Tim Rogers

Check out one of the BEST homes on the market in the desired community of Penns Valley. Built in 2005 with numerous builder upgrades and loacted on 1.28 acres with gorgeous views from every window, this home offers a first floor master suite, an eat-in kitchen, and a large light-filled sunroom for those lazy sunday afternoons.

This home was featured on Top Gun Tim's "Ask the Realtor" show on 970 AM WBLF.

Visit www.BuyPennsValley.com for more information or call Tim Rogers at Keller Williams Realty at 814-280-0054 for a personal tour.

Tune in tomorrow to Top Gun Tim's ASK the REALTOR Show on 970 AM WBLF from 8:00 to 9:00 as we preview the upcoming Halloween week by discussing Caveat Emptor and Ectoplasmic Fraud among other haunting topics.

We will (with the help of our listeners) create a State College or Central PA Ghost Tour so give us a call tomorrow at 814-272-9700.

Our special guest will be Kim Hirchak. Kim has sold many a haunted house and has started a ghost tour and a Haunted Pub Crawl in Wilmington, North Carolina so tune in promptly at 8:00 AM.

Don't miss the show as this is always one of the best shows of the year!

What's Your Excuse?

Born the twentieth of twenty-two children, in a small, rural Tennessee town in 1940, she contracted polio as a four year old and was told she may never walk again. She lost the use of her left leg and was in such a weakened state she was shackled with leg braces. Living in a house with no money for special medical treatments, her TEAM of siblings took over. Thus, her legs were massaged a number of times each day, helping her to regain strength. Her confidence may have flagged at times in her childhood when it seemed she might spend a lifetime in leg braces or even a wheelchair. Through the efforts of her devoted family-and her own steely determination to strengthen herself-she rose from disability to Olympic glory in a few short years.

After five years of leg massage treatment, she one day stunned her doctors when she removed her leg braces and walked by herself. Soon she was challenging her brothers to races in the back yard.

Her love of basketball led her to try out for the ninth grade team where her coach cut her and told her not to bother with the sport. As a tenth grader she was added to the roster simply because the basketball coach wanted her older sister on the team and her father told the coach that the older sister could play if he allowed the younger girl to be a part of the team. The girl with the leg braces that was cut as a ninth grader went on to score 803 points that year which was a Tennessee record for sophomores.

As a fourteen year old she started running track after the track coach saw her on the basketball court and encouraged her to run.

You see, WILMA RUDOLPH, the girl with the leg braces had never heard of the Olympics as a fourteen year old and two short years later she was toeing the line of the 100 meter dash in Australia where she won a bronze medal.

Four short years later the poor girl from Tennessee that stunned her doctors by removing those leg shackles shocked the world in Rome, Italy.

At the 1960 Olympics, Rudolph won all three of her gold medals in very dramatic fashion. In both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, she finished at least three yards in front of her closest competitor. She tied the world record in the 100-meter and set a new Olympic record in the 200. Rudolph also brought her 400-meter relay team from behind to win the gold. The French called her "La Gazelle." Without question, Rudolph's achievements at the 1960 Olympic Games remain a stand-out performance in the history of Olympic competition.

Are you hurting today? There is nothing you can't overcome without a singleness of mind and purpose. And I ask again, "What is your excuse?"

Copyright 2008 Top Gun Tim Rogers Ask the Realtor Radio Show

Effective January 1, 2009, the IRC Bulders Code will require SPRINKLER SYSTEMS to be installed in all homes built to code in the United States. This regulation will be the law and all Centre County Builders will be required to follow this law as of the new year.

You need to act today to save thousands of dollars on the building of your new home. Simply have your building permit issued prior to December 31, 2008 and there will be no need to pay the additional costs of the sprinkler systems. If you fail to act you will have an increased price on your new home which may impact the financing or amenities of the home you choose to build.

Update as of 10/02/2008 - The NAHM will be filing an action to prevent the new code from adding the sprinkler systems. They expect to lose in the long run but the NAHB thinks it will take two to three years before the ordinance is enacted after they file the petition to prevent the sprinkler systems.

There will be more to come on this issue.

For more information give me a call at 814-280-004.

As the State College PA real estate expert on affordable housing I want to alert all potential first-time buyers and those of you looking for affordable housing to the new construction townhomes currently under construction in Boalsburg. The units are 3/2.5 one car garage with a basement and there are a limited number of units priced at $169,900 with special financing available based on income guidelines.

For example, a married household of two is limited to a maximum income of $61,680 to qualify for the special pricing. The list price for all other units will be in the $180,000's.

There is affordable housing available in State College Pa and now you can purchase new construction with special financing.

For more information, please give me a call at 814-280-0054 or e-mail me at terprime@aol.com.