South Austin Real Estate Blog - Sky Realty

Why did this listing expire?  Today I was idly perusing the MLS ... yes I do do that sometimes, check out whats happening my kinda stuff. And here was a great looking house, good neighborhood with blue ribbon schools, playgrounds, shopping nearby.. all the amenities you could want.. and this list...

While I was just surfing the web looking for the really cute Christmas Clock I had last year, (gee why can't I find that URL?) I ran across this cute site. http://www.emailsanta.com/email_santa.asp I have a couple of younger grandsons who will just love this site... I know I will have to help the...

Last night a grand tradition followed an amazingly good Thanksgiving Day dinner, the Tradition we have acquired since we moved to Texas, about 14 years ago,  University of Texas @ Austin, has a college football team, called the Longhorns,  (surely you have heard .. HookEM Horns) and about 60 mile...

I knew I was moving slow lately, so slow that the bookworm MeMe caught up with me.. twice no less.. thanks to my dear friends, Ricki Eichler and Betina Foreman... so ladies here ya go ... the rules first. follow the directions and grab the first book!  But it can not be The BIBLE.  Anyway, this m...

This week I came home to a blaze of color. Every year this tree turns to a fountain of Chocolate or thats what my mind sees when I look at it.  Here in south central Texas we don't get as much color as folks east of us, but we get some and this is an example that reminds me every year of fall has...

Holidays are always expensive, sometimes Realtors are expected to be gifting and giving and Holiday Season is no expection, so I have some ideas that could lessen the bite on your wallet and still make you look like a Realtor who remembers and cares about the family they just sold a house to.  I ...

The latest take action from NAR was a plea for Realtors and all other concerned citizens to tell Congress we need a housing stimulus package.  The letter I read had some very good points in it, so I sent it to my Representative and Congressman/woman.  The part of the letter I appreciated the most...

This morning I have had some extra time to read more blogs and I ran across this one written by Bill Brannon of Hilton Head South Carolina...To Preview or not to Preview, that is the question  (Members Only)  This has me thinking about what do we tell sellers?  Is your Realtor upfront and honest ...

OK folks, today is a RANT, a full blown raving message that I need to just do a Dear Diary to... Almost every day I come to Active Rain and read about my world of Real Estate, I read good and bad, I read posts about humor, sadness, work, children, recipes, books and all types of posts.  I read wh...

Austin Texas is a GREEN CITY, and Mayor Will Wynn would like Austin to be the Leading Green City in the Nation, or the World.  Mayor Wynn has been instrumental in proposing energy efficiency in our daily lives and our homes, with all that in mind here is the latest on whats happening in Austin Te...