Austin Texas Real Estate Blog (and other stuff)
This blog is about the Austin real estate market, along with tips for agents and other funny stuff that I deem fit to include.
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2008
In a report that was just released via MSN's Real Estate portal, Austin ranked #10 on the list of "66 Cities Where Buying Makes Sense". Not surprisingly, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and McAllen, Texas also made the top ten! The study was conducted to determine whether it is a better financial...
09/23/2008
This may not be new ground for most veteran members, but if you are new to the site, you will probably find this information very helpful. I first started blogging back in 2004 on another website, although it was not for business at all. Rather, it was just an assortment of personal stories and...
09/22/2008
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This is the final "installment" of my family trip photos from our recent visit to Houston (pre-hurricane). We spent our last day at the Houston Zoo, which was a lot of fun for the whole family. Unfortunately, the last time I went there, my cell phone was stolen from my van, so if you visit, I w...
09/20/2008
Falcon Pointe is a 700-acre master-planned community in the fast-growing Pflugerville area. As the largest master-planned community in Pflugerville, Falcon Pointe offers homes priced from the $170,000s to $300,000s by leading builders, along with a popular Residents' Club, parks and greenbelt t...
09/20/2008
One of my favorite hangouts with my wife is Half Price Books, or basically any used bookstore with a good selection. I have enjoyed reading for my entire life, and I have (thankfully) instilled this love of learning and reading in my own children, who are homeschooled. I actually learned to rea...
09/19/2008
I have a friend who, for the sake of this post, I am going to call Ted. I don't actually know any Teds, so we should be safe using this name. I am sure you know someone like Ted. He's the kind of guy who manages to focus on the negative, no matter how well things are going for him. Also, he i...
09/18/2008
As a six-year resident of the Blackhawk area and a 13-year resident of Pflugerville, I like to keep an eye on the market values here in the area. When the toll roads opened about a year ago, the prices started trending upward and they have continued to appreciate overall, although more slowly ri...
09/18/2008
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As a resident of Meadows of Blackhawk for almost six years now, I like to keep an eye on the market values here in our neighborhood. When the toll roads opened about a couple of years ago, the prices started trending upward and they have continued to appreciate for the most part, although things...
09/18/2008
When I first started in real estate, I used to spend crazy amounts of money on print advertising. We tried it all, and then some! Newspapers, local magazines, national magazines, mailouts, and more. I felt like much of what I did in that initial year or two provided a quick education on which ...
09/16/2008
One of the more frequent battles that I encounter as a real estate broker is the fact that many members of the general public think that we are only licensed to sell resale homes, or that builders don't work with agents at all. It may surprise you to realize that a significant percentage of our ...
09/16/2008
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