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I looked out this dreary morning to see what I assume to be the last hurrah of color for our neighborhood trees. The day is dark and gloomy, but through the drizzle on the window the bright colors said, 'Come look at us, we'll soon be gone."

I am so thankful for the beautiful fall we have had this year. Usually in Oklahoma it is like someone flipped a switch from hot to cold with maybe one or two days of fall stuck in between. This year the changing trees lingered for our pleasure.

I love the fall colors and it creates in me a passion to cozy up my home and living space.  I also think towards my clients who are looking for their dream home and it is my goal to help them find it.  I wish for each and everyone a place to call home; a place that is their own.

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we will help you find the home of your dreams

Professionally and excellently redone.

With the inventory running low for homes that are below $150,000 that will qualify for FHA and VA fianancing, the Linwood Addition in Oklahoma City, is a very peaceful and beautiful neighbor hood with several homes that will.  It is one of the finest historic additions near downtown Oklahoma City, with affordable housing.  Most of the homes in this area were built using much better lumber than what new homes today are made from.  These are called 100 year houses, but will be around a lot longer than that.  The owners of these properties in the Linwood addition have purchase a great investment as the equity in their homes is doing very well in a time where other additions have suffered a decrease in value. These homes make great homes for first time buyers, and are also very nice homes for those who have an acquired taste for a quaint neighborhood atmosphere.

• 1,019 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm single story - MLS® $130,000 - Beautiful affordability!

Linwood, Oklahoma City  -  Professionally and excellently redone. Spacious rooms with tons of reminiscent charm. You will love this home!  New 30 roof too!!

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Stone Meadows, Moore  -  709 S.W. 156th Street, a 1,510 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $141,000 - Priced to sell!.

With a full price offer the seller is leaving the side by side stainless fridge, wahser and dryer and flat screen wall mouted living room TV.  You also get a home warranty and $4,5000 closing costs!  New paint and bathroom tile too.  Other extras too.

This wonderful home in Moore, Oklahoma, just minutes from I-35, is located near the Broadmoore Golf Club and the Municipal Hospital.  A wonderful home built in 2001, it has a great floor plan.  With double glazed windows and a fire insert, this home will provide comfort through the year with an enhanced environment for you and your family.

The location is close to I-35 and makes both OKC and Norman easily accessible. 

Moore Schools is one of the largest and established Schools in the Oklahoma City Metro area.  The Warren Theater is nearby, as well as some of your favorite stores for shopping.

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Meadow Run Addition, Moore  -  1508 January Place,, a 1,578 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Side walk in front yard, wonderful lawn". Now MLS® $152,500 - 2007 Custom Build.

This wonderful home in South East Moore, Oklahoma, just minutes from I-35, is located near the Broadmoore Golf Club and the Municipal Hospital.  A wonderful home built in 2007, it has been designed with a great floor plan.  With double glazed windows and a fire insert, this home will provide comfort through the year with an enhanced environment for you and your family.

The location makes Tinker Air Force Base and Norman easily accessible.  Moore Schools is one of the largest and established Schools in the Oklahoma City Metro area.  The Warren Theater is nearby, as well as some of your favorite stores for shopping.

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We listed and sold this home in only 3 days.  Call today to let us sell your home!  405-921-8449 

Westbury, Yukon  -  10309 Bradford Way, a 1,579 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now MLS® SALE PENDING $132,500 - SOLD in only 3 days..

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Beautiful Backyard

• 1,579 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story - MLS® $132,500 - Very Affordable!

Westbury, Yukon  -  Beautifully landscaped, spacious home. Very well kept and clean. Close to the Kilpatrick and I-40.

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It is fall and it brings visions of bulky sweaters to shrink down into, cozy fireplaces and hot cocoa! Our thoughts turn from outdoor activities to the coziness of our homes and families. As you are reading this you have your own image of what I am writing about.

I love the outdoors and when fall would arrive I would grow somewhat sad because that would mean the beginning of my sequestering indoors. But I relish my time in doors now. Now I look at it as time to grow close to those most important to me – my friends and family!

