Dear Real Estate Diary,
This evening, I planned to go on a turtle run....but I spent most of my time exploring a a few houses in 
Williams Creek, a newer College Station subdivision. I was taking pictures for a future post on the costs and benefits of new residential construction. The price of homes in this subdivision that are currently available for sale start out at $475,000.
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Although I was in running clothes, I ended up walking and doing some thinking.
Did you know that in College Station there are at least three different companies that provide porta-potties? Who would have thought: "Would you like a blue porta potty or a white one or look, here is another style of a blue one?"
In addition to the various brands of porta potties that I found, I was amazed at the array of different heavy equipment machinery that are required to set up a new subdivision.
When my kids were little, they would have loved seeing the different equipment.....that was way back in the days that they got excited over seeing the garbage man come. Hmmm. It take a little more than that to capture their attention now. And, me....what has happened to me?....I'm out taking pictures of porta potties and construction equipment.
The machine below can do 4 different jobs - that I noticed.
Oh....the effort that goes into making a good Localism post that people might actually read.
Over the last week, I've actually started thinking that the Localism might really be a great idea....if we can write posts that will actually engage readers. To do so, we must actually create the online community that is envisioned.
However, I'm wondering of communities should be defined by interests rather than neighborhoods.
One such interest community in my area is the people that are interested in Growth Management Issues. 
The B-CS Chamber of Commerce luncheon that had a record smashing attendance demonstrates in this topic. How would you catagorize these people into one subdivision. How would they find what they are interested in if they have to sort through everything.
Ask me more about the Growth Management Issue topic......I LOVE to talk about it..
Another potential "interest community" is the arts. Since the primary source of my income is from real estate sales....and this was a busy week, I've gotten behind on my blogs about the different artists I 
have met within the last week.
For example, I spoke with Frieda Isbell...the up and coming College Station artist that a very unique, expressive style of painting. She shared some of her newest pieces with me and welcomed any assistance that I could provide in helping her showcase her work. This particular painting, titled "Young Lovers" had been on display at the Texas Gallery, which is part of the Arts Center, back in June.
As the sun was setting, I decided it was time to head home. On my way, I saw the most interesting 
sunset.
Although the captivating view lasted for a few minutes, I was able to get a couple more pictures and another idea for a future post.
I was wondering, is Active Rain getting you to look at the world from a slightly different perspective?
Photographed,
written and posted by
Sondra Meyer CPA/Real Estate Broker
United Country Brazos Valley Realty
1275 Flying Ace Ranch Circle
College Station TX 77845
979-575-2700
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