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On this special edition of Squawk Talk: Talking Business to Business, radio show host Kate Schermerhorn moves to the guest chair and talks about Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration.

Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration is your complete carpet and floor cleaning specialists. Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration is a second generation, family owned business started in 1985. They proudly serve the 17 county Metro-Atlanta and North Georgia areas including Alpharetta, Athens, Buford, Cumming, Johns Creek, Lawrenceville, Locust Grove, Gainesville and everywhere in between. Eagle Carpet Care & Restoration uses only truck mounted hot water extraction, often referred to as Steam Cleaning. They also clean tile and grout, air ducts, upholstery and oriental rugs.

For life’s scary moments, Eagle Carpet Care’s Restoration division is just a phone call away to clean up water damage, fire damage, mold clean up, and bio-hazard or trauma situations. Free estimates and same day service are always available by calling 678-714-0445.

Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter with Real Property Management Executives, Hugo Zamora with American Family Insurance and Annette Bates with Piedmont CASA

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Tim Grizzle and Beth Hunter/Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta

Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta is a full service property management company based in Buford, GA that manages all aspects of rental property management for their clients. They locate and help to select the best and most reliable tenants, collect rental payments monthly, handle all repair and maintenance issues, provide inspections to all properties once a year, ensure that their clients’ properties meet or exceed all local real estate codes, handle evictions if and when necessary, provide 24/7 emergency and property update status via telephone and internet, and conveniently send monthly rental income payments to their clients’ banks of choice by way of ACH transfer. Their ability to perform all of these tasks, at a below industry average flat rate fee with no hidden charges, is what has led Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta to become one of the Atlanta area’s leading property management companies.

Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta proudly serves the northern Atlanta metropolitan area including Gwinnett, Barrow, Forsyth, Hall and North Fulton.

Hugo Zamora/American Family Insurance

For more than 80 years, American Family Insurance has given its customers peace of mind by making their insurance experience easy and convenient. Their caring agents strive hard to meet customers’ unique needs by offering just the right mix of American Family’s auto, home, life, umbrella, business, health and farm & ranch insurance, as well as retirement products.

As your American Family Insurance agent, Hugo Zamora believes there’s more to insurance than the policy itself. It’s about providing dependable protection and service. That’s why earning your trust is his policy.

Annette Bates/Piedmont CASA

Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) trains and supports community volunteers who advocate in Juvenile Court for children in foster care. These children need someone to speak for them in the areas of their lives where the children’s voices need to be heard.

Rodney Peters with Because We Care, Ana Marie Roesch with George & Schwartz Contracting and Gary Lewis with Carrington Mortgage Services

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Rodney Peters/Because We Care

Because We Care has been providing In-Home Private Duty Home Care to the senior community since April 2004. Their services include personal and companion care. Their job is to meet the client’s needs with the right caregiver so that the family’s loved one can remain at home for as long as possible. They assist a family member with the activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, transferring, feeding, grooming and toileting. They also prepare meals, provide light housekeeping, medication reminders and run errands.

The caregivers are carefully chosen for the client’s needs. Families use Because We Care on an hourly or a live-in basis anywhere from 3 hours per day to 24/7. For more information, visit their website http://becausewecare.net/ or contact their office at 770-385-0300.

Ana Marie Roesch/George & Schwartz Contracting

George & Schwartz is an Atlanta based contracting company that provides many services in demand by the commericial and property management industry as well as single family homes. With over forty years of experience in the contracting business, they have the experience and resources to get virtually any job completed on time and on budget. They have a Commercial Division that is highly skilled in the pressure cleaning of parking decks, garages and high rise office buildings and industrial buildings. Additionally they have a full service Residential Division that caters to apartment communities, condominium associations and subdivisions. You will find that they are fiercely competitive! Their experience gives them the edge over the competition.

Gary Lewis/Carrington Mortgage Services

Carrington Mortgage Services is a full-service direct lender. This means Carrington is not a broker but closes with their own money and sells the paper to Fannie or Freddie. Carrington is very strong with FHA and securitizes bulks on behalf of FHA.

Their customers are real estate agents and borrowers buying or refinancing. What is important to them is their company has engineered the mortgage process and has the process fine tuned to care for each loan individually.

Sparkle Hammond with Century Apartment Homes, Kristina Insley with First National Insurance Group and Derrick Bell with Arrowhead Plumbing

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Sparkle Hammond/Century Apartment Homes

The communities in the Century Collection offer luxury living apartment homes with an emphasis on resident satisfaction and strong identification through our Century brand. Headquartered in Atlanta, they operate in multiple markets across the country.

Kristina Insley/First National Insurance Group

First National Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency representing lots of carriers including Amtrust, Travelers, Auto Owners, Donegal, Hartford,  Zurich, Philadelphia, Berkshire, Infinity and many more. The agency has been in Gwinnett County for 18 years and the Principal is a Dave Ramsey endorsed local provider. The agency is active in the community with employees involved with Kiwanis, Rotary, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Apartment Association and BNI.

