arkansas: What happened to all the HUD houses in Arkansas? - 11/22/11 03:23 PM
What happened to all the HUD houses for sale?
Anyone who is shopping for a HUD home has noticed that the listings for Arkansas properties on hudhomestore.com have all but disappeared. It happened suddenly, around mid-November, much to the dismay of bargain hunters throughout White County and around the state.
Here’s what seems to be going on.
A bankruptcy case filed in the Jonesboro area has caused a temporary suspension of many HUD transactions in the state of Arkansas. According to a story published Nov. 14 on The City Wire (www.thecitywire.com), a Chapter 13 bankruptcy judge in … (6 comments)
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arkansas: Searcy Arkansas sleuths are presented another puzzle house. - 10/15/10 11:59 AM
Probably 35 years ago I rescued a batch of photographs of houses in Searcy Arkansas that the husband of this lady had designed and built. The pictures were nice and clear black and white and the floor plans were included.
This particular house sold and I gave the old photo to the buyer. He is no longer the owner now and I asked for a copy of the picture back for this blog. Blogging at that time was not even in my vocabulary. So Searcy Sleuths see if you recognize this one.
Mystery not solved so here it is … (19 comments)
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arkansas: Unintentional Double Jeopardy. - 06/18/10 05:34 PM
The builder of this house spared no expense while constructing it. The best of everything was put in. The best of tile was selected and securely placed on both the front and back porches.
They forgot something, however. When it rains the tile gets wet. In the mornings dew is heavy and can also be on the front and back porches.
The tile that they chose was a clean-looking white. It is also slick! Even with no rain this tile is slick and smooth. When it is wet it becomes a floor that can send you flying in no telling which … (8 comments)
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arkansas: Karen Fuller. We call her one of our famous persons from Arkansas. - 06/17/10 02:13 PM
Anita responds to my blogs a lot and takes a lot of teasing without getting angry. So I feel that it is time to brag on beautiful daughter, Karen Fuller, originally from Arkansas and now working in Kansas City.
Karen inherited all the great qualities from her mom and dad and became beloved in Arkansas when she was a news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock for about 5 years. She interviewed and visited with famous people. See her with President Clinton below.
And lest you think she's partial to Democrats, here she is in another picture with Laura … (9 comments)
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arkansas: Judsonia to Kensett bridge that is now closed to through traffic until it can be repaired. - 02/09/10 10:07 AM
This old picture of a bridge just says that it is near Searcy Arkansas. I'm thinking that it is the bridge that connected Judsonia with Kensett without folks having to drive miles around. If so, it is the bridge that is now closed with the county trying to find the money to make repairs. Being in Judsonia the other day, I took this next picture.
I can't tell for sure if they're the same. But here's the greatest photo of the bridge that connects. It is a professional photo taken by Fred Garcia and is on First Security Bank's calendar … (15 comments)
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arkansas: Oh, NO!! Honey, come quick! The little green light is on! Heat pump! - 01/08/10 11:10 AM
We love our heat pump. It works great most of the time. It is so economical and we were promised low bills by the electric company when we reluctantly installed one in the new house years ago.
It proved to be a good promise. They did say, however, that heat pumps are not good in extremely cold weather. Look where the temp gage is today!!! We hardly ever see that needle so close to a zero!
Frightful. We run around asking how people can stand cold weather like this ALL the time.
Another thing they pointed out is … (16 comments)
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arkansas: Letona Arkansas depot with our favorite Corrine Hart waiting there. - 11/02/09 08:41 PM
The White County Historical Society has a collection of pictures on its website and they've said we can share them. Here's a great one of the train depot in Letona, Arkansas.
Letona is about 15 miles from Searcy and has 215 residents at this time.
We're exploring how the trains went to every little town and below is a picture of the Letona depot. But first we we found this picture of a young woman named Corrine Harrison Hart at about 1924 sitting at the depot. Corrine is Anita's mother. Anita is a contributor to this blog. Anita, do you think the man … (12 comments)
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arkansas: This is Arkansas. It is a good picture of country enjoyment. - 10/20/09 08:12 AM
I used to drive my kids to a place called Slippery Rock Ford and they'd wade in the water on the slippery rocks. This little bridge was a favorite. It gets underwater at times but evidently it holds up pretty darned good. In fact, the water looks a bit high for wading at the time of this picture.
A friend sent me these pictures of his little Volks at the bridge. He and his wife had gone for a drive and ended up here. They are great pictures showing some of the beauty of our state. The Volks, however, shows a little reluctance to … (18 comments)
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arkansas: Arkansas had an earthquake! I didn't notice. But I noticed this clever writeup in our state newspaper. - 10/17/09 08:36 AM
How does a newspaper cover an earthquake that no one feels? That does pose a challenge. Our state newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on October 17, 2009 ran the following editorial. I read it this morning while drinking coffe and loved it. I loved the large letters that got smaller and smaller. The humor was there and the earthquake got plenty of coverage. I hope they don't mind that I scanned it and am letting you read it.
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arkansas: Let's not forget to be thankful for the streets of Searcy Arkansas. Look at this! - 09/15/09 07:38 AM
Here's a historic view of West Arch Street in Searcy Arkansas. Notice the building on the right was under construction. Notice the streets look like mud! Looks like a wagon with passengers heading West. On the South side you can see a Drug Store sign and that must have been Stotts which is still in existence.
And look at all those poles! Telephone poles, light poles, poles to hold up awnings!
This picture should make us appreciate how thing have changed. When we feel like griping about a pothole, remember this picture. Also look at our lovely areas where the utilities are … (8 comments)
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arkansas: I can't believe I did that! Watch TV for two hours, that is.... - 05/21/09 09:22 AM
TV is not my thing. I rarely watch and haven't learned how to go beyond VCR and haven't taped any favorite shows in ages.
