Random Thoughts

This post is mostly for other agents in the OKC area. The latest iteration of the Oklahoma City Metro MLS is out, up, and running, and … if you haven’t already, TRY IT OUT. It’s such an improvement over the previous version, I can’t even tell you. There are tons of little (and not-so-little) things [...]

Interest Rates are at unbeliveable record low.   I am amazed that any one who can qualify would even consider renting.  I have never seen so many reason why someone SHOULD NOT rent!! Home price’s are very good. Lower mortgage payments than rent! Many Seller’s are willing to pay for closing cost. Mortgage payments are lower [...]

Sounds great but how do you make up the lost revenue? Our neighbors to the south don’t have a State Income Tax. Homeowners in Texas have property taxes that are 2 to 3 times higher than their neighbors to the north. So how would that effect Realtors? Here’s a few things to think about. Buyers [...]

There’s an old story that goes like so:  A man — let’s call him Frank — had an acquaintance who was a doctor.  One day at a party, Frank cornered his doctor acquaintance to tell her all about a friend of his with some obscure health problem (ah, the days before Web MD told us [...]