“annul home values”

You need to hire me to edit this thing. ...

As an independent builder with my name on the sign, my clients want to know the person behind the company from whom they’re making most significant purchase.  To many, my ethics, and thus the foundations from which those ethics are derived, are just as important as my experience and financial stability as a builder.

I think anyone who knows me would hardly call me cultish, let alone intolerant.  Nor will I accuse you of intolerance despite the wording of your question being somewhat insinuative of intolerance towards builders who happen to be Christians.

Thanks for reading the blog.

-Jayson

That is starting to ease a bit, at least in the sense of fuel surcharges, which I now refuse to pay anyway.

What you’re referring to, though, in regard to the trending in the real estate market has nothing to do with cost to build, but rather with supply and demand of housing as an end product.  Could a continued downward trend in sales or home values have an effect on supply costs?  Probably.  But less from the standpoint of cost of materials than a re-evaluation of the materials being used in construction.  At least that’s how it goes in the circles I know.  Just because a house’s price drops doesn’t mean it will result in a cheaper way to make a brick.

I am curious about the last statement.

“...and costs to build will only be going up.”

With the housing and commercial real estate market trending down across the country (and world), why would costs to build keep going up?  Just wondering if there is something I am not seeing here. 

Hope you are well and glad to hear there is still some positive movement in the OKC housing market!

Bingo.

Dr. Mize says: “Bless him for spelling my name (Dolores) right. I noticed in on the name tag and I noticed it on the cutline.” ... And I thank you, too.

It was a fine shindig in a cool, beautiful house!

Mike Means, everybody!

Ryan, Slimfast has yet to be prescribed by the wife.

I mean, the writer *did* mention the surprising things, too, like Bricktown and the Chihuly art, and the eccentric shops along Western Avenue.

Take someone from Back East, up north or wherever to the stockyards. They will be pleasantly impressed that there’s an actual stock sale every week here in town. And that people eat steak FOR LUNCH. If you really want to freak them out, take ‘em to the Cattlemen’s in the morning and they’ll see people eatin’ steak for BREAKFAST. Seriously, I’ve flooored out-of-towners with that.

Anyhoo, since my white collar cain’t cover up my red neck, I’ll always stand up and holler if I think we’uns from off of I-40 and I-35 are gettin’ slighted in the least.

But then again, I was a card-carryin’ member of a rooster-fightin’ club in Sequoyah County. And we got beat down and beat out fair and square. And I’m a mite sensitive about that, myself.

Peace out, Dawg.

... Dang. I mighta just wrote a column.

--rm

I don’t deny that it was a well-written article, and a fair assessment of the sights Mr Jones mentioned, but it’s heavy reliance on old-west reference, with little airtime given to modern Oklahoma, simply feeds the incorrect impressions (stereotypes) that many outside of the Midwest seem to hold onto - that Oklahoma is still a fairly undesirable, dust-bowl-like land filled with Cowboys and Indians living off the land.

We’ve all heard the redneck references that quickly follow the assumption that we Okies are uneducated and unrefined.  It’s an undertone that flows through most national press that our beautiful state receives, even when the headline of the article is a positive one. 
I have no shame in our roots, and I embrace our heritage, but I also see the modern-day strides that our state has made that simply aren’t noticed or publicized by the national writers yet.  I’m sure there’s still a bit of the old apologist in me, that makes me sensitive to the stereotypes, but we can move forward and improve our image, without abandoning our roots, can’t we?

GO POKES!

If he really only saw Western, The Cattleyards, and Club Rodeo, I guess I could understand it.

In case you’re making a list.

http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=2&catid=29

Thank you,

Mike Windham
President
NewSpin360.com

I’m the person who created all of the aerial panoramics and the one from the bombing memorial is on my website at:

http://www.hawkeyemedia.com/panos/Memorial.asp

Just want to make sure the actual copyright holder of the images gets proper credit.

We’ll have some cool and unusual venues for at least the next year, though, which we’d love you to be a part of.  And do keep December 12th open for you and the Dr…

Nonetheless, a good story for helping educate the consumer.

Any time I’m doing an interview, I really like to think ahead, do my homework on the topic, brush up on the precise facts and stats.  This one was kind of a rush deal, shot a couple of weeks ago, and just now aired. 

But hey, I had fun, and while my outlook on my performance may be down, prices, on the other, hand, certainly aren’t!

The first time I got interviewed for a newspaper article I described the location of the project by telling the reporter, “it is near a lot of big highways”.  Saying that it was near the intersection of I-40 and I-44 would have probably been more informative, but I was so nervous that I blanked and that was all I could spit out.  Wouldn’t you know, that was one of the few things from the interview they decided to put in quotes.

Cost, both in regard to the cost of the system, and how it affects insurance rates.

I’m working on the details of a rebuttal, I’m just not sure yet in what form it will be delivered...either here at MLR, or in a more formal rebuttal via industry leadership.

-J

P.S. Love yor blog. Very interesting.

If you can’t tell when electricity is used, you probably shouldn’t own a home.

Another big factor is this quote: “Sellers tend to overprice because of an emotional attachment...” I see this every day, and the overpriced homes affect more than just that seller.  They hurt the neighborhood overall by slowing activity and placing a stigma on the home and the neighborhood.

Then there’s this: “If I could do it again, I’d price it below $750,000, but try to keep it above $700,000,” Miller said. “I should’ve priced more aggressively. I lost out on that opportunity.” The initial momentum gained at the beginning of the marketing is critical to a successful sale.  Overpricing scares off those buyers who are looking at fresh listings, which is the majority of them.  You may never see them again once you’ve scared them away with a high price.