Derrick Bell/Arrowhead Plumbing

Arrowhead Plumbing is a commercial and residential service plumber. Their goal is to help solve your problems.

Plumbing is one of those services that’s needed primarily when there is a problem. Arrowhead Plumbing understands the stress that can sometimes accompany these times. Arrowhead has years of experience repairing plumbing problems. Not only do they employ licensed Master Plumbers, but their workers diligently seek to educate and inform their customers. The more you know about your particular problem, there is the possibility of heading off future problems of the same nature. They are dedicated to performing quality work while giving you excellent customer service.

Russell Estey with RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros, Stuart Perry with Farmers Insurance Group and Tammy Bennett with Bennett Realty & Investments

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Russell Estey/RooterPLUS & Atlanta Cooling Pros

RooterPLUS/Atlanta Cooling Pros has been providing plumbing, sewer, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and septic tank service to residential and commercial customers since 1994. Their extensive service area includes Atlanta, Marietta, Alpharetta, Cumming, Gainesville, Roswell, Lawrenceville and the surrounding areas. Their experienced, state licensed, professional staff offers quality service at affordable prices.

Stuart Perry/Farmers Insurance Group

Farmers Insurance Group began  in 1928 when two men who shared a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price opened the doors to the Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange in Los Angeles. In the decades that followed, they’ve grown and adapted to meet the changing needs of Americans, but one constant has remained. They have an unwavering commitment to upholding the ideals with which they began by providing industry-leading products and services to the customers they’re privileged to serve.

Today, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is one of the country’s largest insurers(third) of vehicles, homes and small businesses and provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers’ business model revolves around the commitment to serve their clients through local, community based agents who are in touch with the localities where they live and work with their customers.

Farmers is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.

Tammy Bennett/Bennett Realty & Investments

Tammy Bennett is the owner and broker of Bennett Realty & Investments, LLC. After working in accounting for 10 years, she decided to change her career path and began the journey in Real Estate right before becoming a Mom. Having always had an interest in Real Estate, she opened Bennett Realty & Investments as the next step in being a provider of top notch customer service.

She knows what it takes to make a deal work and she looks forward to your business showing you how easy your life can be! Let her help you in your real estate journey, no matter what you are looking for. She has many years of commercial, residential and investment real estate experience, so no matter your needs, she is here to serve you.

She is a foreclosure specialist, so let her help you understand and conquer this difficult market!

Rob Donahue with Investigative Home Inspection, Joel Elliott with EW Capital Management, John Lindsey with Lindsey Insurance Group and Julie Chokos with Atlanta Peach Movers

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Rob Donahue/Investigative Home Inspection

Certified in home and mold inspections in the metro Atlanta area, Investigative Home Inspection has been in business fulltime since 1997 providing inspections for new construction, resale homes, bank owned properties, foreclosures, condos and townhomes. All inspections cover mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Other items include framing, roofing, drainage, crawl spaces, attics and full interior. All inspections include visual mold inspection due to their certifications with the Indoor Air Quality Association. What they pride most is the education process they provide for their clients. The inspection is just one portion of the job. Showing their clients how things operate and why service is important and watching them become involved is important and gratifying to Investigative Home Inspection.

Joel Elliott/EW Capital Management

EW Capital Management provides full service Atlanta property management, real estate, construction and insurance. They specialize in single family homes, condos, duplexes, as well as apartment buildings of any size. They are staffed by Atlanta property managers, construction supervisors, leasing agents and skilled tradesmen.

John Lindsey/Lindsey Insurance Group

Lindsey Insurance Group is a full-service insurance agency offering insurance coverage for auto and home and specialty lines and offering commercial insurance with a special emphasis on church insurance throughout the state of Georgia. The agency shops for the best deal and fit for a customer through its wide range of carriers. Through their 14 years of sales and service, they have worked with their clients through the numerous changes and turns in the insurance industry. Their main goals are to provide great service and expertise to their clients as it relates to insurance. If the Lindsey Insurance Group does not have a specific answer to your question, they will find the answer and call you back.

Julie Chokos/Atlanta Peach Movers

Atlanta Peach Movers is the official mover of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Women’s Council of Realtors and Zoo Atlanta. Atlanta Peach Movers is a full-service relocation provider. They offer local, interstate, intrastate, international and office and industrial relocation services along with packing and storage solutions to their customers. Atlanta Peach Movers just celebrated its 25th anniversary and was voted Kudzu’s Best Mover for 2012.

