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Reflecting on the strength and unity of the towing industry, we bring you stories of resilience and advocacy in our latest episode. Experience the heartwarming tales from Olivia, the mother of Keegan Spencer, and his fiancée, as they share personal memories and the profound impact of the Survivor Fund on their lives. This episode introduces our new publication section, "A Voice for the Families, a Voice for the Fallen Families," dedicated to supporting towing families in their times of loss and providing a platform for their heartfelt stories and cherished memories.Join us at the eighth annual Slow Down Move Over event in Hueytown, Alabama, where the vibrant towing community gathers in honor of John Hubbard. Wes Passmore and the Alabama Towing Association have organized this tribute to raise awareness for the safety of tow truck drivers and the importance of the Slow Down Move Over law. Alongside industry advocate Kevin Goodyear, we celebrate the selfless dedication of volunteers like Frank Ennis, whose contributions exemplify the spirit of the community.Our conversation takes a deeper look into the legislative efforts crucial for the protection and advocacy of towing professionals. Through the story of Keegan Spencer, we explore how individuals like Matt Spencer and Kevin Goodyear are driving change to ensure safer roads. We emphasize the importance of collective action, urging support for both state and national associations. As we share these poignant stories, we invite you to stand united with us in the mission to create a safer environment for all towing professionals.

In today's podcast of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Keith Sharp, pastor of Concord Baptist Church in Hueytown, AL speaks on the topic of balancing ministry and family. His message is especially for young people who are just getting started in ministry. Qualities of a man of God able to hold their life in balance with ministry and family: Always walk with the Lord. He must be front and center in your life Young ministers need to make sure they know how to love God everyday. Out of their love for God, a love for people will grow. Learn to love the people who God has called you to lead. You can't lead them, pastor them, or shepherd them if you don't have a growing love for them.  Time management and the ministry: If you don't make a priority of your family, no one else will.  Set priorities: #1. Your walk with God #2. Your family #3. Your ministry.

Hueytown head football coach Greg Patterson joins The Writer's Block to talk about the 2024 high school football season.

Rose Kirk was enjoying a quiet Sunday with her children at her home in Hueytown, Alabama when an Amazon driver shot her beloved dog, Solar. Adding insult to injury, the driver had stopped at the wrong house. Now Kirk is planning legal action. Law&Crime's Angenette talks with Kirk and her lawyer, Travis McCormick, about how the shooting has impacted her family in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show that delves into the biggest stories in crime.Host: Angenette Levy - https://twitter.com/Angenette5Guest: Rose KirkGuest: Travis McCormick - https://twitter.com/FirmMccormickhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/help-solar-have-a-safe-recoveryCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoAudio Editing - Brad MaybeGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@LawandCrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Meet Josh Money, Assistant Principal at Hueytown Middle School in Hueytown, AL. Josh is an enthusiastic veteran educator in his 2nd year as an AP learning, growing, inspiring, and more. We will survive and thrive as we talk leading, growth mindset, helping others, IXL personalized learning, and more. Tune in LIVE on FB, Instagram, and Twitter 7 pm EST on Thursday, January 27th, 2024.This podcast is sponsored by IXL Personalized Learning. IXL is used by more than 1 million teachers each day. It is also the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/IXLonELBpodcast Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5803503172321280

Listen in as we explore one of Spartan's currently available properties at 622 South Parkell Avenue in Hueytown, Alabama. Tune in to learn how Spartan zeroes in on the perfect property to invest in, taking into account factors like location, rent range, and cash flow. We take you through the property's details, including its renovation, expected returns, and the vital role of partnering with people with on-the-ground knowledge of the area. --To learn more about our full-service turnkey operations, check us out online at www.spartaninvest.comConnect with Spartan!Facebook: @spartaninvestInstagram: @spartaninvestTwitter: @spartaninvestConnect with Lindsay!Facebook: @spartanlindsaydavisInstagram: @spartanlindsaydavis

Jefferson County Superintendent Dr. Walter Gonsoulin Jr. joins JT to discuss fights and safety at high school football games.

AlabamaA decrease in cases of RSV in Alabama is being reported by the ADPHUAB to take part in a study of a drug to prevent the onset of Alzheimer'sA missing child case out of Hueytown from 1973 continues to get inputThe town of Hartford could get downtown historic designationBudweiser's Clyesdale horses coming to Tuscaloosa in DecemberNationalTwo economists claim that WH secretly cutting Medicare programsVotes for Kevin McCarthy as next House speaker may not materializeShooter at Colorado nightclub files in court that he is "non-binary"Group of doctors sue FDA regarding harmful abortion drugDr. Fauci retires, colleague weighs in on his legacy re: Covid 19My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell to seek chairmanship of RNC

AlabamaAL Secretary of State is opposed to Biden's executive order regarding electionsDate set for this November in challenge to AL ban on transgender treatments for minorsTrial selection begins this week in Dothan in cold case revived by DNA testingVincent city council dissolves 3 person police department after racist textChurch in Hueytown won't let burned down facility tear down their joyNationalAnother round of Billions of dollars to be sent to Ukraine by USAIDCBS pulls their Ukraine documentary for segment on untracked US weaponsGOP warns of bill in House that would hire 87 thousand more IRS agentsLatest polls shows majority of Americans concerned over midterm election cheatingVisa and MasterCard pull payment processing for ads on PornhubOlivia Newton-John dies at age of 73 at home in Southern California.

