Bill Williamson, after spending 32 years at the Arkansas Real Estate Commission, retired from his position as executive director of the commission at the end of February.
Williamson was succeeded by Gary Isom, who started at the AREC as an investigator in 1987 and became deputy executive director in 1996, after Williamson recruited him for that [...]

Q. I thought about replacing my old gas water heater with a tankless one to save money. However, I heard there is limited hot water from a tankless one and that the hot water temperature varies. What is your opinion?
A. I would recommend a gas tankless water heater for almost every home because of the [...]

Q. We recently agreed to buy a house. The lender who is financing the purchase has offered us a “rate-lock protection plan.” They say the plan would guarantee that the 5.5 percent rate we were quoted when we first applied for the loan cannot rise before the sale is completed, and that we would get [...]

Q. The fireplace wall in our 1970s home is stone. The flat-faced natural stones are various shades of gray. My husband loves the stone, but I find it very dark. Is there any way to paint the stone so it doesn’t look like we just covered it with latex?
A. Your stone wall is part of [...]

A string of letters behind a Realtor’s name might resemble alphabet soup, but it actually shows that agent has decided to specialize.
Let’s say, for example, a Realtor hands you a business card identifying him as “Skipper Benton, ABR, CRS, GRI.” What Skipper is trying to tell you is that he has earned the Accredited Buyer [...]