About Floyd County, IN

New Listing in New Albany Indiana!

Here is your cahnce to own a newly renovated home in New Albany on 1/3 acre. This lovely 3 Bedroom with possible 2 additional bedrooms in the finished basement has a lot to offer.

There is brand new carpet in the finished basement. There is a very nice covered porch around back and the lot has plenty of room to play.

The Kitchen appears to be very large because it is. The appliances stay too.

If you would like more information on this home please call or email Bob Murphy. You can reach Bob by phone at 502-773-2564 or by email at Bob.Murphy@RealLiving.com

If you would like to see all of Bob's listing visit his website at:

http://www.RealLiving.com/Bob.Murphy

If you would like to go direct to the home above click on this web address: http//:2501Larkwood.RealLiving.com

Ahhh! The life of a King and his Queen. I can remember when life seemed as easy and relaxing as it appears to be for these two above. Of course that was before I became a REALTOR !

The Harvest Homecoming is the biggest celebration IN Southern Indiana and generally takes place the First Saturday in October. There are lots of activities like a Harvest Homecoming Parade, a Balloon Race, a 5K Run, Pumpkin Judging Contest, Band Contest, and so much more. But the one thing that brings it all together are the booths in the downtown area of New Albany. Several Streets are blocked off in the business district and there must be over 200 booths with fare of every type. There are of course Food Booths, mt favorite is the VFW Post 1693 Dumplings booth. For as long as I can remember the VFW Post 1693 has served Dumplings each day during the 4 day booth event as long as they last. This year was no different.

Here are a couple shots of what you might see if you are one of the lucky 500,000 + people who visit the Harvest Homecoming each year.

A View from on high of one of the entrances to the booth area. 100's of booths and thousands of people gather here once a year for the Harvest Homecoming.

Over the 4 day booth festival thousands of chickens are served to thousands of hungry people.

The booths cover at least 8 city blocks with enough variety to satisfy everyone.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit the "Harvest Homecoming" celebration in New Albany Indiana during the first weekend in October you should take advantage. You will definitely be glad you did. If you do, look for me, I'll be there.

I think I remember some of the things I use to do when I wasn't so busy doing Real Estate. However this is the first weekend in really several months now when I don't have clients lined up back to back all weekend to either list or look for a home.

It's a break I really need but what the heck am I going to do with it?

If you are a Realtor you really take to heart the old saying Make Hay While The Sun Shines so when you have the opportunity you tend to forget about some of your hobbies and just plain relaxation time. You don't feel as though you can afford to let an opportunity go by. Who knows how long the market will be this good, you ask yourself.

The when all of a sudden you hit a blank spot in your calendar you cansometimes find yourself wondering what the heck your gonna do with it. Oh sure, you can get to the projects around your own home, or some other project you need to get done and have left undone. But that might not actually feel like the break you need to take.

So you have to reconnect with whatever you use to do back when you weren't working feverishly at Real Estate.

I don't know about other Realtors but I sometimes have a hard time reconnecting.

I think my problem is I really like working in Real Estate. I think it might be my hobby as well as my vocation. How many people get to work at their hobby? Do you?

Here are some interesting facts I gathered at a recent class I attended with Dick Betts of www.DickBetts.com

• 87% of Home Buyers started using the internet as part of their search process BEFORE they started looking for a specific home. The other 13% did agter they started looking, but BEFORE they contacted a real estate agent. Kinda look like your not in the game unless you are heavily invested in the internet doesn't it!
• Internet buyers spent an average of 4.8 weeks doing research BEFORE contacting a REALTOR. While traditional buyers contact an agent after just 1.7 weeks. Once again it kinda looks like you need to be heavily invested in the internet if you want to land most home buyers doesn't it!
• Internet Buyers bought a home after spending an average of just 2.2 weeks looking for a home with an agent. Traditional Buyers spend an average 7.1 weeks before they buy. Imagine how much more money you might be able to make if most of your clients came from the average Internet Buyer.
• Internet Buyers previewed 6.7 homes on average with their agent while a Traditional Buyer viewed 15.4 homes. It's beginning to look like the Internet Buyer is the best Buyer to work with doesn't it!
• Now here is one you probably won't expect. The approximate distance between their previous residence and their new residence for Traditional Buyers was 25 miles, for Internet Buyers, it was 242 miles. Wasn't that surprising!

More facts to come in future Blogs. If you can't wait you should visit www.DickBetts.com