I hope this fall you have a cozy home to gather your family and friends around.  If not, don't despair!  We can help you.  Don't rejudge your size of income or credit history.  Let us see if we can help make your home dreams come true.

Seeing fall in a whole new light, warmth, family and a cozy atmosphere has only served to inspire me! I hope that you will be inspired this fall too!

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Recently when watching a news channel the discussion turned to the decline of the American dollar and the repercussion that had on the wealth of us individually as citizens.

The one thing they all agreed upon was that regardless of whether the dollar was weak or strong, the most solid investments or retainers of wealth were gold and real estate, even in this economy.  Real Estate has gained 5% consistently through the years.  In Oklahoma we have been fortunate that we have not seen a major readjustment to that growth.  We have maintained steady growth.

In states where the Real Estate market was recently hit hard, the growth exceeded 5% growing in some areas to 25% and even 50% a year.  The recent decline was a readjustment bringing that growth back to realistic values and growth rates.

Most people buy a home because they want to own their own home; a place that is theirs.  But a whole other sector of the population knows and has known for some time, is that homeownership is the single largest creator of wealth for most Americans.

Even if you currently own your home, a down market is the best time to upsize from your current home to a larger, more expensive home.  This seems just as contradictory as purchasing stocks when the stock market is down, but we all know that to gain wealth you much buy low.  If you own your home, you must sell first to take advantage of the housing bargains out there.

I’ve heard a lot of sellers say that they want to wait to sell until the real estate market turns around.  They are reasoning that they will be able to get much more for their home at that point, which may be true, but then they will spend even more to purchase a new home.

For most it will require a complete shift in logical thinking, but for those who truly use real estate as an avenue to gain wealth, they know, understand and take advantage of this principle.

So, if you have been considering selling your home in order to purchase a larger home, now is the correct time.  Take advantage of this market to gain real estate wealth.

Milam Place, Oklahoma City  -  The 1 1/2 story at 3001 NW 19th St. has been sold.

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If you thought that a Real Estate purchase only involved a buyer, seller and their agents, it may surprise you to know that through the course of a Real Estate transaction there are as many as 25 people involved.  Each and everyone has the exact same goal in mind, but play a different part in seeing that goal achieved.

I am constantly amazed at how quickly the buyers or the sellers or maybe both loose sight of that fact.  We have become a cautious society from deals gone wrong and experiences where maybe we and others were taken advantage of.

When either the buyer or the seller begins to develop an attitude that it is all about them and they will do as they please regardless of how it affects all the others involved, they don’t realize that they are really just hurting themselves.  Because we are all attempting to achieve the same goal, when you hinder any one person in that process you are preventing the achievement of your own goal.

As a Realtor, one of my biggest challenges is to “keep the peace” and help everyone work together and focus on the goal.  There is always a lot of compromise in a Real Estate transaction, but even in compromise everyone can win.

Please remember that all the people involved, the buyers, the sellers, the Realtors, the inspectors, the handymen, the office personnel, the title company personnel, the lender, processor and even the underwriters are working hard to complete the Real Estate transaction for you, regardless of how it seems.  Without them, you would not be able to buy a home.

So, when you are ready to buy or sell your home, put on a smile and be ready to roll up your sleeves and work hard together with all the others involved in helping you achieve your dream of owning a home. 

If you are ready to make your home dreams come true, give me a call today.  I will be glad to help you!! 405-921-8449

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Oklahoma Real Estate

I just received a call from a young lady who was interested in buying a home for the first time.  She didn’t want to miss out on the 1^st time home buyer tax incentive, but someone had told her to wait because they might be extending or better yet, coming out with a much better deal.  She didn’t know what to do.

I told her I had no way of knowing what they would do and even though there were several petitions and special interest groups lobbying for a better incentive for next year, or at the very least an extension of this one, nothing looked certain.

