The tax credit may be gone, but the City of Atlanta in partnership with other agencies is offering an awesome downpayment assitance program for eligible households / individuals. There are a couple of different programs with different income limitiations -- go to http://www.atlantada.com/buildDev/HomeAtlanta.jsp for more...

This is a cool site (sponsored by The Anderson Group). www.georgiahomeprice.com let's you see all of the most recent sales data for your area. You can see net sales price, days on market, and even pictures of homes that have sold to give you an idea...