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Susie Kirkland GRIRealtorRE/MAX Southern Realty

~ Over 46 years of Real Estate Experience~ Graduate Realtor Institute~ Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE)~ National Association of Realtors Short Sale & Foreclosure (SFR) Certification~ Multi-Million Dollar Producer~ RE/MAX Top 100 in USA - 2004~ RE/MAX of Florida - #1 November 2010 & #1 September 2012~ RE/MAX Top 10 in Florida - 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, & 2012~ RE/MAX Top 20 in Florida - 2005 & 2009~ #1 RE/MAX Southern Realty--Destin, FL~#6 Emerald Coast Association of Realtors 2012~#14 Emerald Coast Association of Realtors 2013~#11 Emerald Coast Association of Realtors 2015~ RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award~ RE/MAX Hall of Fame~ RE/MAX Chairman’s Club Award~ RE/MAX CIRCLE OF LEGENDS - 2015~ Proud Sponsor of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN)~ CMN Award Winner for RE/MAX Southern Realty - 2006 / 2014

Office 850.837.3115 | Cell 850.585.4520 | Toll Free [email protected] | susiekirkland.com

Proven Success with Susie Kirkland


Let Susie Kirkland put her success to work for you!~ Commitment -- Susie is committed to offering the highest standards of professional service to all her customers and is skilled in marketing, negotiating, financing and closing the sale.~ Known Effectiveness & Proven Success -- Susie is qualified & experienced in selling millions of dollars of Real Estate. In 2011 & 2012 she was in the Top 10 of RE/MAX of Florida and #6 in the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors. She closed 83 transactions ($29 million) in 2011 and in 2012 she closed 99 transactions ($36 million in sales volume). ($22 million) in 2013 with 69 transactions. ($27 million) in 2014 with 71 transactions. ($38,000,000)in 2015 with 92 transactions.~ RE/MAX is a large, International Company, with Susie you get a personal touch, and greater exposure in the market.~ Internet Presence - Your property will appear For Sale on a number of different web sites and placement within a variety of search engines will insure that your property is found.~ Advertising Presence -- Every month Susie spends approximately $10,000 in advertising listings in local newspapers, Real Estate magazines, internet advertising and with our newest addition Matterport Virtual 3D Showcases! ~ Negotiating Expertise A proven negotiator, Susie will get you the best market price whether you are a Buyer or a Seller.~ Susie has completed courses in National Association of Realtors Short Sale and Foreclosures and Certified Distressed Property Expert thereby ensuring these type of sales are completed in the most expedient manner possible. She has closed over 200 short sales.


The Susie Kirkland Team


Susie Kirkland, Realtor – Team LeaderSusie Kirkland has been selling real estate for 46 years. She is originally from Louisville, KY, and she attended college at the University of Miami in Coral gables, Florida. Susie is a Graduate of the Real Estate Institute (GRI) and has received the designation of Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE). Susie has consistently been rated as the #1 agent with RE/MAX Southern Realty since 1996 in the Destin office. She was #9 in the State of Florida with RE/MAX in 2003, #10 in the state in 2004, #9 in the state in 2011, and #9 in the state in 2012. She also rates in the Top 1% of all Realtors in the local Association of Realtors.

Destin Lowery, Realtor – Buyer’s AgentDestin is from Albertville, Alabama. She graduated from Florida State University and has been a multi-million dollar producer since she began in real estate sales in 1999. She achieved the RE/MAX Chairman’s Club Award for 2004 and received the prestigious RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award in just 5 years. She is very team oriented and loves working with people.

Joyce Owczarski, Realtor – Licensed AssistantJoyce is from Saco, Maine. She is a graduate of Thomas College, Waterville, ME, and is the wife of a retired Air Force officer. Joyce has been with RE/MAX Southern Realty since 1993 where she was the Office Manager for 4 years and has been in Real Estate Sales since 1997. Joyce is a member of the RE/MAX 100% Club, awarded in 2003.

Jon Russell, Realtor - Licensed AssistantJon is from Niceville, FL and joined Susie’s team in 2004. As Assistant to Susie, Destin and Joyce, he is always available. Jon keeps the girls in good working order. He is a computer wiz and ensures that the newest technologies and equipment are used by the team. He handles advertising and ensures maximum exposure through internet presence, print advertising, and designs flyers for listed properties.