I encouraged her to move forward and take the sure thing rather than wait on something that may or may not happen.  She had other good reasons for moving forward but the uncertainty about another new and improved tax incentive was holding her up.

If you are waiting on a bigger better more profitable tax incentive, you may loose out!  There is only a short window of time left to be able to receive this incentive.  If you have not owned a home in the last three years, you qualify.

Call me today to tell you more.  Let’s go find you a home and get you the tax incentive money!  Nancy – 405-921-8449.

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Are you afraid of heights?  Not physically, but spiritually?  I’ve had a revelation that as a person’s faith grows they are reaching new heights in their walk with God and their trust in Him. As obvious as that statement may seem, please bear with me.

I’ll ask you again.  Are you afraid of heights?  Does the thought of believing for something lofty, a goal, a dream or anything beyond the norm, fill you with fear?  When you see others with great faith, are you struck with envy that they are at a place you can’t seem to go?  Does the thought of venturing out on territory unknown cause you to run toward the comfort zone of the familiar?

As brothers and sisters in Christ, we are called to sharpen iron and to take each others hand and help each other ‘up’.  When I reach out to take your hand to help you ‘up’, don’t cringe back in fear of where I am and where I am going.  It may require leaving some things behind.  Old thoughts, old behaviours and old actions.  But leaving those things behind will certainly make the trip easier and it is well worth it.

I am thankful for my faith and trust in God.  I’ve been told many times that I have such huge faith and hearing statements like that has always caused me to stop and consider what they are saying.  It is not something I think about or even take credit for.  It is simply the result of years of daily adhering to, trusting in and relying on God for each and every detail of my life and then seeing Him perform wonderful mighty deeds on my behalf.  Not because of my perfection, which I am far from, but because of His love and faithfulness to those who believe.

After a lifetime of walking with God, I suppose I am pretty far up the spiritual mountain.  I got here a day, moment, at a time.  When I reach down to help you ‘up’ to where I am, please don’t cringe back in fear of the unknown.  The air is clear up here and I have further yet to climb.  Will you go with me?

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We have all been given the same 24 hours in a day.  However we all have different requirements pulling chunks of our time away each day.  Some have to work longer hours than others, some are committed to fitness and others sports.  Some have children which require a lot of time.

Right now I am blessed with a flexible job.  I can exercise here at home which is a time saver. My children are all grown.  So I should have a lot more time than others, and I think that I do.

Why am I writing about time today?  Because God has given me a dream; a dream that I am very excited about.  But I am limited to the time I can spend bringing that dream into action.  I must tend to responsibilities first and the things I mentioned above.

But recently I was overcome with a huge sense that I was ‘wasting’ time on things that were non-productive.  Doing those things robbed me of time to follow my dream. 

I remember reading once that John Grisham got up early each morning and wrote on his first novel before going to work in a law firm each day.  He had a dream and was diligent to follow it each and every day.

Do you have a dream? Do you long for your dream enough to let go of the time wasters so that you can follow your dream?  This last week I made a firm decision to cut out certain things that were not productive in my life.  I challenge you to do the same.

Follow your dream.

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Saturday – October 3, 2009 is the First ever Eternal Chrome’s Annual Benefit Run. 

Funds will benefit the Eve Women’s Ministry. 

Prizes Awarded for High and Low Hand.  Over 100 mile run.  50/50 Raffles.  Fun – Food – Fellowship. 

Start and Finish is at Victory Church 4300 N. MacArthur Blvd. 

Registration starts at 10 a.m.  1^st bike out 11 a.m. – Last bike out 12 p.m.  At 5 p.m. all bikes in – 5:30 p.m. all prizes awarded. 

For pre-registration call Victory Church main office and ask for Kimberly Davis – 405-517-1703.  Registration the day of is $25.00 per couple and Pre-registration is $15.00 per couple. (Cash, check or exact amount only).

Come have great fun and fellowship with an eclectic crowd of people.  You are sure to have fun!!  You will also be supporting an awesome and much needed women’s ministry.

Tell all your bike riding comrades!  See you there!!

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