Life...Fun and Kentucky Real Estate

Going once...Going twice...SOLD!

Sold for $17,000!

Yes, folks that's four hairs at $4250 each. Not just any old hair but bonified George Washington hair!

Imagine that you die famous or that after you die, it is determined that you are famous. All that hair you have been cutting off every month that gets swept up in the dustpan by your stylist is unceremoniously dumped into the round file. (That's the trash for those of you that don't know)

I've often wondered since I am an artist whether all my fabulous art will be discovered after I have expired and suddenly I am famous. Just like Van Gogh. He sold 2 paintings in his lifetime...to his brother.

Back to my story...

Last Friday night, at an auction in Lexington, KY, a Richmond buyer bought the strands of hair pressed under glass in a locket of the famous president. Along with a watch and assurances that is was indeed the REAL thing from The Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

I wonder if my beautician will think I am nuts if I start saving all that excess hair that she cuts off my head. There's always something to think about. I could keep all of it in the lockbox bank vault. Wouldn't that be quite a moment when my heirs go in to see if old Lizette had left them some cash and all they find is a big pile of hair! That would be too funny! Hmmmm...I need to get started on this!

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Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor®  on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms, Prudential Don Foster, Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.

WHO, ME??? You want to know what I have to say????

The word will be on the street! The cat will be out of the bag. I WILL be talking to other Realtors® about Activerain. I have resisted up to now. It's too late to get in out of the rain.

This week in Frankfort, KY (Our state capitol) during the Legislative & Business Meeting, I get to represent Activerain. 

Hunt Cooper of KAR (Kentucky Association of Realtors®) invited me to serve on a board and the topic is "Demographics, the Internet and How to Market Yourself and Your Listings". I will be one of 4 on a board that get to explain to the group about the technology I use in my business, social Internet networking, blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, widgets, Facebook, Youtube and others.

I know there are many things I can talk about in my 10 minutes on the soap box, but it will gear around my experience on Activerain. I want to share how I found out, how I started and how I have grown here and most of all why I LOVE ACTIVERAIN!

I'll let you know how it turns out! I'm excited to be invited!

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Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor®  on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms, Prudential Don Foster, Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.

 Kentucky Fried Retirement and Relocation Information

Moving to Kentucky to retire? Do you have a dream to live on a Kentucky Horse Farm? Have you always dreamed of owning some beautiful land with creeks and trees?  Relocation to Kentucky may be just the right adventure for you and your family.

It's starting to be amazing just how many people are contacting me to get information to relocate to Kentucky.

They aren't wanting to come here just to work. They are thinking of retiring here. Some of them have stopped in at one time or another on a trip down I-75 and have seen our secret. (The secret that is no longer a secret).

I've always called it the land where time stands still. Life moves a little slower here. People are helpful and polite. We do consider ourselves Southern and have many variations of an accent. 

The place where I have seen the biggest influx of people is Madison County. I was talking with Richmond Mayor Connie Lawson about the population growth of the county. She said it was up 11.5% compared to 4.1% in other counties. It was the fastest growing community in the whole state. I can believe it!

There is an amazing amount of construction going on here with a new shopping complex (Richmond Centre) and a new exit on I-75. Now there are 7 exits on the highway just in Madison County. Many more subdivisions have been added in the past year also. There are 110 sales pending on properties this month.

Many people are starting to arrive here to work at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games for 2010 in Lexington, KY. This event is going to be huge! Kentucky will represent the largest equestrian sporting event ever held in the United States. It is estimated that 600,000 people will be here for the 16 day event.

All of Central Kentucky is a prime retirement location. There's nothing like the rolling hills and black horse plank fencing. Many who visit will be back to buy property here. Maybe it will be you!

Relocation information on everything you need to know about moving to Kentucky.

Email me if you need a welcome packet filled with maps, event info, history, attractions and loads of fun stuff!

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Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor®  on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms, Prudential Don Foster, Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.

Kentucky really did have some crazy twister hit the other night. A rare tornado and squall of storms that marched right across the whole state in the wee hours of the morning. In Richmond KY, I was aware of the storms but I didn't start to get alarmed till about 1:30 AM. I was still up and watching the radar. The last twister I was involved with was in 1974.

I made a few calls to alarm some other sleeping folks to go run for their lives! Believe me when you get a call after midnight you know it's trouble or someone has died. I could tell in their voices that I had scared the devil out of them and now they had to decide what to do, where to go and what to save.  

What is really funny to me is that when I know it's going to hit I have to figure out just what to take with me to the basement. National news article  

What would I think was valuable?

