Halloween events in Southeast Oklahoma:
Ride the Train of Terror at Beavers Bend State Park. Departs every 30 minutes 7 pm – 10 pm. 580-494-6613
Take the kids trick or treating in a safe environment. Every Halloween the businesses in Broken Bow host the Broken Bow Safe-N-Sane Halloween. Halloween evening. 580-584-2440
If you're staying in this Halloween and want to read of haunted places in Oklahoma -- to go along with the telling of ghost stories, the multitude of Halloween shows and movies, you might check the following two sites online:
Haunted Places is a state by state, country by country listing of haunted places. They encourage readers to submit their sightings:
"Broken Bow Library which is the old High School that was renovated – “On numerous occasions while closing the library in the evening several voices have been heard in the” …read more
This same site has three different haunted locations listed for Idabel.
Prairie Ghosts is another site that has a collection of Oklahoma Ghost Stories.
Whatever you do this Halloween - Be Safe!
Often a buyer that is purchasing with cash, in Oklahoma, does not purchase Title Insurance. This sometimes comes as a surprise to our out- of-the-area buyers.
Oklahoma is an abstracting state. Most of the time the seller in the transaction is paying to have the abstract brought up to date subsequent to the date on the purchase contract. Then the abstract goes to the attorney of choice for the buyer.
In Oklahoma the Title Insurance Policy is written based upon the Attorney's Opinion. Just about everyone gets an attorney's opinion on the abstract which gives his/her opinion as to whether there is good and marketable title. Title issues should come become evident to the buyer by his attorney's opinion. Title flaws are normally the responsibility of the seller to correct unless the buyer accepts the property with the title problems.
So many cash buyers do not purchase title insurance and many that borrow through local banks do not purchase title insurance.
Title insurance can supply you with some peace of mind in your purchase but it's a new idea to many Oklahomans that have always done their financing through local banks which normally do not require title insurance.
I'm not advising one way or the other, simply stating what often is the choice of cash buyers and why it's often their choice.
It's always a good idea to ask about the total cost of certain decisions in any transaction. Title insurance cost estimates can be supplied to you by your title insurance agent. Those cost estimates should include any additional final abstracting, etc that must be done.
I have been told that some closing agents will not close a transaction unless the purchaser does buy title insurance, so that must be weighed into your decicision also.
One of the recent changes in Oklahoma came in 2007 which allows a title insurance policy to be based upon a supplemental abstract if that supplemental abstract goes back to the prior owner's issuance of title insurance. Prior to this time the complete base abstract had to be read each time that a title policy was issued.
It's always a good idea to ask questions. Ask your real estate agent... ask your lender... ask your closer... ask, ask, ask. About all aspects of your purchase. Then you can make informed decisions and hopefully the right decision for you.
I always like to see my clients take steps to help protect themselves whether it's title insurance or a home inspection, using a licensed real estate professional, or a reputable lender. A home purchase is usually a large monetary transaction, so be careful and weigh your decisions carefully.
Brinkley's Auction (consignment)
located at Idabel, Oklahoma is advertised as Oklahoma's largest tractor and farm machinery auction.
Equipment and tractors come in to Larry Brinkley's auction from all over, as do the buyers.
The Farm Tractor part of the auction is held on the third Thursday of the month with miscellaneous equipment held on the following day (Friday). They also have a Salvage tractor and equipment auction each quarter.
All kinds of farm and industrial tractors are bought and sold at Brinkley's and all kinds of equipment also.
Brinkley's auction is located on the South Bypass around Idabel.
They have a nice "fast food" area at the auction with good food that works well at an auction... sandwiches, hamburgers, etc. The ladies that work in the
food bar always have a smile for you to go with that hamburger too!
Some of the items that were available this month at Brinkley's:
We have purchased tractors, backhoes, trailers, implements, balers, cutters, feeders, and probably a lot more different kinds of equipment at Brinkley's over the years. Having this auction company be located here at Idabel is very helpful to those that live here or live close enough to attend, and can make use of need farm and ranch equipment or tractors..
One more good thing about living the rural life in McCurtain County!
This lovely older home in Ross Acres, Broken Bow, Oklahoma has just been put on the market for sale. The home is very well cared for and is in a quiet neighborhood with limited access (one way in or out). This is a well kept older home that has been continually updated plus a major update 5 years ago with new kitchen, laundry room, breakfast nook, etc.
This home has 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, and 2 half baths, a large updated kitchen with breakfast nook that enjoys french doors opening onto a back porch/deck that overlooks a really enjoyable back yard with plants galore and several outdoor living areas including a raised detached deck/cook out area.
Enjoy the slide show and videos below and then if you think this home will work for you, call me to view.. Judi Barrett, broker, Integrity Real Estate Services, 580-212-5946.
