Thought you guys would enjoy these photos!

These deer are on the levee at Eagle Lake Mississippi and are fleeing flood waters on the Mississippi River and in the Lower Delta drainage area also known as the Yazoo Backwater Area (thats right, Yazoo, not Yahoo!).  Please take the time to read this post about the Yazoo Backwater Area if you have time.

Real Estate Websites

At the end of 2004 I began playing with the creation of real estate websites.  There was not a very good choice of platforms. One choice was to put up a less than ideal .html site on my ISP subdomain and the other was to get a Realtor.com site.  One was cheap and cheesy and the other was expensive and cheesy.  I elected to go the expensive and cheesy route and got no results from it.  I am sure I am not the only Real Estate Agent that has made that mistake - I had an expensive electronic business card that no one ever saw.

Point2agent

While sitting around during the Christmas Holidays of 2004, I ventured on to the Keller Williams Intranet and was browsing through the approved vendors.  Yes, a special website area for those selling…

The Alabama Real Estate Institute - serving all of Alabama!

My friend James Anderson has been in the Real Estate business since 1972.  He has worked his way down from Huntsville, Alabama all the way to Orange Beach. 

Alabama Real Estate Classes and Continuing Education (CE)

Having been involved with Real Estate so long, he has picked up a wealth of information and is now sharing that knowledge in the real estate classes he is offering through his school, the Alabama Real Estate Institute a Alabama Real Estate Commission approved education provider featuring ARELLO Certified Distance Learning Courses . 

Alabama Agent or Broker Pre-license, Post-License, and Continuing Education

If anyone needs Alabama Agent or Broker Pre-license, Post-License, or…

Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.
Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is

1) You can name everyone you graduated with.

2) You know what 4-H means.

3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party was busted. (See #6.)

4) You used to 'drag' Main .

5) You whispered the 'F' word and your parents knew within the hour.

6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.

7) You could never buy cigarettes because…

Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neuron, 25 assistant neurons, 88 deputy neurons, and 198 assistant deputy neurons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years; it does not decay, but…

The Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World?

Do I consider myself the Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World?  Why of course not.  I very much think that is a description many of us strive for, but we can not give ourselves that title, it must come from our past clients both buyers and sellers.  I would be embarresed to label myself by that term, but would love to be labeled with that reputation.  I can't begin to be considered as one of the greatest agents in the world until I become labeled the best in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama and that title will be bestowed by clients, not by me. 

The Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World Contest

Our friends over at Real Estate Webmasters came up with the idea for a contest to see who could show up as…

GO ZONE Act
(Gulf Opportunity Zone Act)
Passed-December, 2005
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What is it? The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act was passed by Congress in 2005 to provide tax based incentives for construction and new businesses to the areas of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Among the provisions of the GO Zone Act are significant opportunities for tax exempt financing or 50% Bonus Depreciation.
What counties qualify? - Alabama has 11 counties (Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Washington. Also included are certain counties in Louisiana and Mississippi.
What type of property qualifies? Tangible Personal Property acquired and put in the GO zone after 8/28/2005 and before 12/31/2007.…

How do you feel about property rights and properties being impacted negatively for the benefit of others? The following was submitted to be incuded in the final EIS statement for the Yazoo Backwater Project.  I could not find it in the web version of the final EIS.  I have blogged about it in response to this article in the Clarion Ledger, a Jackson, MS newspaper - http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/NEWS/712120347/1001/news  Readers upon completion should review "inverse condemnation", "mill pond and eminent domain", and the testimony of James Hand, Jr. before the Committee on Flood Control, 77th Congress H.R. 4911 April 21-May 14, 1941 pages 810-825 to fully understand the implications and impacts improvements… Read Full Post