Blogging by The Home Gardners - Rick & Pam Gardner and the Team (CRS, ABR, GRI)

The national, and oftentimes local, news media have a penchant for sensationalizing negative real estate news.  Why is this?  Do they think it will sell more newspapers or more air time?  It probably will to those whose glass is half-empty, but it doesn't work for me.  I know the truth. The real ...

I've been there.   It's ugly.  It's humiliating.  It's frustrating.  It's SO many things rolled into one.You don't realize the very public implications of the prospect of losing your home until it's looming over your head.  How will you explain it to your kids?  your parents?  your friends? your ...

In a recent real estate training class with Keller Williams Realty and also in a recent class of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University at First Baptist Church in Ozark, I heard an interesting story.  Here it is:"I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.  I will push you onward or drag...

Are you one of those real estate buyers waiting to buy until the market "bottoms out" to be sure you get the best deal?  If so, maybe you should rethink your strategy.  The February 25, 2008 issue of Time Magazine has a great story on page 54 that makes a great case for buying now.  To be more sp...

Wow!  What a turnaround we're starting to see in the Springfield MO, Ozark MO and Nixa MO real estate markets in the last 45 days.  The 2007 year end statistics from the Springfield, MO Multiple Listing Service showed that single family residential inventory is up 23.5% from 2005 and residential ...