I have been so Excited ever since I read this the other day in the Local Newspaper....If you're a Beatlemaniac, then you're going to love this: Paul McCartney intends to release an experimental track the group recorded but was never played for the public.
The 14 minute song, called Carnival of Light, was recorded by The Beatles in 1967.
During the session McCartney suggested that the other band members "just wander round all of the stuff and bang it, shout, play it. It doesn't need to make sense."
"I like it because it's The Beatles free," he told the BBC.
McCartney added, "The time has come for it to get its moment."
However, before releasing it he'll still have to get the OK from Ringo Starr and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison.  WOW ... 41 years ago... It seems like  ... Yesterday!

Wikipedia descibes:  Carnival of Light" is an unreleased experimental piece by The Beatles. It was recorded on January 5, 1967, after the vocal overdubbing sessions for "Penny Lane". The track was created for The Million Volt Light and Sound Rave, an event held at the Roundhouse Theatre on January 28 and February 4, 1967. Some reports indicate that it is around fourteen minutes long.[1] and Paul McCartney has said it was around fifteen minutes. In The Complete Beatles Chronicle it's listed as lasting 13 minutes and 48 seconds.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Light 

It will be FUN to see what this release from the 'Fab 4' will be like! There are so many of the Beatles songs that Just make you Happy... filled with good words, love and tears ... it is said ... The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations of all time. In an agreement reached early in their partnership, the pair agreed to use the shared credit Lennon/McCartney on all songs written alone or in tandem for The Beatles. Their output constitutes the bulk of The Beatles' catalogue. Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, with his storytelling optimism and gift for melody, complemented each other. Lennon and McCartney formed a critically acclaimed and commercially successful partnership writing songs for The Beatles and other artists.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennon/McCartney

It will be FUN to see and Hear what the Carnival of Light will brighten!

We are getting ready for the the Holiday Season in the Lewis-Clark Valley!

Winter Spirit Christmas Lighting  @  Locomotive Park  2101 Main-Lewiston
where the Steam Engine 92, and Camas Prairie RR Caboose all come to LIFE!
Thanksgiving weekend .... Music, entertainment & Great Family FUN!

for any questions ... call  208-748-3000   photos from http://www.winterspirit.com/

Winter Spirit, Inc
PO Box 1813 · Lewiston, ID 83501
(208) 791-7017

The volunteers of Winter Spirit, Inc., ignite the spirit of the community during the winter holiday season with lighted sites located throughout the Valley.

Performers at Lewiston's Locomotive Park, courtesy of Winter Spirit. Photos below by Larry Kopczynski, whom has been a steadfast supporter of the Winter Spirit since it's beginning.

 So Bring your Family to the Lewi-Clark Valley for a Night of FUN & Hot Chocolate!

   ~Keep the Spirit~

The Real Estate market has changed in the past 22 years since I began ... in so many ways.... back when I was first licensed in IDAHO & WASHINGTON, we were not even required to have continuing education, E & O Insurance was not a requirement and most of us did not have it ... commissions were pretty much 6% on every listing you got...no questions asked ... We did not have FAX machines, no one had computers in our market place and none of us knew of the INTERNET, had eMail addresses or Blogging???? What is that? ... We did have the Multiple Listing Service, but our listings were manually put into our MLS binder.  Every year things changed. New things (tools) came around to make our job a little easier ... education became a requirement.  Yeah!

Early in my career, almost 20 years ago ... after attending my first Idaho/Montana Convention in Montana! I attended all seminars and education I could ... I learned things, and I came back to my home, my Real Estate market, and I applied what I learned.  I had a dream!  You see ... that year in Montana ... I was first introduced to a Company, I fell in love with ... I wanted to be a part of ... and it was red, white & blue ... so when I got back from Convention, I called them to go to work for them; "Come to my town!" I said, "I want to work for you!"  "But that is not how it worked" ~ they told me; I could open up a company ... they sent a franchise salesman to talk to me ...  I was only 1 1/2 years selling Real Estate ... I worked at an Independent Company then, I decided I needed to join a franchise ... so I joined the Gold Coats ... I only worked there for approximately 13 months ... while obtaining the designations and brokers licenses .... Within just over one 1/2 years from that convention, I had my GRI & my CRS designations and I finished both my WASHINGTON BROKERS & IDAHO BROKERS requirements and was an Associate Broker in the states of Idaho & Washington ... I excelled in that 13 months becoming a Centurion Agent ... helping make that office become an Centurion Office ... The classes I took were not offered 'on line' (remember we had not heard of the Internet ) nor were the classes offered locally, I had to travel to Spokane, Boise, Tacoma to get this education...All at MY OWN cost ... sacrificing my time with my family to get this education ... but I had that DREAM ... and on May 22 1995  I opened that office ... in the small market I lived in ... we struggled, we scratched, we excelled, we grew, we lost ... and so many things changed ... especially the COST to do business... the only thing that hadn't changed too much is the commission rate ...still holding in at that time at 5 % to 6% ... Over the next 14 years We had good times, we had bad times, we laughed, we cried...Realtors came & Realtors have gone ... but I kept running with the Dream ... and I had a passion ... I loved selling Real Estate, I loved helping people!

