John's Real Estate Blog and Other Stuff

Are we entering another slowdown or did we ever get out of one?  Seems everyone has a friend or a relative who is an Realtor.  You know we are like lawyers a dime a dozen it seems.  But a friend of mine who has his house listed with (should I say once was) a big producer in the area says the mark...

One thing good about living in the south you can go to the beach in November and not freeze to death.  You can have the beaches to yourself and the rates are less than half of peak Summer time.  I took my family there this weekend to basically do nothing and unwind.  You would not believe how goo...

Looking for something different to do this weekend?  The Three Rivers Art Festival will take place this weekend on Columbia Street in Downtown Covington.  There will be over 200 artists from around the country.  The hours are 10a.m. to 5 p.m.   Oh by the way did I mention it was free?  After all ...

I found these little visitors this morning.  Maybe they were hungover from the Saints-Steelers game last night or they spent a little to much time in the French Quarter.

I guess one of my pet peeves is when listing agents don't update their listings  from active to under contract two and three days after an accepted offer.  Are you trying to hide something????  I know I spoke to you and you said it was  under contract and inspections were being done today.  I now...

Rain camp is coming to New Orleans on November 5.  Have you registered yet?  This will be my first rain camp and I have no doubt it will be worth the money.  I am a dinosaur when it comes to computers.  I hate them but I also realize I don't have a choice but to learn. I look forward to not only ...

Have you had your blood pressure taken lately?  If not do you know what it is?  I took mine today for the  first  time in about two months and found it was higher than usual.  My reading was 138/78 when I normally run about 118/76 give or take a little. I don't really consider myself overweight b...