Lake Sinclair: we love it, we know it, & we sell it

I'm behind on my market reports.  Having my daughter's wedding in May and then getting the flu... well I'm not here to make excuses just to catch you up on the data.April closings slowed down a bit on Lake Sinclair homes from March, but still out performed every April for the past 5 years. 22 hom...

In our local real estate market it is not uncommon to see homes being advertised with furniture included. Many times these homes are a vacation home for the sellers and they have no place to put all that furniture if the buyers don't want it. So this is a very common question that people listing ...

I had a conversation with another AR member earlier in the week about politics. Well sort of, we actually talked about keeping our opinions about politics off our posts and off our Facebook page.Now I'm not talking about pretending to be someone I'm not.  I can't and don't hide who I am.  I'm a p...

As this beautiful young woman's mom I have seen every emotion humanly possible on her face. But I cannot recall a single moment in her entire life that I have seen her look this joyfully content. I am lucky enough to be married to the person who is my BEST friend and now I believe my daughter is ...

I had a lot of catching up to do today.  And emails were one thing I was dreadfully behind in going through.  I had tried to scan for very important and urgent messages to forward those to the associate broker in my office handling things while I was busy with wedding things, but there were hundr...

It's not a big house, but it is filled with Charm and has a wonderful view. It also has a stand up partial basement for great storage or a workshop.  If you are looking for a first home, or a very affordable get-a-way for the weekends Sunset Cottage is your bargain Lake House.It has 2 Bedrooms an...

Back in January when I begin helping my daughter search for a venue and make wedding plans and writing checks (lots of checks) I just kept saying that I had to work hard to not have to tap into my savings to make my only daughter have a beautiful wedding.  Now that I'm just 17 days out from THE D...

So if I listed 103 things you needed to know about blogging do you know what I believe the likelihood of you reading the entire list would be?  How did you guess it would zilch, nada, zero. But if ALL 103 things you need your buyers or sellers to know are important then there is a way to do it an...

Two and half years ago Donald and I were volunteered by my daughter to babysit for her friend Tashsa. Now you might think... rewarding? babysitting? are you nuts? But I want to share some photos and our story of growing our family. Over that two and half years these children, all FIVE of them, we...

Earlier this week I read a post about an agent having an agent getting a phone voice mail blasting them for a direct mail piece. Clearly the caller didn't want anymore "junk mail" in her mail box and let the agent have it. Most of the agents jumped on the "well she's crazy" band wagon and I was a...