Laura Roussel

EXIT Strategies Realty located at 3925 E Memorial RD, Edmond OK 73013, welcomes Gene Goforth as a new Broker Associate. Gene has been in the real estate industry since the late 1990’s. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of Oklahoma. He has his broker’s licenses has been a manager with a real estate company that had multiple offices. He has always had two polar opposite specializations. Being form a small town Gene grew up working with farmers and cattlemen. He has always had an overwhelming passion for ranches, farms and large spreads of land. His other area of expertise is in luxury homes, more specifically luxury home construction in the Edmond, Nichols Hills and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma areas. For the past several years, he has worked with custom home builders, interior designers, kitchen designers and their clients in the luxury hardware and fixtures industry as well as real estate. “At first for me, it was all about learning what went into building a luxury home. But now after so many years those luxury homeowners trust only me to market their home because they recognized that I know the true value of their home from the studs out.

"My specialties are truly polar opposites but like I always tell my client whether you need an oversized garage to park you limousine or a pasture for your limousine to roam, I’m your MAN!” says Goforth.

For more information about EXIT Strategies Realty, please call 405-285-9322.

Could your clients afford a 20% down payment? The 20% down payments will put the American Dream out of reach for most families. Could you afford it? Can you envision what your prospective client pool will look like if new regulations governing Qualified Residential Mortgages (QRM) take effect this year?

Neither can we. And neither can many elected officials in Congress who did not intend for these regulatory provisions to be so narrowly defined. We must continue our efforts to explain how detrimental the new QRM rules would be to the ongoing housing and lending crisis in America.

According to NAR Research, 60% of recent home buyers made less than a 20% down payment, and it would take 14 years for a typical person to save up a 20% down payment to buy a median-priced home.

I am not in favor or returning to the no or minimal down payment loans that got us in to trouble in the past, but a reasonable downpayment of say 10% or 12% would at least make it feasible for the great majority of individuals looking to buy a home. For more information about this read QRM and Risk Retention (the Dodd Frank Act).

If you agree that this would damage an already fragile real estate industry, then take action now! Go to the NAR Call To Action and let your congressmen know what you think.

Oklahoma City, OK (Grassroots Newswire) April 19, 2011 --

Bob and Dixie Linn broker/owners of EXIT Bob Linn Real Estate located in Edmond, Oklahoma were recently presented with the prestigious Spirit of EXIT Award at EXIT Realty Arkansas & Oklahoma's Regional Meeting and Awards Ceremony that was held in Northwest Arkansas.

The Spirit of EXIT is given to individuals that have qualities that best represent EXIT Realty such as loyalty, team spirit, perseverance, and determination to excel. Bob and Dixie, who have been in real estate for over 41 years, opened their EXIT franchise in Oklahoma City, in August 2007.

As a dedicated member of the real estate industry and the real estate profession, Bob has worked and served both in the public and with the Realtor Association for over 35 years. He has served in many capacities including President of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association of Realtors in 1984 and again in 2004. Additionally, Bob has served as the State President for the Oklahoma Association of Realtors in 1992. As a past president, he received a position as a director with the Oklahoma Board of Directors for life. Bob has received many Realtor Awards including the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association's 1987 Realtor of the Year, 1993 National Association of Realtors "OMEGA TAU RHO Award"; he was also chosen Realtor of the Year of the State of Oklahoma in 1995. He recently received a Life Membership award from the Oklahoma Association of Realtors. Bob has also been active in the Oklahoma Arthritis Foundation.

Dixie has been active in the REALTOR Association for the local, state and national levels and holds the GRI designation. Serving with numerous committees and chairs, she has held the office of President of the Southern Oklahoma Board being the recipient of the Southern Oklahoma Realtor of the Year Award in 1989. Other Offices held by Dixie include RPAC Trustee, District Vice President and State Director for the Oklahoma association of Realtors.

EXIT Realty is growing across North America and provides sales associates with the opportunity to earn residual income over and above their own transactions and an enhanced retirement and beneficiary benefit: all of which have been unheard of in the real estate industry until now. www.exitarok.com

For more information about EXIT Bob Linn Real Estate, please call (405)752-9660. EXIT Bob Linn Real Estate is located at 3209 S. Broadway, Suite 213, Edmond, OK 73013. www.exitboblinn.com

Reality shows have become the "thing" on television these days. You can probably name at least a half dozen without really thinking about it. Well EXIT Realty Broker/Owner, Tom Charron of EXIT Advantage Realty in Dallas, Texas, has taken it a step further. He has created a reality show about training his agents. Read this blog post to learn more about this innovative idea about training.

Little Rock, AR (Grassroots Newswire) April 11, 2011 --

EXIT Realty Deaton Group's agents Shelly Dahl and Amber Burdett recently tied for the Top Sponsoring Award at EXIT Realty Arkansas & Oklahoma's Regional Meeting and Awards Ceremony that was held in Northwest Arkansas. "This is an important award for EXIT because it represents an important part of our company. Sponsoring offers multiple sources of income for agents, security and direction for agents' families, as well as beneficiary and retirement residuals. Therefore, we want to recognize their commitment to sponsoring," said Laura Roussel, CFO of EXIT Realty Arkansas & Oklahoma.

"Shelly and Amber go above and beyond the call of duty to service all their clients and colleagues' needs. They have continuous energy, tireless enthusiasm, and dedication to helping others within the real estate community," states Scott Deaton, broker/owner of EXIT Realty Deaton Group.

EXIT's top-producing trainers offer the industry's best hands-on, interactive real estate training at all levels. A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT International is applied to its charitable fund and to-date $2 million has been pledged to Habitat for Humanity. Please visit www.exitrealty.com for more information.

For more information about EXIT Realty Deaton Group, please call (501)221-3948. EXIT Realty Deaton Group is located at 11300 Financial Centre Parkway, Suite 910, Little Rock, AR 72211. www.exitrealtydeatongroup.com