Mary Ann's Memos

On October 12th the Lubbock Association of REALTORS conducted their annual strategic planning retreat.  This all day event was hosted by Travis Kessler, chief executive officer of the San Antonio Board of Realtors.Approximately 40 REALTORS were in attendance including present and newly elected ex...

Fortunately, I was involved in several excellent training sessions this week, including "Wealth Building" by Mike Brodie.  I credit Mike as the source for some of the great quotes I want to share with you.My personal favorite:  "Look up, get up and never give up." Michael IrvinIf better is possib...

An exciting art movement has been building in Slaton, TX, a city of approximately 6,000 citizens.  For the past 10 years several artist have been attracted to Slatons downtown buildings constructed during the early 1900's. Prices in downtown Lubbock were too high to be feasible.  The local govern...

Lubbock is such an affordable value, that parents have the ability to purchase a single family home rather than  pay rent while their student goes to college.  Typically, this is done on FHA financing utilizing the parents credit and income with the student as co-borrower.  This is acceptable to ...

There is a total current inventory of 1,890 active residential listings.  The average list price is $167,456 with an average active days on market of 91.Currently there are 182 residential properties under contract with an average list price of $138,818 with a market time of 76 days.  As in years...

In 1987 when my family and I moved to Lubbock from Anchorage, I was a much younger but experienced Realtor.  I remember my first tour of homes with my fellow associates being quite an education.  It was a rainy February day and I was immediately confused why the agents were not removing their sho...