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Feature Home
 

112 Laney Lane, Dothan  $362,500

This 2,560 square foot, new construction home, is all WOW Factor! The Grand Room features a stately fireplace, tall ceilings, and views of the screened in deck overlooking a private back yard. Your Kitchen is equally grand and has a large casual dining space. The stainless appliances have an upgraded dual fuel stove and convection oven. Wood floors throughout with tile in the baths and spacious laundry, which leads to the garage, making it a perfect mudroom! There are three bedrooms, with a split bedroom floor plan, two full baths, and a half bath for guests. So many Upgrades! For more information or to schedule a tour, call Ramona Miley 701-4987! 

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September Showcase Agents!!!
 

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Showcase Properties would like to recognize the “Showcase Agents” for the month of September-

Jackie Johnson, Kim Lee, Tesi Rodriguez, Danita Murdoch, Ramona Miley, Wendy Uda, Aleda Holmes, Angela Blissett, Betty and Robert Brewer of The Brewer Team, and Tim Vierkandt!

These highly trained and motivated professionals continue to set the standard for productivity, professionalism, client satisfaction, and commitment to career development. Our team of professionals at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Showcase Properties is “Committed to Excellence - Every Day in Every Way.”

 
LOCAL EVENTS!
 

The Department of Leisure Services is pleased to announce the City of Dothan’s 2nd Annual Drive Thru Trick or Treat event on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at James Oates Park. The event is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

This event will be a safe and fun way for families to engage in trick-or-treating activities. We encourage children to dress in their costumes to participate! Participating cars should enter James Oates Park, from Taylor Road, and turn right onto Penny Lane. The line-up of cars will occur in the boy’s baseball complex parking lot and each car will receive candy from various local vendors as they traverse through the girls’ softball complex. All vehicles will exit the complex onto Campbellton Road. We ask all participants to please remain in their vehicles at all times.

For more information, please contact Stephanie Wingfield at 334-615-3700 or swingfield@dothan.org.

 

The City of Dothan will observe Halloween on Saturday, October 30th this year from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. .

 

National Peanut Festival 

November 5-14, 2021! 

Get your $28 MegaPass now ACA Tax Service & Check Cashing, Eagle Eye Outfitters, @Fieldcrest Apartments, Ladies First OB & GYN of Dothan, Craft Closet (Dothan and Enterprise). *Check With The Outlets Regarding Times. On Oct 1, McDonald’s in Dothan (7 Locations), Abbeville, Andalusia, Daleville, Enterprise, Eufaula, Geneva, Luverne, Ozark and Troy. ($1 from each Megapass sold at McDonald’s will be donated to Ronald McDonald House). NO MEGAPASSES WILL BE SOLD AFTER NOVEMBER 4. $28 MEGAPASS Includes admission and ride armband ticket... can be used for any one day of the Festival. Or buy online:

https://www.nationalpeanutfestival.com/p/tickets--deals

The National Peanut Festival Parade will be held, Saturday, November 13th, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am on Main Street in Dothan!

 
 
HOMEOWNERS' ADVICE
 

Tree Trimming Basics

If you’ve got dead limbs, branches growing into power lines, branches overhanging your house, or tree growth that obstruct visibility for vehicles and pedestrians, it’s time to do some tree trimming.

Home insurer Allstate.com says there are three basic reasons for trimming your trees. In order of importance, they are:

1. Falling tree branches are dangerous for anyone on your property and can cause damage to your home.

2. Tree health. Dead or diseased branches harm the tree. Pruning helps the tree develop core strength.

3. Trimmed trees are more attractive and grow healthier fruit, flowers and leaves.

You can trim trees yourself with the proper tools, such as loppers, 12-14-and 16 foot tree pruners, hand pruners, etc., as long as you don’t need to get on a tall ladder, but trees taller than your extension pole are best left to professionals.

According to Homeserve.com, you can expect to pay an average of $460 but up to $1,500 for professional pruning of a tall tree such as an oak or pine. Tree removal begins at $750, but make sure that any quote you receive includes stump grinding, clean up and hauling away debris. 

If you choose to trim your trees by yourself, an excellent resource is the USDA publication How to Prune Trees. It provides a safe size guide for cutting branches no larger than four inches in diameter. Anything larger, contact a professional. A good rule is that if you wonder whether to cut a branch, don’t.

 
Financial Advice
 

Appraisals establish the value of a given home, making them extremely important to lenders, tax authorities, the housing industry, the economy, builders, buyers, and sellers. They’re integral to building home equity and wealth, giving advantages to some homeowners and disadvantages to others. 

Many lenders use automated valuation models to save time and money more so than to limit human bias, but historical data submitted by appraisers with conscious or unconscious bias, may be subject to decades of undervaluation.

The Appraiser licensing process limits competition by requiring candidates to undergo apprenticeships to become licensed, yet  Octoberresearch.com found that 77% of appraisers said they have no apprentice trainee – effectively “closing the gate behind them.” The AppraisalInstitute.org found just over 78,000 active licensed appraisers in 2019 in the U.S.

New innovations in software could make a difference, notes Housingwire.com. Algorithms could search for patterns of neighborhood bias and focus on more relevant data. Artificial intelligence can assess a home visually, like a human appraiser, but with absolute objectivity. The appraisal industry could also overhaul itself to better compete with automated valuation software.

Meanwhile, there are ways you can fight appraisal bias. Make sure the appraiser has geographical knowledge of the area. Insist on a thorough on-site appraisal, not a drive-by. Check the comparables used in the appraisal for relevance and proximity. Draw the appraiser’s attention to improvements made in the home and ask for an adjustment if the appraisal seems too low.

 
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