Sorry I have been away

On March 29, 2009 my wife Debra died in her sleep at 3 am that Sunday morning. She had been getting worse all month. She had Multiple Sclerosis that was just diagnosed at the end of 2008. She could not walk by March and was using a wheel chair. Now she is gone from me. We only had 10 years together, but it was the best 10 years of my life. We were best friends and best lovers. We never argued or faught. We talked about everything right up to the time of her death. Now for me...lonelyness sucks, a quiet house sucks, reinventing my life was not planned but here I go. I will be back to work in my real estate office on Monday April 13, 2009. I will be working full time and all the time. Let me know how I can help you with your real estate needs.

Winter weather back to normal

Temperatures in the 30's at night and 50's during the day. My real estate business is hot. The month is almost over and I have listed over $2 million dollars worth of real estate for sale this month and I have sold over a half million dollars worth. Again I say the real estate market is as good as the people who are working in it. If you are considering selling or buying real estate in northeast Oklahoma, now is the time.

Wow what a week.

This has been a great week. I have been saying all week "If you are a Realtor in the Tulsa area and you are not making offers, getting contracts, listing property then you must be hiding in a closet." I have written an offer on a half million dollar ranch and negotiated it to a sale. I have written an offer on an east Tulsa home. I have listed an investor home in Claremore.

Back to work

I just am now getting over the crud. Continued working real estate thru it. Just yesterday I completed a contract on a half million dollar ranch near Haskell Oklahoma. I have also listed a cattle ranch near Afton Oklahoma for $2 Million dollars. Moving right along. I wish the media would leave us alone and let people regain their confidence and allow them to go ahead and buy homes and take advantage of the $7500 tax credit and the 5% interest rates. Call me for more information.

Man I have been sick

I just call it the Creeping Crud. Upper resperatory stuff. Nose, caughing you know the stuff. I have had it for four or five days and I am trying to get over it.
We are having some crummy weather right now. Light rain freezing on the roads. There are a lot of meetings, school and church cancelations. I drove into Tulsa this morning and along the turnpike I saw a herd of about 20 white tail deer and when I reached the Navigation channel I sighted a bald eagle. This is the first bald eagle I have seen in Rogers county. I usually see them near Keystone lake west of Tulsa. Everyone be careful out there.

Finished up a great week.

I listed two homes in Claremore, have a referal to list a home in Claremore, pre-viewed to list a home and acreage in West Tulsa. I also had a showing of a home and acreage in Claremore and my ranch in Haskell and my ranch in Chelsea were both shown today. I think it is back to moving again.

16 Degrees at 2:30 in the afternoon

How absolutely ridiculous is that?

Tulsa housing market gets high rating

By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer
Published: 1/9/2009 6:47 PM
Last Modified: 1/9/2009 6:47 PM

Tulsa’s housing market will lose 1.1 percent of its value before it starts to recover by the end of the year, according to an estimate by Economy.com, a division of Moody’s.
Despite the expected depreciation, the prediction was good enough to tie Tulsa with Houston for the sixth-best performing home market during the recession.

The survey, published on Forbes magazine’s online component, indicates that U.S. home values as a whole will drop 15 percent by the time things hit bottom late this year or sometime in 2010.

Forbes’ article on the survey singled out Tulsa for having relatively low home value growth since 2004, moving from an average of $100,000 to $130,000.

As a result, home prices in Tulsa and other metro areas cited in the survey don’t have nearly as far to fall compared with housing markets that skyrocketed during the housing boom, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Economy.com, said in the Forbes article.

“None … participated in the housing boom,” he said. “Some are down just because the economy is bad.”

Of the 25 areas listed, none showed gains in home values in the near future and only two — McAllen, Texas, and Syracuse, N.Y. — were predicted to have no change in prices.

The figures are based on comparisons between home prices during the second quarter of 2008 and price projections through 2011, and examined metro areas larger than 500,000 people.


By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer

This has been a good week. Temperatures were above normal. I have sold two tracts of land and closed on one this week. I have listed one home and will be listing two more next week. The market actually is picking up. I predict that the spring of 2009 will bring green grass, blooming flowers and popping sold signs on homes in the Tulsa area.

Real Estate business

Well where have I been.....anyway, I am back. It was kind of a slow weekend all around. Back to work today, working on negotiating two different land deals and I listed a home today. Weather is decent at 35 to 45 degrees. Big day tomorrow with a corporate meeting in Tulsa. Ho hum. See ya soon.

Let's talk about the market

I once heard someone say, " Some of my best thinking is done by other people." I don't know about the "best" part of this, but, unfortunately, when comes to buying real estate in a market shift, like the one we are in now, I do believe that most buyers are letting others do too much of their thinking for them. These other people might include family, friends, and the media. On one hand, a lot of good information can come from these sources. On the other hand, if these are the only real estate information sources people are using, then they're not getting the entire story. More to follow....

HAPPY NEW YEAR......PEOPLES.

Well 2008 is now history. This has been one of the best years I have had in a long time in real estate. Sales were up all year until the crazy people in finance and media busted our dream of home ownership. Look for a special blog coming soon explaining the real estate market.