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Life in Southeast Oklahoma is GREAT! If you're looking for a home or land in my part of the country, give me a call: Judi Barrett, broker, Integrity Real Estate Services, 580-212-5946 . Or visit one of our websites:
Integrity Real Estate Services
Our Name Says It All.
Real Estate Services You Can Trust.
580-212-5946
© Copyright 2009 Judi Barrett, Integrity Real Estate Services
The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) online Soil Survey is a great resource for any landowner, real estate agent, developer, or anyone that has an interest in land.
"It has the Official USDA soil information as viewable maps and table for more than 2300 soil surveys..soil maps and data available online for than 95 percent of the nation's counties and anticipates having 100 percent in the near future. The site is updated and maintained online as the single authoritative suorce of oil survey information."
Our office has printed hard copies of the soil surveys for the counties that we work in and they are great.
I prefer the online version anyway because not only can I get Soil Maps, but also Aerials and it has a great measuring tool that tells you the approx acreage.
I use it for both counties that I work in, in Oklahoma, Choctaw and McCurtain.
The Web Soil Survey Site is very user friendly. Most of the navigation tabs are self explanatory.
The best way to learn to use the site is to have some time to play with it when you're not in a hurry and then do just that, play with the maps, menus, navigation buttons.
The NRCS Web Soil Survey Site will tell you the acreage of your AOI (Area of Interest), what kinds of soil are in the area, acreages of each soil type, and it's suitability and limitations for many uses:
The Three Basic Steps are laid out on the main page of the Web Soil Survey Site:
1. Define your area of interest
2. Click the Soil Map Tab
3. Use the Shopping Cart (free) to get your report or download it later.
An example:
I used the site for an area of our farm:
Start with the "Start WSS" Green Button their main page.
Then define your area of interest with the AOI button and with the drop down menus on the left side of the page.
The Site will tell you what types of soil are in your AOIs and their acreage.
The Site will also then tell you how well suited that soil type is for different applications and it's limitations in those applications.
This may seem like an over simplified description of the Web Soil Suvey but I'm here to tell you that is simple to use. You can gather a lot of informaiton about your site whether it's for building a house or planting corn. Next time you have questions about the suitability of a particular parcel of land for a specific application, go to NRCS's Web Soil Survey Site. After all it's your tax dollars ar work :)
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Let us help you find a quiet peaceful home on Lake Raymond Gary or a Country Home with some acreage in SE Oklahoma. We live on a farm and also at the lake. We know the area. Call me or email me. today
Judi and Don Barrett own Integrity Real Estate Services. They have an office in Idabel, Oklahoma but they stay on the road between Haworth and Hugo. The name of their company says it all! It's about integrity and providing service to their clients and customers. They provide real estate services that their clients can trust.
Judi and Don ahve 3 grown children and 7 grandchildren. They are of the Christian faith and believe in living it every day. They want those that they work with and for, to know that they live by the Golden Rule and they can expect fair and honest treatment from the Integrity Real Estate office. Judi tries to remember to ask the Lord to "order" their day every day. That means that they have to be thankful for each and everyone that He sends and try to find what it is that they am supposed to do for that person. Sometimes it's just to include their name in prayers for that day.
Judi first passed her real estate exam in 2000 but did not place it with a broker. She passed the exam again in 2002 and has been licensed since August of 2002. She and Don have lived in the Southeastern part of Oklahoma most of their adult lives. Judi has a background as a loan officer for a Savings and Loan, a math and science teacher, and a child support caseworker. She is currently working on certification also as Christian counselor through The National Christian Counselors Association. She has a B.S. in Education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OK.
Don is a licensed home inspector and takes care of the farm when he is not busy with the office business. Don has a degree in Chemistry from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OK.
With such varied backgrounds of working with people, They have found that they bring much to the real estate business from these backgrounds.
Don and Judi's farm was a National Environmental Award Winner Tyson Foods Farm in 2000. Only 5 farms are selected out of 7500 farms. The following year, Don and Judi were asked to help the Tyson team select the 2001 award winners. The family farm that they live on has been in the family since 1944. They understand being a part of something much bigger than they are. They understand having roots in an area. They love the rural farm life.
Judi and Don Barrett are passionate about Lake Raymond Gary. They have been going to that little lake for 30 years. It has been wonderful to own a part of the shoreline there and they enjoy helping their clients find their own place on Lake Raymond Gary at Fort Towson, Oklahoma in Choctaw County.
The areas that the Barretts work in are McCurtain County and east Choctaw County. Their office has had great success because they work hard and treat people right.