John Royce Powell, age 87 of Jemison, passed away on July 3, 2022 at his residence. He was born in Grove Hill, Ala. on April 19, 1935; the son of the late Kossie Powell and the late Agnes Hicks Powell. He was a former truck driver. He is survived by: Wife, Martha Jo Megginson-Powell of Jemison; Daughter, Carolyn (Benny) Lucas of Montevallo; Daughter, Lynn (Ricky) Kelly of Hueytown; Daughter, Ann (Randy) Ham of Dora; Son, Dale Powell of Jacksonville, FL; Stepdaughter, Joan (Floyd) Langston; Stepson, Joel (Renee) Rush; Stepson, Jackie Ray Rush; Grandchildren: Jason (Michelle) Lucas, Matthew (Kim) Lucas, Christian...Article Link

Come on in! Everyone's here! On today's show Shawn and Mark discuss new listeners to the program, The Festus Coffee Company, cosmetic voice surgery and a cat that comes back the very next day. Mark comes up with a new theme song for the show and Roger gets into the act. The guys also weigh in on the best TV cars to put up on Mount 4-Head. The fellas round it out with jokes anyone can remember, that will tickle your funny bone. Plus the Maroon of the Week and a trip to Uncle Mark's Joke Bag. Re-brand your Tuesdays with some comedy and nostalgia! Subscribe and tell your friends about another funny episode of Randomosity with Shawn and Mark!

Tonight's show takes us from Evansville, Indiana, to Hueytown, Alabama! First, you'll hear from Ella Shemwell 44News as she shares what it means to cover a story like that of Mr. James Stinson, the “Car Wash Man,” as he did the right thing as a concerned citizen by “seeing something and saying something,” helping in the capture of an Alabama inmate. After that, we'll hear from Mr. Stinson as he talks about what it meant to him to have Ella Shemwell listen to him when he felt he had something important to share and the experience of being able to meet Connie Ridgeway's sons, Austin & Cameron (Justice For Connie Ridgeway). After those conversations, I'll have a brand new edition of The Mary Faye Headrick Good Deed Segment as I'll be talking with Taylor Cater Durham in Hueytown, Alabama, about her dad, Christopher Cater, who is currently in need of a kidney donor. Please listen & share.

To many in the garage area, Neil Bonnett was one pf the most beloved drivers in NASCAR's long history. The native of Hueytown, AL. was lost in a single-car crash during a practice session at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 11, 1994, nine days before the Daytona 500. Bonnett was attempting a comeback for six races scheduled for that season in a Chevrolet fielded by team owner James Finch. NASCAR historians Ben White and Jerry Bonkowski look back at Bonnett's life and career, as well as his career as a broadcaster for several major networks. They also discuss the origins and interesting milestones of the No. 61 in NASCAR history during podcast No. 61 of "A Lifetime in NASCAR."   Give "A Lifetime in NASCAR" a listen for some interesting information on this week's podcast.

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Dr. Morris Johnson, pastor of Integrity Baptist Church in Hueytown, AL, and Vice-Moderator of the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association. Dr. Johnson shares his experience of God calling him and his wife Derry to plant a new church, Integrity Baptist Church, after being a long-time pastor of two established churches. Dr. Johnson's wise advice is "If God calls you, God will prepare the way. Rely on Him. Know it's not your work, but His work." Bro. Morris says that pastoring Integrity Baptist Church is a family endeavor that he shares with his wife Derry as they stand shoulder-to-shoulder working together. Derry Johnson is an accomplished woman in her own right. A former RN and now practicing lawyer with her own law firm, Derry is also the first African-American female to be the Chair of a Board in a SBC entity as she serves as Chairwoman of the Board for Alabama Baptist Children's Home. 

Born 14 weeks early on November 24th, 2011, Dalton was born weighing 830 grams and was 13” long. He was born with a chronic and incurable disease called, “bronchopulmonary dysplasia.” Earlier today, my former Hueytown classmate and founder of Mission 44, Grant Lowe, recognized Dalton, so I reached out to Dalton's mom, Heather, about joining me on the show. Please listen and share. Follow & support: Prayers for Dalton Follow & support: Mission 44 & M44.org

On this MADM, a former Hueytown classmate Jo Shipman is sharing about a special effort that began out of tragedy. On October 7th, 2021, Rachel Long lost her life in a vehicle accident. From that loss, Rachel's husband, Daniel, began using his blacksmithing talent to offer a free gift to others. Jo was one of the recipients of this gift and it has changed her outlook on life. Sponsor: Athens Bible School AthensBible.com

The 2021 Super 7 State Football Championships set a new attendance record with total attendance 62,544 over the three-day event at Birmingham's Protective Stadium. The previous record was 61,048 when the championships were held at Auburn University and were then called the “Super 6”. Friday's attendance was 28,182 for the Class 2A finals between Clarke County and Cleveland; the Class 4A finals featuring Vigor and Oneonta; and the 6A championship game featuring Jefferson County rivals Clay- Chalkville and Hueytown. The daily attendance breakdown for the week: WED.: 16,341; THURS: 8,021; FRI.: 28,182; TOTAL 62,544 Wednesday, Dec. 1 - Class 7A...Article Link

Follow Coach Crawford on Twitter @ccrawford46 and let him know you heard him here on KYPD!  Follow us as well @KYPDPODCAST and give Coach Taylor a follow @CoachTaylor53.Love KYPD? Then check out our merch store here for some awesome looking gear that will make you the envy of the coaches office!Podcast SponsorsWe're excited to partner with "Our Coaching Network," a new footballcoaching platform connecting coaches from all levels and helping them get better every week. "Our Coaching Network" has live clinics Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights and will have 150+ hours ofhigh quality live coaching clinics this year, with each week's clinics added to a library that can referred back to at any time in the future.Memberships are just $15 a month and you can cancel any time! Visit Our Coaching Network's website to create your account and start learning and connecting today.    A big thanks to our sponsor @GoEditGraphics for helping us create all of the custom graphics for our podcast!  We've been telling you about go GoEdit Graphics for the last few weeks and what GoEdit Graphics does is allow ANY coach to create custom graphics in minutes by changing the colors, text, and images to make it their own. They offer categories like gameday, scoring, player profiles, and communication to name a few. The platform is easy, affordable and no design skills are needed. GoEdit Graphics is a great way to showcase all your sports and athletes, and subscriptions are for 12 months and include unlimited graphics. Now,  here's something cool that GoEdit is doing for KYPD listeners--Mention Keep Your Pads Down and receive $25 off our Showcase Yearly package. Visit them here to learn more!

