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  It may not be cooling down quite yet, but fall is on its way, and with it, some new ways to have fun in the Metro area! The new season is a great excuse to get out and explore the neighborhood or try something new. There are plenty of fall festivals and fairs around town, but we found some of the best and rounded them up here!  Dragon Con  You won't have to wait long for this event! This weekend, Atlanta will host Dragon Con ,  a pop-culture convention where you can see everything from Storm Troopers to Spiderman. The event will take place over Labor Day weekend and includes autograph sessions, workshops, author readings,  an art show, and more! For those not wanting to register and attend the indoor festivities, you can always make your way to Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta on Saturday. During the parade, super-fans will cosplay as their favorite characters and make their way through the city. You never quite know just who you will see at this famous Atlanta event!  Music

Countless decisions go into purchasing a home: location, architectural style, neighborhood, moving date - the list goes on and on. One decision owners face when buying real estate is whether to purchase owner's title insurance. While many choices in the home-buying process require much consideration, a decision about owner's title insurance should be one of the easiest. After all, if you buy insurance for your car, why wouldn't you insure what will most likely be the biggest investment you'll ever make? Technically speaking, owner's title insurance is optional. But again, when trying to decide if you should protect the most important purchase in your life, the option is pretty clear. Most people think of insurance as payment to protect from a future event - like when you buy car insurance to protect you from an accident that may happen in the future. Title insurance is different. It protects your from future losses based on past events before you acquired the proper

Transferring property to a new generation in your family? Want your new work-from-home office to be in the name of your LLC?  If so, you will most likely need a quit claim deed, or QCD. Life brings changes, and with it, the ownership of your property may need to change as well, and that's where a QCD comes in. A quit claim deed is simply the transfer of interest in a property from one party to another. The person transferring their interest is called the "grantor," while the person taking the interest in the property is called the "grantee." The grantor ends, or "quits," their claim to the property, allowing the grantee to take over. While a QCD is one of the easiest ways to transfer property, it is important to note that there are no warranties of title transferred with this deed. A quit claim deed does not normally occur when there is a buyer and seller and when money changes hands. These deeds also do not guarantee that the seller, or grantor, has o