About Tarrant County, TX

Had a few buyers/renters call me in the last few days on my property listed for sale at 3500 Caroline Court in Fort Worth 76137. Callers keep asking me about renting it. It's not for rent! One tells me I found it on Hotpads. Hotpads since removed it. Thanks to this wise consumer who flagged it as an apparent scam! One emails me and tells me "the owner" said he's no longer selling, but leasing. She found it on Zillow. The 3rd person tells me the same. The list goes on. They have all given the following information on this scammer:

Blake Gorham

blake_gorham58@yahoo.com

London

phone 44-703-187-3780

This is the sample letter he sends to them:

From: "blake_gorham58@yahoo.com" blake_gorham58@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Question Caroline Ct, Fort Worth, TX 76137

Good day

Just saw your mail which is showing your interest in acquiring my property for rent. First I will like to let you know the property is still much available but there are circumstances that are leading to my wanting to rent it out the property. Recently (about 2 months ago) I just got transferred to another region. my company decided to open a sub-division in London(United Kingdom - England) and I was transferred there as chief operation manager to see and make sure things start up quite well before I can be called back home, I guess the period for such stabilization might take up to 4-7 years as such I decided to sell the house at first, that was when I found an agent whom we both agreed on terms and conditions, this prompted the Realtor agent to place for sale sign on the property that was when my wife and well wishers around started calling and advising me not to sell but rather rent it out so that it can be well catered and cared for before my return. This prompted why I had to request for my keys and document from the Realtor agent and they are with me presently. I decided not to involve any agent in renting the house out as this will cost the occupant more money which I don't want as I want the occupant to understand the main aim why I am letting the house out and i feel he/she should get clue of the reason even with the amount I am willing to let it out. NOTE: THE MAIN AIM OF RENTING IT OUT IS KEEPING THE BUILDING STRUCTURE ALIVE AND IN GOOD CONDITION even you can observe it from the price I am willing to give it out, that it's far below standard renting rate. The aim is only to build a cordial understanding between myself and the renter based on the reason why I am letting it out. Definitely,I would be needing your bio data which I guess is the only thing I can use to randomly access you. I would be needing information such as:

FULL NAME:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
HOME PHONE NUMBER:
MOBILE NUMBER:
CURRENT ADDRESS STATE,ZIP
REASON FOR LEAVING/WANTING TO LEAVE YOUR
PREVIOUS HOME OF RESIDENCE
PREVIOUS RENT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT IS TO LEAVE IN THE HOUSE
DO YOU HAVE A CAR? IF YES HOW MANY
DO YOU HAVE A PET?
WHEN DO YOU PLAN MOVING INTO A NEW HOME

and concerning wanting to view the house, you could go there and take a look at the building surrounding and neighborhood but as for the inside, you wont be able to view it as the keys for the house are here with me as at present. please note you wont be able to view the internal part of the house because the the keys are here with me... but as much as possible I will try send some internal pictures i have of my property.

Home Address:3500 Caroline Court, Fort Worth TX 76137
phone number: +44 7031873780
THANKS MR./MRS Gorham


the deposit is the same as the rent while the rent is $750

God Bless You.

Consumers, the key is in the keybox on the door and it is for sale for $150,000. It is not for rent!

Blake or whomever you are, why don't you come over. I'll be your Valentine. Me and the PD. Muah. :*

Loved the post Mr. Al wrote this week about Disney for FREE. I just took my kids to see Universal Studio's Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Disney Magic Kingdom in January and I'm fairly positive my purse "magically" broke. I know that's how home sellers feel sometimes, too. All they want is accomplishment on some sort of reasonable budget. Well, here it is. This is your "free" to-do list! Your 4 Cs for your diamonds in the rough.

CLEAN. Cleaning is essentially free. And let's face it. You don't need a billion products. Soap and water goes a long way. Or water and vinegar. Or any other household cleaning product of any sort you probably already have in your cabinet. Pro window washing for $x a window? Forget it! Newspaper and vinegar water and literally about 1 minute per window in and out and it's done! Birds will be flopping straight into that crystal clear window all day long. The point is, there is no replacement for clean. You can line a house in gold. If it isn't clean, congrats, you just listed it for half price.

CUTE. Cute is not expensive. Yes, you can (and I usually recommend) hire a pro. But there is a free way. Look at your friends. Who has the cutest house? Who always gets the compliments at the Pampered Chef party? Ask her for help. Friends who have the knack also like to share it. Promise. She won't tell you no. Shop the back of Marshalls or Ross and get a very inexpensive new look with the help of a free friendly hand next door. Or borrow her stuff! Free!

