John Walters (Licensed in Louisiana U.S.A.)

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I wonder how many sellers and agents have thought about this slogan in the last two years? Well this time someone actually put it in writing. I know many agents have been busy recently but how long will this last? Hopefully we won't see many more of these type signs.

I received an offer on one of my listings this weekend thank God. Right now I can use all the business one can get. I called the agent on the offer with the sellers counteroffer. She listened and repeated to me every thing I told her. She calls back about ten minutes later and asks me to go over the particulars again. Of course me being the nice guy am glad to repeat them to her. She told me everything was a littl fuzzy to her right now. Seems she had an MRI that morning and was given sedation because she is highly claustrophobic. Who says you can't do this business while loaded. I had a big laugh with this one.

Home owners wanting to see what their property taxes are for this coming year are able to view them thru September 15 at the Parish Governmental Complex on Military Road in Slidell. The hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You will have until September 24 to appeal your assessments.

A bit of ggod news the Parish Council voted last night in a meeting to keep the milliages the same. Bad news is some owners values still went up. Result higher taxes.

I watched the Sean Hannity show last night for about ten minutes. In this one segment it seems the $4500 rebate the buyers are receiving is taxable. This amount (4500) is counted as regular income. I wonder how many of these knew this. Now not only do most have a car note now, they most likely have a tax liability they weren't counting on. I think a better name would have been cash for suckers.

I have to make a rant today about something that recently happened to me. One of my listings went under contract recently. Seems the appraisal company chosen to perform the appraisal didn't have access to the property. They gave me a one day notice and I already had appointments for the time they were coming. Seems they aren't willing to pay for the e-key. What's this cost about $250 a year? So since you are a cheapskate I need to come over and let you in? Well when it's convenient to me. Can you believe this? You work in the business and won't spend a small sum to make you lively hood easier and save time waiting for others to let you in.