Here's what I took with me:

Chanel(my dog), both sets of car keys, checkbooks and credit cards, my client file & notes, laptop with the Sprint

 air-card(so I could stay up on the weather radar, a few extra clothes, coat and shoes(I once went through a

 tornado and all I had were the clothes on my back, believe me I want some clothes this time), bottle of water

(later went back up to get a banana in case I got hungry), flashlight and the last thing I picked up was a video

of my Dad(the only one I have). Funny, out of everything I have this video and Chanel was what I thought I could not replace.  

The house popped, cracked and groaned. I could hear the wind slamming rain against the French doors. I knew it would be scary to listen to all this upstairs. The basement is usually fairly soundproof. Chanel had already vanished to a spot somewhere under the bed.  

Well...we waited the storm out and finally after about 3 AM, I went up to see if the upstairs was still there. About all the wind had done was knock over a chair on the deck and move my grill sideways 10 feet. Nothing happened this time.  

I found out today that others were not so lucky. Over 50 people died as a result of these storms.

Please be sure to always take these tornado warnings seriously and have plenty of home insurance!!

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Lizette Fitzpatrick - Baby Boomer Real Estate Relocation Specialist with Prudential Don Foster in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor®  on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms, Prudential Don Foster, Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.

The Bennett House Bed & Breakfast 

Richmond KY's Little Biltmore

I grew up on the streets in Richmond Kentucky. We lived on the west end and I used to ride my bicycle to town. My Dad owned a Greyhound Station on Water Street that was totally interesting to hang out in. As I would leisurely ride my bike in the 1960's along Main Street, I would pass by some truly beautiful old historic homes. I would wonder what their lives were like and just who had lived there in the past.

One house that I truly loved to gaze upon was right across the First Christian Church on 419 West Main Street. Back then it was named Westover Terrace Antiques and owned by Mrs. Coy.

When it was built in 1891, it was known as the "Bennett Place" by Mrs. Elizabeth Chenault Bennett. The Cincinnati architect Samuel E. des Jardins built this one and several other historic homes in Richmond. The Queen Anne style one and a half story brick has Romanesque detailing, a high hipped slate roof complete with a domed turret, a balcony coved grand double door stained glass entrance. Open those doors to a sweeping cherry wrap around staircase that leads to the second story. Gleaming hardwood floors and eight fireplaces enhance the house that has original hand carved mantles and tiles.

Later, it was home many other members of the Bennett family until 1957 then sold to Nay and Farry Coy. Mrs. Coy owned the house till her death and Pam Jones Price inherited the house and sold it to Pat Vencill and Sharron Oxendine that established the Bennett House Bed & Breakfast.

Since 2000 the fabulous Bennett House Bed & Breakfast has been owned and operated by Richard and Rita Smart.

Fast forward to 2008 and out of town guests, locals friends and neighbors all enjoy a plethora of wonderful experiences in this historic Bed & Breakfast. Drawing upon skills as a professional home economist, Rita Smart has offered up a heaping helping of southern charm and hospitality. Her exquisite tastes in Southern décor and attention to detail complement the aroma of baking coming from the kitchen. Hungry guests wait patiently amid the fine antiques to sample the tasty food whether they are there for Saturday tea, private dinner or attending a little girl's tea party. Many are overnight guests that have enjoyed a good night's sleep in one of the bedrooms or suites and are now ready for breakfast. 

The best compliment a good cook gets is when someone wants their recipe. I'm sure Rita has been asked many times for her culinary secrets gathered over the years. So much in fact, she finally put them all together in one place. Rita can now add "famous author" to her resume as she spends time at book signings promoting the Bennett House Cookbook: Kentucky Delights.

Come step back in time and take a moment to enjoy this historic "experience" we have in Richmond, Kentucky. Bennett House Bed & Breakfast, Share it with a good friend or two!

"Life is an experience, where you want to stay, it should be an experience. When you fix food for people...it's the experience." Rita Smart says with a smile.

Lizette Fitzpatrick - Broker of Lizette Realty in Richmond, Kentucky.

Rated number #1 featured Kentucky Realtor on Activerain.com and Localism.com. Publisher/Author for the only Central Kentucky email newsletter on local real estate listings and sold properties, Kentucky relocation, local events, homeowner information and fun! For more information on Lizette, Kentucky Horse Farms,  Madison County, Fayette County, Richmond or Lexington, Kentucky click on Lizette.us.

See for yourself what Lizette's extraordinary clients have to say about their Kentucky real estate experience.