Hueytown, Alabama's Jojo Wilkinson hops on the pod with EG3 to talk about her short track background & whole lot more on this edition of the podcast!

Jordan Reeves is the Founder and Executive Director of VideoOut, an organization dedicated to producing LGBTQ+ stories, content, and programs to educate the world about the LGBTQ+ community and how to best advocate for it. Jordan has written for Huffington Post and created LGBTQ+ inclusive content for major brands including Hulu, Verizon, P&G, and AARP, and they've even given a TED talk. Jordan's belief that stories are a powerful tool that can connect the entire world is completely aligned with the mission of Gravity. We learn about their religious upbringing in Hueytown, Alabama, and the moment (or lack of) when they realized they were queer, trans, and non-binary.  Jordan's parents love them but acceptance isn't something they've arrived at yet. We explore how Jordan has made their peace with this for the sake of maintaining their relationship, as well as the everyday struggles faced by the LGBTQ+ community, and the idea that we should look beyond the categorization of gender. We also touch on the importance of gifting our stories to the world, the support hearing other experiences can provide for those of us in need, and the way that hearing about other people's lives can normalize and cultivate acceptance across the planet.  What Brett asks: [01:30] Let's dive right into your childhood. [08:30] Can you elaborate on the idea of knowing who you were from a young age? [17:00] How did you come to accept your parents' views about who you are? [24:55] Would you say that society conditions people to believe they're something that they're not or that they just hide their true selves? [30:20] What happened to you once you became a teenager? [38:40] How did you break away from your religious beliefs at the time? [45:00] What happened after you left for New York, through to the present? To learn more about intentional living, and for the complete show notes, visit: https://gravityproject.com/ (gravityproject.com) Resources: http://www.videoout.org (VideoOut) https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljordanreeves/ (Jordan Reeves on LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/danjorree/?hl=en (Jordan Reeves on Instagram) https://twitter.com/danjorree?lang=en (Jordan Reeves on Twitter) Gravity is a production of http://crate.media (Crate Media).

I always encourage readers to share their antiques, collectibles, or items of interest for this article, and recently I was contacted by Mrs. Barbara Hubka, of Thomasville. Many readers may know Mrs. Hubka from her years of service at Hobson State Technical College, where she retired in 1996. Mrs. Hubka wanted to show me a radio that once belonged to her father, W. A. Griffith. Living at the time in Hueytown, she can remember as a very young girl seeing her father listening to the radio which sat on its very own radio table. During the Depression years through World...Article Link

PTSD, depression, suicide, they can all be a byproduct of service as a first responder. When I found out that all of those things affected Officer Charlie Bradley, I was heartbroken. As a kid growing up in Hueytown, Alabama, I knew of Charlie at a different time. Having taken the path of law enforcement myself, I know firsthand the challenges that go along with service. I reached out to Charlie's wife, April, and her mission is now for Charlie's legacy to live on towards helping others and bring awareness to help save the lives of others as well as finding resources for the families that are left with the stigma. April found a lot of peace when she was able to connect with the families in other states and realized she wasn't alone. On today's show, April is sharing about Blue Help, along with the Heroes Bridge Memorial Park that is being built in the state of Texas to honor first responders and veterans that have been lost to suicide. This special park is the first of its kind in the nation. You can also subscribe to TMWS via Apple iTunes, Audioboom, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, & Blubrry. All shows are archived at TheMarkWhiteShow.com.

Today's Episode on the Sideline Story, Former UAB football player and Hueytown DL Coach Zach Williams shares his amazing story about his life and his career playing the game of Football. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On December 10th, 2016, the life of John Hubbard was taken when a vehicle struck a disabled car John was servicing on I-59/I-20 in Birmingham, Alabama. Having been in the towing business for five years at the time of his death, 25-year-old John Hubbard was described as the type guy who went out of his way to help people. One former employer said, "He was a hard worker. He loved his job. He loved the towing business.” On tomorrow's show, we are going to bring awareness to the “Slow Down, Move Over” effort & Wes Passmore with Classic Towing & Recovery LLC. is going to help me with that as we talk about the 4th Annual Slow Down, Move Over Awareness Rally taking place in Hueytown, Alabama, on Sunday that was inspired by John Hubbard's death. After my conversation with Wes, Kyla Carter has a brand new episode of Kyla's Korner Podcast talking about friendship! Following Kyla's segment, we will have the Make A Difference Minute Replay! Be sure to tune in tomorrow at 10 a.m. CST right here on Facebook. You can also subscribe to TMWS via Apple iTunes, SoundCloud, Audioboom, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, & Blubrry. All shows are archived at TheMarkWhiteShow.com.

On this edition of The Mary Faye Headrick Good Deed Segment, I am talking with Samantha Fruge about her manager at Dollar General in Hueytown, Alabama, Tammy Barnhill, and the Barnhill's recent house fire. Samantha shares about the Barnhill family and how you can support this fundraising effort.