I watched others, I observed the Best, I always attended conventions... but I could not make the profits I had hoped ... I realized I would make more, just being a Realtor like those that worked for me, with me ... so 3 years ago I decided to sell my company ... I found what I thought would be a good buyer ... sold it to him. He had been buying up offices throughout Idaho, opening up top notch offices, top of the line equipment, making promises ... within 1 month of selling it I started feeling I might of made the wrong decision...especially when that first commission check I had ever officially got from this New Owner/buyer of my old company, BOUNCED ... but I was given a good excuse, even having a bank Representative call me to tell me it was a Bank error, that is how persuasive this new Owner/Buyer was ... I held on to the false promises for 11 months, and the new Owner/Buyer, had not made lease payments to me on the building he was renting from me, ( it is a pretty high rent district building! ) I made big mistakes by letting it go on too long,(11 months) all of a sudden I realized the ship was sinking ... the Balloon had popped...air was deflating ... then the Hostile departure happened... (and that is another story)

It just so happened there was a New Buyer that came in the picture, to float the ship ... again ... but so many things had changed ... is all I wanted to do was pick up the pieces, try to make some sense of the past few years; of my decision to sell and just be a Realtor, not an owner.   I of course was OUT ...  the first buyer filed Bankruptcy .... I was never compensated for the lost rents nor the lost Money from the Original sale of the business.  But I must keep going....  Then it turns out things did not work between this 2^ndnew owner and ME, He just did not do Business the way I liked to do business...he did rent the building from us for about 5 1/2 months, They bought in a new location, the day Buyer #2 moved the office to the new location... they sent me my eMail ... they left the building and there I was ... 

AND to think ... is all I wanted to do was work for this company!  ...  so I went to work for another one of them in another town, with the Internet and the technology I was able to do that ... but it seems everything I did, I was told I couldn't do ... so after 6 more months of selling for them and an empty building that I had virtually lost 15 months of High rents from we decided we needed to Open another Company;  My husband & business partner & I thought of a few names, we called a few franchisees to check into them, but nothing clicked. Until that beautiful 20th day of September, we were out doing a Real Estate errand and I said "Cameron! what do you think of the name Rock-n-Roll Realty?"  We both looked at each other and came straight home and started working on it ... so here we are almost exactly 1 year after we became Rock-n-Roll Realty! ...  so I went to work for another one of them in another town, with the Internet and the technology I was able to do that ... but it seems everything I did, I was told I couldn't do ... so after 6 more months of selling for them and an empty building that I had virtually lost 15 months of High rents from we decided we needed to Open another Company;  My husband & business partner & I thought of a few names, we called a few franchisees to check into them, but nothing clicked. Until that beautiful 20th day of September, we were out doing a Real Estate errand and I said "Cameron! what do you think of the name Rock-n-Roll Realty?"  We both looked at each other and came straight home and started working on it ... so here we are almost exactly 1 year after we became Rock-n-Roll Realty! 

Actually changing all of my Real Estate Licenses from something I had been since May 22, 1995 ... where we grow from here ... we see in the future ... was very exciting! Becoming Rock-n-Roll Realty on October 1, 2007 OFFICIALLY...  Cameron getting his 1^st Real Estate License in the State of Washington on October 5^th 2007 and then getting his Idaho License in May of 2008 ... Along with the help of my Brother Ray, who helped us design our LOGO and together the THREE of us worked furiously to remodel the OLD office to a First Class place! By Nov 5^th2007 we opened the doors and have been there almost every day since!  ( Déjà Vu ... it feels almost like 16 years ago ) ... WE are working long hours setting up the office just right ... So here we are ... finally getting things set up.  WE are READY to Rock-n-Roll!   We have huge plans for our company and we know they are going to happen!  We have fixed up the office first class and we are having more FUN with the NAME & the people!   We are locally owned a proudly independent! Our slogan is "if you're Ready to Rock, we're Ready to Roll"

And NOW we are ready to RECRUIT! We are gonna shake this town up and get us a team of Realtors that love the idea as much as we do! And then we are Movin' on to sell Franchises! The response to our name has been extraordinary from young and old alike! We went to show a house, listed by our competitor, a franchise, a few months ago and the seller was from California and she ranted and raved and ran to her car to take pictures of our rig... she loved the name .. she loved the idea ... and she told her friends!

