This Alpharetta Home Offers a Stylish Open Floor Plan

Incredible opportunity in West Forsyth High School district. This Alpharetta home offers a stylish open floor plan w/walnut colored hardwood floors that draw you into the home & flow throughout the main level. Entertain in the fireside Family Rm, large Dining Rm or cook for 2 or 20 in the Kitchen w/SS appliances. Incredible Master Suite & 3 additional Bdrms provide space for the whole family. Enjoy the fenced in backyard & patio area. Amenities include community pool w/mushroom fountain, tennis, & playground. Easy access to GA Hwy 400, Big Creek Greenway & Fowler Park.

DIRECTIONS -

GA400 North to exit 12B, McFarland Pkwy. Go approx. 2 miles and turn right onto Hwy 9. Go approx. 2 miles and community is on the left.

Presented by The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team - KW North Atlanta - www.northatlantaluxury.com
Offered at $337,817

Ryan Burris Joins The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

Ryan Burris Joins The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

Ryan Burris,  a real estate sales professional in Alpharetta, Georgia has joined the Keller Williams North Atlanta Market Center.

“The team and I are trilled to announce the addition of Ryan Burris to our team.” said Mary Ellen Vanaken, leader of The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team. “Keller Williams offers its associates unparalleled career growth and lifelong learning opportunities in the real estate industry. Ryan with his business background in customer service and sales is great fit. We know our clients will agree.”

Ryan is a graduate of Wingate University with a degree in Business Management. He began his career in customer service as a restaurant manger. After many successful years, Ryan transitioned his business career to the corporate setting, as an Inside Sales Professional and Trainer with Reliance Worldwide Corporation and later as Operations Manager with DataComm Electronics. Voted “Most Valuable Teammate” by his peers at an annual team meeting, Ryan excels in understanding his customers needs and the trends to strategically grow a business. Working alongside a sales team has helped Ryan grow an appreciation for sales and the work ethic needed to maintain clients trust. Ryan lives with his wife in Alpharetta, where they recently purchased their first home. They enjoy what the area has to offer by making frequent visits to local food truck events, farmers markets, and much more! Ryan will use his customer service experience and attention to detail to not only find exactly what you want in your next home but bring you all the way through a smooth closing and move in.

Keller Williams has put its mark on the real estate industry by offering comprehensive educational resources and technological tools. In 2015 Training Magazine named the company as the No.1 training organization across all industries in the world.

The North Atlanta Market Center is located at 5780 Windward Parkway, Suite 100, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005.  To learn more about Keller Williams, call Mary Ellen Vanaken at 678.212.5230  or visit www.northatlantaluxury.com.

About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Austin-Texas based Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise by agent count in the world with 700 offices and 125,000 associates across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2015, Training Magazine named Keller Williams the No. 1 training organization across all industries in the world.

Since 1983, Keller Williams has grown exponentially and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards agents as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes, commercial and farm and ranch properties.
For more information, visit www.kw.com.

Ryan Burris Joins The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

5530 Buck Hollow Drive, Alpharetta, GA Home Just Listed

5530 Buck Hollow Drive, Alpharetta, GA Home Just Listed

Presented by The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team - Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta.

This meticulously maintained brick, European custom home in the desirable Alpharetta, Georgia community of DeerLake is now available.  5530 Buck Hollow Drive, Alpharetta, GA is offered at $585,00 this home will not be on the market for very long.

Join us for an OPEN HOUSE ~ JULY 24 ~ 2:00-4:00PM 5530 BUCK HOLLOW DRIVE, ALPHARETTA, GA.  

The home is move-in ready with upscale details and features. Hardwood floors, plantation shutters, custom built-ins, plenty of natural light throughout open floorplan are included. Five spacious bedrooms are enhanced by a fully-updated gourmet kitchen with upscale appliances and breakfast nook that opens to tiered decks & a private, professionally-landscaped fenced yard. The premium-finished terrace level with in-law suite also offers a full kitchen, soundproof media room, wet bar, game room and more!

