Idabel, OK

If you've been looking for a get-away in McCurtain County so that you can enjoy our great outdoors, fish at Broken Bow or Pine Creek Lakes, Hunt in the thousands of acres of public lands available for hunting - Look this one over. It's has a great setting, paved road. About 25 minutes to Broken Bow lake, and about 30 minutes to Pine Creek Lake. Property is about 2 1/2 miles from the Dallas - Ft Worth area, 3 1/2 hours from Tulsa. If you have property in McCurtain County or Choctaw County that you want to sell, call me. Judi Barrett, broker at Integrity Real Estate Services. 580-212-5946

I know, I know...I know it's not fair,

but you should have made your offer instead of hesitating!

There are those that are waiting for the price to get lower.

They have missed the fact that it was already priced at a good buy.

But the family that looked yesterday didn't miss that fact.

They made their offer and the sellers accepted it.

So some nice family, is going to be enjoying this country home in McCurtain County even though there are several people waiting, thinking they were going to buy it at some point.

Saying "IT'S MINE" over and over will not get the offer in front of the sellers.

Sorry, it doesn't work that way. See bottom of post to review how it does work.

Don't listen to those "tv commentators" about holding off on a purchase that you really want when you can afford it and it's a good buy.

They are just “common tators”. Not Genuine Real Estate Spuds.

To Review How It Works:

• Find a piece of land, home, building, lake lot, etc.
  

• Call the banker and get pre-approved for a loan if it’s not a cash purchase.

• Call me to go see the property.

• Tell me how much you want to offer and terms of the offer.

• I put it in writing and present it to the seller.

• The sellers either accept the offer or counter the offer with a price and terms that they will accept.

• Accept or counter their offer, etc. until

• There's a contract and very soon you have the property that you wanted.

Integrity Real Estate Services, Judi Barrett, Broker 580-212-5946

Images courtesy of Image Chef and Microsoft Clip Art.

We live in the middle of a cow/calf farm operation. It has been one of the neatest things to be a part of. We got started with this about twenty-six years ago....my, how time flies!

Tuesday was a "work the cows" day, time to worm, vacinate, and wean. Our herd is bascially divided into the spring herd and the fall herd depending upon what time of the year the cow has her calf. Many cow - calf operators have their cows all having calves at the same time of the year, but we decided to have both a spring and a fall calving season because sometimes a cow will slip a little time, this allows her to be a part of the other calving season and not be the only cow out there with an a small calf, an "out of season" calf that has to be dealt with.

Since Tuesday was THE DAY. Calves and cows both bawled most of the night Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Things were pretty quiet at 5:30 this morning, so everyone will get happy again. Wednesday morning, Don and I walked down to the corrals to pick out the "keepers".... prospect bulls for future use and heifers that we like. I know that I'm partial because I think we have the prettiest calves in the whole world, beautiful "mostly brangus" babies.

Now comes the fun time, watching them grow and develop into full grown cattle to become part of the herd. City life "ain't" for me. I'm glad that there are folks that want to live in the city because if there weren't, they'd all be out here trying to live and it would get pretty crowded! But for this McCurtain County rural real estate broker, she likes living in the country!

I looked on my computer for a pic of the calves, but didn't have a recent one, will grab one today to add to this post, just for fun. Then you can see how pretty they are!

If you are considering selling or buying real estate in Oklahoma, you may encounter the Oklahoma uniform Contract for Purchase of Real Estate published by the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.

If you've missed the first two posts on this, you may want to read.

First one - How do we go about placing a property "under contract"

Second one - covering the first three paragraphs of the Oklahoma Uniform Contract

Today we're going to look at paragraph 4 of that contract. Paragraph 4 contains a list of equipment, if existing on the Property, unless otherwise excluded, shall remain with the Property at no additional cost to Buyer:

Those things are:

• Attic and ceiling fan(s)
• Bathroom mirror(s)
• Other mirrors, if attached
• Central vacuum & attachments
• Floor coverings, if attached
• Key(s) to the property
• Built-in and under cabinet/counter appliance(s)
• Free standing slide-in/drop-in kitchen stove
• Built-in sound system(s)/speaker(s)
• Lighting & light fixtures
• Fire, smoke and security system(s), if owned
• Shelving, if attached
• Fireplace inserts, logs, grates, doors and screens
• Free standing heating unit(s)
• Humidifier(s), if attached
• Water conditioning systems, if owned
• Window treatments & coverings, interior & exterior
• Storm windows, screens & storm doors
• Garage door opener(s) & remote transmitting unit(s)
• Fences (includes sub-surface electric &
components)
• Mailboxes/Flag poles
• Outside cooking unit(s), if attached
• Propane tank(s) if owned
• TV antennas/satellite dish system(s) and control(s), if owned
• Sprinkler systems & control(s)
• Swimming Pool/Spa equipment/accessories• Attached recreational equipment
• Exterior landscaping and lighting
• Entry gate control(s)
• Water meter, sewer/trash membership, if owned
• All remote controls, if applicable
• Transferable Service Agreements and Product Warranties

At the end of the list, there are two very important areas. The first is where you can include things that are not on the above list and the second is where you can exclude things that are on the list.

If any of these things do exist on the property and you as a seller or as a buyer do not want them included in the sale, make sure that they are written on the exclusion line 4(B). If there is something that you want included in the sale and it's NOT on the list, make sure that your agent gets it on the inclusion line 4(A).

Next post in this series will go over time frames and inspection periods.

Contact Judi Barrett, broker, Integrity Real Estate Services, Idabel, Oklahoma for your real estate needs in Southeast Oklahoma - from Haworth to Hugo - specializing in rural homes and farms AND LAKE RAYMOND GARY.

580-212-5946

http://integrity-realestate.net

http://integrityrealty1.com

http://choctaw-county.com/

http://waterfront-lots.net/

http://seokmls.com

http://commercialpropertylist.net

http://broken-bow-lake.com/

http://www.okhuntingland.com/

http://mccurtaincounty.net/

AND OTHERS......

If you want to sell property in McCurtain or Choctaw County, we do the most to get your property in front of the world!

As a way of helping those that are relocating to our area, I have decided to introduce different professional and business people in our area that provide needed services.

This blog is to introduce you to Bob Terry. My husband and I got acquainted with Bob Terry when we opened a State Farm Health Saving Account. Bob is the local agent for State Farm. I didn't have a picture of Bob to use here, but you can visit his website here.

For those of you that don't know this, State Farm has banking services. In fact, I check with my local bank and several places, trying to find a local place to open the health savings account. State Farm was the only place that I found that we could do that locally.

As we visited with Bob and we asked him about other services that he can offer, we discovered that he is a Certified Financial Planning Practitioner under the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards, Inc. He holds various professional designations and has almost 18 years experience in insurance and financial services.

The State Farm office does home mortgages and commercial lending too! Our office appreciates our clients having another good source for loans.

My family has found Bob to be very client oriented. He seeks out the services that his company can offer that will benefit his client. I've only heard good things about him and believe him to hold to the highest standards.

So, if you're moving to our area Idabel, Oklahoma or anywhere in McCurtain County, OR if you already live here - Bob Terry can offer you many financial services that you may need - insurance, banking, mortgages, retirement accounts, financial planning, etc. His office is located at 902 NE Lincoln Rd,Idabel, Oklahoma 74745 and their phone number is: 580-286-5627.

And for all of your real estate needs as you relocate to our great area, contact me, Judi Barrett, broker, at integrity Real Estate Services 580-212-5946.