While planning our new company and brainstorming about what will work in this ever changing Real Estate World, we realized with the POWER of the internet we would be able to survive......We now offer the bundling of services ... we give people what they want and they tell their friends ... Cameron & I are so busy ... I have never been happier... With our listing plan we are getting our share of the market and now that we are recruiting we have some Realtors that are ready to set us on fire ... the fire we need to grow! In fact just recently the other I went to work for, the short time before opening Rock-n-Roll Realty, has joined Rock-n-Roll Realty;  because he can see the future too!   That just happened the 22^nd of September ... we sent in the license change forms!  

And that day something else happened that same day in Septmeber ... the 2^nd buyer of my OLD company announced he was shutting his entire office down to try to restructure .... since they had owned the company in the past 18 months ... things had changed (as they always do), Realtors came & Realtors had gone ... management was bad ... more Realtors left ... even those brand new offices would not keep the Realtors; the management was bad ... so now it seems that company I dreamed of 18 years ago ... is just a memory ... and we all know ~ Rock-n-Roll is Here to stay! Rock-n-Roll Realty! 

Kirby Creek Lodge is the only privately owned property located in the Wild & Scenic portion of Hells Canyon

MLS #111989        

This is the only Privately owned property located in the Wild and Scenic portion of Hells Canyon.Kirby Creek Lodge.Enjoy swimming from your lovely beach. Nice Dock. What a life style. Hells Canyon was formed by up thrusting lands & a down cutting river & reveals some of the earth's most spectacular geological formations caused by ancient ocean beds, floods & volcanoes. Seven Devils Mountains tower over the river to the E, a high plateau rims the canyon on the W & the high Wallowa Mountains loom nearby. Virtual Tour Virtual TourRiverMile 219 Kirby Creek Lodge Lewiston

$2,500,000 MLS # 111989 Class RESIDENTIAL Type Other Area Snake River/ID Status ACTIVE Lot Size / Dimensions .23 acres # of Bedrooms 6+ this is a LODGE # of Baths 4+ Year Built 1980 

List Agent is related to seller. Buyers must be Qualified. No showings unless they are.  See associated Docs for maps, inventory, disclosures.  Snake River Adventures Tour Boat Business is also FOR SALE, for $1,500,000. Total package $4 million. This includes Business, Boats, Permits. If you own Kirby Creek you DO NOT need permits to access.  This property is UNBELIEVABLE!  call Patty for info: 208-413-0508

Directions 80 miles up-Snake River from Lewiston ID in the Heart of Hells Canyon. Access by BOAT only. Patty Luther Rock-n-Roll Realty (208) 413-0508 Office (208) 743-9772 817 Stewart Ave Lewiston ID 83501 Toyouisell@clearwire.net www.pattyluther.com

This is a ONE of a KIND piece of property.  It is the ONLY privately owned piece of PROPERTY left in the Wild & Scenic Hells Canyon Recreation. 

Hells Canyon was formed by up thrusting lands and a down cutting river and reveals some of the earth's most spectacular geological formations caused by ancient ocean beds, floods and volcanoes.  The Seven Devils Mountains tower over the river to the east, a high plateau rims the canyon on the west and the high Wallowa Mountains loom nearby. 

Every season is unique!

Every season has something different to offer. Spring finds the slopes blanketed in green with splashes of colorful wildflowers. Summer brings heat, velvet tan canyon walls and welcome splashes of cool river water on surprised boaters. Fall returns bright colors to the canyon, along with leaping steelhead trout, fall Chinook salmon, chukar, partridge and frisky bighorn rams banging heads over indifferent ewes. Winter plunges the canyon into deep contrasting shadows, occasionally highlighted with snow. Bald eagles join their golden brethren; winter steelhead and rainbow trout exist largely undiscovered in the cold waters.

Hells Canyon is truly a wonder, unlike any place else on earth. We hope you will join us and experience an unforgettable Snake River Adventure!

Call Patty Luther for DETAILS on this Property. 

