About McCurtain County, OK

Two Story Country Home For Sale Near Pine Creek Lake, Paved Road, 2600 sq ft 4 bed 3 bath, in ground pool, $168,000

4 bedroom 3 bath home (or 3 bedrooms with an office) situated on 3 acres, fireplace, bay windows, formal dining room, in ground pool. Storm Cellar, large laundry room. Large spreading oak trees, metal shop, livestock shed on 3 acres. Paved road. Home is located only about 2 miles from Valliant. This home has everything! Updated heat/air... extra blown-in insulation, lots and lots of storage, huge multi-car car port that has room for the grill too, beautiful landscaping. If I didn't already have a home, you would not have a chance at this one, it'd be gone...Call me to view Judi Barrett 580-212-5946. Listed at $169,000.

Today is Veteran's Day 2009..

As our nation looks back to 1918 on November 11 at 11 am - the exact time that the armistice was signed in Europe, bringing to an end World War I,

McCurtain County residents are being asked to honor veterans today with two minutes of silence starting at 11 a.m.

The American Legion Post #8 will have it's 91st annual Veteran's Day Program. 

If you can't attend the program, you can tune into our 3 local radio stations at that time and listen to the song, A Pittance of Time by Terry Kelly.

 

All businesses and schools have been asked to play the song over their speaker systems at 11 am.

If you're driving and cannot pull over to observe the two minutes of silence, you are asked to turn your lights on during that time while you drive.

Please honor all veterans today and every day for the sacrifices that they and their families have made for our nation.  They should have our highest respect and gratitude daily, not just today.

Beavers Bend Folk Festival & Craft Show at Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow Oklahoma will take place this week-end (November 13 - 15, 2009) The park's phone number is 580-494-6497.

This is a beautiful time of the year to visit our area with fall colors in place. This year's colors have not been as stunning due to the heavy rainfall that we'd had (October being a record setter for rain).

Last year's record attendance at the Beavers Bend Folk Festival was around 17,400. This year's attendance is expected to top that.

One of the new draws this year will be

Dennis Beck of Savoy, Texas.

Dennis is going to show us 18th century paper-making and book-binding.

As always the festival will provide hands on opportunities to learn crafts including mountain music and mountain music instruments.

There's always good food available at the festival.

Attendance to the Beavers Bend Folk Festival and Craft Show is free as is parking. Shuttle buses will be used to transport folks from the parking places to the festival area.

To learn about some of the older crafts and music, be sure to attend the Beavers Bend Folk Festival, to learn about buying a home or land in McCurtain County or Choctaw County, call me Judi Barrett, Broker at Integrity Real Estate Services 580-212-5946. While I do not normally work in the Broken Bow lake area itself, my area is close by and I encourage you to come and enjoy beautiful Broken Bow Lake.

Often a buyer that is purchasing with cash, in Oklahoma, does not purchase Title Insurance. This sometimes comes as a surprise to our out- of-the-area buyers.

Oklahoma is an abstracting state. Most of the time the seller in the transaction is paying to have the abstract brought up to date subsequent to the date on the purchase contract. Then the abstract goes to the attorney of choice for the buyer.

In Oklahoma the Title Insurance Policy is written based upon the Attorney's Opinion. Just about everyone gets an attorney's opinion on the abstract which gives his/her opinion as to whether there is good and marketable title. Title issues should come become evident to the buyer by his attorney's opinion. Title flaws are normally the responsibility of the seller to correct unless the buyer accepts the property with the title problems.

So many cash buyers do not purchase title insurance and many that borrow through local banks do not purchase title insurance.

Title insurance can supply you with some peace of mind in your purchase but it's a new idea to many Oklahomans that have always done their financing through local banks which normally do not require title insurance.

I'm not advising one way or the other, simply stating what often is the choice of cash buyers and why it's often their choice.

It's always a good idea to ask about the total cost of certain decisions in any transaction. Title insurance cost estimates can be supplied to you by your title insurance agent. Those cost estimates should include any additional final abstracting, etc that must be done.

I have been told that some closing agents will not close a transaction unless the purchaser does buy title insurance, so that must be weighed into your decicision also.

One of the recent changes in Oklahoma came in 2007 which allows a title insurance policy to be based upon a supplemental abstract if that supplemental abstract goes back to the prior owner's issuance of title insurance. Prior to this time the complete base abstract had to be read each time that a title policy was issued.

It's always a good idea to ask questions. Ask your real estate agent... ask your lender... ask your closer... ask, ask, ask. About all aspects of your purchase. Then you can make informed decisions and hopefully the right decision for you.

I always like to see my clients take steps to help protect themselves whether it's title insurance or a home inspection, using a licensed real estate professional, or a reputable lender. A home purchase is usually a large monetary transaction, so be careful and weigh your decisions carefully.

Brinkley's Auction (consignment)

located at Idabel, Oklahoma is advertised as Oklahoma's largest tractor and farm machinery auction.

Equipment and tractors come in to Larry Brinkley's auction from all over, as do the buyers.

The Farm Tractor part of the auction is held on the third Thursday of the month with miscellaneous equipment held on the following day (Friday). They also have a Salvage tractor and equipment auction each quarter.

All kinds of farm and industrial tractors are bought and sold at Brinkley's and all kinds of equipment also.

Brinkley's auction is located on the South Bypass around Idabel.

They have a nice "fast food" area at the auction with good food that works well at an auction... sandwiches, hamburgers, etc. The ladies that work in the food bar always have a smile for you to go with that hamburger too!

Some of the items that were available this month at Brinkley's:

We have purchased tractors, backhoes, trailers, implements, balers, cutters, feeders, and probably a lot more different kinds of equipment at Brinkley's over the years. Having this auction company be located here at Idabel is very helpful to those that live here or live close enough to attend, and can make use of need farm and ranch equipment or tractors..

One more good thing about living the rural life in McCurtain County!