Other features include:

*22 Foot Foyer
*French doors leading to a spacious Library/Study with built in bookcases
*2 story Great Room with double mantle fireplace surrounded by built-ins
*Shade Tree Property
*Superior Trim and Moldings
*Abundant Storage

DeerLake is minutes from Georgia Highway 400, the popular Avalon Shopping Center and the nationally ranked Lambert High School. The community offers a park like atmosphere with sidewalks and a lake perfect for fishing. Six tennis courts and a full time tennis pro is available for the tennis enthusiast.  Additional amenities include swim, tennis, fitness trail, ball field, and Clubhouse. A great Alpharetta home with Forsyth County Taxes!

The city of Alpharetta provides a growing business community, mixed with a small town ambiance within thirty minutes to the city of Atlanta. Here, businesses and residents alike, enjoy a friendly community complete with a thriving economy and a school system known for its excellence. Alpharetta is what it claims itself to be: Awesome! Alpharetta offers its residents a thriving culinary scene, luxury accommodations, exciting recreation, trendy entertainment and endless shopping opportunities.

This home is presented by The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta. 5780 Windward Parkway, Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30005 ~ www.northatlantaluxury.com

5530 Buck Hollow Drive, Alpharetta, GA Home Just Listed 

Deciding How Much House You Can Afford

Deciding how much house you can afford

Your lender decides what you can borrow but you decide what you can afford. Lenders are careful, but they make qualification decisions based on averages and formulas. They won't understand the nuances of your lifestyle and spending patterns quite as well as you do. So, leave a little room for the unexpected - for all the new opportunities your home will give you to spend money, from furnishings, to landscaping, to repairs.

Historically, banks use a ratio called 28/36 to decide how much borrowers could borrow. An approved housing payment couldn't be more than 28 percent of the buyer's gross monthly income, and his or her total debt load, including car payments, student loans, and credit card payments, couldn't be more than 36 percent. (In Canada lenders apply similar formulas to determine how much a buyer can afford. The Gross Debt Service ratio, or GDS, is not to exceed 32 percent of the buyer's gross monthly income, and the Total Debt Service ratio, or TDS, is not to exceed 40 percent of the buyer's total debt load.) As home prices have risen, some lenders have responded by stretching these ratios to as high as 50 percent. No matter how expensive your market though, we urge you to think carefully before stretching your budget quite so much.

Deciding how much you can afford should involve some careful attention to how your financial profile will change in the upcoming years. In the long run, your own peace of mind and security will matter most.

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Deciding How Much House You Can Afford

Realtor Madeline McManus Joins The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

Madeline McManus, a real estate sales professional in Alpharetta, Georgia has joined the North Atlanta Keller Williams Realty team of The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team.

Madeline was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and is completely fluent in both Spanish and English. A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Marketing, she has a warm and friendly personality. After graduating from college, Madeline relocated to South Florida and worked for four years as a flight attendant. In 2005, she moved to Alpharetta, Georgia where she now lives with her husband, children, and her dog Cookie. Madeline enjoys time with her family and volunteering for the local PTA. She has an extensive background in Advertising, Public Relations as well as in Commercial Office Property Management. Currently serving as a Buyers Agent, Madeline has all the tools to find the right home for you.

“We are extremely excited to have Madeline join our team as a buyers agent” says Team Leader Mary Ellen Vanaken. “Keller Williams Realty offers its associates unparalleled career growth and lifelong learning opportunities in the real estate industry. This company succeeds through its people and team work.  Having Madeline on our team will assist our team in advancing to the next level of success in real estate.”

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Keller Williams Realty, located at 5780 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005, was established in September 2004 and has six associates. The team’s primary focus is luxury homes in the North Atlanta communities of Alpharetta, Cumming, Roswell, and Milton, Georgia. To learn more about The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Keller Williams Realty, call Mary Ellen Vanaken at 678-212-5230 or visit http://www.northatlantaluxury.com.

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team Exceeds Expectations This Holiday Season

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team Exceeds Expectations This Holiday Season

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team continues to exceeds expectations with their current and past clients. This past holiday season, the team presented their clients with sweet treats from Da Vinci's Donuts of Alpharetta, Georgia. Clients were gifted with an assortment of gourmet donuts and joined the team in downtown Alpharetta for holiday greetings from the team as well as receiving their gifted treats. 

