The owners, Ant and Dee Murphy, are extremely friendly and welcoming to every visitor that walk through the door regardless if you are a first time visitor or weekly regular. 

At The Georgia Shrimp Company, they offer a wide variety of lunch and dinner items along with many fantastic daily specials.


Ant and Dee are true connoisseurs of great wine.  They provide a wide variety of tastes from all over the world ranging South Africa, to Australia, to California.  The Georgia Shrimp Company carries white wine, medium white wine, semi-sweet wine, sweet wine, light red wine, medium to full bodied reds, and superior blended red wines.  If you have questions about any, then do not hesitate to ask the owner's or the highly educated staff about certain selections.

Every month, The Georgia Shrimp Company and their fantastic chefs create an incredible menu for customer to experience worldly cuisines.  The five course Wine Dinner includes 5 different wines that are exceptionally paired with each course.  October, the Wine Dinner consisted of a German theme in honor of celebrating Oktoberfest!  Here is last month's Wine Dinner menu for you to view.

German Oktoberfest

Featuring Wine or Beer Pairings or Both

Course 1:

Kassler Pork Chop

Served braised with red cabbage and apple.

 

 Clean Slate Riesling - Ripe peach flavors balanced with lively acidity, hints of lime and good minerality.

Or

Urthel Hibernus Quentum Belgian Triple Ale - This 9% offering is full bodied with a honeyed nose and beautiful hop bitterness.


Course 2:

Leatherneck Soup

A hearty country style German soup made with lean bacon, carrots, onions and broad white beans.

 Zaca Mesa Shiraz Rich blackberry, cassis and espresso, mocha and spicy sage aromas.  The silky finish lingers following the ripe tannins & smoky oak.

Or

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel - This beer is dark, rich, amber and cloudy from the yeast. The aroma has a slight banana and fruit smell from the unfiltered yeast balanced with sweet roasted malt and toffee from the dark wheat malt.  You immediately taste yeast and citrus with a hint of bananas and spice up front. The Dunkel finishes clean with a hint of hops.


Course 3:

Poached Cod in White Wine Cream

Poached in Spatlese Riesling with garlic, herbs and lightly creamed.   Served with German potato dumplings.   

 Karl Erbes Riesling SpatleseA powerful wine with a noble sweet character accompanied by ripe peach and subtle spice accented with nice acidity and a strong bright finish.

Or

Weihenstephan's Festbier – Rich and full bodied, hoppy beer truly representative of the Bavarian way of celebrating. Deep gold color and a great mouth-feel with big flavor. Prost!


Course 4: 

Wiener Schnitzel

 The original chicken fried steak!  Tender Veal, flattened, breaded and pan sautéed; served with a traditional garnish of lemon, egg, anchovy and warm potato salad. Exquisite!

 

Way Kuhl Riesling Semi-dry offering floral aromas accompanied by bright citrus fruit. Crisp flavors of lime zest, honey and slate with bright acidity and a lingering finish of fruit and stone.

Or

Spaten Oktoberfest Beer This medium bodied beer, amber in color, has achieved impeccable taste by balancing roasted malt flavor with the perfect amount of hops. Rich textured palate with traditional underlying sweetness.


Course 5:

Bavarian Chocolate Éclairs

A delicious dessert that melts in your mouth.  Piped with Naghtmuziek cream.

 

 Covey Run Gewutztraminer - Floral aromatic & lemony on the nose with clean spiciness and lychee flavors on the palette.

Or

Amadeus Biere Blanche Unfiltered seasoned wheat beer with pineapple and lemon overtures. 

 $49.95 per person  (Wine or Beer only)

$ 59.95 (Beer & Wine)


This month, the Wine Dinner will either consist of a South African theme or a Russian theme.  Be sure to check the website weekly for updates and specials!  For December, check out the upcoming events that are taking place at the Georgia Shrimp Company!



All in all, everyone should visit The Georgia Shrimp Company as soon as you can.  I promise, you WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

THE GEORGIA SHRIMP CO

100 NORTH PEACHTREE PARKWAY

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Telephone & Reservations:    770-631-9114B    770-631-9115F


 

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Peachtree City, Georgia Real Estate Agents

Peachtree City, Georgia real estate agents are a fantastic way to find the right home at the right price.  Homes for sale in Peachtree City, GA have begun to see a turnaround.  The turnaround has not necessarily taken off, but listings have started to move.  If you are thinking about listing your home or if you are simply new to the area and are in need of a great agent, then take a moment to review a few of the local offices. We have many fantastic real estate offices located in Peachtree City, Georgia.  These realtor offices are located all throughout the area.  A few brokerages that I highly recommend are

Obviously, there are many wonderful agents in Peachtree City, Georgia that can help you find the perfect home.  If you are looking to purchase, then there is no reason you should not have a real estate agent.  They can help you find the right property at the right price.  If you are a first time home buyer, then I highly recommend having an agent.  Agents will help you make sure you are protected with the proper contract contingencies such as a financing contingency and the appraisal contingency.  These contingencies allow you to receive a refund for your earnest money deposit if you are denied approval for a loan from your mortgage company or if the appraisal on the property comes in lower than the anticipated sales price. Peachtree City, Georgia real estate agents will also help you negotiate a sales price so that you are getting the deal that best meets your needs.  In today's market, the majority of seller's are more than willing to pay a portion of, if not all, closing costs.  So, if you are able to have your Peachtree City, Georgia real estate agent negotiate all the cloisng cost, then you will be in a fantastic position. 

