About Canadian County, OK

THE ROAD MAP TO HOMEOWNERSHIP

What do you need to do & how to get there?

How many times have you been thinking about becoming a HOME OWNER? Do you know where to start? Are you familiar with the process? What are your credit and FICO scores? How to repair them? To rent or not to rent? Is timing the market wise? Do you know anything about what tax credits you may benefit from?

…. Your head is spinning with all these questions!

It is time to get serious. Think about graduating from a renter to a homeowner. Is your family growing? You deserve to own a house, don’t you? If you are serious about making changes in your lifestyle, if you want to follow the path to your OWN home …please attend:

‘The Road Map to Homeownership’ – a get together with the experts like First American Title, a local CPA, First American Mortgage and a local Realtor.

The topics include:

• Common fears, facts and challenges of buying a home in today's market
• Presentation of 'Eight Simple Steps to Successful Homeownership
• Details about down payments and closing costs
• How yiou can grow your wealth, take advantage of tax deductions
• Learn about $8000 tax credit available to home buyers - now available for a short time

‘The Road Map to Homeownership’ will be held Tuesday, March 17^th, at 7PM, at Yukon’s Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Dr in Yukon.

Please RSVP by March 15^th with your name and email address to: Bo Kociuba 405-812-1572 or email: Bo@Okla-OK.com. We will also email you a reminder.

I hope to see you there,

Bo

Don't miss the Hager House Ladies Event this Saturday from 10am - 5pm! If you love purses, candles, scrapbooking, spa products and other fun things that Ladies love then you'll definitely want to visit this One Day Event tradeshow. There will even be a masseuse there to help you ease into this beautiful weekend.

Drawings for Door Prizes and Booth Prizes will also be held including a free scrapbooking weekend at the Hager House Bed & Breakfast! So get your ladies together and join in on this wonderful event!

This event is a come and go so feel free to stop by to tour the Bed and Breakfast while seeing all the great displays, products and services.

Hager House Bed and Breakfast 619 Hoff Avenue, El Reno

Visit http://www.hagerhousebandb.com/ for a printable online map or for more info on the Bed & Breakfast!

It came with a vengence. Wild, powerful and violent weather with a twist...a lot of twisters that is.

The day of February 10th started pretty good - sunny and nice. We were expecting heavy storms  in the afternoon. But oh my, we didn't expect this kind of violence!

Just across from my office, Keller Williams Realty, just yards away, I could see this twister. It was coming toward me, dark, swollen, rotating and angry.

I took this picture and then ran to the safe room inside the office. This one was rotating very, very  low and we didn't know when at what moment it would make a touch down. Thankfully it didn't! It went farther North toward Edmond and took it's carnage there by destroying shopping centers and neighborhoods.

 Above: Twister just yards away from my office.

Another funnel was so close to my house, like quarter of a mile, we were watching it with our neighbors. I didn't take a picture because we were already in the underground shelter.

With this violent weather came huge amount of hail. From pea size to golf and baseball size. Winds were blowing over 60mph in Yukon which is on the West side of the Metro.The hail storm was pounding on the roofs and on cars. Braking the carvwindows and totalling the roofs. The sound was dreadful - like thousands of gun shots piercing the roof, windows and siding.

Schools were placed on 'lock-down' for over two hours. Loss of electircal power...Cars lost windshields, windows and we could see the dents on hoods.   Local hospital lost few windows...

There was a lot of damage....

Those few hours felt like they were taken out of a twilight zone... by the grace of God we survived...

 That's how big the hail was....and it was everywhere

Streets covered with hail

Hail everywhere....covering everything like a blanket of snow....

Northwest side of Oklahoma City....entrance to the Gaillardia neighborhood covered with hail...

I was present when this little sweet thing was born...what a miracle! He was so akward and a bit tired but really tried hard to stand up on his legs...Since he was born he was always a pure joy to have, however, he is capable of showing some temper and "who is the boss" attitude. He comes from an excellent bloodline and my friends hope for a "good bump" in their retirement...LOL...Enjoy!

For the last few days it looks like the "staleness" started getting some life. And what do I mean by that? My phone started ringing to schedule showings and few buyers want to know more information about the properties and financing...Is this just because of the weather being kissed by few sunshiny days or we are getting into a prelude of change?

This kind of action looks really promising. And I believe a lot of us are ready to start being Realtors in the full sense of this title.

What about other markets? Have you noticed any change?

There is so many great things going for the consumer - rates, lowest in decades, great tax credit from Uncle Sam and of course so many houses to choose from...

It is called BUYER'S MARKET for a reason! Hopefully consumers will start taking advantage of it!

Wishing you all the best, Bo