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Atlanta REALTOR® · Keller Williams Metro Atlanta
I don’t just know the streets of Atlanta. I know the people who live on them.
Real estate for people making their first move in Atlanta. Clear answers, a straightforward process, and no pressure to be further along than you are.
5.0 on Zillow · 10 reviews
Why work with me
Three things worth knowing.
Decatur raised, Va-Hi resident.
I grew up in Decatur, graduated magna cum laude from UGA, and live in Virginia-Highland today. My read on these neighborhoods is current, because I am in them every day.
Read my story →I make the process seamless.
From the first conversation to closing day, you get straight answers on commission, closing costs, and down payment assistance, and honest guidance if a house is not the right move for you.
The honest answers →
Where I work
The neighborhoods I know best.
Practical guides to each area, intown and beyond: housing stock, what your budget really buys, and who it suits.
Home turf
Virginia-Highland
1920s bungalows, walkable commercial villages, and the reason I never leave. My own zip code.
Read the guide → Home turfMorningside
Quiet canopy streets a five-minute walk from the noise. Craftsman details and long porches.
Read the guide → Where I grew upDecatur
The square, the festivals, the small-city feel inside the big one. I can vouch for it personally.
Read the guide → BeltlineOld Fourth Ward
Eastside Trail energy, new builds beside historic shotguns, and condos with real walkability.
Read the guide → HistoricInman Park
Victorian showpieces and the festival that takes over the whole neighborhood every spring.
Read the guide → SouthsideGrant Park
The park, the zoo, and some of intown’s best-value historic housing stock, street after street.
Read the guide → North FultonRoswell
A walkable historic square, river trails along the Chattahoochee, and more room to spread out than intown allows.
Read the guide → North FultonJohns Creek
Newer construction, cul-de-sac streets, and easy access to the Technology Corridor.
Read the guide → North FultonAlpharetta
Avalon’s shops and restaurants, corporate offices nearby, and subdivisions built for space.
Read the guide →
Start here
Wherever you are is the right place to start.
I’m just starting to think about it.
Take the readiness check. You’ll get a realistic price range, the cash you’d actually need, and a 6-, 12-, or 24-month plan. “Not ready yet” is a perfectly good answer.
Check my readiness →I’m ready to look.
Search intown listings, get the 10-step process, meet the lenders I trust by name, and let’s go see some houses.
Start the search →I need to sell first.
See exactly how I market a listing: photography, film, and a listing page built to stand out from the standard card grid.
How I sell homes →
In their words
Ten reviews. Ten five-star ratings.
Communicative, professional, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in helping us find the perfect home. She was even able to find us an off-market home in the neighborhood we wanted to be in.
Mason went above and beyond to help us find our first home. She knows Decatur very well and helped us choose the best neighborhood for our commutes, routines, and hobbies.
She was our second realtor after going four months with no offers. Within 24 hours of listing with Mason, we had an offer for list price.
0Total sales
0In the last 12 months
$230K–$665KPrice range
$394KAverage sale price
All reviews and figures from Mason’s public Zillow profile, verified August 2026.
The honest answers
“Does the seller pay my agent?” Not exactly. I would rather explain that than dodge it.
Commission, closing costs, earnest money, down payment assistance: the questions people search at 11pm, answered in plain English before you sign anything.
Who actually pays my buyer’s agent?
Compensation is fully negotiable and seller-paid commission isn’t guaranteed anymore. Your buyer representation agreement spells out exactly what gets paid, by whom, before we look at a single house.
Do I really need 20% down?
No. Programs exist with as little as 3% down, and Georgia down payment assistance can cover a meaningful chunk of the rest. What you need depends on the program, and we would figure that out together.
What do closing costs actually run?
Plan on roughly 3 to 4% of your loan amount on top of the down payment, and some of it is negotiable to the seller. I will walk you through the real line items, not a vague estimate.
What if you think I shouldn’t buy?
Then I will tell you that. A client who waits a year and buys the right house is a better outcome than one who rushes into the wrong one.
#0Atlanta’s national rank among the 50 largest metros for first-time buyers
0months of supply in Q1 2026, up from 3.1 a year earlier. Buyers have leverage again
~0days on market for well-priced intown homes. Local knowledge still matters
Sources: Zillow first-time buyer rankings, 2026; regional MLS supply data, Q1 2026. Figures verified quarterly. Last reviewed August 2026.
The journal
Notes from the ground.
Down payment assistance in Atlanta, without the affiliate spin
Georgia Dream has multiple tracks with different income limits, and much of what ranks online is out of date. Here is what is verified, and when.
Read →What $400K buys in six intown neighborhoods right now
Same budget, six very different houses. A walking tour of what the number actually gets you, street by street.
Read →Why your pre-approval isn’t a budget
The lender’s ceiling and your comfortable monthly payment are two different numbers. Confusing them is how people end up house-poor.
Read →
The Home Buying Guide
The whole process, in plain English.
The full Georgia buying process: due diligence windows, earnest money, closing attorneys, and what it all costs. Written for someone doing this for the first time.