On today's show, I have Patrick Duke & Auburn Duke Shukla joining me on the show! Patrick, a 1999 Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, & Auburn, a 2000 graduate, established a scholarship in July in honor of their Aunt Janice called, “The Janice Duke James Soaring Eagle Diversity Endowed Scholarship” in the Samuel Ginn College Of Engineering at Auburn University. My longtime Hueytown friends, Patrick & Auburn, are sharing about this special scholarship in honor of Janice!

In this episode we do a deep dive with Matthew Whitaker from GK Houses on what makes Birmingham Alabama a unique investment market.    --- Transcript   Tom: Greetings and welcome to the remote real estate investor. And today we have a special episode where we'll be doing a market spotlight today. We're going to be focusing on Birmingham and we have a special guest today and Matthew Whitaker, and I'll be joined with my cohost Michael album. All right, let's do it.   Tom: Matthew, thank you for joining us today.   Matthew: Well, thanks for having me. I'm super excited about being on this new spotlight and excited about being able to present Birmingham to you.   Tom: So Matt, why don't you tell us a little bit about your, your background and GK housing as well?   Matthew: Yes. So I got into investing when I was 23 years old and bought my first house using a home equity line of credit off of a little house that my wife and I, or a girlfriend, fiancé at the time owned and started buying and selling houses and got really excited about it and quit my job, day job. I was doing it on nights and weekends and started flipping houses for a living thought. I was a big shot real estate investor at 23 and did that for about four or five years and pretty successfully we flipped about a hundred houses. I had some partners, I always joke that they had a lot of money and no time. And I had a lot of time and no money and we got married. So we formed a partnership. I was the operating partner that was out there buying and selling homes. We did about a hundred deals in four years. So for a 25 year old kid, that's out there wheeling and dealing. It was the good old days.   And I thought I had the tiger by the tail. And then as y'all know how the story ends in 2008, 2009 becomes the real estate market crash. And as Warren buffet says, when the tide goes out, you realize who was swimming, found any shorts on? And I looked down and I was one of the ones that didn't have any shorts on. So had I owned about 30 rental houses at the time or 30 homes that we were 15 of, which we were trying to flip 15 of, which were already rentals and we just moved everything into a rental portfolio. And so we started managing, we started out managing as a way to sell more homes though. We were kind of on the front end of turnkey world. And it was very new. The idea of selling homes or packages of homes to investors was very new at the time. And so we did that for three or four years and helped put together a big fund of local investors that bought up a bunch of Birmingham houses. But back in, let's see, 2013, we decided that we enjoyed managing more than the kind of deal of buying and selling.   We were more of a, we call ourselves grinders the more of the plotters. And so we enjoyed management. So we, I still invest on the side about, about 30 or 40 houses a year, still personally, with a partner. And, but my, my day job is I'm the CEO of a company called GK houses. And we started here in Birmingham and started, I always tell the story started with those 15 or 30 houses, depending on how you looked at it. And then started just growing that business. In 2013, we managed about 250 homes. And today we've moved out of Birmingham into eight different markets and manage about 26, 2,700 homes. But Birmingham is still my home. It's where our corporate offices it's where all of our back office accounting and all of our corporate team is. And so, um, Birmingham is the market. I know really well and, and still spend a lot of my time investing in   Tom: Yeah, Matthew and GK houses are great friends of rootstocks and a great partner that we love to advocate for. And we actually are double dipping our podcast. We are having a podcast dedicated specifically to property management that is going to be coming out very soon with Matthew as well. But today, where is the market focus? So great partner.   Matthew: I love anytime I get to get on and sing Birmingham's praises, it has come from having a bad reputation for some certain things that happened in the past, but I'll tell you where Birmingham is a great place. And one of the things that people consistently say when they come here is number one, how green it is. So when you watch a movie about the state of Alabama, it's all red clay. And there are areas of Alabama that are certainly like that. But where I live is very green and very hilly. And they're amazed at how progressive, not just politically I'm, I don't want to get into that, but in terms of how it's moving forward. And we're really known for our food scene, our arts and culture scene. So very excited to get on and get to talk about the city that I live and have no desire to move. I get to travel a lot, obviously with my role as the CEO here at the company, but I have no desire to move because Birmingham is such a great place to live.   Tom: Excellent. So the way that this episode is going to flow is we're going to start with some high level quantitative overview of the market. And then we're going to needle into math to talk about some of the specific qualitative of employer's points of interest and, and all that good stuff. So why don't we go ahead and start in our quantitative breakdown, and we're going to make this consistent for all the markets that we talk about first, the MSA. So the greater area of Birmingham, it has a population of 1.313 million, and this was based off of the last census data and map. What are the major cities that consists of the greater Birmingham area?   Matthew: Great question. So Birmingham proper the city Birmingham is about 350,000 people, I think. And then it is made up of a group of municipalities. So one of the things that an investor would need to understand about Birmingham is it's not a County based government, but it's a very city-based government. So it's very fractured in terms of each little, like I live in Homewood, which is just South of Birmingham. And we have our own city government that manages our own school system, manages our own trash. Whereas somebody like a Nashville or a Kansas city would have a County based government. So that 350,000 people is Metro Birmingham. And then we have a bunch of municipalities in the kind of suburbs, so to speak what we call South of town and over the mountain area, which is all South of town. And then that also includes the Tuscaloosa area, which is where the university of Alabama is, which is about 45 minutes from Birmingham Southwest.   