I have also been working with several LENDERS on helping with Short Sales...(Wells Fargo is real good to work with) and the process is sometimes quite simple to put a halt on the Foreclosure...and that is having the Homeowners fill out information on their LACK of ability to pay back the loan, they fill out forms to the BANK, the Bank then reviews the financial information to decide if it is a true hardship, if it is approved, the foreclosures is put on HOLD, the bank then gives the Realtor time to get an offer on the home, at Fair Market Value...(they don't necessarily tell you what they think Fair Market Value is ~ but you are the professional ~ YOU know) so when the offer is MADE, it is of course conditioned/contingent on Acceptance by the BANK of the Short sale... it is all FAXED to the Lender for them to decide if it is what they want, they most likely counter it back, then you get it back to the offeror...they may or may NOT, make a higher offer...but when they do make the offer back, it is the Offerors HIGHEST & BEST Offer...then YOU HAVE the SELLER sign the complete accepted offer, contingent on Acceptance by the BANK of the Short sale...and it all goes back to the BANK... then you wait... most of the lenders I have been working with will have an answer back within 2 weeks...  then you PROCEED to closing...

It sounds hard, but these banks don't want these properties back, they will usually work with US Realtors and the sellers....BUT you must remember to let the sellers know, they most likely will get a 1099 at the end of the year from these LENDERS...it is what they call phantom income... what they grace the original borrower with on the short sale, to what the original borrower owed... is considered INCOME....so be prepared; it may or may not happen...but it needs to be told to these short sale sellers...

Like I said before ... There is NO rhythm or Reason to what happens with these foreclosures & short-sales ...  But they will keep you busy and they are definitely going to be part of your market ... so if you feel like handling some of them check out the options to get yourself set up to HELP...Good Luck!

I handle many REO's in my area and Asset managers often handle pre-foreclosure valuations and inspections for the lender.  After a foreclosure is completed, they will coordinate with a local real estate agent to get the property listed and sold.

but I sometimes think these lenders have no clue.  Many times these asset managers hire Field service companies (sometimes from over 300 miles away) to rekey, to Trash out, to winterize these properties...what a cost it is....and it trickles down to all of us.

I have worked with several foreclosures and many of the asset managers below and I know the ones I like to work with and the ones I dread working with, some I won't even take the listing anymore...with the asset managers getting part of OUR listing commission...one of the companies asking for 47% of the listing commission...  When they hire us as Realtors then the Asset manager expects us to put all utilities in our name, pay all Bills, old bills included...and then you have to put in for reimbursement ... sometimes it takes months to get reimbursed...if reimbursements are not submitted right, you won't get reimbursed at all...  (gees I hate paying my OWN bills, it is really NO FUN paying bills for these foreclosures, and to top it off, there is NO compensation for the extra work, and BELIEVE me it is a lot of EXTRA WORK  :-( one good thing of it is ...I also sell several of the REO's I list /manage)  I have recently heard of a software that will help me manage the REO's and the billings...I have yet to check it out...but when I get a moment I will!

Another good thing is the Lenders usually price the properties at Fair Market Value...and they are motivated sellers.. realistic to the market, and able to adjust to the current everchanging market.

There is NO rhythm or Reason to what happens with these foreclosures...  But they will keep you busy and they are definatley going to be part of your market ... so if you feel like handling some of them check out the links below to get yourself set up to HELP...Good Luck!

Asset Manager Lists

Asset managers often handle pre-foreclosure valuations and inspections for the lender.  After a foreclosure is completed, they will coordinate with a local real estate agent to get the property listed and sold.

HMB INC.
HMB manages and markets HUD properties in Alaska, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia

HORIZON MANAGEMENT SERVICES
National database of homes for sale, select by state. Not all states have listings, you just have to check the sates you are interested in.

INTEGRATED ASSET SERVICES
Property in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
They've also gone to a drop-down list of all the states, then you have to select by city.

KEYSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Real Estate for sale in Alabama, Georgia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Other states are also available, just search for the state you'd like. Pick the state, city, or zip code, then click the "Find A Home" button.

LENDERS ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.
Various states with houses for sale, search for the ones that interest you. Thankfully, they only list states where they have property instead of the whole US. Select the state, then click "Find".

LPS ASSET MANAGEMENT
National list with foreclosures in all the states checked.
Contributed by Rae

REO SOURCE
Nationwide  - Search by state or zip code
A full United States drop down list, but most states did have property listed

PREMIERE ASSET SERVICES
This is Wells Fargo asset manager.
There's a "Property Search" link on the left side of the page.  They have a CAPTCHA to access the property listings that is very sensitive.  Letter case is important.

SECURITY NATIONAL FORECLOSURE LISTINGS
They state there are over 1000 properties nationwide

Bank Owned - Foreclosed Homes

The following links contain property owned by that institution. Most lenders do not restrict their loans to a local geographic area, so you'll find most of the properties spread out throughout at least several states.

