Kari Pollock Houston County, Ga Real Estate - Landmark Realty

10/14/2026

Have you ever made your own jam? It's easier than it sounds, allows you to have flavors not seen in grocery stores, and it seems like a fun thing to do.

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A simple guide for how to make jam from scratch with fresh fruit, no pectin needed, ready in about 20 minutes, and perfect for storing in the fridge.

10/13/2026

Could this be the home you've been searching for? Let me know if you're interested!

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Construction has not yet begun, so there is still time to make available selections and personalize this home with your choice of finishes and color selections with the builders $10,000 towards concessions! The open-concept design offers an easy-flowing floor plan with a kitchen that opens to the gr...

10/13/2026

This home has so much of what you're looking for. 3 bed, 2 bath home in beautiful Bonaire.

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What would you do with $10,000 from the Builder in your next home? Need a little more to make it possible, what about an additional .75% in preferred lender credits? A little towards closing costs and a little towards a fence? Make this new construction home your own with the opportunity to choose a...

10/12/2026

It's worth knowing how long it might take to sell your home. I can give you the estimate you need.

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10/11/2026

Take a virtual walkthrough of this home. Let me know your thoughts!

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$10,000 Builder incentive plus preferred lender incentives. New construction featuring a four-sided brick exterior, architectural shingles, and a covered back porch. This one-story home offers a split floor plan with an open layout that flows easily from room to room. The kitchen opens to the great....

10/09/2026

Getting a better night's sleep isn't all that difficult to achieve. Try these three tips if you've been having trouble.

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10/08/2026

Every renovation that goes badly over budget in Georgia goes over for the same handful of reasons, and none of them are the ones people plan for. Nobody’s budget dies because they picked the more expensive tile. It dies because of what was found behind the wall on day four.

October is when a lot of people start planning spring work, which makes right now the useful time to talk about this rather than in March when the quotes are already signed.

The honest version is that you cannot eliminate the unknown. You can price it, sequence the work so the unknown surfaces early, and hold back money for it on purpose instead of discovering you needed it.

Swipe through for the four that actually blow budgets, and how much to hold back.
Save this before you call a contractor.

10/07/2026

Your parents are going to bring up selling the house at some point this fall, or they are going to carefully not bring it up, which is its own kind of conversation.

Downsizing gets written about as a financial decision and it almost never is. It is a decision about stairs, about a garden that got bigger every year without changing size, about whether the guest room still needs to exist, and about leaving a place where a lot happened.

The families who handle this well are not the ones who decide fastest. They are the ones who start the conversation a year before anyone has to, so nobody is making a housing decision inside a crisis.

If you are the adult child in this, your job is not to have the answer. It is to make it a subject that can be discussed without it meaning something has been decided.

Swipe through for how the timeline actually works, and the question that opens the conversation without ending it.

DM me the word DOWNSIZE if you want to talk through the timing for your family. No pressure and no listing conversation attached to it.

10/07/2026

A great way to add charm to any room is to replace your overhead lighting with lamps or candles.

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10/06/2026

Get the insurance quote before you remove your conditions, not after. This is the step buyers skip most often and the one that has quietly killed the most deals I have watched.

Here is what happens. The inspection comes back fine. Financing is in place. Everybody relaxes. Then the insurance application goes in and the answer is either a decline, a surcharge that changes the monthly cost, or a requirement to replace something within thirty days of taking possession.

Insurers are asking harder questions than they were even three years ago. The roof and its age. What kind of electrical panel is in there. Whether there is a wood stove and whether it was installed to code with paperwork to prove it. The age of the plumbing. The claims history attached to the address, which follows the property and not the owner, and which you cannot see.

None of this is exotic and none of it is expensive to check. It is just that it sits outside the standard checklist, so it gets discovered at the one moment when you have no leverage left.

Call an insurance broker the same week you book the inspection. One phone call, and it either confirms what you already believe about the house or it tells you something worth knowing while you can still act on it.

If you are buying in Georgia this fall, put it on the list.