Debbie Alton

So Last night, the Alamogordo City Commission tries to pass ordinance 1380 to amend Chapters 14 and 26 to increase responsibility of the condition of vacant properties. This proposition reads in part as follows "Whereas, realtors or agents often offer vacant properties for sale or lease and are in a position to regularly inspect the properties they offer to determine whether the property needs cleaning to be in compliance with provisions of the code;"

Yep, I am not kidding! Many local REALTORS would agree that Alamogordo Beautification is extremely important and would be happy to participate in any program the City of Alamogordo or anyone would like to implement. However, pointing fingers and ultimately making REALTORS responsible for vacant properties is absurd and definitely not the right approach. What happen to cooperation between local organizations and City Officials?

If you are interested in listening to this obsurdity yourself check out this link. But first let me say, I am extremely proud of The Otero County Board of REALTORS President Lebron Little for his professional representation of all the REALTORS here in Alamogordo and for educationing the members of the Alamogordo City Commission.

Many of the members of the Otero County Association of REALTORS were present last night, even though they were there until after midnight. In a nut shell, the City Commission has tabled this ordinance to review this proposal. Really? That was probably a smart idea.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8560600

So the Ocotillos were blooming just recently and I couldn't resist pulling over to snap some pictures! Enjoy!

Well, it was another great weekend in Alamogordo. There were so many things to choose from, the wine festival, the White Sands Balloon Invitational, high school football games and more. My family and I have had a tradition of attending the Balloon invitational for many years now. We always wake up early, early on Saturday morning and either head out to White Sands or pick a local park to view the take off of the hot air balloons. I am so grateful to the organizers of this wonderful event. We get to enjoy the beauty of these giant balloons right here in our own Alamogordo.

This year we chose to park our blankets and lawn chairs at Washington park and were treated to 20-25 different balloons lifting off in and around this beautiful park. Our favorite was probably the giant cactus...you just can't help but smile when you see him! Here are a couple of pictures for you to enjoy too, incase you missed it. Keep in mind the middle of September next year and you can enjoy this event yourself.

I went to a REALTOR luncheon on Tuesday and heard about some really great stuff going on at Holloman AFB. Did you know that Holloman has a $1.3 million dollar impact on Otero County every day?

WOW that is a lot! The base is busy inprocessing about 90 people every two weeks right now. These are the airman coming to us for the Predator and Reaper missions. Holloman is authorized to receive 865 people. Cool.

Holloman has 15 of the F22's on station right now and we are still on track to receive all 40 aircraft.

What does all this mean? It means our real estate market is GREAT and my inventory is sold. Do you have a house for me to sell? I need to share my marketing plan with you to show you my SUCCESS. Call or text Debbie Alton 575-430-8101.