Tag: Lake Homes Realty

Birmingham Business Journal Announces Lake Homes Realty’s Expansion to Oklahoma

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Million Dollar Market

Oklahoma marks the eleventh state Lake Homes Realty has entered for business since 2013. Oklahoma is a $550 million lake real estate market.

Lake Homes Realty Welcomes Realtors®

Angella Lee joins as the specialist for Lake Eufaula. She has been in the business since 1987 and loves life on the lake.

Jason Hightower joins as the specialist for Lake Texoma. He is a lifelong resident of the lake and has been selling property there for five years.

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On the Move

Lake Homes has more than 2,500 lake property listings and has seen an increase of 350 percent in website traffic over the last two years.

The Birmingham Business Journal voted Lake Homes Realty one of the fastest growing businesses in 2015.

Top 50 Over 50 Recognizes Lake Homes Realty Management Team

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What do Auburn football coach Gus Malzhan and sportscaster Eli Gold have in common with Lake Homes Realty’s Doris Phillips and Glenn S. Phillips?

They are all among the recently announced 2016 honorees of the Positive Maturity’s Top 50 Over 50.

Past award winners include Alabama football coach Nick Saban, civil rights leader and marketing entrepreneur Shelley Stewart,  meteorologist James Spann and two-time NFL Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr.

Doris Phillips is Lake Homes Realty’s Chief Operating Officer, as well as Director of National Brokerage Operations.

She founded and manages the children-focused non-profit organization The Circle of Love Foundation, which serves thousands of children living in local shelters and rural areas. Doris has been featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine, MyBusiness Magazine, and MSN.com.

Glenn S. Phillips is Lake Homes Realty’s CEO. Glenn is also an adviser to the Auburn University College of Engineering, a board member for Camp ASCCA, speaker and author.

His projects and teams have been nationally recognized for innovation by Harvard University, Auburn University, Microsoft and Dell.

Positive Maturity is an Alabama-based non-profit organization that serves the senior community.

The organization presents this annual award to recognize individuals exhibiting inspiring success in their careers, community involvement or personal lives.

Community impact is important in selection of honorees.

All of the honorees will be recognized at an awards banquet on July 28, 2016 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Alabama. Each honoree is also featured in the July 2016 edition of B-Metro magazine and by the Birmingham Business Journal.

A complete list of all 2016 Top 50 Over 50 honorees can be found at http://www.top50over50.com/2016-recipients

Twice the adventure! Buying and selling a home at the same time!

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Have you ever needed to sell your home while buying a new one?

This happens often when your family outgrows your house or when you or your spouse changes jobs and moving to a new city is necessary. buying; selling

Recently, USAToday.com featured a Nerd Wallet article by Hal Bundrick which shared tips from Glenn Phillips, CEO at Lake Homes Realty, and several other prominent real estate experts.

In the article, Phillips describes the process of buying and selling at the same time is “twice the adventure.”

“Be aware of the market,” he encouraged. ” Typically when it is easier to sell, it is hard to buy. And vice versa. Know which market you’re in, then work on the hardest part first.”

Read the full article,”How to buy a home while selling one” here.

 

Join Us At The 2015 Atlanta Boat Show

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atlanta boat show presented by progressiveIt’s that time of the year again! The Atlanta Boat Show runs from January 15th through the 18th, and we would love to see you there!

Lake Homes Realty staff and real estate agents will be available throughout the entire show and look forward to discussing all things lake living!

Considering a lake home?

If you are thinking about buying a lake home, we want to make the process as easy as possible!

LakeHomes.com now has over 15,000 properties for sale across 105 lakes. We will have local, specialized lake agents from states across the South including Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee!

Our agents know the ins and outs of their lake market and will be more than willing to help you find a lake property that best fits your needs!

Tell us about your experience with Lake Homes!

Have you used LakeHomes.com to find a property or used a Lake Homes Realty real estate agent? We want to hear about your experience! Stop by the booth and tell us your story! We will be glad to share a token of our appreciation!

The show.

The Atlanta Boat show is an annual event and is a great place with something for the whole family. For the kids there will be a surfing simulator, a kids sea park, and a chance to meet Dora the Explorer.

For mom and dad there are fishing seminars, home improvement and DIY demonstrations, sailing tutorials, and of course, boats!

The schedule.

The show will be 11am-9PM this Thursday and Friday, 10-am-9pm on Saturday, and 10am-6pm on Sunday. The event takes place at the Georgia World Congress Center, hall C.

Lake Homes Realty will be located in the same space as last year, in booth 332 (click here for a map of the event).

Solving the Lake Real Estate Challenges (in 76 seconds)

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Buying and selling lake real estate can be a challenge. Buyers are often far away from the lake homes for sale. Existing websites make finding only lake property difficult. Too, lake home sellers are not sure how to be found by these interested buyers.

A New Approach to Lake Real Estate

Lake Homes Realty is not just a high tech company (though LakeHomes.com does rock!) and not an army of real estate agents (we have only a select agent team).

We are a unique blend, with only expert lake agents and one-stop website of lake homes and land for sale across multiple states!

Want to know more? Our video will explain our new approach to lake real estate, in only 76 seconds!