Floodgates Are Open - 06/27/07 07:41 PM
This is a distant shot of the 4 open floodgates in Mansfield Dam, which holds back Lake Travis.  Lake Travis is just west of Austin.  Marble Falls, which is west and upstream got around 18 inches of rain last night.  This reain reportedly fell in just 3-4 hours.  That is more … (3 comments)

Make Your House Elder-Friendly - 06/19/07 05:49 PM
As my own parents have become elderly I have been thinking of things my brothers and I can do to their house to make it safer and more elder-friendly.  Things like grab bars in the bathrooms are a good start, but they are just the beginning.  Read eight ways to make … (0 comments)

How's Your Market? - 06/19/07 10:28 AM
Residential real estate in Austin continues to be quite healthy.  The stats for May support this comment.
May 2007New listings were down by 11.89%.Solds increased by 2.55%.
As for Average Prices:The "New Listings" average list price is up 26.31% to 337,378.Sold average sales prices increased 7.89% to $245,616 compared to $227,646 in 2006.
Stats … (0 comments)

Meeting With Gary Keller - 06/14/07 04:24 PM
I was lucky enough the day before yesterday to be in a sort of mini mastermind with Gary Keller.    He invited the top 100 Keller Williams agents in Austin (production through May) to come and listen to him and get into discussions about a variety of things.  Gary doesn't travel and … (4 comments)

High School Football, Books and Robin Hood - 06/08/07 11:02 AM
In Texas we have something that we call Robin Hood.  This is a system that the legislature set up years ago to make school funding more "fair."  What the state does is take money from school districts that are considered property wealthy and then redistribute the funds to schools in property … (1 comments)

The Iguana Grill - 06/05/07 04:19 PM
I posted a couple of photos the other day that show how much Lake Travis has filled up.  I took them from the Iguana Grill.  The Iguana has become quite a cool place to hang out, especially after the Oasis burned.  After that fire, the Iguana became the place to go … (2 comments)

Lake Travis Fuller Than Full - 06/03/07 01:26 PM

From this in November, 2006...
To this on May 31, 2007.  Isn't it amazing what a little rain does!
… (0 comments)

 
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