COVERED. Get a home warranty aka residential service contract. This is so easy. Call your realtor's favorite home warranty company and get seller's coverage while on the market "free" until you pay for it at closing at the same time you buy one for the new home owner. That way, anything that is covered that breaks down while it's on the market will get an inexpensive fix covered by the residential service company at a small service call charge vs. the whole bill! Naysayers, I know you're out there and you should call me. I use these to death on my home and my investment properties and they DO work! I know they do!

CAPTURED. You and your house need to have one serious photo shoot. Bad pictures are just as free as good pictures. Take the time to take photos of the CLEAN CUTE COVERED property for FREE! You don't have to be a pro or hire a pro. Just take a hundred photos with the best camera you have at the highest resolution setting with lights at all settings from every angle of every room and in the end you will have plenty of great shots for your marketing.

Hope this brief list helps you turn those lumps of coal into diamonds and sell champagne style on a beer budget!

Eagle Mt. Lake Texas Real Estate Sales were up 27% in December 2011 over the same month last year with 70 homes selling this month! For the 2011 year to date, overall home sales were at 1,028 homes sold, a 2% change from last year. Eagle Mt. Lake Texas Real Estate total dollar volume of homes sold this month was $11,270,000 which is a 13% change from this month last year. For the 2011 year to date, the total dollar sales were at $158,921,604, which is a 5% change.

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New Eagle Mt. Lake Texas Real Estate listings experienced a -24% change for the same period last year with 106 homes listed this month. For the 2011 year to date, overall home listings underwent a -16% change with 1,736 homes listed this year. Listings pending sales this month underwent a -16% change, with 49 homes contracted. Listings under contract for 2011 year to date experienced a 1% change, with 969 homes under contract for this month.

The average sales price of a home in this area was $161,000, a -11% change from this month last year. Overall, for 2011, the average sales price was $154,593, a 3% change. Sellers received 97% of their asking price this month, which is a 2% change from last year. For 2011 year to date, sellers received 96% of their asking price, which is a 0% change. This month, homes spent an average of 104 days on the market until sold, which was a 2% change from last year. For the 2011 year to date, the average number of days on the market was 101, an overall change of 15%.

The current supply of active listings on the market this month was 469 homes. This is a change of -29% from the same month last year. For the 2011 year to date, the supply of active listings on the market was 584, which is a -16% change. This month there was a 5.5 months’ supply of homes on the market; this was a -30% change from last year. For the 2011 year to date, there was a 6.8 months’ supply of homes on the market, which is a -17% change from the same period last year. The average price per square foot was $77 this month; a -9% change from last year. For the 2011 year to date, the average price per square foot was $74, a change of 1% .

Eagle Mt. Lake Real Estate sales is known as area 109 in the North Texas Real Estate Information System. Information is believed reliable but is only as accurate as reported by the system in the month of December 2011. DFW Team Realty provides month reports on Eagle Mt. Lake Real Estate Sales as well as Eagle Mt. Lake Foreclosures, Eagle Mt. Lake Short Sales, and Home in Eagle Mt. Lake. Please visit our website at DFWTeamRealty.com for the latest information on Eagle Mt. Lake homes by price range and community.

The DFW Metroplex is also known as Dallas Fort Worth Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census which encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas Plano Irving and Fort Worth Arlington and is comprised of over 70 area cities both incorporated and unincorporated.

The DFW Metroplex is, by population, the largest metropolitan area in Texas, the largest in the South, the fourth-largest in the United States, and the tenth-largest in the Americas. The DFW Metroplex encompasses over 9,000 square miles of total area, making it larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. It is also the sixth largest gross metropolitan product (GMP) in the United States, and approximately tenth largest by GMP in the world.

I got my attitude adjusted at Gingerine Fresh Asian in Southlake Texas

Don't you love when you stumble upon something great, simply by accident? That's what happened to me tonight. Hun and I were out just driving around when I decided I wanted to go to Steak and Shake in Southlake. Because you don't know Hun and me, you don't see how very strange that really is. He isn't a fast food kind of guy, although I do partake now and then. I've been on this kick of eating really good fresh stuff and I think I just wanted to reward myself with a juicy burger.

As Hun often does, (but don't tell him I said so) he missed the turn because we were talking (as we always do). He had to turn left off of 1709 in Southlake so he could turn around and (gasp) drive me thru Steak and Shake. We entered a parking lot when he noticed a place called Gingerine Fresh Asian. "YES!" I said. "Let's try it!" I'm so game for trying something new all the time. Hun - not so much. He likes the familiar. But maybe since his other choice was a juicy burger, he was willing to go along with trying something new, just to make me happy.

