The Burton Team

05/31/2026

✨🏛️✨💃✂️🍴✨Fitness, beauty, food & more - several exciting new businesses are coming to town soon! Nice to see these historic spaces getting new life... link to a bit more info in comments! 🏛️🌟🏗️🎉👇

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

Don’t miss this great deal!
Call us for a showing:
The Burton Team
Carlton Burton 850-375-5726
Corinne Burton 850-385-5514
Office 404-490-1966
Brokered by: Main Street Realty Group

05/22/2026

✨ GEORGIA DREAM PROGRAM UPDATE ✨

Thinking about buying a home in Georgia? 🏡 The Georgia Dream Program may help qualified buyers with down payment assistance and closing costs — making homeownership more attainable with less money upfront.

One thing many buyers don’t realize:The assistance is usually structured as a deferred second mortgage, which may become due if the home is sold, refinanced, or no longer used as your primary residence.

Programs like Georgia Dream, Chenoa Fund, and other down payment assistance options can still be incredible tools for buyers looking to keep out-of-pocket costs lower — but understanding the details matters!

Have questions about your options? Let’s talk and find the program that fits your goals best.

The Burton Team
Carlton Burton 850-375-5726
Corinne Burton 850-375-5514
🌐 livingthedreamga.com

05/21/2026

Renting is not a bad thing. We help clients find rentals all the time! There is a time and place for that. But renting for life can cost you! Here’s your reality check…
Contact us to help you find your first home.
The Burton Team, Brokered by Main Street Realty Group
Carlton Burton 850-375-5726
Corinne Burton 850-375-5514
Livingthedreamga.com

05/17/2026

For information purposes only…

HOA reform has been a GAR priority for many years, and we are excited that it is now a reality. Thank you to Senator Matt Brass for championing this effort on behalf of all Georgians!
May 12 concluded the Governor’s signing period for all legislation passed during the 2026 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly, and we’re excited to report that SB 406 has passed into law! There are several changes to owner’s associations headed our way, and we want to make sure you’re informed, so this will be a long one!
This law will hold rogue HOAs accountable to the property owners that live inside them, but this is a balanced measure that will ensure fairness for HOAs, POAs, and COAs that are following Georgia law. SB 406 creates a much needed property owner’s bill of rights.
HOAs cannot refuse to take an owner’s dues payment, and it creates a prescribed payment application order - when a property owner makes a payment, it must be applied first to dues, then special assessments, then fees and fines. In addition, SB 406 raises the foreclosure threshold from the current $2,000 to $4,000. This means that a property owner must now be in arrears of at least $4,000 before most owners’ associations may begin foreclosure proceedings against that owner. On top of that, fines and fees can no longer be used in the calculation to the foreclosure threshold, so an owner must be in arrears of dues and assessment payments only.
Another win for owners - an association must notify a property owner of their intent to begin assessing attorney’s fees on top of the owner’s past due dues and assessments. The association must also provide the property owner with the right to cure any outstanding amount owed to the association, and if the owner does so, the impending foreclosure and associated lien do not move forward.
This law will require all owner’s associations to file with the GA Secretary of State and provide their current budgets and list of officers for property owners to review at any time. It will also allow the Secretary of State’s office to provide a referee of sorts for disputes between HOAs, POAS, COAs and the property owners that live inside those associations. This hearing process will resolve disputes by holding associations accountable and providing recourse for property owners whose property rights have been violated.

05/14/2026

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

05/07/2026

Thank you, Gov. Kemp, for signing House Bill 165 into law! This important legislation, sponsored by Rep. Lehman Franklin, revises and expands the state sales tax exemption on manufactured homes, which now helps reduce costs for buyers who convert these homes to real property and supporting greater housing affordability across Georgia.

We'd also like to extend a special thank you and spotlight to Rep. Beth Camp, who is a REALTOR® Champion for working tirelessly on this legislation for years and helping move it across the finish line in support of Georgia’s current and future property owners.

GAR is proud to lead on issues that matter most to our members and current and future property owners, working to safeguard private property rights and promote a healthy housing environment statewide.

Governor Brian Kemp Lehman Franklin