Spring 2020 The Beacham Insider | Page 2

About OLIVIA Olivia Buckmon has called Atlanta her home for more than 30 years, providing her with proficient knowledge of the Metro Atlanta Market. She has earned the respect and trust of her clients and is known for her strong work ethic, integrity, and professionalism. Her supportive spirit to go above and beyond to help her clients has rewarded her with referrals and her clients returning again and again for her assistance. As a certified residential home evaluator, her clients get the bestestimated value of their home before putting it on the market. Olivia unmistakably brings excitement and “stress-free” home buying to all her clients with her positive attitude, creative problem solving and the ability to locate the right home for you. Olivia started her second career as a real estate agent in 2004, after retiring from Bellsouth and opening a gift boutique with her daughter in Stone Mountain Village. In 2014, her love for helping others lead her to join the Beacham and Company family. Beacham is known as an industry leader and is dedicated to providing clients with the highest level of service and integrity. It is also a company that gives back to the community through its charitable giving and agents actively helping in the community that it serves. All qualities that Olivia embraces in living with a purpose. Olivia enjoyed a successful career with Bellsouth and received numerous awards for sales, leadership and community service. She has become a lifelong community service advocate through her work with organizations such as Pioneers (Bellsouth), Girl Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, Hands on Atlanta and Hosea’s Feed the Hungry. She is a founding board member of Student without Mothers and 100 Black Women of Stone Mountain. “I am proud to say that I work relentlessly and always on behalf of my clients” Covid-19 Closing Updates VIA ATTORNEYS AT CAMPBELL & BRANNON • Closings are still happening on time, as are our document recording ability with the courthouses • Most sellers are either signing “curbside,” just outside of our office, or by tele-notary – we will discuss those options with sellers • Most cash buyers are signing electronically without having to come to our office • Most buyers with loans are still coming into our office to sign because: a) lenders often can’t get closing docs out several days prior to closing b) most buyers don’t have the ability to print off a hundred or so pages, letter and legal sized at home c) a fair amount of lenders still don’t allow tele-notary closings • To be eligible for a tele-notary closing, the signing seller or signing buyer MUST be in Georgia • Lenders are generally able to perform, courthouses are open enough for title to be searched and documents to be recorded, and we are no longer encouraging the inclusion of a COVID-19 special stip in the contract Information provided by