Tulsa, OK

Okay folks, after much trial and error and having to settle on something that I'm totally thrilled about (thanks to the stinky weather we've been having), it is time to roll out my 2010 commercial. It's a month past scheduled air date, but here it is...

You can see that it is shot in front of a green screen. The weather forced us indoors. All in all...it's okay.

Kind of catchy theme song, huh?

If you live in the Tulsa area, watch for it to air on Channel 2 at various times.

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Tulsa, OK Realtor®/ McGraw Realtors
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(918) 272-7272

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Our family's rendition of the Super Bowl party

Deme and I are happy to be included in the Kingsley family's annual Super Bowl get-together and chili cook-off.

Now, a chili cook-off may sound like a simple thing during a Super Bowl game, but this family owns the Coney Island restaurants around Tulsa and they all make excellent chili every day. So, it's slightly intimidating to enter their contest for the best chili.

Tonight, chili entries were submitted by Chuck and Pope; Michael Kingsley; Deme; Alex; and Barbra. First time contestant and fiancé to Barbra, Alex came out the winner and took home the trophy. Congrats Alex!!

Best thing about Super Bowl evening with the Kingsleys is that the guys watch the game in the den and the ladies visit in the kitchen. Tonight's kitchen entertainment was Cranium, a fun and interactive game guaranteed to make you do silly things.

Sophia and Allison teamed up; Barbra and Kate teamed up. I was on a team with Evonne and Pope. If you've never played Cranium, you should try it. It's a combination of trivia, cherades, drawing, humming, sculpting and more.

Sometimes the artist has to close her eyes while drawing. Sometimes everyone playing gets to guess the answer. The humming was definitely fun, as well as acting out a person your team-mate has to try to guess.

Barbra did an excellent impression of Clint Eastwood. Pope stumbled a bit over humming "Stop in the name of love," and Evonne drew an awesome King Kong that I couldn't guess. We invented a few dances tonight and Barbra got her aerobics in.

Sophia and Evonne are the natural artists, although Kate sculpted an excellent burger. Pope is the wordsmith and Allison is the dictionary. Most amazing win was Barbra and Kate's drawing of the toucan, guessed in less than ten seconds.

Eventual winners of the Cranium game were Pope, Evonne and myself.

Oh, and we heard that the "Saints" won as well. Coincidence?

Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Tulsa’s Florence Park Fourth Quarter Real Estate Update – Midtown Tulsa Real Estate

Florence Park is one of the nicer, yet still affordable midtown subdivisions in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Midtown Tulsa real estate is very competitive, and this subdivision definitely holds its value.

Borders are 15th Street (Cherry Street) to the north, 21st Street to the south; Harvard to the east and the Broken Arrow Expressway to the west.

Within Florence Park are some of the most beautiful bungalows – architectural wonders, sidewalks, parks and manicured lawns.

There are currently twelve homes for sale in Florence Park and four contracts pending. Between October 1st and December 31, 2009, fourteen homes sold with the average size being 1,596 square feet and average price of $174,035.

Homes sell quickly in this neighborhood, with the average days on market of those sold averaging at 86, but many selling within the first two weeks.

Tulsa’s Florence Park Fourth Quarter Real Estate Update – Midtown Tulsa Real Estate

If you are thinking of buying or selling a home in Florence Park, please call me for advice.

I own a home in the neighborhood and am active in the neighborhood association – and produce our Florence Park neighborhood newsletter!

Florence Park is truly a tight-knit neighborhood within our midtown Tulsa real estate community. We visit as we garden and manicure our lawns and as we walk our dogs. We watch each other’s homes and know when something or someone is out of place in the neighborhood.

It’s a great place to live!

Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

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Information and content in this blog is original to Bob Haywood.

Click here to subscribe to my blog for more real estate information about the Greater Tulsa and Owasso areas.

Contact:

Bob Haywood
Tulsa, OK Realtor®/ McGraw Realtors
Bob@BobHaywood.com
(918) 272-7272

Click here to check out my Greater Tulsa and Owasso website. The premier greater Tulsa and Owasso, OK homes local informational website for your real estate needs.

Search the Greater Tulsa MLS Listings with no registration required.
Home Value Request

Serving the Greater Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Jenks, Glenpool, Bixby, Owasso, Sand Springs, Oologah, Coweta area communities and other surrounding areas.

Copyright © 2010 by Bob Haywood

Don’t let your rental property become a charity shelter. Tulsa, OK

I just read a blog by Donna in NM, who has had the most awful experience with a Section 8 renter. She wrote that she did not have Section 8 housing experience and her tenant had 10 years of experience scamming the system. No rent was collected and now she has a squatter and is unsure how to correct the situation. Several good solutions were written in response to her questions and I don’t want to rehash her alternatives here. I can not imagine that this is an isolated case. Probably not your exact conditions, but even so, many real estate investors, who are holding investment property are making costly mistakes.

Depressed real estate prices and the abundance of very good deals on distressed properties are drawing many new investors into real estate. The smart ones look for coaching or mentoring from others more experienced. The majority most likely feel they can figure most things out for themselves, and then there are areas that they are inexperienced in and can have a negative effect on their cash flow. Getting good mentoring can save money and headaches.

With our program and transitional housing, our students and I have never had these problems. If the rent is overdue by more than three days, I just make a phone call or two, change the locks and wait for the lodger’s family member or friend to arrange a time to pick up any personal belongings. I do not return their damage deposit. Within a few hours or a few days, I have the room occupied by another tenant from my waiting list.

It’s just that easy. It doesn’t involve an expensive eviction process and a minimum to no loss of rent. Squatters are completely unheard of, there are no legal fees, no court fees, and no fee made to local law enforcement.

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