And obviously that area has grown a lot with, uh, with the university of Alabama, as most university towns are starting to grow. So that's where they make up that 1.3 million. There's probably 1.1 ish, a one to 1.1 in what I would consider really proper Birmingham. We don't manage specifically down in Tuscaloosa than Bessemer, which is about halfway between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa is the, is one of the other big towns or cities. And then Hoover, which is due South of Birmingham is another. So generally when you talk about the MSA, you talk about the Hoover Birmingham Metro area. And so Hoover and Birmingham are really the two largest communities in that MSA.   Tom: Got it. I'm looking forward to needle again, a little bit on those specific, uh, as it relates to thinking about those areas as investors. So that area has seen pretty significant population growth. According to the information we have with census plus 2.8% over the last couple of years, it has a median household income of $57,500 as a medium household income. This is coming from the John Burns data, and there's a pretty significant amount of units. So when I say units, single family homes, there is 520,000 homes in this MSA where 26% of them are renters. And this is again, John Burns along with some census data. So continuing looking at some of these metrics that we have on Birmingham. So a major uptick in new permits to build single family residence. The last value in 2019 is 3,280, and that is up 17.2% year over year. A couple of other metrics to throw around the entry home value within Birmingham is about $134,800.   And this is coming from core logic. And the median rent, this is 1030 $2. Again, this is core logic where this is coming with a really steady rent growth. We'll actually have all the metrics, all the markets that I've seen as one of the highest that 6.5% increase in rent. The last couple of metrics I'll hit on before we get in to the quality of stuff that we'll talk with Matthew about is the rent tiers. So we see a rent tier, and this is again at John Burns metrics on the lower end of an $827, the mid $1032. That's that same median level and at the high tier $1,408. So those are the bands at which are identified in the Birmingham market. All right. So let's get back in talking about those specific main cities and other cities within the Birmingham market. So are the majority of the rental market, is it just an at Birmingham proper, or tell us a little bit about that. The distribution of rentals.   Matthew: Let's talk about Birmingham, because I think I need to kind of set the scene. So if you're listening at home and you wanted to bring up a map of Birmingham, what you will see is that Birmingham appears to flow from the North Eastern side of town down through the Southwestern side of town. And so one of the reasons for that is there is the start of the Appalachian mountains, just South of town and runs from the Southeast to the North are excuse me, from the Southwest to the Northeast, and then runs all the way up through South Carolina and in North Carolina. And, and so it starts here. And, and so if you think about when Birmingham was built, it was built in the early 19 hundreds, 1920s, and it was built because this was kind of the Pittsburgh of the South. It was a steel based industry.   So you had a lot of wealth here, and then you had a lot of workers to support that steel industry. There's a lot of mining happen up underneath the mountain. And so when you think about the housing stock, the housing stock started kind of from the Northeast and flows down through the Southwest. And that is the older housing stock that was built on flat land. So if you look at the map and you look at places like Bessemer, which I talked about going up, I 20 through midfield and Fairfield, and then the Western side of town is called West End. And then you get to the Eastern side of town, which is, and starting to head North towards the airport, Woodlawn, Terrant Roebuck. You're talking about, East Lake, you're talking about areas that were built a lot of times in the, uh, some of those areas started in the twenties and then were built through about the forties or fifties.   So when you think about investing in Birmingham, you need to kinda know what the age of the home is. And that's kind of the first thing I think is important is when houses are built and 19 hundreds, they were built with the idea, there was no air conditioning. And if you've never been to the South in the summer, it is really hot here. And we're, we're recording this during the summer. So I'm coming right out of the heat and it's a hundred and something degrees, heat index with almost a hundred percent humidity. And, and so that is really hot. So you can imagine the ceiling, sometimes in those homes were 12 feet tall so that the heat would rise. And so when you're investing, you want to make sure that either those ceilings have been lowered, because now you're going to be required to have air conditioning in them.   And if you buy this older housing stock, you just need to know that it's older housing stock. So your repairs and maintenance are going to be a little bit higher. And what you'll probably want to dig into some of those, but let me, I'll give kind of the 20,000 foot view. And then we can dig into some areas. As move Northeast. And as you move North, and as you move further West, you get into more homes that were built in the fifties and sixties. So there was another kind of housing boom, around that time, those are more of your brick ranchers, more of your wood, three bedroom, one and a half, one to one and a half, two bathroom homes. And these, I call these your tanks. I mean, they're built for modern amenities because we started to use an air conditioning back then, but they're very efficient.   They have closets, but they're not huge closets. They're just a very efficiently built house. So you might find a 1200 to 1400, 1500 square foot home in these areas. And they are great rental houses because again, their tanks, they just hold up really well. They're again, they're very modern people enjoy them. The one bedrooms obviously rent a little bit less than the two bedrooms. Anytime you get multiple, excuse me, not the one bathrooms, uh, rent less than the two bathrooms. Anytime you get multiple bathrooms. Very important. Now, one of the interesting things too, is what I would consider the more A-class housing stock is South of town. So imagine in the sixties and seventies.   Tom: Is that Hoover?   Matthew: Yes, you're talking about Hoover. You're talking about Vestavia, Homewood, mountain Brook, and these areas, these homes are hard to buy and make the rental numbers work, but these are all built up on the mountain. So when we say over the mountain, you had more, as technology came in along and building, you are building these homes on the side of mountains. And so the housing stock is much younger as you get more vertical in Birmingham. And now if you're listening to this in Denver, you might fly into here and wonder where the mountains are. There's all rolling Hills, but we call them mountains. And then as you get further North, just like any city, it grew out, right? You're going to get into areas like Fultondale and Gardendale North. You're going to get into areas like Trussville to the East. You're going to get into areas like Hoover and kind of the Indian Oak mountain Indian Springs area, where my wife grew up, where Oak mountain state park is. And then as you go West, you're going to get into Hueytown and pleasant Grove.   