From the desk of ….Becky Repess

Lately, my family has had several "hiccups" in our day to day life. Hiccups sounds so much better than bad things. As many of you know, my Mother broke her leg and had surgery, we lost 3 dear friends to death and my precious cousin passed too. One more hiccup occurred just before the 4th of July ...

 This was so good that I wanted to share it with my friends at Active Rain. Forgive me if it has already been shared.   A Message by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but h...

I have to boast a little. We have all talked about doing front desk duty, opportunity time. phone time or whatever you want to call it. I have said in previous posts that I do enjoy the time at the front desk. It just helps keep me up on the market, properties currently listed and basically keeps...

Our family lost a beautiful, vibrant, young lady last week. Kourtney was 22 years old when she lost her courage battle with cancer. She married the love of her life, Brent Cargal in February of 2007. In November, 2007 she began having severe headaches. The doctors treated her for migrains but af...

A History of Lancaster Among the early settlers of Lancaster were Roderick Rawlins, Abram "Honest A" Bledsoe, and Thomas McKee Ellis.  They were accompanied by sons-in-law Middleton Perry and Jones Greene, who in 1844 brought with them the legendary quarter-mile running horse Steel Dust, who woul...

I am going to continue with another story about Sue, my 39 year old widow. My last blog I told you about Sue's wonderful friends Harvey and his wife Peanut (nickname). They were there for Sue from the time her husband died 8 months ago. Harvey went with us to look at houses several times so he co...

I have told all of you about my 39 year old grieving widow. Now I must tell you about the closings on both houses. Sue was married to a man in his late 50's who was very wealthy and rode Harley's. Don't get me wrong there is absolutely nothing wrong with riding Harleys or having tatoos. Everyone ...

Would all of my Active Rain family members help me welcome Ms Catherine Young to the Rain? Catherine is a Realtor with North Texas GMAC.  Catherine specializes in every aspect of real estate like the rest of us. She has a lot of energy and works long hours. We feel very fortunate to have Catherin...

Exciting announcement! I want all of you to know we found a house for my young 39 year old grieving widow, Sue. We found a cute little house in Lancaster that was absolutely perfect for my client. The house was built in 1938 and was totally remodeled inside and out. She loves it! We  closed both ...

I need to get back in the routine of doing my Active Rain. I have really missed all of you. I need your help to get me motivated again. My Mother had emergency surgery last Friday in San Angelo, Texas. Mother had her left leg amputated 2 years ago due to a staff infection in her foot. She was tra...