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3431 Hawthorn Joplin, MO 64804 MLS #: 117113 $111,750 3 bedrooms 2.00 bath This home just gushes with curb appeal. But the charm doesn't end at the curb. Delightful 3BR 2Bath in Kelsey Norman comes complete with open floor plan, fireplace, spacious kitchen and dining area that walks out onto the...

I respect the general for speaking out but did he really think it was going to lead to anything other than his early retirement? He'd have had a lot more impact if he'd had retired first and retired because of his complaints. He could have then gone to Congress to try to get a hearing. Now he's j...

Attention Joplin area agents. This is one of the most important posts you could read this week. If you're not scheduling appointments with yourself and loved ones then you're doing a disservice to yourself and the ones you love.In reading some of the posts from self-described workaholics or REALA...

I needed this tonight. The Butterfly Circus

I read with interest this morning a story from the Associated Press about how the Republicans can't seem to come up with a winning message for the fall. Via radio and tv Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Walter Williams and others have all given you the right message but if you won't liste...

Some think it odd, even real estate agents, that I'm so passionate about things. To all of them I offer the following: It's easier to settle for average than strive for achievement. It's easier to be saturated with complacency than stirred with compassion. It's easier to be skeptical than success...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Does the athiest believe that the United States was illegally formed and that we shou...

We all know, or should by now, that fresh water is becoming an increasingly public issue and a worrisome issue at that. Water tables are dropping and in 20 years we'll possibly see more headlines about fresh water than oil spills in the Gulf. We have a regional coalition looking into this and I a...

7378 SE 70th Riverton, KS 66770 MLS #: 116899 $72,500 3 bedrooms 2.00 bath Live in the upstairs and rent out the bottom and let your renter make your mortgage! This unique property is well suited for residential downstairs or some sort of business. You decide which way to take it. Upstairs has 2...

I've been using this quote as part of my email signature for some time. Before I start using another I wanted to post it here. “You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for wi...