Lee Warren - Graphic Designer & MarketerLee is from Santa Rosa Beach, FL and is the newest addition to our team with over 15 years of experience in graphic design and advertising. Lee has always had a passion for the arts whether it be graphic, cooking, or sculpture and has even owned his own restaurant in Grayton Beach, FL.If you don’t find him doing something artistic, he will be fishing in our beautiful Gulf Coast waters.

Circle of Legends


This Year Susie Kirkland joins the elite group

of RE/MAX agents to Earn the coveted Circle of

Legends Award! The RE/MAX Circle of Legends

Award is presented to members who have complet-

ed 10 years of service, earned both the RE/MAX

Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

This award has been presented to less than 200

RE/MAX agents in the United States and only

7 in the State of Florida.

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Destin Area Chamber of Commerce staff and ambassadors gathered Aug. 26 to celebrate the opening of McCaskill & Company’s new bridal design gallery with a ribbon cutting.

“Our new bridal gallery is a very special place created to capture the incredibly exciting and special time in a person’s life with their engagement and marriage,” explained Carolyn Brigman, vice president.

McCaskill & Company is a fine designer jewelry store and watch gallery with a certified Rolex watch technician on staff.

For details, visit McCaskill & Company at 13390 Highway 98

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Special to The Log Destin Area Chamber

of Commerce staff and ambassadors gathered Aug. 25 to celebrate Dermatology Specialists of Florida and Aqua Medical Spa with a ribbon cutting.

Dermatology Specialists of Florida, formerly known as Gulf Coast Dermatology, provides comprehensive dermatology, including general, medical, and surgical. It has 16 Florida locations, as well as locations in Alabama and Mississippi.

Aqua Medical Spa offers the most advanced treatments in skin care, including laser treatments, body contouring, injectables,

and spa services. It is a medical spa, supervised by Michael Stickler, MD, a Board-certified

dermatologist.For more information,

visit www.Derm-atologySpecialistsFL.com

or www.AquaMedicalSpa.com, visit 92 Mack Bayou Loop in Santa Rosa Beach, or call 850-622-0600.

Susie Kirkland inducted into the RE/MAX Circle of Legends

Special to The Log RE/MAX Southern Realty has announced

agent Susie Kirkland’s induction into the RE/MAX Circle of Legends. This award honors highly successful agents who have earned more than $10 million in commissions and have completed at least 10 years of service with the company. The Circle of Legends was created in 2001 and has been achieved by less than half of one percent of all sales associates affiliated with the RE/MAX network.

“Becoming a part of the Circle of Legends is a tremendous accomplishment, one of which Susie is more than deserving,” said RE/MAX Southern Owner/Broker, Kerry Veach. “She continues to raise the bar in real estate making her clients, our agents and this community proud.”

Kirkland has been buying and selling real estate on the Gulf Coast for more than 45 years and has been instrumental in the growth of RE/MAX Southern Realty since 1994. Over the years, she has consistently ranked within the top one percent of Realtors in the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors. As a top producer in the RE/MAX Network, she has earned the franchise’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award and a coveted place within the RE/MAX Hall of Fame.

“It’s always a humbling experience to be recognized in an industry you’re so passionate about,” said award winner Kirkland.

As one of seven agents in Florida and 198 in the United States to receive this award, Kirkland has revolutionized the Destin real estate industry, setting the standard for professional agents everywhere.

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©2015 RE/MAX, LLC. Each office independently owned and operated. Data is full-year or as of year-end 2014, as applicable. Except as noted, Coldwell Banker, Century 21, ERA, Sotheby’s and Better Homes and Gardens data is as reported by Realogy Corporation on SEC 10-K, Annual Report for 2014; Keller Williams, Weichert and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices data is from company websites and industry reports. 1Transaction sides per agent calculated by RE/MAX based on 2015 REAL Trends 500 data, citing 2014 transaction sides for the 1,460 largest participating U.S. brokerages. Coldwell Banker includes NRT. Berkshire does not include HomeServices of America. 2Keller Williams reports all transaction sides and does not itemize U.S. residential transactions. 3Percentage of TV advertising impressions among national real estate brands. Source: Nielsen Monitor-Plus / A25-54 GRPs Unequivalized for ads placed through nationwide buys (not including Spanish-language television). Spot TV GRPs are equivalized to national ratings for competitors running national campaigns. 4Based on lists of countries claimed at each franchisor’s website, excluding claimed locations that are not independent countries (i.e. territories, etc.). 150305