Rob Donahue, Joel Elliott, Kate Schermerhorn, John Lindsey, Julie Chokos

Ann Spivey with Flowery Branch Chiropractic, Don Adams with Premier Branded Specialties, Bob Starks with KW Commercial Atlanta Partners, Genifa Finch with Angel Cleaning Company and Jenny Butler with Green Street Studio

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Ann Spivey/Flowery Branch Chiropractic

The mission of Flowery Branch Chiropractic is to provide the highest quality chiropractic care to as many individuals and families of south Hall County as possible through compassionate, experienced, conservative, and affordable healthcare. Doctors Tanya Turner and Chris Turner have over 30 years combined experience. Their office offers spinal and extremity adjusting, massage therapy and nutritional consulting.

Don Adams/Premier Branded Specialties

Premier Branded Specialties is a full line distributor of promotional products. They help businesses advertise with the use of promotional products of all kinds (pens, mugs, cups, bags, they have literally thousands of products). They also offer embroidered shirts and hats, as well as screen printed t-shirts. They cater to about anyone with a need to promote a business, church, social group, family reunion and more.

Bob Starks/KW Atlanta Commercial Atlanta Partners

When Keller Williams Realty was founded in 1983, Gary Keller and Joe Williams envisioned a company that would dominate both the residential and commercial real estate markets. KW Commercial is the commercial real estate arm of Keller Williams Realty, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based real estate franchise company with over 77,000 real estate agents, operating in more than 675 market centers (offices) across the globe. KW Commercial’s commitment to excellence has been proven time and time again by the results that their agents produce for their clients. When you engage KW Commercial, you aren’t simply hiring a broker; you are hiring an entire company and a network of dedicated commercial real estate professionals across the globe. KW Commercial agents and brokers hold each other to the highest standard of business.

Genifa Finch/Angel Cleaning Company

Angel Cleaning Company is a professional cleaning company offering a wide range of cleaning services and rendering the most-awaited solutions to the problems of both commercial and non-commercial sectors. They cover all Gwinnett and Atlanta areas, including Suwanee, Buford, Lawrenceville, Sugar Hill, and Alpharetta, and they pride themselves in providing a high quality domestic cleaning service to individual clients.

Just sit back and relax! With Angel Cleaning staff taking care of your home or office, you can do your prioritized work undisturbed. The Angel Cleaning Team will have everything sorted out within a day while you attend to your business and other professional activities.

Jenny Butler/Green Street Studio

Green Street Studio is a professional interior design company specializing exclusively in commercial interiors. Located in
Gainesville, they service businesses throughout Northeast Georgia. Taking a unique approach to commercial interior design, Green Street Studio offers simplified solutions for any business. They offer a variety of design packages that can benefit your company regardless of size or budget. Their services range from conceptual interior design drawings to full interior construction documents and on-site consultation.

Jenny Butler, Ann Spivey, Kate Schermerhorn, Don Adams, Genifa Finch, Bob Starks

Shawna Anderson with Anderson Physical Therapy Associates, Steve McCullough with Carpet Surplus and Hardwood Liquidators, Carrie Enriquez with Housekeepers and Regina Bryan with Keller Williams Realty

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Shawna Anderson/Anderson Physical Therapy Associates

Anderson Physical Therapy Associates provides one-on-one care every visit. They take the time to explain your condition, how it will be treated and what to expect. They are located in Braselton, GA near the new Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Anderson Physical Therapy goes the extra mile be providing extended hours in the mornings, evenings and weekends based on availability.

Shawna Anderson, MPT, the owner of Anderson Physical Therapy Associates, has a stellar track record working for large, national health companies. She opened her private practice to fill the need for more attentive and personal care in physical therapy treatment.

Steve McCullough/Carpet Surplus and Hardwood Liquidators

With over 300 rolls in stock, Carpet Surplus and Hardwood Liquidators has one of Atlanta’s premier carpet inventories! They carry brand names such as Mohawk, Shaw, Beaulieu and Stainmaster. In addition to carpet, they offer Vinyl, Laminate and Hardwood Flooring at discounted prices. They are a one-stop service provider! Call 404-552-0503.

Carrie Enriquez/Housekeepers

Housekeepers is a family owned and operated, full-service residential and office cleaning company serving Greater Gwinnett
County. Respect for your home, your time, your home’s security, and the fact that you are paying them your hard-earned money, forms the basis of their business. Everything they do is centered around providing you respectful, quality service you can trust.

They offer their exclusive MAIDLOGIC method which is a practical method for keeping your entire home clean on a continuing basis. You are not locked into a service level restricted by a corresponding list. They will clean all areas of your home on a rotating basis to ensure overall cleanliness.

They offer a Quality Assurance Program that protects you in three ways: Quality of their service, quality of training, and quality in their maids. If you have had maid service for years or if you are considering it for the first time, they will work with you to determine your custom cleaning plan with your budget in mind.

