Owasso OK Community & Real Estate Information Owasso real estate is situated in Rogers and Tulsa Counties, in the northeast portion of Oklahoma, just ten minutes north of Tulsa.  The City of Owasso offers a beautiful rural setting, with woodsy areas that offset business and residential zones.  You can put in an eight-hour day at the office and be either out fishing on the lake or dining in the finest of restaurants within minutes.  The options are plentiful for those who are looking for the laid back lifestyle America’s western frontier has to offer. Owasso’s Education The Owasso Public Schools system is made up of 13 public schools and over 6,300 students.  There are seven elementary schools, a 6th grade center, a 7th grade center, an 8th grade center, a mid-high school for students ... 12/24/2014

If your looking for Homes for Sale in Owasso, Oklahoma, you have found the place!   There are a wide variety of Homes for Sale in Owasso, Oklahoma.  Whether your looking for the your first home or searching for the perfect neighborhood to settle in to begin your retirement, you will find Homes for Sale in Owasso, Oklahoma that will satisfy your desire!   Owasso, Oklahoma is arguable one of the fastest growing cities in the Oklahoma.  With a population of just over 30,000 residents,  Owasso provides the conveniences of a major city, while successfully maintaining the small, tight-knit community feel.  Originally considered the bedroom community to Tulsa, Owasso has continued to expand as the Tulsa area grows.   Homes in Owasso, Oklahoma are greatly desired due to the long standing reputa... 08/05/2014

Owasso OK Community and Real Estate Information Owasso real estate is situated in Rogers and Tulsa Counties, in the northeast portion of Oklahoma, just ten minutes north of Tulsa.  The City of Owasso offers a beautiful rural setting, with woodsy areas that offset business and residential zones.  You can put in an eight-hour day at the office and be either out fishing on the lake or dining in the finest of restaurants within minutes.  The options are plentiful for those looking for the laid back lifestyle America’s western frontier has to offer. Owasso’s Education The Owasso Public Schools system is made up of 13 public schools and over 6,300 students.  There are seven elementary schools, a 6th grade center, a 7th grade center, an 8th grade center, a mid-high school for students in 9th a... 07/30/2014

As I sit and reflect on the last couple of months, I realize how blessed our area is in the Real Estate Market.    My colleagues are selling homes like crazy!  Some homes are selling within the week they were listed.   If you have been thinking about the idea of selling your home... call me!  Or, if you have friends or family who are looking to move to the Owasso/Tulsa - send them a link to my website...  www.soldonowasso.com or www.thenewtonteam.com.  Both websites allow them to search for homes for free!    Have a great week!  05/29/2013

Cold yucky weather have you inside today?   How about browsing for your next home or checking the real estate trends in your city!      http://www.owassohomefinder.com/   03/10/2013

Spring Break begins in two weeks and that is when the market shifts from Winter to Spring…Buyers are coming out from everywhere and we don’t have enough properties to show them.    Builders are beginning to gear up again for a great Summer Market.   Don’t get left out!!!   If you are thinking about selling your house, do it now!!!  Inventory and Interest rates are lower than ever…what more could you want??   http://www.owassohomefinder.com/     03/03/2013

If you read the title of this blog, you already know that this is going to be about the infamous leg lamp from one of my favorite movies of all time, "A Christmas Story." And you would be right. And so here is my Speechless Sunday pic! How cool is that?  Even though it isn't full sized, I now have the leg lamp from "A Christmas Story" sitting on my desk.  Everytime I turn it on I can still hear Ralphie say, "There's only one thing that could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric..." If you don't know the rest of the line, go watch the movie! 01/22/2012

Taking the Emotions Out of Selling Your Owasso Oklahoma Home Everybody knows that a home is an investment.  You buy it.  Values go up.  You sell.  You make money, right?  Yeah, sure.  That may have been the way it was in the past, but for many Owasso Oklahoma home sellers, the world has changed.  In today's Owasso Oklahoma home market, making a profit when you sell is no longer a sure thing. I could give you all kinds of reasons why this is true, but I won't because we all already know what a mess the housing market is in across the country and here in Owasso Oklahoma.  So instead, let me focus today on what continues to hold Owasso Oklahoma home sellers back from being successful in selling their home.  I call these the "I'm smarter than the market brain farts". Smarter than the market... 11/07/2011

