AUSTIN APARTMENT REVENUE LEADS STATE DALLAS SECOND* Carrollton (ALN Apartment Data Inc.) - Austin apartment revenues surged 11 percent in 2010, much more than any of the 23 markets across the six states studied by ALN Apartment Data Inc. Dallas was second with a 6.6 percent increase. Rankings fo
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01/21/2011
The story is too long to go into now, but surfice it to say that when I was about 10 or so, my daddy thought his Episcopalian son ought to attend Hebrew school at the local schul so he could learn and know about that very interesting and important culture. <<---Myron Cohen, Balinese Room Headline
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01/21/2011
Let me submit a bit of logic for your consideration. When a home is listed with a Dallas area Realtor doesn't sell within, say, 120 days or so, what the seller should get out of that occurrence is that several thousand agents have been unable to sell the home. While it is human nature, I suppose,
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01/20/2011
This is an interesting editorial from the Galveston County Daily News. Texas Should Ban Texting While Driving By Heber Taylor The Daily NewsPublished January 19, 2011 Texas legislators have filed a handful of bills that would make it illegal to drive while sending or reading text messages.That's
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01/18/2011
Yesterday I posted a piece titled You Know You're a Redneck When.... It said that one of the ways you know you're a redneck is when you use a rag for a gas cap. That reminded me of the post war years....back when service station attendants still pumped your gas, checked your tires and radiator, a
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01/18/2011
BUFORD EXPLAINS HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE A RED NECK Buford "Gaalee" SmithPhilosopher YOU KNOW YOU'RE A REDNECK WHEN.... 1. You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree.2. You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a fly swatter.3. Your boat has not left the driveway in
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01/17/2011
There are many successful agents and agencies who are convinced that the key to their past success has been their dedication and the expense of many thousands toward the creation and maintenance of great web sites. Oddly, the recent years of a highly fueled real estate market has coincided with t
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01/15/2011
WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR HOMESReal Estate Center at Texas A&M University ORLANDO (Real Estate Center) - The home of the future doesn't include Jetson-style hovercrafts or robotic maids - yet - but there are some key changes worth looking for if you're a builder. <<===It won't be like this. Based o
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01/14/2011
Here's what everyone should know about the current real estate market. 1. This market is a blended arbitrage market. People can buy a home now at below cost and finance it at an artificially low 30 year interest rate. 2. Or, they can wait until next year or the year after, etc., and buy a simil
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01/14/2011
There's a piece that's being sent around from friend to friend by email. Perhaps you've seen it. It compares U.S. citizens who are not under national health care with citizens of other countries who are. It takes one health problem after another, compares the quickness of treatment in the US wi
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01/13/2011