Regina Bryan/Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners

Keller Williams Realty, Sugarloaf Market Center, is located at 1970 Satellite Blvd., Suite 2100 in Duluth, GA. It is a full-service
real estate firm with 200 sales associates. Keller Williams Realty Inc. is the largest real estate franchise company in the United States with approximately 700 offices and 80,000 associates around the world.

Keller Williams associates may be taking the day off on Thursday, May 9, 2013, but it will hardly be a day of rest. Associates with the Sugarloaf Market Center have chosen to “Give Where They Live” as part of RED Day, one of the biggest events in the real estate industry.

Short for “Renew, Energize and Donate,” RED Day was created to unite Keller Williams Realty offices and associates in an international day of service.

As part of the RED Day effort, the Sugarloaf Market Center has chosen to spend the afternoon at the Sheltering Arms Early-Education Daycare Center in Lawrenceville, GA. They will sort food and clothing donations for the Sheltering Arms. Then they will have an afternoon play day with the children.

Since the first RED Day in 2009, Keller Williams associates have given almost a half million hours of community service through activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, revamping gardens at nursing homes and rebuilding homes and schools for community members in need. To this day, it is one of the largest events in the real estate industry.

For more information about RED Day, visit http://www.kw.com/kw/redday.html.

Shawna Anderson, Kate Schermerhorn, Steve McCullough, Carrie Enriquez, Regina Bryan

Paige Powers with Keller Williams Realty, David Post with Future Security and Nate Norton with Yellow Van Handyman

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Paige Powers/Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners

Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners Sugarloaf opened its doors in early 2000 with a handful of agents. Today, the Sugarloaf KW office is home to over 220 real estate sales associates. KW Sugarloaf is #1 in Gwinnett County in Listing Volume, Sales Volume, Listings Sold and Overall Sales Volume. The culture of their office, combined with the training and leadership, make the office very attractive to top producing agents in the area.

Paige Powers is an Atlanta native who has held a Georgia Real Estate License since 1994. After ten years as a sales associate, with the top producing team in her office, at over $300,000 in Gross Commission Income, Paige became a team leader for a KW office in Buford. In 2006, she became the team leader at the Sugarloaf Office, and has guided the office through the recent market correction.

David Post/Future Security

Future Security meets the specific and unique needs of each of their clients by providing the very best security services to business and professional organizations of all types and sizes in metro-Atlanta and surrounding counties in Georgia.

Founded in 1972 by company president David Post, Future Security became well-known for providing outstanding client service and trusted security to businesses ranging from the small company to the Fortune 500. Headquartered in Buford, GA Future Security understands that businesses need a range of defenses to be secure in today’s world.

They have dedicated themselves to recruiting only the very finest and qualified personnel in the area of security, loss prevention and investigations. They take pride in a well-qualified security team and handle each assignment individually and confidentially. Through continual and ongoing training, their staff is able to maintain a high level of proficiency and professionalism.

Their experienced team has expertise with the methods and technology needed to ensure the complete security of your business. They are dedicated to offering superior quality consulting and investigative services. Higher standards mean better security.

Nate Norton/Yellow Van Handyman

Yellow Van Handy Man provides services that give members some of their much needed time back. They help you check off items on your “to do” list so that you can spend time going to your children’s events, going on date nights, or just relaxing and enjoying your time off. Their mission is to understand their member’s needs and provide honest, ethical, and the highest quality services possible so that members expectations are met or exceeded. Let their team help you with your “to do” list.

Paige Powers, Kate Schermerhorn, David Post, Nate Norton

Jeanne’ Smith with Ultra Touch Cleaning and Wayne Stoneback with Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate

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Jeanne’ Smith/Ultra Touch Cleaning

Ultra Touch Cleaning provides residential, turnkey and business office cleanings. They have been in Gwinnett County since July 2007 and have been in the industry for 20 years. They service Gwinnett & surrounding counties. Ultra Touch Cleaning is a drug-free workplace that is licensed & insured.

Ultra Touch Cleaning specializes in custom home cleaning services available on a weekly, bi-weekly, tri-weekly, monthly or one-time basis. Ultra Touch Cleaning cleans each home/office individually to guarantee that they meet each client’s objectives and budget.

Wayne Stoneback/Atlantic & Pacific Real Estate

Atlantic and Pacific Real Estate is one of the 18 members of the Carrington family of companies. Carrington was founded in 2001 by Bruce Rose, a former Wall Street securities broker. The Carrington family of companies is involved in the finance, asset management or sales of residential real estate. Atlantic & Pacific is a leader in the disposition of REO, Short Sale and retail homes. They are also heavily involved with local and national investors as well as several large hedge funds in purchasing properties for differing investment goals. They are a full service company that has the expertise in the current market to assist the individual home buyer in navigating these new and exciting times.

Jeanne' Smith, Kate Schermerhorn and Wayne Stoneback