About Choctaw County, OK

Your Metro or Micro Got You Bummed Out?

Wanna' Get Away?

You might be thinking or even saying, "What in the world is Judi talking about?" Well I'm sure NOT talking about the Geo-Metro, or a Micro-Pc!"

No, I'm talking about WHERE YOU LIVE!

All of the colored areas, on my map, define Metropolitan Statistical Core Areas (containing at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population) or Micropolitan Statistical Core Areas (containing at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 population and less than 50,000).

Did you notice that we ( me, I, myself, etc, do not have a Micropolitan or a Metropolitan area in my world??

Yet we are such a short drive from you, IF you live in one of the surrounding areas that are lavender or purple. That means that you can leave right after breakfast this morning and be here to have lunch with me or leave after lunch and enjoy dinner with me!

So once you get here, what will you find, besides lunch?

I believe you'll find paradise.

It's my version of paradise - big trees, rivers, lakes, a
s-l-o-w-e-r p-a-c-e o-f
l-i-f-e. NO BIG TOWNS. And yet we are close enough to drive for shopping, theatre, nice restaurants... Texarkana or Paris.

And IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S PARADISE, YOU NEED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR VERSION OF PARADISE....

I have mine, so I want you to have yours.

Sometimes it's nice to not be the "focal" point on a map or the "focal" point on anything else...sometimes the "not colored in" part on a map is the BEST PART in my book! And if that's how you're thinking, then call me!

Do You Wanna Get Away" was a dance chart hit for Shannon in 1985. The song was a number one hit for two weeks and then crossed over to the top 20 on the soul singles chart.

Some of the words to that song are so appropriate for the extreme part of Southeast Oklahoma that I live and work in, especially if you reside in some of the surrounding Metros or Micros:

DO YOU WANNA GET AWAY

Where can I run to find an escape
I've had a very busy day,
I need some fun, some private space,
I want to get away!

To someplace where
There isn't a care or a worry
But it must be some place near
Cause I wanna go in a hurry!

No time to plan an exotic trip,
To an island in the sun,
'Cause where can I go and be back again,
By the time tomorrow comes?

Do you wanna' get away, do you wanna' escape?
I'll help you leave it all behind you.
I know a place in paradise,
Where even time ain't gonna find you!

Mr. Toad Wants a Low Repair Cap When He Sells His Home

The OKLAHOMA UNIFORM CONTRACT OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE, makes provision within it for an agreed upon repair cap for making the repairs to a home prior to the closing of your transaction.

The repair cap is the maximum amount that buyer and seller have pre-agreed the seller would be responsible for in making pre-closing repairs on the home.

When the buyer finishes their inspections, a list of Treatments, Repairs, and Replacements that need to be done (defects in the home) is turned in to the seller's broker. The seller is responsible for getting estimates for those repairs. The defects have to be that, they are not cosmetic in nature... something is not performing it's intended function or is defective.

If the cost estimate for those repairs exceeds the repair cap that is in the contract, the buyer and seller can renegotiate or if no agreement can be reached, the contract can be cancelled with the buyer getting their earnest money returned to them.

It is extremely important to know the timeline within your contract and do everything within that timeline.

When you are making an offer on a home, try to determine an educated guess as to what repairs are needed. This will help get that repair cap agreed upon between you and the seller. THEN if the inspections reveal more costly repairs, it should be easier to negotiate the higher amount, than it would have been prior to the inspections.

We encourage our buyers that if they have a contract at a really good price and the repair estimates are just slightly over the cap, to consider what is most important. It might be more important to not go into negotiation again on the contract. On the other hand, if the inspections have revealed some major repairs, the buyer might want to rethink their purchase...

Thinking of buying or selling a home or land in Choctaw County or McCurtain County Oklahoma? I'd like to visit with you about it! Judi Barrett, Broker - Integrity Real Estate Services - Our Name Says It All- Real Estate Services You Can Trust!

580-212-5946

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I've used and currently use all three services.

Can you see any differences and if so which do you think does a better job of presenting the video of the listing?

 

Webshot video of a Lake Raymond Gary Property (lot 19 in The Point, currently listed at $29,000)

 

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Youtube video of property across the channel form the above property:

 

 

 

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Small Rural Hospitals Are Such A Blessing - Hugo, Oklahoma Choctaw County- Choctaw Memorial Thank You !

It has been about eight weeks since my mom slept at home. She will NOT be going home, at least to her home in Hugo... she will soon be going home to her eternal home.

Mom's body has stopped making the blood that she needs to survive. For a while she was in and out of the hospital getting the necessary fluid of life. It has to be flown in from Oklahoma City, her blood has some rare antigens or something. Her cancer doctor started her on chemo, she had 2 treatments and quickly slid down hill healthwise, at 81 and with various health issues including diabetes, she couldn't handle the chemo.

It didn't take long until she was in the local hospital at Hugo, Choctaw Memorial.. A stay there and then into the Lane Frost Rehab Center. After a time there into a nursing home for about 2 weeks and then back into the hospital. She will not leave the hospital breathing.

Her last blood infusion was given today. It has become too difficult and hard on her to even find a way to give the blood to her every few days. We knew the time was coming.

Choctaw Memorial, You and Dr. Pardue have been a tremendous blessing to my mother and her husband. My father died in 1997 and mom remarried a wonderful elderly gentleman that is very loving toward her and right by her side through all of this - Thank you, Norris! You will probably never read this, being blind, but I've told you this in person also.

I am so thankful for the small rural hospitals that we have scattered across our nation! Today, I met Darrel, one of the employees at the hospital - he does such a wonderful caring job and always with a smile on his face. Thank you Darrel for working at Choctaw Memorial Hospital in Hugo.

There are many others that work there, they are the kindest, sweetest bunch of people anywhere.

You are so very much appreciated.

It was a long day today...

Waterfront Lake Front Lot For Sale

Lake Raymond Gary

Fort Towson, Oklahoma

74735

Lot on The Point with nice trees and nice slope on the main channel of Raymond Gary Lake.

Beautiful nostalgic view of the train trestle up the channel.

Protective Covenants require any home or cabin constructed on the lot to be 1000 sq ft minimum.

City utilities at front of the lot edge, along the road.

Corner lot of .52 acres on Ridge Point Road. Road is currently gravel but county/city has been paving roads around the lake.

City water, city sewer, garbage collection. Electrical service is from Choctaw Electric Co-op. Fort Towson School is K - 12.

Less than a mile to highway 70 and in city limits of Fort Towson. (74735) Raymond Gary Lake is an exceptional fishing lake. Great for swimming. It is a no-wake lake.

There are no restrictions on type of motor but speed limit is no wake on entire lake. For water skiing or other faster water sports, you are only about 15 miles to Hugo Lake between Fort Towson 74735 and Hugo, Oklahoma 74743 and only about 30 minutes to Pine Creek Lake which is north of Valliant, Oklahoma 74764. If trout fishing is your love, you're a little more than an hour from Mountain Fork River at Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728 for trout fishing.

Lake Raymond Gary has approx 10 miles of shoreline, the lake itself has been estimated to cover about 390 acres. It is managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife. The rules regulating use of Oklahoma Department Wildlife Lakes. Most residents on the lake have a boat dock or fishing pier. Build yours on this lot. Water depth for the lake varies between 4 and 20 feet.

Property is about 15 minutes to Hugo and about 45 minutes to Paris, Texas.

Great opportunity to own waterfront at a reasonable price.

Broker/Owner. Possible Owner Financing