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Joel BaderExecutive Club

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Claire GagneLifetime Achievement,

100% Club

Kevin Granberry100% Club

Susie KirklandPlatinum Club

Destin Lowery100% Club

Mary Ann MillerHall of Fame, 100% Club

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Carole PleasantsLifetime AchievementAward, Chairman Club

Paul Shorey100% Club

Dawn ShoultsExecutive Club

Matt WilliamsHallofFame,PlatinumClub

Bill Cooper accepts 2014 Top

Commission Earned on behalf of

Carole PleasantsRE/MAX Southern agents celebrate over23 years as the Gulf Coast ’s leadingreal estate provider.

Owner/Broker, Kerry Veach awards

Matt Williams 2014 Top Individual

Sales Volume & Transactions.Destin Lowery and Susie Kirkland

accept 2014 Top Team Sales inVolume & Transactions.

Looking to become part of a winning team? Call us today to start your career in real estate!

Thank you for helping us celebrate another fantastic season with nearly 500 transactions,$142 million in sales and out selling the national average 3 to 1!

CONGRATULATIONS RE/MAX SOUTHERN AGENTS!

Brokers/Owners: Brad Shoults & Kerry Veach850.837.1880 | [email protected] | REMAXSouthern.comA proud member of the Southern Family of Companies (GoSouthern.com)

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RE/MAX Southern Realty — one of the largest teams providing real estate services in Northwest Florida — held its annual awards ceremony Feb. 11, celebrating another successful year and honoring its many well-regarded agents along the way.

“We are proud of our agents for their outstanding professionalism and commitment,” said RE/MAX Southern Owner/Broker, Kerry Veach. “There are so many talented individuals in real estate today, so it truly is an honor to have such an exclusive group of associates to call RE/MAX Southern home.”

Over the course of the 2014 year, RE/MAX Southern Realty closed approximately 500 transaction sides resulting in more than $142 million in Gulf Coast real estate sales.

Additionally, RE/MAX Southern agents out-produced competition, further establishing the brand’s reputation as the most productive name in real estate.

Susie Kirkland, a longtime RE/MAX Southern agent, has been working in the real estate industry for more than 45 years and has extensive experience in luxury homes and investment properties. Kirkland’s impressive list of

achievements includes ranking as the firm’s Tops Sales Volume and Transactions leader for 2014, as well as the Destin Team’s Top Listing Agent and Top Sales Transactions. RE/MAX Southern would also like to congratulate Susie for receiving the Children’s Miracle Network Pledge Award.

The Individual Top Listing Awards were presented to Matt Williams of the Destin office and

Jim Murphy of Panama City Beach. Williams specializes in new construction, investments and condominium sales, while Murphy focuses primarily on Panama City Beach real estate opportunities. Additionally, both men have been awarded with individual recognition for Top Sales Volume and Transactions.

Rounding out the awards is RE/MAX Southern agent Carole

Pleasants, who in addition to receiving the brand’s Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this year, ranked high among agents in 2014 for Top Sales Commission.

RE/MAX Southern congratulates its top earning agents and individuals who have strived to provide the greatest service, courtesy and professionalism that a firm can offer. Each member of the network is an integral part of the team and has worked diligently to reach these milestones.

RE/MAX Southern has been a leader in Destin real estate for more than 20 years, while Southern has been a forerunner in Gulf Coast vacation rentals and property management since 1995. Owned and operated by two sets of brothers, Mike and Brad Shoults and Kevin and Kerry Veach, the Southern family of companies have come to represent countless real estate properties, nearly 1,000 short term rentals, more than 1,000 long term rentals and 30 associations from Port St. Joe, Fla., to Fairhope, Ala., celebrating 20 years of excellence in the industry.

For more information about RE/MAX Southern Realty, visit www.REMAXSouthern.com or call 1-800-879-0309.

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The movement to raise the minimum wage across the U.S. gained ground Wednesday with the huge University of California system announcing plans to increase base pay for its employees and contract workers to $15 an hour over the next two years.