The longer I am in real estate, the more I begin to think that personality types and/or regions of the country (or world) from where a person was raised and how they were raised are three of the biggest factors in how a client will behave.  But I'm not sure we pay much attention to those things.  It is usually only after a buyer or a seller has gone off and done something stupid, heartbreaking or flat out mean that we step back and go, "Holy cow!  Where did THAT come from???" Take, for example, the buyer who went to the seller's house a couple of days prior to closing.  The buyer, who was my client, didn't call me to set this up.  Nope, she just went over there and knocked on the door.  The seller had parents there moving her stuff and they let the buyer in because she wanted to get the... 10/06/2011

There once was a dog groomer who owned a fairly successful dog grooming business.  Even when times got tough.  Her dog grooming business did well because she was good at what she did; grooming dogs. However, she wasn’t so good at keeping her mouth shut. One day, a regular customer came into her shop to have his little dog groomed.  This particular customer loved his little dog.  He often fed her table scraps and other kinds of people food that weren't good for her.  But that was because he loved her.  Needless to say, his little dog was on the plump side because she ate all the goodies he gave her.  But that was okay with her because she liked all that stuff that wasn't good for her.  And she liked being spoiled.  And she knew she was loved. The little dog was happy and so was her owner... 10/04/2011

Ever feel like you're being watched? Kind of creepy isn't it? This happened yesterday morning while I was out garage selling with my garage selling friend. We pulled up to a house and I noticed this guy standing in his garage watching the garage sale. When we came back to the car, the guy was still standing there. Only he hadn't moved an inch. I thought, "Hey, that guy is watching us!" Then when we pulled away, I found out why he was watching us! Can you figure it out?  Still no? How about a closer look...  Yep, it's a punching dummy! LOL 08/28/2011

One thing I enjoy about working in Real Estate is finding the hidden gems of life that lurk in each home and sometimes, in backyards. Take, for example, this sign. I came upon it not long ago while showing yet another foreclosed house. If you can't read the sign, it says, "Bridge to London." When I saw the sign, it made me smile because I could see in my mind a father and his daughter in the garage cutting out the sign or maybe a mom taking her to Hobby Lobby or Lowes to find a precut piece of wood that work for the entry sign that the kiddo wanted just in that spot. And I could picture them in the garage or maybe in the kitchen, painting the background color and then making the star. And then maybe carefully painting the lettering so it looked "just right." And then I thought about all... 08/07/2011

If you've been a member of this amazing community for very long, you know about the value of friendships.  Since joining Active Rain way back in 2007, I have made some amazing friends across the nation.  Many are people whom I've never actually met in person, but whom are more supportive and provide better counsel than folks in my own company and/or community. This past week I was in Durango, Colorado for a week long High School event with some kids from our church.  Needless to say, Colorado is not only gorgeous, but June Colorado weather rocks compared to June Oklahoma weather.  While there, we enjoyed lots of fun activities, including a day of shopping in downtown Durango.  As we walked around, I noticed a couple of Real Estate companies and advertising by the "big dog" agent in town... 06/28/2011

I hear it all the time.  And I've been hearing for the last year or so.  It usually goes something like this... "NOW is the time to buy!  Interest rates are never, ever going to be this great again!" And then it is usually followed by some kind of statement like this... "Where are all the buyers?  How come NOBODY is buying?There are SO many great houses out there and everything is on sale!" And sometimes, even in the context of office meetings, it goes something like this... "You all just need to get out there and sell! sell! sell!  Interest rates are low and blah, blah, blah..." You know what I want to say to those kinds of statements?  "YOU'RE NOT TOO BRIGHT!" That's not very nice, is it?  Nope, it isn't.  But it's the truth.  Anyone who is going around yaking about why the house buyi... 06/16/2011