Some of the recreational areas that Integrity Real Estate Services has developed specialized marketing in: Raymond Gary Lake, Pine Creek Lake, and Hugo Lake. Their office enjoys selling Southeast Oklahoma because it's so beautiful and has such varied topographies. Some of the towns and cities that they work in are Idabel, Lukfata, Holly Creek, Haworth, Redland, Goodwater, Valliant, Garvin, Millerton, Fort Towson, Swink, Sawyer, and Hugo. If you are wanting to buy or sell in these areas, call or email Judi for fast, fair, and friendly service. Of if you're an agent, Judi does referrals both ways and do our best to take care of our clients.
They specialize in farm/rural properties, country homes on acreage and waterfront properties at Lake Raymond Gary. The Barretts live on a farm and they own waterfront property at Lake Raymond Gary so they are very familiar with these two types of properties and know how to market them. They also market residential properties, commercial locations, businesses of varied natures, vacant land, and other recreational property. If you're looking for any of these in our area, especially waterfront at Lake Raymond Gary, give Judi , broker at Integrity Real Estate Services a call.
Feel confident that when you send your referrals to their office that they will be taken care of. Integrity Real Estate Services answers to a higher authority. Rest assured that Judi will also update you on a regular basis, after accepting a referral from you.
Check out our websites at http://integrity-realestate.net
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Life in Southeast Oklahoma is GREAT! If you're looking for a home or land in my part of the country, give me a call: Judi Barrett, broker, Integrity Real Estate Services, 580-212-5946
Or visit one of our websites:
Broken Bow Lake
Lake Raymond Gary
Raymond Gary Lake
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Judi Barrett
Broker - Integrity Real Estate Services
Our Name Says It All.
Real Estate Services You Can Trust.
580-212-5946
Email me at judi@integrity-realestate.net
call me at 580-212-5946.
Let's get acquainted over a good real estate deal and if the deal doesn't work out, let's still be friends.
And may God bless your life as He has mine!
Judi would like to visit with you about property in Southeast Oklahoma, whether you are wanting to sell or to buy. Integrity Real Estate Services owns 32 different domains. Some of them have been created and are working to serve our clients. Soem of them are under construction and some of them are on the shelf waiting for time to work on them.
From the time that Integrity Real Estate Services takes a listing until the day the transaction closes (and past then), Don and Judi Barrett are right there with you working to make everything to smoothly.
For details on selling visit the 8 part series of posts that starts here on selling your home
Read Judi's blog posts on various birds found in Oklahoma. Scan through the posts and you will find several about the local birds.
To find the nearest airports to Southeast Oklahoma, read this post.
Various posts about DV Fennell and his rodeo career can be found in Judi's blog and at DV's blog.
Every Saturday, Judi does a post entitled, Tell Me Something Good That Happened To You This Week. Reading it and the comments will sure lift you up and create some positve aura around you.
The next sections talk about what wer're good at and what our clients have to say about us.
There is no better advertisement than word of mouth. We appreciate you coming by the Life in Southeast Oklahoma Blog. We hope you will stay and awhile and look things over.
Please call Judi at 580-212-5946 if she can help supply ifnormation about our area including motel information or restuarants, medical facilities that are in our area, school informaiton, or any informatin that you may need as you look at Southeast Oklahoma as a possible relocation area.
I have a B.S. in Education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OKlahoma. That along with working toward certification as a Christian Counselor through the National Christian Counselors Association has allowed me to develop good people skills. We like people ad we like helping them get what they want in the way of real estate. It is very satisfying to help someone sell the house that they need to sell or help someone else find just the right home for their family. Sometimes it's someone needing or wanting a commercial property to make a living with. Whatever it is, we enjoy the working with people aspect of it. I also enjoy the technological tool side of it. I do my own websites and own and operate several real estate related domains. I do everything that I can think of to get my clients' properties in front of prospective buyers.
We enjoy working with recreational land homes in Southeast Oklahoma, especially homes and land around Lake Raymond Gary in Choctaw County, and properties around Hugo Lake (Hugo, Ok) and Pine Creek Lake (Valliant, Ok). I work really hard to be "THE BROKER" in this area. Lake Raymond Gary is the small lake in Southeast Oklahoma where you can actually own the shoreline and have a boat dock with your boat parked just off your yard. Our Corp of Engineer lakes do not allow this. We have sold many properties around Lake Raymond Gary.
We work hard at and enjoy working with residential, vacant land, and commercial properties in McCurtain County and Eastern Choctaw County. Our work ethic brings good things to our clients. My husband and I work together from our home and this has really been a great benefit to both us and our clients. We live on a farm and we enjoy helping others find their rural home. Our farm is only about 2 miles outside the city limits of Idabel so we know the town and the area well, we enjoy selling homes in Idabel and helping people find a home in Idabel. I guess when you sum it all up, we enjoy each and every area that we work because it's about the people and some of the finest people in the world are right here in Southeast Oklahoma.
