Kimberly Fowler

What do you think of Waco TX and Temple TX? Austin TX has 6Th street and a reputation for being a major music city. What is it that Waco and Temple offer its residents?

I would appreciate your comments. I am just curious. Is it a town for Artist? Musicians etc?

Why do you like living here and what do you do for fun?

Today I spent the 4th of July with my family. It was nice to have a day off. I have been very busy and working very hard this summer. In fact I am busier than I have been in the last 6 years. I hope this is a trend for the better. I hope this means we will soon be out of the recession. I have included some photos of my family and the fireworks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Also, I would like to thank everyone who has served or fought for our country. Thanks very much! God Bless You and your family!

My children Cody, Brooke and my husband Bob..........................................................................

Lemon Ice is a family tradition at this even......... The Fab 5 in concert...........................................

Every year we go the Waco's Fireworks display and we have only missed 2 when we went to Gatesville's fireworks. This year we heard The Fab 5 play at the Indian Springs Park. They are a very good band and we really enjoyed their show. We really love living and working in the Waco Area. If you are thinking of making Waco your next home. I think you will decide their is a lot to do and I believe you will find it a warm and loving town.

Growing your real estate business in Texas or any market. I work in Temple TX and Waco TX and the surrounding Texas towns. We are in one of the hottest real estate markets in the nation. I am excited to be a part of the bottom and I am looking forward to making it to the top. Some things that have blessed me in this business are things that I learned from some great real estate coaches, christian teachers and others. But the one trait that has helped propel me above the rest is my desire to help others.

I know a lot of really great Realtors and I believe we all have a desire to help others in this business. It is not all about the money, because most of us just barely get by and don't really make a lot of money in selling homes. Until you are in this field you have no idea how hard and yet fulfilling the job can be. That being said, I thought I would post a little about what I have learned in the last few months and years. I hope it will help someone in their business whether it is Real Estate or some other service industry.

F - Focus is key to your success. I want to encourage you to focus on yourself as a whole person. For instance for myself, I am Kimberly Fowler, Christian, Wife, Mother, Realtor, Daughter, Sister. I took a look at my entire life a Piece of Pie. I divided my life into the sections I just mentioned. I then looked to see how satisfied I am in each of these areas of my life. Once I focus on what I want to change or don't like about my life, I then focused on how I can benefit my life by changing my daily schedule to get the best out of each of these areas. If you were to see my pie. You would notice my slices are not divided equally. Because some things I desire to have more time invested and are more important to me than in others.

O- Others are more important than yourself.I hope I can get this point across to you the way I am thinking it. When I started thinking about helping others and looking to find people that needed something. I noticed a shift in my business and personal life. Each day I began with a new goal. Do my prospecting, followup, office work, etc. But I added this Secret Ingredient "Others"

I searched with each phone call and each appointment for that persons need. I looked to see what benefit I had to offer them. You know, what do I have they need. Is it a product, a service, a prayer, a smile, Hum, what? A Prayer? I know you may be thinking I am not doing this to find someone who needs a prayer or a smile or an encouraging word. I am in business to make a living.

Well, let me explain, I took the focus off myself and began looking for ways God is at work. Come on, you know God is always at work around us. Since I am a Christian and want that area of my Pie to grow, I began to look for why God brought me into that person life. Was it to sell their house. Was it to give them an encouraging word. Or did God allow me to go on that appointment just to see their need and pray for them. So my moral of making others more important than myself is that I took the focus off myself and that made me more desirable to that person and people liked it and now my business is growing.

C- Change daily if needed. Okay, I have learned to change with the flow. I schedule and project to follow my schedule. But I am in a people business and people are ever changing and their needs are always changing. In a perfect world nothing would change at the drop of a hat. But in this world, I have found you have to be able to change. Adjust your mind to know that sometimes you have to bounce when the ball bounces, jump when you don't want to jump, stop and listen when you need to go fast. Whatever the need. Just change and adapt to that need. Stop letting change rule your life. Begin each day with the expectation that you can and will adjust where needed. Simple. Just Do It. Stop Grumbling. Just Adjust!

U- Understand people needs. This goes for clients, family, friends. Always look to have a clear understanding of what the person needs or wants. When someone tells you something. You probably are not hearing the whole story. So seek to Understand and get to the bottom of the need. This requires asking lots of questions. Like, who, what, when, where type questions. This will show them you care, plus people like to talk about themselves. So give them a chance to express themselves. Ask questions to seek to understand.

S- Safety First.Besides the obvious, be safe, safety first also means know the laws. Know your contracts. Know your code of ethics and your licensing act and keep up to date on all classes that will help you to stay current on all legal issues. Become knowledgeable and look to protect your business and life.

WACO, TEXAS

McLennan County Seat, North Central Texas
I-35, US-77, US 84 and Hwy 6
22 miles E of Crawford
105 miles N of Austin
36 miles N of Temple
97 miles S of Dallas
87 miles S of Fort Worth
Population : 113,726 (2000

The Waco Texas area is a great community to buy and sell a home. Our McLennan County housing market has not lagged depressed like some of our neighboring states. However, it is sad that we do have some foreclosures in our area and they are foreclosing at a higher rate than in the years past.

A total of 147 properties have been posted to sell on the first Tuesday of this month, April 7th. So if you are an investor of this area, show up at the local McLennan Court House.

The National Association of Realtors stated last month that home sales have increased by about 5%. However, they also said it was due to the fact that homes are being sold by Realtors at a deep discount. More homes on the market at discounted prices means more buyers shopping for that one or more good buys.

With interest rates being at a all time low, since the history of our nation. I am surprised that more buyers are not out. I think it may because most media is not reporting that this would be a great time to shop for a home. That being said, as i watch my favorite new lady "Robin Meade" and of course my favorite stock channel. I have noticed a slight increase in some of their news, regarding the Real Estate industry.

I told my husband the other day. I am on the front lines. I am seeing more and more buyers in my two markets. Waco and Temple Texas. I am curious to see when the national news will catch up with what is actually going on in our community.

While sales in Waco rose in January and declined a little in February, we still have a pretty HOT market for the buyers in Central Texas. About 45 percent of sales nationwide are foreclosures or other distressed property sales, says the Realtors' group. Those properties typically sell for about 20 percent less than non-distressed homes.

So far in 2009, about 458 properties have been listed for foreclosure in McLennan County. That's up, according to the Waco Tribune Herald, from the 360 during the first four months of last year, when the county set a record with 1,110 foreclosure postings, according to some Forclosure services.

http://www.hillcrest.net/

Waco Hillcrest Medical Center.

I am so happy about the new hospital. The location is great and I believe it will be a great benefit to our community. Although the new hospital is located across town now along I 35. I thought you may find it interesting to know what was going to become of the old hospital location. Well, here's the rundown on what is hoped to be happening at the down town building.

Current functions that will remain include:

• a 29-bed inpatient rehabilitation center
• home health care
• hospice care
• sleep clinic
• some business office and medical records operations
• the Fentress Cancer Center, until another one is built at the new campus, a process likely to take two years.

I also hear that their may be a 20-bed skilled nursing facility that will serve people who are told they no longer need hospital care, but are not well enough to go home. There are dreams also of being an inpatient traumatic brain injury program, and also a program to serve people with brain and spinal cord injuries.

I look forward to seeing the future programs in place in our lovely city.