Real Estate Reality

Sales price:Agents could be in violation of listing agreements when they disclose info to Trulia, Realtor.com, Zillow We have all received those emails: "Did you sell 1234 Main St.?" Trulia and Zillow are especially aggressive about wanting sales data, and they use the agent profile as the hook. ...

You may have been hacked. Even before yesterday's (Dec. 4) disclosure that Facebook accounts are among the passwords that have been compromised, there were five other serious password highjackings: 152,445,165 Adobe accounts 859,777 Stratfor accounts 532,659 Gawker accounts 453,427 Yahoo! account...

High above Pineville, Kentucky, there is a rock chained in place on Pine Mountain. You have to look really close as you drive by on US 25E, but the chain is visible from the highway. Whether or not the large rock actually threatens the town of Pineville, a massive ton and a half chain anchors it...

Last year at this time, I was just over a month into recovering from open heart surgery, and we had just buried my mother in law, Ernestine Lockhart. That was a bittersweet Thanksgiving. This year, I am so blessed to have come through yet another surgery, surrounded by loved ones and covered by p...

  Come to join us as we celebrate the Reason for the Season! First Baptist Church is a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church. Formerly a Southern Baptist Church, we were disaffiliated when we began ordaining women to ministry roles. For more information about the CBF you may go to: www.thefellow...

Coming soon: The problem with putting signs on not yet listed REO properties As REO agents, we are required to place our contact info on the property. I NEVER put COMING SOON on an unlisted property, because I have no way of knowing whether or not the "soon" part is true. I do not want multiple p...

Parade of Lights - Christmas Fun for Everyone!   The 22nd Annual Parade of Lights will be held on Sunday, Dec. 1. This year's theme is "Christmas Fun for Everyone."   Beginning at dusk, the parade will start at Capaha Bank on the corner of Broadway and Kingshighway, move east all the way down Bro...

Saturday, nine days after I was dismissed from the hospital, I got a letter from BC/BS insurance, denying coverage for my last two days in the hospital. The denial letter got to me before the bills, which still have not arrived. I hear so many people complaining about Obamacare. But, I challenge ...

I first wore my "Kiss me, I don't smoke" pin several years ago. Usually, there are public service announcements in the week running up to the third Thursday in November. When I start hearing the publicity, I dig out that trusty pin. What happened this year? Maybe it was the 50th anniversary of Pr...

...Not because they catch employees being bad, but because they catch employees being good. Though I admit that the show "Undercover Boss" sometimes does catch employees under-performing, the show most often highlights employees who are going above and beyond, often with little or no recognition....