As one of my clients put it: "Judi is a professional but personable. I trust her with my real estate needs whether I'm buying or selling."
Areas that we serve:
Idabel
Haworth
Redland
Valliant
Fort Towson
Hugo
Messer
Hugo Lake
Pine Creek Lake
Raymond Gary Lake
Rural Homes on acreages between 2 and 10.
Farms and Ranches (we live on one).
Not only can we sell you the land but can help you with information on where to buy the things to get your farm or ranch up and running. Call or email us for help with your real estate needs.
We specialize in Internet Marketing. It is our desire to dominate in online marketing for our listings. With various domains (32) that we own, along with websites that specialize in certain kinds of property that we pay to be on, plus using websites such as Zillo, Home Gain, Yahoo Real Estate, Lands of America, Landwatch, and other specialized places, we have your property "all over" the internet. We have sold world-wide to people in various locations around the globe.
Some clients have been able to puchase waterfront here while being stationed in Baghdad, Korea, etc. Some have bought sight unseen and still have not viewed their property after threee years, They had friends meet me at the property and view. That along with videos and lots of pictures,,, did I say lots of pictures???
We'd love to have you move to our area. Come for a visit, you may decide to stay.
Judi,You have been "awesome" and your husband too. We really appreciate the way you "went the extra mile" for us and stayed until after dark to help get this going. We love our lots ...Thank you again for your help--and kindness. We are so looking forward to getting back and building the house. Clients in California
"Thank you so much for all your help. You have been a jewel and both Larry & I appreciate you very much." Clients in Texas.
"Thank you, everything about our transaction with Integrity Real Estate Services was smooth and handled well. You are an "easy" to do business with company." Clients in NE Oklahoma
Thank you for everything that you have doneto make our purchase a positive experience! Clients in Nebraska.
Thanks for being such a wonderful real estate agent. Very honest folks are not as plentiful as you'd like and we stumbled across such a person! Clients in Maryland.
"We are grateful for the services that you gave us in purchasing our lakefront property. This has been our dream and you made it come true for us. Thanks for being so knowledgeable, kind and honest. It is great to meet someone of your integrity in the Real Estate business." Thanks Again, Clients in Oklahoma
Thank you for selling our house. It has been a pleasure doing business with you. If I ever sell again, I will call you to sell my property... Clients in SE Oklahoma.
You did us right when we bought our house. I would recommend you to anyone! Clients in Choctaw County Oklahoma.
I like the way that you do business. Thank you. Client in McCurtain County Oklahoma.
My wife & I had never been to Oklahoma before, but our first impression was a good one. We called Integrity Real Estate Services about a piece of property on Lake Raymond Gary and spoke with Integrity's owner, Judi Barrett, who was very friendly and helpful, and extremely knowledgeable. She helped us find a piece of property we liked, then guided us through the real estate buying process, answering our questions, helping us through negotiations, and the transaction process, most of which was done by long distance since we had to leave the area. We felt that we could trust Judi from the first time we met her. WE WERE RIGHT! Through her honesty, hard work, and expertise, we are now proud owners of a Raymond Gary lakehouse. We thank Judi and recommend her to anyone buying or selling! Clients from Idaho, now living in Choctaw County Oklahoma.
Judi is professional and personable. I trust her with my real estate needs whether I'm buying or selling.
Judi is trustworthy. She does not take advantage of anyone and that's the reason that I can do business with her.
Judi Barrett at Integrity Real Estate Services did a great job for us when we needed to sell our house.
"Just want you to know we appreciate your friendliness, your true heart and your integrity."
"Dear Judi,
I just wanted to send my wishes to you for a wonderful holiday season. And, to thank you for the great job you did for me on the sale of the Broken Bow property.
Never once, did I have a concern abut any detail. You handled it all very professionally. I hope to meet you sometime. It was a pleasure doing business with you.
Happy Holidays"
"We aprpeciate you spending your day with us and helpign us to buy our dream home!"
"Don and Judi Barrett are a wife and husband team that work to make it happen for their clients!"
"No better team anywhere. We found Judi on Active Rain, read her blog for awhile.. felt like we had gotten to know her and then called her about property in the area. By that time, we felt that we knew her well enough to know that we wanted her for our broker."
"Judi was able to handle all the parts of our purchase and direct it through to closing without us ever having to be there." She is truly someone you can trust to tend to the details.
I found Judi online even though I live in Virginia and sent a link to her profile to my daughter in Idabel who needed to find a real estate agent to help her sell her house. My daughter eneded up using her to sell her house. She was very pleased with ther and I am too because my daughter got to move close to me.
I referred a client to Mrs. Barrett who needed to buy a house in the Idabel area. Judi found them just the right house and they were thrilled with ther work ethic and ability, besides her helpfulness. She treated my clients right. I would refer clients to her again in a heart beat.
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