Yes, You Really Could Order an Apartment Complex From a Catalog
In a time before on-line Amazon orders and weekend trips to Target, everyone — and I mean EVERYONE — got their goods from Sears and Roebuck. In fact, they were the leading retailer for over one hundred years before Walmart finally caught up to them in the late 1980s. What began as a tiny catalog hawking jewelry to ordinary folks in the 1890s ended up giving general stores around the country a run for their money by offering everything from sporting goods to clothing, automobiles, and even houses! They didn’t stop there either, and by the early 1900s, they offered entire apartment complexes in their “Honor Bilt Modern Home Plan Catalogs.”
How To Register A Historical Home In Jefferson County, Alabama
In my work as a realtor in Birmingham, Alabama, a common question I am asked is how to get a home registered with the Jefferson County Historical Commission. If you’ve driven around any of the older communities in Birmingham like Mountain Brook Homewood, Forest Park and Crestwood, you’ve probably seen these plaques or markers on houses that qualify.
First-Time Home Buyers Find Their Perfect Home with D.R. Horton in Birmingham, AL
How Maria and Kevin secured a below-market interest rate, instant equity, and the perfect cul-de-sac lot at Caffee Place. *Art House Team, Brokered by RealtySouth When Maria first landed on our website, she wasn’t exactly “house hunting.” She was casually scrolling through homes the way people scroll Instagram — half curious, half daydreaming. She and her husband Kevin had been renting in Alabama for two years after moving from Texas, and while they wanted to make this state home, purchasing seemed like something for “someday.” But then Maria clicked on one of my listings. Google had served it up while […]
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