Mike's Dyersburg Real Estate Blog

It is really raining right now. About 8-9 days ago we got a nice rain which I am sure saved our farmers. Since then all we have had is 90-100 degrees and no rain.

It is raining so hard outside that I almost cannot see the street. Can you imagine what this will do for my garden? I was out in the garden with a watering bucket last night.

I have been talking to local farmers and they told me if it does not rain in the next 3-4 days, the late beans will be lost.

I have only posted this to one group, Walking by faith in the rain and for me that is literal right now.

 

Thank-you Lord for this rain and for all our blessings!

I just read an excellent post by Karl Christen about oil prices soon to be retreating.

This inspired me to share with my readers about a friend of mine in the oil industry business. My secretary's husband runs a company here in Dyersburg,Tn that produces oil well drilling mud.  James says his business is absolutely wide open and he cannot keep up.

His two biggest users of this drilling mud are #1 drillers in Arkansas and #2 drillers in Canada. The Arkansas drillers were not getting enough of the drilling mud from James so they are now sending their own trucks to pick it up here in Dyersburg. The Canadians have slowed their drilling until the ground gets hard enough to drive on again;lower temperatures(Dec-Jan-Feb).

That tells me that supply will soon be increasing and prices should soon be retreating. Also, James told me that there are a lot of wells that have already discovered oil but were capped waiting for the prices to go up. Now, all of those are probable uncapped and also producing oil.

As I mentioned in my last post about our mini vacation over the 4th holiday, here is a portion of the fireworks display we watched near Grand Rivers, Kentucky.

I only thought it appropriate to put it to music and isn't it awsome how the music and song seems to fit the video. I shot this video with my flip video(without a tripod).

The music in the background is the Crabb family singing America the Beautiful(they were not there).

This post is mainly for my brothers and sisters here in the rain but the patriots here should enjoy it as well!

Stay to the very end as the ending is pretty awsome!

Enjoy!

Back in the middle of June, I wrote a post asking for help getting a tripod for my flip video unit. I got several responses and lots of good advice.

Well, I finally "built" me a simple adaptor for my new Targus tripod and flip video unit.

When I purchased the flip, I had no idea it was a "point and shoot model" not made for a tripod. well, we have that problem licked by spending about  $5 and a little time in my brothers metal shop.

Just wanted to shared with my friends here at Activerain and those looking at localism for the Grand Rivers/Livingston County Kentucky area(land between the lakes) these short video clips of whats available to you in this area.

My family and I travelled less than 2 hours and joined friends at the land between the lakes area of Kentucky.

This first short video clip is of the swimming area located at the Hillman Ferry campground near Grand Rivers,Ky. 

The second clip was actually shot by my daughter Erin at the Eddie Creek Marina.

The third clip was shot by me also at the Eddie Creek Marina.

The fourth clip was shot at the Happy Trails horseback riding stables near Eddyville,Ky.

The last clip was shot in Grand Rivers at an apparently very popular ice cream stand!

I have a much longer video I shot of the fireworks at the Eddie Creek Marina but I am editing it with some great patriotic song clips.

Just wanted to wish all my activerain friends here a safe and happy fourth of July.

I believe my wife, 2 daughters and myself will take a day trip to a state park and spend the time swimming and relaxing and fellowshiping with friends.

Any other time and we would head down to Destin,Florida for a few days but the cost of gas has curtailed us on a trip like that.

I look forward to reading all of your posts on Monday. God Bless!

Dyersburg,Tn 38024

The results for the real estate market in Dyersburg and Dyer County is mixed according to the latest numbers provided by the Dyersburg MLS.

For the period from Jan1 to July 1 of this year, there were 284 listings with 155 of these sold(54.58%). For the same period last year there were 438 listings with 188 of these sold(42.92%).  This reflects an increase of percentage sold of about 11.5%.

Last year the sale price/list price ratio was 95.42% verses this year of 94.61%. I believe this in part reflects perhaps more foreclosures in the numbers this year. Last year the average days on market was 114 and this year it is 144 which reflects a longer time for homes to sell.

Last year the average sales price for solds was $118,983 and this year is $107,146. This also is a reflection of the foreclosures in our market.

These numbers do not include anything but single family homes in Dyersburg and Dyer county. The commercial market including multifamily has been doing very well compared to last year.

The surrounding counties also in our MLS are not doing as well as Dyersburg and Dyer County but are not reflected in the numbers up above.

 

 

Copyright © 2008 By Mike Frazier, All Rights Reserved. *Real Estate Market Conditions for Dyersburg,Tn for month ended July 1, 2008*

I love to put in a garden every year and I put in a garden this year. My daughters 11 and 14 years old help me to plant and pick the vegetables and we try to time the arrival of most of the vegetables in late August just in time for our county fair. I just wanted to share this video with all my Activerain friends! In times past I have planted peas for the deer but did not this year. I surprised a deer out of the garden yesterday. I do put out a mineral block for the deer.

One of my brothers at church, Roy Markham, goes to the Ukraine every year on a mission trip. These two fellows were at church yesterday to visit with Bro. Markham. They are both from the church where Bro. Roy goes each year.

The tall guy is the preacher at the Ukraine church and the other guy is the song leader. They are in the states for some medical treatment.

I am not sure how to get adequate volume with the flip video unit I am using(when doing interviews). When I was doing this interview, I could not help to think about my Activerain friend, Jon Zolsky down in Daytona Beach,Florida.

I have asked Brad Andersohn to tell us how to get better sound during interview with flip video.
Interview with Christians from Ukraine from Mike Frazier on Vimeo.