When it comes to buying or selling a home in Owasso, Oklahoma, we have a wonderful group of Owasso Oklahoma Realtors®.  Because our population is right around 30,000, Owasso, Oklahoma is big enough to have it's own shopping and amenities while still being small enough to know a large portion of those who live here. Owasso Oklahoma is located just 8 miles north of Tulsa, as are many of the other suburbs.  Most Owasso Oklahoma Realtors® are affiliated with the larger Real Estate companies such as McGraw Realtors®, Coldwell Banker Realtors®, Keller Williams Realtors® and Chinoweth and Cohen Realtors®.  While there are a few boutique Real Estate companies that sprout up from time to time, the Tulsa and Tulsa suburb markets are dominated by the larger companies mentioned above. One thing I e... 06/10/2011

So I'm minding my own business in the world of Real Estate one day when the phone rings.  It's another agent from my company who doesn't work my area and he's got a referral for me.  Super!  We work out the details and I call the seller up to make an appointment. Upon arriving, I discover that the previous listing agent is a friend of mine from a different company and that the house is a nice looking trailer with good curb appeal.  "Interesting", I thought as I knocked on the door.  Upon entering, I met Mr. Seller and the former Mrs., who was also selling the place.  It seems that these grandparent aged people had gotten divorced and had a court order to sell the place and split the profits.  It hadn't sold previously, so they wanted a fresh start with a different agent and company, yad... 06/07/2011

I'm not sure who decided to drag or haul what is left of this truck into the woods, but it has been there ever since at least 1997 when Diane and I moved to Owasso Oklahoma. It sits at the intersection of 177th East Avenue and 86th Street North. Even though the sign says "No Trespassing", there isn't anything to go tresspassing for. No house. No barn. No anything except for the over grown woods. There is the truck cab, of course. But since the sign says to stay off the property, I've never wandered out to check out the old truck. Sometimes I wonder if those guys on one of those "picking" shows would find value in the old truck cab. Or why some truck collector hasn't tried to buy it for a restoration project. Must be that it isn't worth much. It's kind of funny, but to me the old truck h... 06/05/2011

Diane and I work with a small church just up the road in Collinsville, Oklahoma. On Wednesday nights I work with the teenagers during the school year. Besides teaching them some things about God, I try to help them see beyond themselves to a future that often many of them never thought they would have. In the summertime, we combine all of the kids together for Wednesday night summer fun. This gives us a chance to go outside and enjoy the warmer summer weather and to do things differently. Yesterday my plan for the activity didn't come together. I needed some T shirts to freeze solid in gallon bags of water so they would become a block of solid ice. The kids then have to melt the shirts out of the ice using only their hands. It's harder than it sounds and takes about an hour. It forces t... 06/02/2011

So here’s the scenario. I have a nice buyer family who has sold their home in another state. They are moving to my area and are excited to find a great home. So we go looking at homes after scouring the MLS. But we can’t find anything that they really like. Day 1 finishes as a dud. On day two we go look at a few homes then return to the office to see if there may be something we overlooked during the first go around. Sure enough, a listing popped up in a great neighborhood. But there were no pics in the MLS and there was no disclosure either. Sure, the information said that the home was updated, but without the pics it would be hard to know exactly what that meant. So we call up the seller to see about a showing. He says we can come out, so we do. And when we get there, we find a deligh... 06/01/2011

I am a garage seller. I love going to garage sales on Saturday mornings during garage selling season. Not only can you find amazing bargains, but you meet interesting people as well. And you see and find some of the coolest stuff. For example, here in Owasso, we have many guys who work or who have worked at American Airlines as mechanics. When you come upon one of their sales, you can pick up wrenches and screwdrivers and all kinds of awesome tools at incredible low prices. And these are good tools too, not some cheaply made mass produced second or third world piece of junk. And being a tool collecting kind of a guy, I love that! One thing that you find at many garage sales is the naked Barbies. Whenever we pull up to a house and there are lots of kids kinds of things on the tables or i... 05/31/2011