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Thompson Realty Co. finds a niche in real estate market
You would be hard pressed to find a more energetic or zealous broker than Rhett Thompson. Every word he speaks is well chosen and sincere. The 32-year old started his company, Thompson Realty Co., about two years ago. But the young principal broker has been in the business of selling real estate for almost seven years. He is quick to point out his mentors and talked highly of his staff during the entire interview.
LRRA President’s Award given to those with ‘Realtor Spirit’
Last year when Nick McDaniel was the Little Rock Realtors Association president, he started seeing a pattern that he wanted to break. Having been on the board almost a decade, he noticed that he kept seeing the same faces at the general membership meetings and at all of the LRRA events. “I’m really concerned about the future leadership, association activities and the members involvement in general,” McDaniel said. But instead of keeping his uneasiness at bay, he decided to do something to encourage membership activity within the LRRA. McDaniel took an inventive approach and created the President’s Award.
Kay's Cooking Corner
Mozzarella is one of the most popular cheeses in America. If you’ve bought it wrapped in plastic, try something new – make your own or the next time, purchase “just-made” mozzarella. What a treat!! It’s smoother, moister, and doesn’t have the rubbery texture like the packaged product.
“Super Saturday” – free tax filing day Jan. 30
Hearing the phrase, “I’m with the IRS,” usually causes an uneasy and panicked feeling. Immediately, a looming picture of a huge man, standing at your front door with a humungous clipboard and a calculator pops up. And with tax season ramping up, the dreadful image is bombarding people all over the country.
The Critic's Corner
I recently saw the best post apocalyptic movie ever made. Usually, films about the end of the world involve spectacular scenes of computer-generated destruction, but not “The Road.” Leaving the theater, I didn’t seem to have a single drop of adrenaline in my veins, as the film doesn’t contain much action. Rather, I felt satisfied on a deeper level, as though I’d just read a great novel.
Capital City Chatter
I signed up for boot camp again. No, not the military kind, the church kind. I don’t think I would last five minutes with someone yelling in my face.
Almost every month of the year, this fit lady named Barbara offers a boot camp twice a week at my church. I did the class for two months in a row last year. It is a great workout! Barb is far from being a drill sergeant, but she does expect you to try your hardest and not give up. After every class, she looks around at everyone and says, “This was a good class, no one passed out or threw up.” Everyone laughs, but deep down, we all know that we thought about one of the two during the hour-long workout.
Financial Focus
Don’t be an “Opposite Day” investor
On Jan. 25, some of us celebrate Opposite Day. Its origins are murky and even its exact date is in some dispute, but Opposite Day has proved to be a source of fun for many people, especially children, who choose to eat breakfast at suppertime and otherwise do things in reverse. However, you may find that acting in an “oppositional” manner is not so harmless at other times in your life – such as when you’re investing.
It must be true
Various opinions on why that chicken really did cross the road -
DR. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems “.
Natural State Snapshots
Built in 1918, this lovely, two-story brick structure, designed in the Neo-Classical Revival style, originally belonged to the Watson family. The former residence now serves as the Ashley County Museum in Hamburg, Ark. The museum was listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1978.
The real estate industry in Saline County – friendly folks, no secret handshake
Special to the Daily Record ecnobles@att.net
Gail Harp sold real estate in Virginia once and learned that she missed how business is done in Saline County.
“I was not familiar with the area,” she said. “You had family owned plots of land for years and it was not a market that was easy to get into if you weren’t from there.”
House to House
Yes, there are still ‘0 down’ loans out there
By Ethan C. Nobles
Arkansas Realtors Association Ethan@ArkansasRealtors.com
We’ve heard it time and time again over the past couple of years – if you want to take out a mortgage, you’d better be ready to come up with a down payment.
To an extent, that’s certainly true. Conventional lenders generally want a down payment as do banks writing mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
Housing Report
Special to the Daily Record ecnobles@att.net
According to a report released by the Arkansas Realtors Association (ARA), home sales were up and average prices were down in the five counties that make up the bulk of the Daily Record subscription base.
A history of CARMLS
Special to the Daily Record ecnobles@att.net
Little Rock-based Cooperative Arkansas Realtors Multiple Listing Services (CARMLS) started off as a system through which three boards of Realtors in central Arkansas share their listings.
In 1987, the Benton/Bryant Realtors Association, the Little Rock Realtors Association and the North Pulaski Board of Realtors started talking about forming an MLS and sharing their listings. Since then, CARMLS has grown to include 14 boards in Arkansas and 2,748 Realtors.
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