To see how you can purchase a home with no down payment, no money out of pocket, and obtaining the first time home buyer tax credit, then visit my wealth creation blog to see how.

Before you speak with a real estate agent in Peachtree City, Georgia, its wise to be proactive and speak with a licensed mortgage professional from the local area.

 

 

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Top 40 Resources for Information and Education

 

Here is a GREAT source of valuable information!!!

 

Via Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager (ActiveRain):

These are my Top 40 Resources for Real Estate Industry Information and Education

Most of my reading hours are spent right here on ActiveRain.  Your Blogs and Posts.  Let's face it, one could sit at their computer ALL DAY everyday, and never run out of great material to read and learn from AR members.  There is more information, education, inspiration, and entertainment here than you could consume in a lifetime.  However, from time to time, I like to head out onto the Blogosphere SUPER-HIGHWAY and explore what else is out there.

When I first started working here at AR, I was reading folks like Seth Godin, The Scobelizer, Chris Brogan, and Guy Kawasaki.  Then I discovered other great sites and resources like GeekEstateBlog, where I soon became a contributing author.  The list kept growing over time. Now it has grown so large that I barely have enough hours in the day (or night) to try and keep up with all the great content that's available out there.  I still try, but my efforts seem futile.

In the spirit of "Paying It Forward" I'm sharing some of these great writers, Blogs, and sites with all of you. The information and education available out there is very powerful and useful if you know where to find it, learn how to use it, and then apply it.

Here are my TOP 40 Favorite Blogs, Sites, Writers and Resources:

ActiveRain - TechCrunch - Mashable - Social Media TodayProBlogger Blog Tips - ChrisBrogan - Blog World Expo - Social Media Marketing Strategy, Tactics, and Tools - Social Media Marketing - Daily Blog Tips - RE Tech Source - SEOmoz Daily SEO - SEO Book - Learn. Rank. Dominate - Matt Cutts - Transparent Real Estate - Google Official Blog - GeekEstate Blog - 1000Watt Consulting - The Real Estate Bloggers - Rain City Guide - Sellsius Real Estate Marketing - The Real Estate Tomato - RE Tech World - MyTechOpinion - 360Digest - Real Estate Opinion MAG - AgentGenius - About.com Real Estate Business - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy - Future of Real Estate Marketing - Inman News Blog - Realty Times - Copyblogger - Guy Kawasaki - Seth Godin - BloggingTips - BloggingPro - TechKnowBabble - The Scobleizer - Buzz Networker - OnLine Marketing - Realtor.com Blog - SEO Scoop

I'd be thrilled to make this a "Top 100" list, so if I missed any you think should be added, just let me know.

I'm sharing this to try and "Pay it forward" to these sites and writers for all the information and education they've continued to provide me over the years.  And to "you" for all that you have shared and contributed here as well.  That's what it's all about, people Paying-It-Forward, so thank you. I've created my ALLTOP, where these sites and authors can be accessed from a single page. You can also create your own ALLTOP FAVS page to be shared.

So for those of you who ask me all the time, "Brad, Do You ever sleep" and "Where do you come up with all this stuff?"  Well now my secrets have been revealed. Yes I do, and now you know. :-) The key is time management...and of course... a little speed reading. lol~

Hope you Enjoy, I sure have!

 


                 

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Obama's extended first time home buyer tax credit

Obama's extended first time home buyer tax credit was passed just moments ago!!!  There have been a few enhancements to the first time home buyer incentive program.  The Home buyers Tax Credit jumped its last hurdle yesterday, as the both the House and the Senate have passed the bill and it now has received the official signature President Obama!  The House voted 403-12 after the Senate unanimously approved the measure Wednesday night.  The president also signed the bill that will extend unemployment benefits.

And while we have been expecting this to happen for some time and have given you many details, let’s go over them one more time. For First Time Home-buyers or those who have not owned a home within 3 years, the tax credit remains at $8000, with income restrictions maxing out at $125,000 for singles and $225,000 for couplesCurrent homeowners – those defined as having owned a home for five of the previous eight years – can now also take advantage of a credit, with the slightly lesser amount of $6500, with the income restrictions the same as described above.  To qualify for the new program, purchase agreements need to be signed by April 30th and close by June 30th.  For those in our armed forces, persons stationed outside the United States on official duty for 90 days during the period from January 1st 2009 and before May 1st 2010 will have eligibility extended for binding contracts signed before May 1st, 2011 and closed before July 1st, 2011.

This legislation is significant, and will give the housing industry the additional support we need to keep the real estate recovery going.

There are still many great loan programs out there for first time home buyers.  USDA rural housing loans and FHA loans are an excellent and extremely affordable way to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit regardless if you are a first time home buyer or if you are looking to purchase a primary residence.

If you or a friend missed out on the first tax credit, then you have been given one last chance to take advantage of a fantastic opportunity to put a little extra cash in your pocket, purchase a home at an incredible discount, and obtain a mortgage with interest rates at some of the lowest levels in history.  If you would like to see if you qualify for Obama's extended first time home buyer tax credit, then APPLY NOW or give me a call. 

 

Jusitn Messer | Northstar Mortgage Group

 

 

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