Now these are your B plus neighborhoods that are kind of out a little bit further great areas to buy for high appreciation, but there's suburbs there. People are going to be driving into the city to work. And so, you know, just like any town, you can pretty much dictate what the pricing is of the house based on when it was built and what the housing stock was built for.   Tom: I think one of my favorite adjectives for a rental property is a tank property. That just goes on. You didn't mention what cities you said it was in the West or the Southwest. Is that like pleasant Grove and Fairfield or…   Matthew: Yeah, Hueytown pleasant Grove. Our Fairfield's more of that first area that I was talking about that was built more of a C class neighborhood. But when you get into Hueytown and pleasant Grove, you're talking about B plus B plus properties with high possibility for appreciation, a lot of home ownership in those areas. So really if you talk to some of the local investors, those are some of the areas that they like to hit the hardest.   Michael: Got it. Matthew, I've got a question for you. What I want to know is why are people living in Birmingham and are moving there? You know, there's gotta be job, pull job growth. Can you talk to us a little bit about who some of the major employers are and why folks are headed that way?   Matthew: The biggest employer in Birmingham is university of Alabama at Birmingham, the hospital and the university. So when you combine that it is a teaching hospital, it's one of the, in the Southeast, it's probably one of the biggest teaching hospitals. So it has a huge draw. You can imagine from Mississippi, from all parts of Alabama. And so we have a bunch of doctors and students that are learning at UAB. And then of course the school university of Alabama at Birmingham, the next thing that's a huge employer is Alabama power, AlaGasCo, kind of the utility companies that service the state. And then another thing that's exciting is we have two, no, excuse me, three different car automobile manufacturers within about an hour and a half of Alabama. So to the Southwest, as you go towards Tuscaloosa, which we talked about earlier, there is an area down there called McCalla.   It is where I 459, which has kind of the bypass meets back up with I 20. And if you keep on going down, [inaudible] right there. That is where the Mercedes-Benz produces the M class Mercedes. So the SUV Mercedes, and so McCall is a great area to buy rental homes. You're talking about a lot of new builds going on. That is where a lot of, and they continue to add square footage onto that facility to build more M class Mercedes. And that obviously feeds jobs. People traveling from Tuscaloosa and people traveling from Birmingham. If you go East on I 20, you have the Honda Odyssey van is produced in Leeds. So great area. Trustful sees a lot of their executives that come in from Japan. One of my old partners used to rent to all Honda executives, and they would come in from Japan and live here for two or three years, and then go back to Japan.   So, and obviously the having building the Honda Odyssey van, there's a ton of you don't think of just Honda, but you also need to think of all the suppliers that have to support a big operation, like building that Honda Odyssey van, building that M-Class. And then if you go due South, you breach Montgomery and just South of Montgomery, and that's, this is only about 60 or 70 miles South. You find the Hyundai plant, and I'm not sure exactly what build there. I would imagine most of the Hyundai workers work in Montgomery, but you still have some of the suppliers that are supplying all three of those in and around the Birmingham area, just so they can be very centrally located. So we have a, so that's pretty exciting. I mean, Mercedes has been there probably 20 years, maybe a little bit longer, maybe 25 years building that M class Honda came about about eight, 17 or 18 years ago.   And then the Hyundai plant is newer, probably 10 to 12 years. There's just a lot of exciting things going on. Amazon is building a facility now in Bessemer. So there's a big kind of gold rush in the Bessemer area just because they know there's going to be, have to be a lot of people that are going to support that Amazon distribution facility. Birmingham has been doing a great job of investing in the city has built new hotels in and around the downtown area. And we're also building a brand new football stadium too, for the UAB blazers. And it's going to hold things like concerts. And so there's just a lot of money right now being invested in and around the Birmingham area. So really a lot of exciting things going on.   Tom: That's awesome. You know, we already touched a little bit on education, major colleges, but UAB, as well as university of Alabama,   Matthew: Yeah, University of Alabama is down in Tuscaloosa, which is about 45 minutes to an hour Southwest of Birmingham. You have, let's see, you have Sanford university in Birmingham. You have Birmingham, Southern college is also obviously located in Birmingham. Yeah, you Auburn is about an hour and a half to two hours, South East of Birmingham and a place called Auburn, Alabama, which is pretty obvious Auburn in Auburn, but it is almost a when you get to Georgia. And so there's a lot of kind of university life. You see a lot of university students in and around. And of course the medical school at UAB brings a lot of people in. We have rented a lot, especially when we have homes in and around the South. What we call the South side of Birmingham, which is basically South of the entrepreneurial district. We have a lot of med students, dental students that rent with us.   Tom: And is that in the general Southern part? You said Southern part of Birmingham.   Matthew: Yeah, It is. If you kind of zoom in on Birmingham and you look what I would call in between Homewood, if you look where Volkan is, which is a statue that was dedicated to the iron ore industry in and around their five points South, all of that is where a lot of the young people live that are going to those universities.   Tom: Very cool. How about let's touch on transportation? So in looking at it, it looks like it is almost like an X from 65, 22, 20, 59. So it looks like a major central hub of a freeways in the South that all go through Birmingham.   Matthew: It absolutely is a Nashville about two hours to the North. Atlanta's about two hours to the East Jackson. Mississippi is about two or two and a half hours to the West. And then Montgomery is about an hour to the South. So it's very centrally located. Half the people here are Atlanta Falcons fans. The other half are Tennessee Titans fans. And so it is a very centrally located city and very easy to get to. And then in transportation, within the community, most people drive everywhere here. It is not a, unless you just live downtown and work downtown, which is, it's not an overly big downtown area you're going to drive to work. So kind of the main corridor where a lot of the, where it gets clogged during the week would be that 280 as you go South and East is a very heavily traveled road. I 20, I 65 coming from the South and from the South West. And that kind of tells you where the people are, right. It tells you where the people are and what they're doing. And then I 65 South into Birmingham in the mornings is very busy. So Birmingham is kind of spread out just because it, as you moved across the mountain, it does flatten out a bit and it allowed for the city to kind of expand,   Tom: I'm smiling as I'm hearing this, I'm so excited about this series of market spotlight. I'm learning so much about Birmingham and I'm like, so excited dip my toe into the investing market, continuing down. Well, there's also an airport right in Birmingham.   