October 2022 Homes and Real Estate Magazine

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Opelika-Auburn Oct 2022 FREEHomes Halloween - The Holiday With No Expectation Decor Ideas for the Spookiest of Days, Pages 16-17 and Real Estate
CrossCountry Mortgage     2 Preferred Contractors     3 BNB & Associates     6 Alabama AG Credit     7 The Brown Agency    7 Sandi Williams, Three Sixty Real Estate    8 HomeLink Realty     9, 12, 15 Opelika Chamber     10 Berkshire Hathaway     Centerfold Realtor® Jessica Andrus Featurette     11 State Farm, Kathy Powell     12 Denson Real Estate     14 Insurance Solutions Group     14 Crazy Crafty Chick Featurette     16-17 Ambriah Bryant, Keller Williams     18 Fincher-Coffn Realty 18 Interlinc Mortgage    18 AuburnBank     19 Contents 334-663-1060 NHTMagazine@gmail.com Key Media LLC 334-749-8003 223 S 8th Street Opelika, AL 36801 *NeighborhoodTour Magazine is a monthly publication which features agent listed properties for sale. This magazine will not knowingly accept or publish illegal material of any kind. Advertising which expresses preference based on legally protected personal characteristics is not acceptable. Publisher assumes no responsibility and shall not be held liable for any typographical errors inadvertently made in advertisements. All rights reserved. Copying or reproduction, in whole or in part, of this publication is strictly prohibited. Publisher’s Notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” © COPYRIGHT, 2018.
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Befriend A Lender

What is all the talk about these days? Mortgage rates of course!  Lots of information is  circulating amongst homeowners and those looking to make a move.

It’s human nature to talk, to share information and sometimes to spread scary stories.    We have also been programmed to never discuss money.  It’s southern culture. For these  reasons I fnd many buyers are hesitant to call their lender and have the conversations they need to have. They are afraid of what they will fnd out. Buyers would much rather look at pretty houses and dream about their next home.  Unfortunately, most buyers are  going about it backwards.

Step number one when even considering a move is to call a local lender!  Don’t take  what your friends and relatives have told you as fact.  The fact is that local lenders will  have the most accurate information for your specifc circumstance. Each and every person’s lending situation is different. What works for your neighbor may not work for  you.  Your friend’s interest rate may not be the rate for you.

Lending institutions have many different products in their tool belts to offer consumers  based on their specifc needs. If you have a conversation about your lending options on the front end you will have a much more successful house hunt. You will know your  budget, know what you are looking at as far as payments and you might even fnd out that a build or renovation are more attainable than you thought.

Who should you call?  Always someone local.  If you need recommendations on a great  local lender, call your realtor.  They will have several great contacts for you.  And, as  always, if you don’t have a realtor….call me!

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Halloween

A Holiday With No Expectation

To say this article was diffcult to write is an understatement! Don’t get me wrong - I love all the holidays from those that are  considered Federal, to the fun and kinda meaningless ones  like “Donut Day” and “Mother/Son Picture Day” where we  frantically scramble to fnd a pic so our child will feel forgotten and forever ruin his future!. The point is - almost anything that  there is to celebrate and brings smiles and joy to faces - I am  100% into participating!

If you are like me, you may know a little about the “tradition”  of Halloween. Let’s take just a second to see where Halloween  started and a few fun and interesting facts. Halloween is  actually one of the oldest traditions in the world as it touches on an essential element of the human  condition and mystery, in my opinion, - the relationship between the living and the dead. The tradition  originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when

people would light bonfres and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. As this became a yearly tradition, in the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All  Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain and “wala” - this is our Halloween today!

Since the history of Halloween and the various traditions our country has regarding this celebration  allows for very little expectation. Let’s think about this - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine’s  Day and even down to Labor Day and Memorial Day - there are things that are expected of us due to  our culture and current American society. Presents, food, celebrations with inviting family and friends  which includes cleaning the house, making sure there are no rings in the toilet and decorations inside,  out and on the table. In summary - Halloween can be done or not done “and” no one will give it a  second thought on how you may or may not celebrate. Isn’t that lovely?

So whether you celebrate Halloween with “thrills and chills” or turn the lights off, rip off the doorbell  and get to bed early there is no judgment! No matter your celebration tradition, we have all seen a  change to how we decorate for Halloween over the last 40 years. I am showing some age here - back  in the early 1980’s it was a carved pumpkin and that was it!

Bringing joy and creativity to your home, Tonya Wilson deWaart The Crazy Crafty Chick
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Nowadays - I am seeing the creativity and fabulous fun our friends and neighbors do to make others  have fun smiles and scary screams. Here are a few ideas you can take along that have given me some  joyful smiles:

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The good ol’ fashioned carved and/or painted pumpkins with a candle. Add some cute  scarecrows and some fake colored pumpkins - keeping it real and simple - I like it!

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Themed Decor (this can go anywhere from vampires, cemetery or skeletons) - My favorite  are large and small spiders with the yarned spider webs dressed on the house. If ya’ do this theme,  grab a jumping spider to hang right above your door and ask the kids to scream “Trick or Treat” - the  spider will pop down and give a fright!

3) Yard Blow Ups - I am usually not one for all the air decor, yet during this time, blow it all  up and just have anything from Mickey Mouse dressed up to that freaky skeleton man draped in black  that stands 10 feet tall. The more the merrier!

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One of my favorites - lighted houses with spooky music! This is a new one for us. I  remember the frst time I saw this was on the news. It was to the song “Thriller” by Micheal Jackson and the lights to the house danced with the beat to the music. This decor theme crossed the country and  now at least one house in a neighborhood has a lighted musical house!

5) Little and Big - I love the homes where the owners think of all the kiddos and adults  participating in the celebration. You can throw Charlie Brown’s Halloween movie onto your garage  door with a computer, projector and TV dinner tray for the younger kiddos. For those older kids,  have  a haunted area where even the homeowners are participating and “if” you can make it past the  “scariness” you may get a whole entire candy bar. And yes, these are typically the houses that also  “love on the adults” and have some cocktails waiting for you to take along as you walk the kiddos from  home to home.

As we enter the time of change in our small community with kids back in session at Auburn University  and all schools are back open with the yellow buses running and the weather “seems” to be cooling,  football is totally back - I am so grateful for all the things in our Home on the Plains. Enjoy the frst of several holidays coming up and remember if ya’ need a break - Halloween has no expectation. At the  end of the day - you do what you wanna do. Even if that is crawling up with your family, watching a  scary movie and eating mounds of chocolate - do it!

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