Billi Evans's (billimissourirealtor) Blog

This headline caught my eye: "Heavyweight': Glut of foreclosed homes threatens housing market. Followed by a sub head that read: 'Housing prices are falling and they're going to fall some more' And then I thought. Yea! More gloom and doom from The New York Times. But as I read the article, I saw ...

It was a tense night here in the Springfield, Missouri area as we watched a tornado hit our cousins in Joplin to our Southwest (my real estate partner finally, just heard from his family in Joplin). We will continue to pray for the people of Joplin. It is going to be tough over the next few days....

    A man in Nixa, Missouri is in hot water with the federal government for selling, not drugs or secret documents or bootleg movies but for selling.....(drum roll please) bunny rabbits! Yep, he helped his son with a home-ran business that sold rabbits to area pet stores. They've had their busine...

Three Holy Men and a Bear A Priest, a Pentecostal Preacher, and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people ...

Tonight the manager hiring committee interviewed possible candidates to take over Michael Scott's head position on The Office. One of the candidates was played by James Spader and as watched I wondered when did James Spader become Christopher Walken? Seriously, this crazy little British import ha...

The last several days have been absolutely crazy selling real estate in Southwest Missouri. I've honestly been bouncing like a pin ball from deal to deal and client to client. Of course I'm grateful for the business but a day of house cleaning with no interruptions would be at the top of my wish ...

Southwest Missouri is Cardinal Country so I've been a St. Louis Cardinal fan since I've been a little kid. And of all the Cardinals Ozzie Smith, all-star short stop, was one of my favorites. Well the former Cardinal great will honored as the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame's 21st Legend on Wednesday...

Today was a cool breezy day in Southwest Missouri. I met and showed property to a couple from Illinois. The had a home in Edwardsville that they paid in the upper two hundreds for a couple of years ago and now are relocating here. In the course of the day the subject of property taxes came up and...

Showed property today. A couple of nice homes. A couple of homes that just didn't work. And one that just puzzled me. The house has been on the market for several months and just like most other houses that are close to drawing social security, it was overpriced. Strike 1 Once inside, we discover...

I love it when my flowers start to bloom. It all begins with my daffodills to my tulipsand then the Irises join the party along with my climbing clematis and finally my roses. I just love my roses   Yes, Southwest Missouri is in full bloom as is my real estate business. Houses are moving and barg...