Matthew : Yeah. We've got what we call an international airport. I'm not sure where that international flight flies. I think it flies at The Bahamas, which is good. I mean, everybody's got to go to The Bahamas, right. But what I tell people is we have major flights in from Denver, obviously, and from Atlanta into Detroit, into New York. So it really is a two flight place. We fly obviously Dallas and Houston direct, but unless you're going to one of those kind of major cities, you're really going to, it's going to be a two flight place, which is fine though. I mean, Birmingham so easy to get around. I always tell people, you know, Atlanta is one flight away from everywhere, but you took two hours to get to the airport. Birmingham takes me literally 10 minutes to get to the airport and then another five minutes to get to my gate. And then I can fly to Atlanta and in 45 minutes. So it really saves me. I get placed as faster than people do in Atlanta.   Michael: And Matthew, speaking of getting places, do you all have traffic and understand you're speaking to a couple of California, so we gotta be careful here.   Matthew: Look, I've been in Atlanta on the bypass, the two 85 bypass. And it is really bad. There's only a couple areas in Birmingham that are probably that bad or, or could even like sniff being that bad. That two 80 corridor is really tough in the morning. It may take you an hour to come 15 miles, 20 miles in, but a lot of people do it. Like it's amazing to me. We keep making it wider and wider and wider. And as you know, it also makes it worse before it gets better. And then by the time they finish it, it feels like it needs to be wider. And that's where I would say a lot of the housing growth is going right now is South and East down to 80. So you can see Chelsea down there in the bottom right hand corner of the map. If you're looking at it, Chelsea is a really growing thriving area.   Again, anywhere around McCalla is really growing. That's where they're building a lot of homes. I've got some great friends that are one of the largest builders in Birmingham, and they consistently build in those areas and build in Trussville, which is just East of town. So they're still building in the suburbs. There's not a lot of infill building going on right now. And they continue to sell homes. Even during this market, when we're recording, this is kind of coronavirus world, and they're still selling homes. They're still building them. They still have people that are interested in buying them. So we really feel like in Birmingham, we've got a little bit of a shortage in the housing.   Tom: Yeah. I mean, it's one of the highest SFR applications for building new houses way up there. And looking at the beginning of some of those metrics, let's touch on investor friendly related matters. So is there any concepts of rent control or, you know, legal concerns around unlawful detainers or three-day notices I'd love just kind of, you're taking, you're probably an expert at this as a property manager, as a CEO of a property management.   Matthew: Yeah. Unfortunately, sometimes, unfortunately, fortunately. Yeah. So Birmingham is a very conservative, well, Alabama let's say, cause because most landlord tenant laws are state specific. Alabama is a very conservative politically state. Birmingham is a very progressive city though. And so, but still most of the laws are driven, are state driven, landlord tenant laws. So evicting a tenant is easy technically to get done, but it does take a while to get done. And in Birmingham that's probably the biggest drawbacks to Birmingham is sometimes it takes as many as 60, sometimes as many as 90 days to get someone set out from the time you fall an unlawful detainer to the time you actually set them out. So that is a really long time, even in a place like California. I think that's a long time. The good thing about Birmingham though is again, it is a very landlord friendly laws. The landlord tenant law is very, is it really written landlord friendly. We have very low property taxes, relatively speaking. So as a percentage, it's way less than a lot of the other communities around the country. And look, there is no rent control. I don't ever expect that we might be one of the last places in Birmingham to have that. So it's again, pretty much landlord friendly, but you want to make sure you get a good resident in your home so that you don't have to evict them.   Tom: Makes sense. My other kind of question on, I guess this is sort of landlord friendly. I know some areas have a lot of HOA ways and some of these hos, you know, they have sneaky little rules and the bylaws about being an owner occupant. And is that common in Birmingham?   Matthew: It's not, we managed in places like Nashville and Atlanta where that's very common. So very familiar with that. Birmingham is not that way right now. It could come that way. As the housing stock that's being been built in the last 10 to 20 years, maybe it becomes more rental stock, but right now it is definitely not that way, especially in the areas where investors are buying.   Michael: So it sounds like Matt, from the descriptions that you've been giving, this is a very seller friendly market. It's really a sellers market at this stage of the game. Is that fair to say,   Matthew: Is it is an investor market. It is absolutely. You can definitely sell a house right now, but there's, I mean, it's just a really healthy, it's like very aggressive sellers and very aggressive buyers right now. But yes, if you're selling a home, you could even do a good job. You could make out really well selling homes right now, too.   Michael: Okay. Great.   Tom: Any other thoughts on points of interests? I saw there's the Birmingham barons, AAA baseball team.   Matthew: They are AA, but yes, they are in downtown. They used to be down in Hoover and we moved them. They built a new facility that won a lot of awards in the downtown area. So that is down there much like many of the other communities, some of the things that draw people or we've, we've got a number of local breweries that are kind of fun places to hang out that a lot of people are enjoying doing. We have the food scene's really good here. So last year we had a Frank sta won the James Beard award for the best chef in the country or the best restaurant, excuse me. So we've got an, and then he's got, I always call it the coaching tree, but he's got all these other chefs that he's trained now that have gone out and started their own restaurants.   