AMERICA TAX FUNDING
Not really a bank, they have tax certificate foreclosed property 

NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA HOMES FOR SALE
Property owned by National Bank of Arizona

BANK OF AMERICA FORECLOSURES
One of the largest lenders in the US, you can search for residential or commercial.   They do list how many properties are in each state, making the search easier.

BEAL BANK FORECLOSURE LISTINGS
Beal Commercial Properties - Haven't seen a whole lot of commercial property listed, but they always seem to have at least 10 or so.

BRANCH BANKING & TRUST
Searchable List of States

CAROLINA FIRST
Bank owned property in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida

CHASE OWNED PROPERTIES
Select Chase homes by state

CITIMORTGAGE - CITIBANK OWNED PROPERTIES
Searchable by state and property type

COMPASS BANK HOMES FOR SALE
Foreclosed property listed mostly in Alabama and Texas, some New Mexico and Colorado

COUNTRYWIDE FORECLOSURES
The largest independent home loan originator, now owned by Bank of America, they have listings throughout the United States.

DOWNEY SAVINGS & LOAN
Downey Savings is regional, based in Southern California, but they now have listings in various states throughout the US, most property is still in California

FIFTH THIRD BANK
Michigan and Florida have the most properties.

FIRST FEDERAL BANK OF CALIFORNIA
You can probably guess it's California foreclosed homes.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ALASKA
Alaska properties - not a whole lot

CAPMARK - PREVIOUSLY WAS GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
Commercial properties throughout the U.S.

GRP FINANCIAL SERVICES
They have a nice feature where states with property are colored blue, and the number of properties listed in that state appears on the map.

HOME LOAN BANK
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Texas

HSBC HOMES FOR SALE
Search HSBC foreclosures by state

HSBC COMMERCIAL
Did not see a whole lot of properties available

INDYMAC FORECLOSURES
Many states listed, they also have a lot of manufactured housing listed.

LEXINGTON STATE BANK
Small list of NC properties, scroll down and click "I accept"

MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TRUST
Not huge amounts of property available

NEW SOUTH FEDERAL BANK
Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee foreclosure listings

OCWEN
Large buyer/servicer of non-performing loans.

PEOPLES BANK
Predominately homes in Connecticut

REGIONS BANK
Southeastern US - Contributed by Millicent

TAYLOR BEAN REO
Taylor Bean REO is a division of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. that specializes in the listing, sale and management of lender-owned properties throughout the United States.  Emphasis in Georgia and Alabama, but they do have national listings.

UNITY BANK
New Jersey properties

VIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Foreclosed homes in Virginia

VIRTUALBANK HOMES FOR SALE
A few homes for sale sprinkled around the country.

WASHINGTON MUTUAL
Washington Mutual was the largest Savings and Loan in the United States, now owned by J.P. Morgan

WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL
Commercial only, if you want Wells Fargo residential, use the Premier Asset Services link in the Asset Managers section.

ZIONS BANK
Properties in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Illinois

Smaller Regional Bank Foreclosures

FRANKLIN SAVINGS
Small list of properties around Cincinnati, OH

ISABELLA BANK
Foreclosed properties around Harrison, Michigan

SUNFIRST BANK
Cedar City and St. George, Utah

FIRST FEDERAL
South Carolina - They also list mobile homes

You can also find additional listings from our other pages:
Realtor Listed Property
or:
National Foreclosure Data Provider

823 Cedar Ave                            SOLD!   SOLD SOLD  SOLD  SOLD   SOLD  SOLD 
Lewiston, ID 83501
$249,900

111465 Area: Lewiston Orchards Property Type: Single Family Residence Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3.50 Heat/AIR: Central Air GFA Square Feet: 2411 sq. ft. Age: 1958 Carport: 2 car                                              Lot Size: 80 x 150 MLS No: 111465 Fireplace: 2 masonary fireplaces                        Beautiful inground pool in private backyard! Fun for the entire Family and friends too! Hot tub situated on private Deck overlooks the pool.

For more information, contact:  SOLD  10/22/2008  sales price $249,900
Cameron Jewett Patty Luther ROCK-N-ROLL REALTY Phone: 208 743 9772 Home: 509 758-1311 Cell: 208-413-0508 email: toyouisell@clearwire.net  WEB: www.Rocknrollrealty.com                              Cameron Jewett 208-750-6407

Information courtesy of: Rock-n-Roll Realty Information supplied by sellers. Deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.