South Austin Real Estate Blog - Sky Realty

Going Green in Austin?  Run on over to the Convention Center down at 500 Cesar Chavez St downtown today and catch the Going Green in Austin EXPO.  Today and tomorrow you can find many new and innovative ways to go green.. Scoot on over to their website for the times and costs plus a coupon to sav...

March is roaring in one day early today...and it brings with it a hope for Spring."The March wind roars Like a lion in the sky,And makes us shiverAs he passes by. When winds are soft,And the days are warm and clear,Just like a gentle lamb,Then spring is here."-   Author Unknown Outside today the ...

This weekend, starting today, Feb 27,2009 is the start of a 3 days Expo about Green Living.  Held at the Convention Center on Casear Chavez St downtown Austin this event will showcase how to get going green.  Click here for a coupon to save $1 per entrant, except those receiving the Senior discou...

This online tax  site was referred to my sister after she had problems filing her taxes at the IRS walkin help office in Houston.  Since it seems like a great help to many folks, and its free, I thought it was worthy of passing along. Free Tax Filing Help Online at www.taxact.com  This is only fo...

Our House..  as the song go, is a very very very fine house.  Each of us has our own example or idea and Ideal of what  our house should be.   Its a one story bungalow, its a two story  McMansion, its a sprawling Ranch in a suburb of a city. Its a townhouse, a duplex or a loft. Our house is where...

A great resource by Debe Maxwell, the First Time Homebuyers handbook, especially with the 2009 First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit of $8,000 being passed into law this week.  Spread the word, you can buy and now is the time! Why rent when you CAN buy?  Why pay someone else's mortgage for them?  Whe...

It's time to think about Summer camp here in Austin Texas,  While there are many choice from garden-heads day camps to dance and ballet camp to dirt bike camp most camps need to be selected and registered early.  Fees for the camps range from FREE to $700 a week. There are many in the $200 a week...

Today another day of minor victories in life.  I have opposed the $7,500 tax credit for first time home buyers that came out last fall... because it was a LOAN.  Not a true credit and to me it was smoke and mirrors. Finally, Congress got this part at least partially right.  IT IS A FULL FLEDGED T...

I don't often reblog,  when I feel something needs to be read more widely I will try to reblog then... so today I read this post by My friend Charlie Ragonesi of Big Canoe Georgia  I think its something we all need to take note of.  Maybe there is help for our industry this year.  I hope many mor...

Its almost as though everyone is "waiting to see"  buyers waiting to see if the homes will get cheaper? homeowners waiting to see about restructuring loans? banks waiting to see if the government will mandate or give more? the government waiting to see.. I don't know, how much more money it can p...