Da Vinci’s Donuts of Alpharetta is the one donut cafe that provides unique, customizable treats and unique coffees and teas that can be enjoyed with family, friends, and business associates. Da Vinci’s Donuts is a unique and creative take on donuts and the typical donut cafe. With Da Vinci's Donuts modest size donut yet abundant toppings, one can enjoy treats with higher satisfaction and less guilt than traditional donuts. Customers can choose from inspired flavors, like tiramisu, maple bacon, or dulce de leche or use their creativity to customize their own masterpiece! Pairing it with a locally roasted cup of coffee, or a gourmet cup of tea completes the experience.

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team goes above and beyond in providing their customers with excellent care. “Its important for our clients to know that we are grateful for them and for their trust in us as their real estate agents", says team leader Mary Ellen Vanaken.

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team began in 2004 and has grown and developed into a dynamic real estate team in the North Atlanta communities of Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, Cumming and Johns Creek. The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team continues to grow their company in Alpharetta as the team includes team leader/real estate agent Mary Ellen Vanaken, two buyers agents, a marketing coordinator and an executive assistant.  

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta

5780 Windward Parkway, Suite 100

Alpharetta, Georgia 30005

The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team Exceeds Expectations This Holiday Season

Alpharetta Homes Near Alpharetta High School

Alpharetta Homes Near Alpharetta High School

Alpharetta Homes near Alpharetta High School offers a city that claims itself to be: Awesome! With approximately 54,000 residents and located less than 25 miles from Atlanta, Alpharetta provides its residents a thriving culinary scene, luxury accommodations, exciting recreation, trendy entertainment and endless shopping opportunities. The schools are top rated - both public and private. Homes are stunning! With golf communities, swim/tennis communities and communities with their own private lake, you will find a variety to choose from.

Alpharetta High School was recognized on The Washington Post’s 2014 list of top U.S. high schools. This High School Challenge list, compiled and published by The Washington Post since 1998, recognizes the nation’s most challenging high schools.  Alpharetta High School is ranked the #1 Fulton County High School; ranked #8 in Georgia and ranked in the top 1% of U.S. High Schools.  For more detailed information CLICK HERE.

When your ready to buy or sell your Alpharetta, Georgia home count on The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team. We can help! When you're looking for a partner to help you negotiate the complexities of realestate, you've come to the right place. The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Keller Williams Realty  -  678.929.6529 are experts in the North Atlanta Georgia communities of Fulton and Forsyth Counties. The experience, dedication and strong communication you'll receive will help ensure the successful and profitable purchase or sale of your home. 

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Alpharetta, Georgia - One Of Best Places To Live

Alpharetta, Georgia - One Of Best Places To Live

Alpharetta, Georgia - One Of Best Places To Live by The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team 678.866.1936

Are you moving to the metro Atlanta area and trying to determine which community to consider? You will want to check the list of Georgia's best places to live! According to Movoto.com report,  Alpharetta, Georgia is ranked #4 based on the towns available amenities, unemployment rate, crime statistics, quality of life, commute time and the weather.

Alpharetta is considered a highly-affluent city with a median household of more than $90,000 and affords its residents an excellent overall quality of life.  Alpharetta, Georgia is part of the Metro Atlanta area and is located less than 25 miles from the city.  With a vibrant lifestyle, Alpharetta is what it claims itself to be: Awesome!  Alpharetta has approximately 54,000 residents. Its slogan is “Enjoy, Experience, Explore; Everything’s Possible!  Alpharetta is full of a thriving culinary scene, luxury accommodations, exciting recreation, trendy entertainment, endless shopping opportunities and stunning home communities.

Alpharetta, Georgia - One Of Best Places To Live! When your ready to buy your Alpharetta Georgia, home count on The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team. We can help! When you're looking for a partner to help you negotiate the complexities of buying a home, you've come to the right place. The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Keller Williams Realty  - 678.866.1936 are experts in the North Atlanta Georgia communities. The experience, dedication and strong communication you'll receive here will help ensure the successful and profitable purchase of your home. 

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What Can You Afford When Buying A House In Alpharetta

What Can You Afford When Buying A House In Alpharetta

What Can You Afford When Buying A House In Alpharetta by The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they consider buying their first home or upgrading to a larger home. Owning a home is definitely more rewarding than renting one.

How Much Can You Afford To Purchase

There is no point in looking at properties in Alpharetta, Ga and falling in love with one when you can’t afford to purchase it. It's best to first determine your budget and THEN begin your home search.

