The Zilker Park Kite Festival is this weekend, Sunday, March 4 2012. We've gone the past two years and it's been so much fun. I'm looking forward to going again this year. I don't think the kids are old enough to fly a kite yet, but they're definitely old enough to run around and have fun. Here
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02/29/2012
For the past few months, I've been working a particular connection I have at a big chain bank to list some of their REO properties. I've spoken with the VP of the REO department and the Regional VP of the REO department. I get the same story, that it's a waiting game, and I understand that. Th
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02/29/2012
For a couple of years, the view outside my office window was a vacant lot across the street. The builders had not put a house there yet. I thought it would be fun to capture the entire building process on video, so I waited and waited for them to start "moving dirt", as they say. One day, I fin
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02/22/2012
Donna Harris Earns Real Estate, Short Sale Designation to Help Homeowners in Danger of Foreclosure Austin, TX – February 21, 2012 – Donna Harris of RE/MAX Austin Skyline in Austin has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert® (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive tra
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02/21/2012
I saw this article from Market Watch over the weekend, and I was just dumbfounded by it. In today's market, I don't see how something so market specific and so general could be published to say it's a national trend. This Market Watch article is called "Kiss These 10 Once-Popular Home Features Go
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02/20/2012
Back in December, I was at the Austin Music Hall for an awards ceremony. I played it down. I didn't tell but a couple of people. I didn't think it was a big deal. I still consider myself "new" to Austin, so to be up for some type of award, I figured it was either a mistake or they had a small po
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02/16/2012
This is my sweet Valentine, Alyssa. The first picture is at age 4. The bottom picture is Valentine's at age 2. She's grown into her Poodle Skirt... **Are You Packed Yet?** Donna Harris, REALTOR®RE/MAX Austin Skylinewww.DonnaHomes.comDonna@DonnaHomes.comaustin-texas-homes-for-sale.com Austin TX Re
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02/15/2012
As a Realtor, do you refer your buyers to mortgage professionals that you have worked with in the past, and have had a good experience with? I always try to refer my Austin TX home buyers. Some times, the buyers feel they want to go another direction, and I can't control that. It's their home pur
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02/08/2012
I was never a list writer. I could always tell myself what needed to get done, and my memory was awesome, and I hardly forgot a thing... Enter kids... These days, my memory is shot! I even write a list for the grocery store. But get this, even with the list, I still forget some things on the li
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02/06/2012