The move gives employees what activists call a “living wage.” Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco have approved phased-in increases that will take their minimum wage to $15 an hour, or about $31,200 for a full-time job.

“How we support our workers and their families impacts Californians who might never set foot on one of our campuses,” UC President Janet Napolitano said. “It’s the right thing to do.”

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Dear Mr. Berko: My broker is touting a low-priced telephone company called Cincinnati Bell and seems to have an inside track

on the company. He thinks that changes in the direction of the company’s business to a fiber-optic cable communications company could make it very profitable, as well as a takeover

candidate in a few years. He predicts a price in the high $20s in the coming 18 months. If you think there’s a 50-50 chance that will happen, I will buy 15,000 shares. What do you think?

— TR, Springfield, Ill.

Dear TR: I suspect that your broker is smoking too many of those left-handed Luckys!

Yes, things have changed significantly since 1874, when Cincinnati Bell (CBB-$3.86) charged its subscribers $300 a year for a phone line not more than 1 mile in length. Today CBB is a diversified telecommunications and technology company with 3,100 employees and $1.3 billion in 2014

revenues. More than a dozen years ago, before the iPhone and iPad, before Netflix and streaming, before Facebook and Twitter, CBB was a $30 stock with lots of promise. But leaping changes in technology turned CBB into a turtle on Xanax.

Serving the Cincinnati and Dayton metro areas, CBB operates in three business segments: wireline, IT services and hardware and wireless. Most investors, however, ignore this company and consider CBB a Neanderthal because it provides traditional land-based phone services in a communications market that is being forced out of business by cable and wireless competition. But investors may not realize that in 2012, the board decided to sell off its data storage and wireless phone businesses and use the proceeds to fund a dramatic bet into a fiber-optic cable company. With fiber optics, signals are sent via extremely thin strands of glass, and the technology is 100 times faster than conventional cable.

And CBB’s new business looks as if it’s really beginning to pay off. In 2014, the company’s fiber optics division had $310 million in revenues, which was just under 25 percent of total revenues, and

some CBB observers believe that the amount will exceed $600 million by the end of next year. Though revenues for 2015 are expected to decline by about 9 percent because of CBB’s exit from its wireless business, very positive trends are developing for 2016. Last quarter, CBB added 11,600 new high-speed Internet customers (it now has 124,600 subscribers) and more than 97,000 video subscribers.

The company will probably lose 4 cents a share this year and eke out a small profit in 2016. Sometimes making a profit is like trying to milk an anvil. But analysts who follow CBB anticipate strong long-term margin benefits when CBB exits the wireless business. Meanwhile, already identified cost reductions and savings, plus growth in its fiber optics division, should allow CBB to post respectable earnings by 2017. CBB doesn’t pay a dividend, but its long-term debt of $1.6 billion is the lowest it’s been in a dozen years. Though this has been a rotten-egg investment during the past decade – trading as low as $1.75 – some analysts (Morningstar and Market Edge) think CBB could regain respectability and trade in the mid-$5 range soon. I believe

there’s a 70-30 chance CBB can reach the $5 to $5.50 level in the next 18 months. But I think your broker’s high-$20s prediction smells like GAPO, or gorilla armpit odor.

However, if you insist on taking a flyer, I suggest buying only 6,000 shares ($23,160) and then purchasing 500 shares of Cincinnati Bell’s 6.75 percent Series B cumulative convertible preferred stock (CBB-B), trading at $49.64 and yielding 6.84 percent. This was a $150 million initial public offering of 3.1 million shares in April 2000 at $50 a share. The shares are callable at $50 and are convertible into 1.442 shares of common stock. This is known as a busted preferred because the common has to trade at such a high premium ($34.67) to the $50 call price to break even. Investing half in the common stock with zero dividend and half in CBB-B will give you a 3.42 percent current return while you’re “waiting for Godot.” CBB-B is not rated; however, the preferred’s 84-cent quarterly dividend was just paid.

Please address your financial questions to Malcolm Berko, P.O. Box 8303, Largo, FL 33775, or email him at [email protected].

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DESTIN — The red carpet will roll out again tonight in honor of a local Realtor.

For the third time since 2011, Destin Lowery will guide homebuyers through the real estate process on HGTV’s pop-ular show “House Hunters.”

