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Columbia Missouri Real Estate ~ Our Prudential Agents
Visit my web site! JerryCoats.net
Jerry "Country" Coats, REALTOR®
Jerry "Country" Coats
Jerry "Country" Coats was born in Boone County, Missouri and grew up on a small farm southwest Columbia. He attended Vawter School and then Columbia Public Schools graduating from Hickman High School.
He share cropped several small farms southwest of Columbia while attending the University of Missouri. He joined the Missouri National Guard as a land surveyor in the Artillery Target Acquisition Unit. Meanwhile, he served a four year apprenticeship in Carpenters' Local 1925 in Columbia. Afterwards receiving his Journeyman Carpenter designation he worked as the construction superintendent on several commercial building sites around the Columbia area.
He married Sally Irwin in 1966. They have one daughter, Nan, and three grandchildren.
During the early 1970s Jerry built homes southwest of Columbia and in Ashland. He started his own firm, Coats Realty, in February, 1973. In 1983 he placed his real estate license with Boone Realty (later to become RE/MAX Boone Realty) and worked with them until April 1993. From 1993 until September of 2007 he worked as a one-man real estate office specializing in rural properties. Recently he placed his license with Prudential Vision Properties. He has always specialized in working with rural real estate.
Jerry enjoys bicycling with his wife, hiking with his grandkids, and selling rural real estate. Give him a call. He can sell your property quickly or find just the right rural property for you.
Office Phone: (573) 449-6200
Mobile/Cell Phone: (573) 442-FARM
Fax: (573) 449-6202
Email: Jerry@prudentialvision.com
Web Site: JerryCoats.net
US Mail & Office Location:
103B Corporate Lake Place
Columbia, MO 65203
Driving directions to the office:
- In Columbia, MO, take Providence south to Corporate Lake Drive
- Turn right onto Corporate Lake Drive
- Turn right onto Commercial
- We're on the right, behind Columbia Performing Arts Center
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Buying in December
As a rule, December is a slow month for home sales. A week or two before Thanksgiving, most buyers switch their attention from houses to holidays and family gatherings, and those buyers don't get back onto the home-buying track until around Super Bowl Sunday in late January.
Here are two reasons that may help you decide to buck the trend:
- Bargain hunting: When the other buyers drop out of the market, you're the only game in town for stubborn sellers who foolishly waited too long to get realistic about their asking price. If they must sell, sellers instruct their agents to put the word out that they're willing to deal. The magic phrase is, "Bring us an offer." If you're a lowballer looking for a deal, now's the time to make your move.
- Tax deductions: What you get doesn't matter -- what does matter is what you get to keep. Buying a home in December gives you tax deductions that you can use to reduce your federal and state income taxes in that calendar year. Owning a home gives you physical shelter and tax shelter. On your income taxes, you can, for example, write off your loan origination fee (points), mortgage interest, and property taxes that you pay prior to December 31.
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