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STAY ALERT: Water safety tips for your family
Many of us spend warm weather months near, on or in the water. With our average temperature in 70s until December, we who live the Gulf Coast – and those who visit us – are far from done with warm-weather fun, even as the new school year approaches. But while we're splashing, it is important to remember to be cautious.
From the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi, seven people have drowned at the beach through June 27, according to the National Weather Service. Drowning is a leading cause of death in young children. The National Safety Council estimates that about 19 children drowned over the July Fourth holiday.
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June 2021 Alabama Gulf Coast real estate stats
Alabama's Gulf Coast contains several real estate markets depending on location and price point – just to name a few factors. The graphic below shows real estate statistics for June 2021, the latest month available.
Vital Signs provides a visual representation of what's happening in several local markets by showing you supply. The colored-coded numbers represent the absorption rate, the number of months it would take to sell every home on the market in a particular price range if no others were added. If the market is moving quickly, the absorption rate will fall below six months of supply, and if it's more of a buyer's market, it will jump above six months of supply.
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Change your home's flow: Back-to-school organization
Your home is not meant to only store your belongings – or even to display your personal style. Turning a house into your home often has as much to do with how you live in it as it does what color the walls or exterior trim are painted.
How a home flows – how you move through the rooms and live in it – is often contingent on its layout, but if you find yourself spending 15 minutes searching for keys in the morning or figuring out what to wear, some small tweaks may help your home flow more smoothly – and potentially even save you those precious few minutes in the morning.
Making small adjustments to your home's flow could mean outfitting your garage to better arrange your fishing gear or adding drawers to store cr...
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Gulf Coast state parks offer summer fun
Summer may be flying by, but the school bells aren't ringing quite yet. If you're looking for something to keep the kids entertained until school starts back, consider taking a look at the state parks in our area. Alabama, Florida and Mississippi all have state parks along the Gulf Coast that can give your children the opportunity to experience the outdoors, burn off extra energy and perhaps even learn a thing or two along with way. Check out the list of state parks near us for a few excellent destinations. Who says you can't have a field trip when school's out?
Alabama
Historic Blakely State Park
Open 8 a.m. to dusk
Spanish Fort, AL
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What you should be tracking to better your business
Are you efficient with your time & activities building your business?
Are you spending time on the activities that produce the highest results for you?
To answer those questions effectively, you need key pieces of information that REALTORS® often overlook when the prospect of a sale is on the horizon.
In order to know your return on investment (ROI) for any part of your business – your time calling clients, your marketing dollars, your social media posting – you must know how your clients reached you. How are you going to know if that advertisement in Lagniappe brought you any client...
