Billi Evans's (billimissourirealtor) Blog

One of the best lots in Waterford!   If you're looking for a family oriented neighborhood near Springfield, Missouri, you owe it to yourself to make the short drive south to Ozark and check out this 4 bedroom, 2855 sq. ft. home sitting on the water in beautiful Waterford. It's a one-owner with t...

Check out this 4 Br, 3.5 bath cottage-style home that looks like Norman Rockwell could step out on the back deck and paint all day long. With a master on the main level 2 bedrooms and an office space up and another bedroom plus a second living area in the walkout basement, this home has plenty of...

  As I was driving over the snow covered roads of Southwest Missouri to my real estate office in Springfield, I flipped on the radio to be greeted by the iconic song by Sir Mix-a-lot, Baby Got BacK. Now I have to admit that as I joined in with his lyrics, my first thought was that with three days...

The "Blizzard of 2011" has kept me and others in the Ozarks at home tonight. The Million Dollar Money Drop has weak players and my kitchen keeps calling me.  Right in the middle of deciding between leaving my snuggie to make no-bake cookies or staying warm and just switching to The Biggest Loser,...

  Think back to your own days in high school. Every high school has that one school that they have to beat. The school, that if you go 0-9 in football but beat that one school the season is saved! Unfortunately over the last few years many high school rivalries have turned ugly and it has almost...

I've worked with lots of builders who do just that; build homes. They try to turn a litlle profit and move on. Of course ther's nothing wrong with that, luckily for me I'm currently working with a builder who has put both his inspiration and perspiration into one of my current listings. For years...

I just finished the novel Half Broke Horses, the follow up true-life novel by Jeannette Walls, the author of the wonderful Glass Castles. If you haven't read them, you owe it to yourself to do so. Without retelling her grandmother's Lily Casey Smith life's story, I came away inspired by what a st...

If you haven't seen the movie (and I haven't found many who have) you won't understand. But I don't want to become a "Black Swan" of real estate. Don't get me wrong. I like being successful. I like helping people find the right house. I like living a prosperous life and I like sleeping at night ...

I remember an old song by the Beach Boys that asked the question, "Wouldn't it be nice?" I have a few of my own: Wouldn't it be nice if my 12 year old son would always think his mom was cool? It was just about this age that his older brother stopped thinking so. Wouldn't be nice if other agents a...

    As licensed agents, we all understand the importance of buyers being organized when starting the ever direction-changing journey of buying a house. "Where to start?"  buyers often ask themselves. Should I spend time on the local MLS looking at properties? Should I interview real estate agents...