But being from Arkansas, one hour away from Conway, I decided to be loyal and watch "American Idol" Wednesday night. I did take a book with me to read during commercials and when I was bored.
That Adam Lambert reminded me of a new Elvis but he wasn't good at moving the hips. The glamorous face look I liked. But the newspaper today reported that Kris Allen is "humble," a good church goer and person.
SO.....Conway came … (19 comments)
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arkansas: What a difference a little power-washing will make to your listing. - 03/09/09 08:59 PM
In Arkansas, a big problem we have is with mildew growing on the outside of our buildings. Brick is not so bad or else we can't see it. Vinyl is tough to keep clean.
A new foreclosure coming up for sale is in good shape except for the look of the outside. It has an attractive exterior, a shop (GUYS LOVE THESE!) and great kitchen and 4.5 acres!!
The end of it looked like this when I first visited it.
I had the power-washing house-cleaning guy go over and now it looks like this!
Would you agree that whatever it … (19 comments)
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arkansas: Ghost signs in Arkansas are found on many buildings. - 03/03/09 04:51 AM
The University of Arkansas Press in 1997 published a book called Ghost Signs of Arkansas written by Cynthia Lea Haas with photographs by Jeff Holder. It shows lots of what they call ghost signs that remain on old buildings, perhaps not in the greatest shape but with lasting charm and forever memories.
My friend Anita was so inspired by this book that she started taking along a camera and snapping pictures of other ghost signs. I'm borrowing a few for this blog. In the book it shows Lynn White, a sign painter who had the skill to paint on the side of … (16 comments)
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arkansas: A very interesting SOLD picture on our MLS from old Beebe Arkansas - 12/09/08 12:26 PM
We do a lot of griping about photos of our MLS listings and solds. Today I sat up straight when I saw this one particular photo come through as sold for $84,000. There is no identification as to what old department store it may have been but the picture is loud and clear. I loved the stark clarity of it.
Doing a little investigating, I found this old photo of downtown Beebe Arkansas, a growing city that is about 20 miles from my town of Searcy. Once while in Beebe not too far back, I went into what I … (50 comments)
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arkansas: REO! Older house! Fuse Box! How do you handle this? - 10/29/08 06:49 PM
Another REO property came in for me to go take care of. It's a 1959 built house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. That's because someone added on in 1979 and added a second bath to what was originally 1.5 baths.
Anyway, to get the power turned on, the power company says have all the breakers in OFF position. This house has a fuse box! So what the heck do you do with a fuse box? Unscrew the fuses? Surely fuses can't be controlling the central heat and air? There must be other boxes.
I'm old but not old enough … (10 comments)
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arkansas: Bounce this Friendship Ball around the state of Arkansas. - 10/22/08 07:23 AM
Charles Buell sent me this Friendship Ball and I consider it either a true gesture of friendship or another one of his "picking on me" schemes. I met Charles through Activerain along with lots of other fine folks throughout the country. Charles, Home Inspector Supreme, has taught me all I'll ever need to know about water heaters and crawl spaces and bugs. UGH!
Our state of AR (that's Arkansas, not activerain) needs attention so I want to bounce this ball to a couple of AR (remember that's Arkansas, not activerain) members.
David Bolick is in Little Rock, about 50 miles from me, and I've never met … (12 comments)
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arkansas: You may need to Early Vote.......and do it early. - 10/21/08 07:29 AM
Monday was to be my big day. I blogged about it. I was going to quickly early vote and check on foreclosures that were auctioned at 10:00 am. I'd be outa there by 10:15 am. I walked into the lobby and saw a line! A fairly long line of voters and probably 6 or 8 helpers. I decided that since I was there I might as well vote as planned and the foreclosure would soon be held in the lobby also. Wrong! There were so many early voters the foreclosure was probably held outside. I couldn't leave my place in line so I … (10 comments)
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arkansas: Tonsil clinic held at Pangburn AR school in 1930! Unbelievable story! - 09/10/08 07:20 AM
Have you ever heard of a Tonsil Clinic? I am not making this up. It happened in Arkansas and probably other places. Sixty Pangburn Arkansas students underwent tonsillectomies at their school on Oct 17, 1930!
A most vivid article was published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Dec. 10, 2000. It was so vivid that I saved it. I wish I could publish it but they'd sue me.
The article says, "The school became a hospital for a couple of days. Classrooms became operating rooms; Army cots were brought in; and the auditoriums became the recovery room where (some) patients stayed … (16 comments)
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arkansas: What does it mean to live on the wrong side of the tracks? - 08/07/08 07:18 AM
This is the Bald Knob, Arkansas, White County, train depot taken a long time ago. Bald Knob, in the last few years, obtained a grant and they used it to restore the old depot. It is used as a museum for train items and it may still be used as a depot too because trains come through Bald Knob all the time.
But back to my question. You and I have always heard about "the wrong side of the tracks." She or he lives on the wrong side of the tracks.....and sometimes that was a snub. At least I always thought it … (17 comments)
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arkansas: Self promotion real estate card at year 16 in real estate career. - 07/29/08 07:25 AM
It was the "thing to do" and a good idea to self promote. All of our motivation seminars said to do it. I tried several mailouts, one of which was featured a few days ago. The same friends who'd saved the other one also showed me this one that they'd stuck back.
I put in a sweet sixteen photo even though I always hated the photo. The style then was to put peroxide on your bangs or front of your hair and bleach it. A girl friend did it and she looked gorgeous. I did it and I looked.....well you can see. The … (19 comments)
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