Tom: Diaspora. What's the name of his restaurant?   Matthew: His restaurant is called Highlands Highlands bar and grill. Nice. And so it's kind of an upscale, kind of a New York style bar and grill.   Michael: Awesome. Man Tom, we gotta make it out there.   Tom: I know   Matthew: That's the one of my favorite places to go.   Tom: Awesome. Michael, do you have any other questions?   Michael: Yeah. Just curious, Matt. So for all of our listeners who were previously unfamiliar with the Birmingham market, hopefully now they're a bit more acquainted with it. What would be your final thoughts if some of those needs, what, what would you want someone's final takeaway to be from, you know, about the Birmingham market?   Matthew: It'd be a long ending, but I think it's kind of important is our average rent somewhere in the $900 range. So you're talking about when you look at Birmingham, I would think more about investing in forties, fifties, and so homes in the forties, fifties, and sixties. If you're looking at investing in C class properties, maybe 60 seventies or eighties, or even some of the two thousands, we have some homes that are in the two thousands. If you're looking for B class kind of high appreciation, lower cashflow, where you're going to find those C class properties are in areas like East Lake was a, which is three, five, 206, zip code Western, the free five, two one one, Inslee three, five, two Oh eight. Midfield is three, five, Oh man. I own a house in Midfield. And I can't think of it. I'll think of in a second, but you're talking about Roebuck, which is three, five, two one five, Center point 35215.   You're going to talking about Grayson Valley area. Now you're starting to get into more B class neighborhoods that would be Trussville, Calera, a Chelsea, Hueytown, Pleasant Grove. So, and you're talking about rents now that are more in the $900 to $1,200 range. That's what we would consider B class, which kind of lines up with the statistics you were giving earlier in terms of just kind of a price brackets. We manage about six or 700 homes right now. And it is a great time to be in the rental business because we're at about 98% occupancy. We're actually north of 98% occupancy, which we've never been before. What we are seeing as a shift from people wanting to live in multifamily, to live in single family homes. So that's pretty exciting for us, obviously because the pandemic and I just don't see that going away anytime soon.   Like people just don't forget about the pandemic after it's over. They're not going to forget about it immediately. So I do think there's a shift to single family rental and in the South, this things may change, but the pandemic doesn't feel as bad as I, my friends tell me, you're experiencing in California where people are experiencing in New York, we are renting homes like crazy here. I know that our cases are up in terms of virus, but it doesn't feel that different than normal life down here right now. So all that may change, but I will tell you things are really good right now. And it's not like people are gonna stop paying rent. Obviously if they lose their job, that may be a problem. But everybody seems to have adjusted to kind of coronavirus world down here pretty well. So that's what I would say is most of our investments are in the C class and B class neighborhoods.   And look, another area I would want to highlight is Northwest, which is Forestdale and Adamsville another great area. One of my favorite areas to invest. If I could buy everything up there, I, I definitely would. And so, but I also want to be a reference for any of your potential clients. So, you know, if they have any questions, we obviously have people, I always say you, you date your real estate agent, but you marry your property manager. And so I want you to know that before we get married with any one of your clients, we want to make sure that they're buying the right thing too. So we don't, we have a vested interest in it's a longterm relationship. We can't just put somebody in any home, regardless of what that home is. So I know that was a long ending, but I thought it was important just to kind of give some numbers and some feedback on what's going on at the grassroots level.   Michael: That was great.   Tom: I love it. That's one of my favorite pieces of advice to give is, you know, leverage your property manager early and often, even in the acquisition process. I mean, it's a teamwork and you know, the earlier you can kind of start to build that trust, uh, so much value to it.   Matthew: Well, our, all our incentives are right. I don't want you buying a bad house because I've got to manage it. Like you don't have to manage it. I know you've got to pay for it, but I'm the one that has to manage it. So I don't want you buying something that's going to cause me a lot of headaches in the future. Just like any business owner. Obviously we want to work really hard and earn our money, but we don't want to do extra work just because we put you in a bad property.   Tom: Awesome. This is fantastic. Thank you so much for your time. This was super interesting. The Pittsburgh of the South. I love it.   Matthew: We used to be called the magic city because we grew so fast. And so now it's starting to grow again and I'm super excited to be a part of Birmingham.   Michael: Matt, before we let you go, if folks have any questions about the Birmingham market, where can they reach out to you? And a little birdie told me also that you've got a podcast of your own.   Matthew: Yeah, no, I appreciate you mentioning it. We actually started a podcast that helps people just like you're, you're trying to help people with Birmingham's specific information. It's called the Birmingham rental investor and they can get that on Spotify or Apple or wherever somebody listens to their podcast. If they want to reach out to us specifically, we again would love to help somebody. We want to make sure that you're getting into the right house. And the best way to do that is to reach out to our support support@gkhouses.com. And what we have is essentially a support ticketing system that we'll get into our sales department and they can help you understand questions about our management services, but most importantly, make sure that you're getting into the right house so you can send them addresses. We'll give you rental reports of what we think that'll rent for. We just want to be a supplier of good information so that you can make the best decision possible. So thank you.   Tom: All right. Thank you, Matthew.   Michael: Thanks so much, Matt.   Matthew: Thank you.   Tom: Thanks again to Matthew, that was super informative. Learning about the Birmingham market. If you have any other questions, other markets for us to deep dive into, please reach out to us. You can hit me up at tom@roofstock.com and as always, this episode is brought to you by Roofstock Academy. It is your one stop shop to getting to the next level, from on-demand online educational lectures, coaching, the SFR playbook, all of that good stuff. So just check us out at roofstockacademy.com and happy investing.    

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