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The Southeast Affected By The Devastating Tornados of April 27, 2011 I've lived in the South my entire life, and while tornados are somewhat common, nothing can prepare you for the devastation that occurs after such a storm.  My Facebook page has been inundated with pictures, messages of comfort,...
04/29/2011
Buying Basics - What Every Homebuyer in North Alabama Needs To Know Right Now Regardless of what the news is saying, as a homebuyer in today's market, you need to understand that every market is different. I generally work in two extremely different housing markets (the Shoals and Huntsville), a...
03/16/2011
No, NPR.  Not Everyone Deserves To Keep Their House! This morning driving into the office, I found myself literally yelling at my radio at one of the worst spun stories against our housing market I've ever heard.   Let's preface this by saying that I'm a firm believer in taking responsibility fo...
12/20/2010
Don't Be A Dufus, Be A Professional I had a voice mail last night from an agent wanting to show a house I've got listed.  The house has been on the market for what seems like forever.  Don't get me wrong... I've had this listing long enough to know that I should be trying to bend over backwards t...
10/25/2010
Trowbridge's - An Americana Experience Unique to the Shoals Trowbridge's Ice Cream & Sandwich 316 N Court StFlorence, AL 35630-4738(256) 764-1503 Yesterday, after trudging through a long session of online continuing education classes, I treated myself to lunch at Trowbridge's.  If you've ever be...
09/28/2010
Killen, Alabama House for Sale - 1886 County Road 103 - $137,900  1886 County Road 103, Killen, AL - Recently Reduced to $137,900 Miraculous changes can occur sometimes in real estate. The house we've got listed on 1886 County Road 103 is one of those occurances. Remodeled, revamped, redone, and ...
05/17/2010
Testimonials: A Well Needed Pat On The Back When you run a real estate company practically on your own, it can be easy to lose motivation. We all know that we haven't seen the easiest real estate market out there, and making money has been tough for just about every industry out there these days....
01/21/2010
Choose the RIGHT Agent - Not the "Walmart" Agent   Personally, I don't mind Walmart.  Some totally despise their business strategies of nickel and diming their suppliers while putting "Mom and Pop" stores out of business in the process... however you can't deny the fact that you probably go there...
12/05/2009
$8000 Tax Credits for House Buying - MUST ACT NOW! By now you've probably heard that the government is offering up to $8,000 in tax credit to First-Time Homebuyers. You may not have heard that there is also a $6,500 tax credit available to folks who have owned a home for at least 5 years and are ...
11/18/2009
The Sound of the Shoals - Part 3 - The Birth of Rock and Roll and Rhythm and BluesPart Three of our series that explains why Muscle Shoals, Alabama is considered the "Hit Recording Capital of the World." The next generation of Shoals area music began when the legendary Sam Phillips began working ...
11/16/2009
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Joshua Pettus

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