Finding The Best Mortgage Loan

Almost every financial institution, issuing mortgages,  requires a buyer to place a deposit on the potential home. Deposits can range from 3.5%  to 20%, depending on the price of the home.  As a general rule, mortgage payments should not exceed 30% of your gross income or you risk becoming overextended and unable to pay all of your monthly bills.

It's best to make an appointment first with a mortgage officer at a financial institution before looking at homes. Lenders may require that you have steady employment for the past two years. A credit check will be done and the loan officer will ask you for evidence of monthly income and expenses. If everything looks good, you will be granted a pre-approved loan for a specific amount of money.

Find An Alpharetta, Georgia Real Estate Agent

Once your finances are in order, it’s time to find an Alpharetta, Georgia Real Estate Agent such as Mary Ellen Vanaken and her team in Alpharetta, Georgia.  Don’t settle for just anyone.  Ask friends and family for referrals. Buying a home is probably the largest investment you will ever make, whether you are buying your first home or are upgrading to a larger home. The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team are experts in the Alpharetta area, and bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise about buying and selling real estate here. It's not the same everywhere, so you need someone you can trust for up-to-date information. Call  678.929.6529 to speak with The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team at Keller Williams Realty - Alpharetta, Georgia.

Looking For The Perfect Home

When you’re real estate agent has homes for you to view, take your time looking around. Don’t just observe the beauty or charm of the house.  Pay attention to all details of the house that may require money to fix it.  Look at the ceilings, walls, roof, and floors for water stains. Ask about the age of the heating and air conditioning units, basement for possible water problems, and kitchen appliances for wear and tear. 

When you’re serious about a property, enlist the help of a home inspector or someone who knows about electricity, plumbing and mold issues. Have them give you a complete review/assessment of the home. 

Making The Offer

When you’re ready to make an offer keep in mind that buyers seldom agree to the asking price of a home.  Sellers deliberately set the asking price high so there is room to negotiate. Your agent will take your offer to the seller’s agent, and whether or not the seller agrees, an offer might go back and forth a few times. Once you’ve settled on a price and the real estate agent drafts a contract, it’s their job to explain the details before you sign the contract.

Close The Deal!

Once signed, there are several steps to complete before you receive the keys to your new home.

Inspection Period:
The buyer has the right to ask for a home inspection review by a professional. Depending on the area and the size of the property, this review can cost between $300 and $1000. Any issues found are the responsibility of the seller or resolution of the issue can influence the selling price.

Mortgage Contingency: 
Once the inspection is finished and approved, it’s now time for you to finalize the mortgage. If you are not pre-approved you will have to produce proof of employment, debt documents, bank statements, and tax returns.

Final Inspection:
During a final inspection, you and your agent will visit the home once more to determine if problems with the property (if there were any) have been fixed and if there are no new issues.

Closing:
On the day of the closing, you will sit down and sign your name over and over again. When you’re all done, you will be handed the keys to the property. Now you are officially a home owner.

Contact The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team of Alpharetta, Georgia at 678.929.6529 today and allow us to assist you in finding that perfect Alpharetta home.

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220 Buckland Run Alpharetta Ga - OPEN HOUSE!

OPEN HOUSE, June 01, Sunday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 220 Buckland Run, Alpharetta, GA Get Directions Click Here Description Photos Maps & Local Schools Virtual Tour $ Click for current price 6 BEDROOMS 5 BATHROOMS (5 full) 3212 Square Feet Be dazzled by this luxurious home nestled in the Providence Lake community of Alpharetta, Georgia. Stroll through the three finished levels of living and entertaining space and you will find the home offers six spacious bedrooms, four full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. The master suite is on the main level providing peace and quiet. The home is immaculately maintained and updated complete with a grand elegant two-story foyer with a new marble entryway. Beautiful hardwood floors lead you into the two-story great room surrounded by windows and sunlight. You can cook up a feast in the kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances and then relax with your family and friends on the gorgeous deck overlooking your private, wooded backyard. MARYELLEN VANAKEN 678-665-2887 mary@mevhomes.com Search All Homes For Sale Alpharetta, Ga Homes for Sale Milton Homes for Sale Roswell Homes for Sale Cumming Homes for Sale What is Your Home Worth? Homes Close to Where You Work Free List of Foreclosed Homes For Sale The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta 678-820-6889 mary@mevhomes.com L2L Virtual Tours