WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN VEGAS??? - 08/31/07 02:39 PM
 
Some really WONDERFUL THINGS!! Graduation, Baptisms, Great friends, Fun and best of all you can remember evertything in the Morning.
Vegas is a community with some really great people. Many people have seen the strip but not many have seen the real Las Vegas. These pictures capture some moments that may help show you how Las Vegas may not be so different from where you live.
The strip is really just a small part of Las Vegas. To all our friends who call Vegas Home this is for you.
 Alan Kirkpatrick, Realtor
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Not just a Home but a Lifestyle... - 08/31/07 09:17 AM
 
Great listing just 20 minutes from downtown Austin.


Four Sides Stone. 2591 sq. ft. per CAD. 4 Bedrooms 3 full baths. Dining room, office and eat in kitchen. Beautiful plan shows like a model home great location just behind Dell Diamond and Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Texas.
Price: $259,999
Contact: Alan Kirkpatrick, Realtor alanmaz1@earthlink.net or 512-709-3336
See other Homes in Austin/Round Rock
http://alanmaz.actris.mlxchange.com/ 
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The New SoCal? - 08/30/07 04:56 PM
 
 
There are some who believe what is happening in Austin, Texas is a type of mini mee! Southern California giving birth to a Texas baby silicon valley, movie making, live music clone. It is still too early to tell for sure but there are some interesting things happening in and around Austin that have SoCal connections... http://www.villamuse.com/
For years the Southern California Real Estate market has defied the national trends. The market could rise and fall all over the country but in California it just seemed to rise. Now that even California is experiencing a slow down it is interesting that … (26 comments)

What is your favorite Buyers or Sellers Question? - 08/29/07 06:32 PM
 
In every job there are those annoying questions you get ask daily about a hundred times or so it seems. When I worked for BOSE we had a surround sound system that had four speakers that you could fit in your hands. To top it off the sound quality would blow you away. These small speakers would almost disappear in the room. You would think that in itself would have been enough to make buyers happy. But each day we would be asked this question: "Do you have it in Wireless?"
We would hear that question everyday. At first I would … (11 comments)

Dealing with Rejection... - 08/28/07 11:45 PM
 
 
How do you deal with Rejection? If you are like me you probably don't do so well with it. I would like to believe that it is just business and I do not need to take it personally but in fact I have lain awake many a night replaying how I might have handled the situation differently and then they would have loved me. They would have thrown a parade in my honor and distributed my business cards to every person in their little black books.
Alas. it was only a dream and I am still dejected because I was rejected. I … (4 comments)

Round Rock TX New Homes - Teravista - 08/28/07 04:29 PM
 
 
 
Teravista is an outstanding master planned community featuring some of the finest builders in Texas. An 18 hole golf course and clubhouse. Direct access to the New Round Rock Premium Outlets. Just off the I-35 only 20 minutes to downtown Austin. Ground has broken in Teravista for our new RRISD Elementary school. It features two community pools a workout center. Close to Dell, Dell Diamond, new hospital, and the first IKEA store in central Texas.
My family and I made Teravista in Round Rock our home. We love it and you will too. Call or email for floor … (10 comments)

Real Estate and Soup Kitchens... - 08/27/07 10:04 AM

   Curious about the Title? No, I do not believe Realtors are headed toward the soup Kitchen lines and as you can tell by the picture this would be a pretty fancy soup kitchen. Yes, it is more difficult than in very recent years but lets face it the last 5 to 6 years in real estate are not reflective of any kind of normal market trends of real estate in past decades. There have always been a few Hot spots but for the most part we have experienced ups and downs.
     Fear, is an enemy of success. It paralyzes … (4 comments)

Lord of the Lands... - 08/25/07 11:20 PM
 
Thanks to an ever growing government that devours our money faster than we can make it, wealth building is the game of the wealthy and surviving another day is the mandate of the masses. Regardless which side of the political Isle you may be coming from most all of us can agree that we are being Taxed to Death!! With every new program congress blesses they reach deeper into our pockets to finance them.
Each cause they tout as noble: health care for the children, more funds for the schools, welfare, medicare. Many of these causes are noble and few would … (1 comments)

WHAT I LEARNED IN LAS VEGAS - 08/16/07 06:42 PM
 
Few things are as exciting as watching your home vaue double in about 9 months. Such was the case when we moved to Las Vegas in June of 2003. We had made several trips out ot Las Vegas to search for a home and finally narrowed it down to a 3300 sq ft home on a half acre in a gated community in North Las Vegas. The lines had already started to form we were number 30 on a list that would eventually be over 200.
As we sat in the new home builders office he took a call from some … (10 comments)

Austin Real Estate - 08/15/07 11:38 AM

 
 The lakes and rivers are full thanks to a summer of rain that has eliminated the drought of central Texas and decorated it with beautiful wildflowers and lush green trees. One visit and it is easy to see why so many people are moving and investing in Central Texas.
Recently I took my family and some of our friends from out of state to downtown Austin along the famed 6th street. We took the Duck Boat tour http://www.austinducks.com/ it was a blast. You will learn all about the history of Austin and how it became the capitol of Texas. We finished the … (3 comments)