Posts by Tamera Shearon

Is it just us, or does summer in Atlanta feel a little like merging onto I-285 at 5:00 PM on a Friday? It’s intense, it’s a lot of heat, and if you don’t have a solid GPS: or in this case, a solid plan: you’re going to end up stuck in a high-priced trap. We…

“Be curious, not judgmental.” — Walt Whitman What if the reason your home hasn’t sold isn’t that your house is “the problem”? What if it’s the strategy? That’s the vibe for this Masterclass with Tamera. No drama. No shame spiral. No unnecessary negativity. Just a clear-eyed look at what may be slowing down your Atlanta…

Do you ever pull into your driveway after a grueling crawl down I-285 and think, "I love this neighborhood, but I’m starting to outgrow this house"? Maybe the kitchen feels like a relic from 1994, or perhaps your family is expanding but your square footage isn't. You’ve looked at new listings online, but the prices…

Ever feel like the IRS is that one car doing 45 mph in the fast lane on I-285? You’re ready to accelerate your portfolio, but the speed of tax rules feels designed to keep you in the slow lane. If you’ve been looking at the Atlanta real estate market lately, you know the competition is…

Have you ever felt like the real estate market is just one giant game of "guess what happens next" where the rules change every time you merge onto I-285? One minute you’re hearing that prices are cooling, and the next, you’re in a bidding war for a ranch in Douglasville that looks like it hasn’t…

Have you ever sat in your car at the intersection of Peachtree and Piedmont, watching the light turn green and then red again before you could even nudge your bumper forward? That feeling of being stuck in "the wait": where you’re not sure if you should bail and find a back way through residential streets…

Are you sitting on the sidelines, eyes glued to the daily mortgage rate tracker, waiting for that "magic number" to finally appear? It feels a bit like being stuck on I-285 at 5:30 PM on a Friday: you know where you want to go, but everything is moving at a snail's pace, and you’re worried…

Have you ever heard the saying, "Some people never understand what you bring to the table until they see you at another table"? It’s a powerful quote that hits home for a lot of us. Maybe you’ve felt it in your career, where your hard work went unnoticed until you handed in your notice. Or…

Ever feel like you’re just a line item on someone’s commission sheet? You know the feeling, you’re stuck in I-285 traffic, trying to coordinate a home tour or a mortgage pre-approval, and your agent has suddenly entered the Witness Protection Program. You leave a voicemail. You send a text. You wait. And wait. In the…