“I didn’t even plan after the first show ever doing it again because I was so nervous,” Lowery said. “Each time, it’s been easier.”

The 30-minute show lets viewers watch as people search for their new home with the help of an agent. In each epi-sode, they view three proper-ties and select their favorite after weighing the pros and cons of each.

In the upcoming episode, a Tennessee couple looked at three places in Destin and Miramar Beach before mak-ing a decision. A few local busi-nesses also will get a nod in the show, including Shake’s Frozen Custard and Pompano Joe’s.

Lowery said the show takes five full days of work to tape, but is worth it for the experi-ence she and her clients have.

“The show is fun,” she said. “It’s just a lot of work.”

Producers approached Low-ery about appearing the first time.

“They said, ‘Is your name Destin and you really sell in Destin?’ ” she recalled with a laugh.

They’ve already started taping a fourth episode with

Lowery and are willing to do more as long as she can find clients willing to do the show.

Lowery never expected television would be part of her career when she started at age 24.

She got into real estate at her father’s urging. He had bought properties with the help of Susie Kirkland and thought the women would get along.

He was right. Fifteen years later, they are going strong. For 2015, the Susie Kirkland Team is closing in on its 60th sale since the start of the year.

“I never dreamed in a mil-lion years it would be the way it is,” Kirkland said. “She’s my movie star.”

Just as they have done each time Lowery appeared on the show, the team has organized a premier party complete with a red carpet. When her last epi-sode aired, they had about 100 people come out.

This time it likely will be a little smaller but just as excit-ing because Lowery has no idea what the show will look like until it airs.

“It’s fun to see how it fin-ishes up and comes together,” she said.

Special to the Daily News

This screenshot from HGTV’s “House Hunters” shows Destin Lowery, right, showing a property at the Emerald Grande in 2013. Lowery, a Realtor with the Susie Kirkland Team, has appeared on the show several times. Below, Lowery poses at the door to a home shown in the episode that airs tonight.

Local Realtor lands third episode of ‘House Hunters’

“I didn’t even plan after the first show ever doing it again because I was so nervous. Each time, it’s been easier.”

— Destin Lowery, Realtor, Susie Kirkland Team

NICK TOMECEK | Daily News

“House Hunters” airs at 9 p.m. today on HGTV.

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Obama urges fast renewal of Ex-Im Bank

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chiding Con-gress in no uncertain terms, President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that American businesses are suffering while the Export-Import Bank lapses, and called on lawmakers to reauthorize the bank within days.

With Congress nearing its annual August recess, Obama said the U.S. “cannot leave these businesses hang-ing” by punting a vote to renew the bank until after Congress returns. He said it was a “shame” that the bank had been allowed to expire, and said the lapse puts the U.S. at a disadvantage because “every other advanced country has a program like this” to promote its exports.

“We cannot unilaterally disarm,” Obama said during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room with small businesses affected by the bank’s expiration. “Orders are on hold. Businesses are in danger. We need to get this done.”

An obscure federal agency unknown to most Americans, the Export-Import Bank underwrites loans to foreign com-panies that are purchasing American products, which helps U.S. businesses successfully market their products overseas. Conservatives denounce it as corporate welfare, although Obama insisted that’s not the case. He said the U.S. Treasury actually benefits because the government makes money from the bank.

The bank’s charter expired June 30 for the first time in its 81-year his-tory because of congressional inaction. With conservative opponents celebrat-ing its demise, prospects to revive it are uncertain.

Supporters in the Senate are hoping to add it to must-pass highway legisla-tion now being considered — and they have the votes to prevail — but the underlying highway legislation may run into trouble. The House has passed its own, shorter highway bill without the Export-Import Bank included, and House Republicans are opposed to the Senate bill.

The White House not only supports adding the bank’s reauthorization to the bill, but “insists” it be added to the crucial highway legislation, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday.

Complicating matters, Congress’ legislative session is drawing near its close, so supporters face the prospect of running out of time to push the Export-Import Bank across the finish line before lawmakers leave Washington for their annual August recess.

“This should be a no-brainer,” Obama said. In a jab at a controver-sial Republican presidential candidate, Obama said he feels strongly about the bank even though “I know it’s not as interesting as some of the other issues and Donald Trump and all that.”

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