09/11/2021

3 Bed 2 Bath Corner Lot Move-in Ready. 1707 SE Adams, Idabel, OKThree bedroom, two bath home in one of the best kept areas of Idabel. Open Floor Plan Concept for the Living Room, Dining area, and Kitchen. Gas Fireplace in the Living Room. U-Shaped Kitchen with lots of Custom Built Ash Cabinets. Luxury Armstrong Vinyl Plank Flooring in the Living Room, Dining Area, Kitchen and Entry. Built-in Sit-Down, Eat-At Bar separates the Living Room from the Dining Area. Ceilings have Wooden Beams. Roomy bathrooms with double sinks. Natural Gas heat. The French Style Patio Doors that lead from the Living Room onto the attached covered patio are stationary on one side with the other side opening. All three bedrooms have walk-in closets with double doors. This property is well kept and well maintaine... 08/15/2021

ONE OF A KIND!  Beautiful! Prime (Really) Location COMMERCIAL PROPERTY in IDABEL OK FOR SALE!Corner Next to Hospital & Medical Offices. Perfect Retail LocalBeautiful building inside and out,former doctor's office, dental office, florist. Current floor plan would also work well for counseling, or related fields. Location and design would lend itself well also to a restaurant or other retail use. Current floor plan has a large waiting room with vaulted ceiling, fireplace, fountain, Over-sized windows, and wall finishes in pine with rock fountain and rock fireplace. Very inviting atmosphere. Currently there are 6 exam rooms/offices, 2 half baths, 1 full bath with step in custom tile shower, kitchen, and 2 receptionist/file office rooms. Wood floor. This one of a kind property has a large l... 08/05/2021

Another Memorable Independence Holiday Raymond Gary Lake July 4 2021 I do believe this was the BEST Independence Holiday at Raymond Gary Lake!  We were able to spend most of the week at the Lake... admittedly some of those days were spent showing lake lots to prospective buyers instead of with family... but Don and I enjoyed that part of it too!  We love meeting folks that appreciate our little lake at Fort Towson, Oklahoma and want to own a piece of its shoreline.  BUT business aside, we've enjoyed our family this week.  GOD has blessed us with a loving family and some of them were able to come enjoy the holiday with us.  We are in the Grand and Great Grand stage of life and let me tell you, IT'S THE BEST STAGE!  Those facts combined are what made it another memorable Independence Holi... 07/05/2021

Lakehouses for Generation after Generation Raymond Gary Lake Oklahoma I grew up on the river. A real River Rat.  Some of my days were spent following my father around in the woods and on the river banks, with me trying to put my foot into the footprint that he had just raised his boot from.  Now that will teach you to take some mighy big steps as a child.  Being on the water or on the water's banks has always felt natural.  Eating fresh caught fish was a a common occurence.  Only after I was grown and didn't live on the river any longer did I realize that only a small percentage of Americans have waterfront homes.  Point2 Demographics says that there are less than 10,000 waterfront residences in the United States.   When Don and I bought our first waterfront location on Raymond Gary Lak... 06/30/2021

SOLD Vacant Land Idabel OK Brown Addition 7 AcresSOLD Vacant Land Idabel OK Brown Addition 7 AcresA VERY RARE FIND!  7 Acres mol about 2 miles outside Idabel City Limits just off the Brown Addition Rd which is a paved road,. Municipal water available. Some open and some wooded. Fenced on 2 sides. Great location. Denison Elementary School District and Idabel School District. Chockstone Road (sign says Williams Way) along the north Broker/Owner Property. SOLD Vacant Land Idabel OK Brown Addition 7 Acres 06/30/2021

Frederick Libby was born in Sterling, Colorado back in 1891.  Not much is known about his early childhood, but he was roping pronghorn at the age of ten.  In 1904, he moved to the Indian Territory to work as a horse broker.  In 1910, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona working as a cowboy. He was living in Canada when WWI started working as a chauffeur.  He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1915, assigned to the motor transport division for the Canadian Expeditionary Force.  he served in France before he volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps, becoming an observer with the 23rd Squadron.  On his first day of training it was machine gun practice in the morning, and flight status that afternoon.  On his very first combat mission which was on his birthday he scored his first victory.  Back the... 05/30/2021