We really had no idea what to expect.

Immediately upon entering we felt peaceful, yet energized. Does that even make sense? The music was a perfect compliment, we could hear it, but it was in the background. I like that when I dine with Hun. We were quickly offered menus. This is where the real fun began. So many choices! We couldn't quickly decide because we had to read everything on the menu. I personally love menus with personality. This one was loaded with it. The first words on the menu, "Attitude Adjustments" (appetizers) I wanted to try them all! Not because I needed my attitude adjusted, but because they all sounded fabulous!

A bit later on the menu we were greeted with Twirlers (noodles), Slurpers (soups), Curious Curries, and Special and Fins. Not only were the headings fun, there were dishes with humorous names like The Nutty Professor, Diving Shrimps, and Screamin' Chick. See why we had to read the whole menu! We sat and giggled as we shared the menu experience together.

Shortly after sitting down a delightful woman greeted us. She asked our names, told us about the restaurant and shared that she named one of the dishes after her husband, "The Nutty Professor." A man joined her at the table. She introduced us to him by name, "This is Terri and Mike." She said. He shook our hands. I then said, "Is this the Nutty Professor?" And we all laughed.

She shared with us that the restaurant was featured in Fort Worth magazine this month and asked if she could share it with us. She brought the magazine to our table and beamed as she shared. You could tell the restaurant is her dream being fulfilled. There was such a genuineness among the owners and the staff. Every person working made us feel like their guests and like we were the guests of honor. Bo did a fabulous job serving us! Really amazing!

They left the table and we both commented that they were simply delightful! We don't normally like people chatting it up with us at dinner, but they made us feel like we were company in their home, rather than the way most managers or owners treat us, like they are trying to get our business.

We were quite impressed and hadn't even tried the food yet!

We opted to have our attitudes adjusted twice, by choosing the "Shrimp in the Blanket" and the "Avocado Crab Rolls." There were so many things we wanted to try, but new we would definitely be coming back so we decided on the "Savory Basil Duck." There were several items on the menu with a spicy icon next to them. This means you can choose how spicy you want the dish. I'm a wimp so went with little spice. I heard someone order a spicy 3. That burns me just thinking about it. I'm so glad they had options for wimps!

As soon as the Attitude Adjustments arrived, we were thrilled with our choices! The presentation was wonderful and the taste was outstanding! Loved loved love it!

The owner returned to our table to let us know thateverything is prepared fresh and that the recipes are family recipes passed down from her family, with some of her own inventions as well. Did I mention she was delightful? Every bite I took I felt that I was giving my body what it wants. Another first for me was that I willingly ate the red and green peppers. I've always disliked them. But tonight, they just looked so good for me, I picked them up with my red and green chopsticks and savored them. Yes. I gave myself some good fuel with the Savory Basil Duck dish.

The food was all great! We loved the atmosphere. And I particularly liked that I didn't have to stare at TV's. I suppose there are some tables where the TV's would be distracting, but we were away from them, so they weren't.

We both loved this restaurant that we continued talking about it for several minutes after leaving. This is our string of adjectives to describe our experience, refreshed, enchanted, delighted, uplifted, encouraged, inspired, invigorated, and nourished etc. I hesitate to share this but I will, it felt to me like a bit of a spiritual experience in the sense that there was peace and tranquility and such a genuineness that I felt great to the very core of my being.

I'm so glad Hun made a wrong turn into the parking lot of Gingerine Fresh Asian in Southlake Texas.

Gingerine Fresh Asian is located at 2750 E. Southlake Blvd Southlake, TX 76092. They are open for lunch and dinner and have Happy Hour from 4 - 7 pm every day. They even offer complimentary appetizers if you come in during a Texas sporting event. Call for details 817-749-0998 Alisa, Pote and Scott will make you feel like a guest in their home and give you a delightful experience. Tell 'em Terri and Mike sent you. We'll definitely be going back!

Keller Texas (76248) has been very lucky in that it has not been hit hard by foreclosures. A very small percentage of properties in Keller have been foreclosed on as you can see from the charts I’ve created below. To see homes currently on the market that are bank owned (foreclosures) in Keller, click here: KELLER TX FORECLOSURES. If you are interested in nearby foreclosures, I have included a link encompassing North Fort Worth, Watauga, North Richland Hills, Trophy Club, Westlake, Southlake, Colleyville and Grapevine: NEARBY FORECLOSURES.

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