Dorothy Elizabeth Blackman was born in California back in 1903.  She attended the Bennett School for Girls in Millbrook, New York, a school in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the Sorbonne.  She was an actress and had a role in Green Grow the Lilacs.  She also performed in several Charlie Chan films.In 1937, she moved to Paris with her future husband Jacques Leyton.  In France she produced and interviewed people on programs for Radio Mondial.  She also was the Voice of America denouncing the Nazi regime.  In 1942, she was arrested by the Nazis, but with the help of French doctors she escaped.  Later that she joined the resistance movement helping 42 downed Allied airmen escape to freedom and hiding others in her home until the war ended.She died in Corona del Mar, California in 1997, she wa... 05/27/2021

Léon Levavasseur was born in Cherbourg, France back in1863.  Initially he wanted to study fine arts, but switched to engineering, his focus was in arc lamps and petroleum engines.  He approached Jules Gastambide with a proposal about an idea he had. Jules financed the venture naming the invention after his daughter Antoinette.The Antoinette company was incorporated in 1906, with Jules as president and Léon as technical director.  In 1906, Léon experimented with the construction of aircraft.  In 1909, his design at Reims, France won the altitude prize, finished second in the speed competition, took third place in the Gordon Bennett Cup for airplanes.  In 1918, he began working on an aircraft with variable wins surface, he won a “Safety in Airplanes” prize and was later acquired by the Fr... 05/23/2021

Dorothy Martin was born back in 1907 and adopted by a pastor, Albert Martin and his wife.  In the early 1920’s she took up flying in Syracuse, New York.  She flew her first solo flight in a Curtiss Jenny when she was 16.  She moved to Cicero, New York where she took a job in advertising with American Eagle Agency as New York states sales manager for Hayes Aviation.She married Richard Lemon in 1937, moving to Florida and ran a flight school at Belvedere Field, later renamed Palm Beach International Airport.  In 1940, she became the chair for the newly formed Florida chapter of the Ninety-Nines, a leading international organization for women pilots.  After WWII, she took up air racing, participating in the 1946 Halle Trophy Race.  She died in Caracas, Venezuela in 1986.What you may not kn... 05/20/2021

Casey Legler was born in Fréjus Var, France in 1977.  She attended school in France and American.  She began competitive swimming at the age of 13.  She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics at the age of 19.  Her team broke the world record in practice the day before, they came in 29th in the women’s 50 meters freestyle event, they came in 10th in the women’s 4x100 meters freestyle relay event.She gave up swimming about two years later and studied architecture, she obtained a scholarship for law school and began medical school.  She graduated cum laude from Smith College before moving to New York to begin a focus on an artistic career.What you may not know about Casey is that she is an author, her first book Godspeed: A Memoir was released in 2019 published by Simon & Schuster.  However... 05/15/2021

Here is a look at the housing market as of April 25, 2021 for farms and ranches, single-family houses on 20 or more acres within a 60-mile radius of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK). These are real estate market statistics for single-family houses on 5 to 20 acres within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK (farms and ranches within a 60-mile radius an hour around Tulsa).At every price point it is still a sellers’ market for farms and ranches within commuting distance of Tulsa, Oklahoma.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for farms and ranches, single-family homes (i.e., houses) on 20 plus acres within a 60-mile radius of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK).This article is a real estate... 05/09/2021

Here is a look at the housing market as of April 25, 2021 for hobby farms, single-family houses on 5 to 20 acres within a 60-mile radius of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK). These are real estate market statistics for single-family houses on 5 to 20 acres within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK (hobby farms within a 60-mile radius an hour around Tulsa).It is definitely a sellers’ market for hobby farms within commuting distance of Tulsa, Oklahoma. This month, the entire market is skewed in favor of sellers, since a six-month supply of homes is considered a balanced market for existing single-family homes.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for hobby farms, homes (i.e., single-family houses) on 5 to 20 ac... 05/07/2021

Here is a look at the housing market as of April 25, 2021 for country estates, houses on 2 to 5 acres within a 60-mile radius of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK).   These are real estate market statistics for single-family houses on 2 to 5 acres within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK (country estates within a 60-mile radius an hour around Tulsa).The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for country estates, single-family homes (i.e., houses) on 2 to 5 acres within a 60-mile radius of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (within commuting distance of Tulsa, OK). This article is a real estate market analysis for country estates, single-family homes, within commuting distance of Tulsa for the period from December 25, 2020 through M... 05/05/2021

Margaret Moffete Lea was in Perry County, Alabama back in 1819 to Temple and Nancy.  Her father died in 1834, so she moved with her mother to Marion, Alabama to her brother’s home.  She attended Judson Female Institute.  She wrote poetry, read romantic novels, while also becoming accomplished on guitar, harp and piano.Sam arrived in Mobile, Alabama in 1839, as a partner of the Sabine City Company seeking investors to develop a community that is today known as Sabine Pass.  Margaret’s mother was a potential investor, so he was invited to the home where he met Margaret.  The attraction was instantaneous.The couple were married on May 9, 1840, the set-up house in Galveston.  Their first child was born in 1843.  Their second child was born in 1848, the third one arrived in 1850 the fourth o... 05/05/2021

Here is a look at the Jenks, OK housing market as of April 25, 2021.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for single-family homes (i.e., houses) in Jenks, OK.This article is a real estate market analysis for single-family homes in Jenks, Oklahoma for the period from January 25, 2021 through April 25, 2021. It is an analysis of trends and shifts in the real estate market for houses in the City of Jenks together with the Jenks Public School District since the previous month (March 2021).This post is a study of the supply and demand for single-family homes, an analysis of the housing market for houses, using MLS statistics for houses (single-family homes) to show: the hotness index for houses, calculating the ratio between pending a... 05/03/2021

Earnest Orlando Lawrence was born in Canton, South Carolina back in 1901 to Carl and Gunda.  He attended schools at Canton and Pierre, after graduation he enrolled at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.  He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1922.  He then enrolled at the University of Minnesota receiving his Master of Arts degree in physics in 1923.He moved to New Haven, Connecticut where he completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics in 1925.  With Jesse Beams from the University of Virginia he continued his research in the photoelectric field.  He was hired as an associate professor of physics and the University of California in 1928, two years later he became a full professor.  After the outbreak of World War II, he was drawn into military projects.  W... 05/01/2021

Here is a look at the Owasso, OK housing market as of April 25, 2021.    This is an analysis of real estate market trends for single-family houses in Owasso, OK.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for single-family homes (i.e., houses) in Owasso, OK.This article is an analysis of the market for single-family homes in Owasso, Oklahoma for the period from January 2021 through April 25, 2021. It is an analysis of trends and shifts in the real estate market for houses in the City of Owasso together with the Owasso Public School District since the previous month (March 2021).This post is a study of the supply and demand for single-family homes, an analysis of the housing market for houses, using MLS statistics for houses (single-fam... 04/29/2021

Here is a look at the Broken Arrow, OK housing market as of April 25, 2021.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for single-family homes (i.e., houses) in Broken Arrow, OK.This article is a real estate market analysis for single-family homes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for the period from January 25, 20201 through April 25, 2021. It is an analysis of trends and shifts in the real estate market for houses in the City of Broken Arrow together with the Broken Arrow Public School District since the previous month (March 2021).This post is a study of the supply and demand for single-family homes, an analysis of the housing market for houses, using MLS statistics for houses (single-family homes) to show: the hotness index for houses, cal... 04/28/2021

Here is a look at the midtown Tulsa, OK housing market as of April 25, 2021.The following graph shows the change in the 3-month absorption rate over the past twelve months for single-family homes (i.e., houses) in midtown Tulsa, OK. This article is an analysis of the market for single-family homes in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma for the period from January 2021 through April 25, 2021. It analyzes the trends and shifts in the real estate market for houses in midtown Tulsa since the previous month (March 2021).This post is a study of the supply and demand for single-family homes, an analysis of the housing market for houses, using MLS statistics for houses (single-family homes) to show: the hotness index for houses, calculating the ratio between pending and active MLS listings; the velocity of... 04/28/2021