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
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For this month's Inspired by Song! contest, which runs for a few more days, we challenged our ActiveRain friends to write on the topic of a personal theme song. This is my own post on this topic, although I am not eligible to win, since I am a judge. At the risk of alienating some of my readers...
05/20/2008
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So, we finally broke down and made a family schedule today. It's not etched in stone, but it covers all of the bases. My wife Pam was the one who organized it, as it had been a long-standing goal of hers, ever since we had our third child. Our instructions were simple: "Write down what you hav...
05/19/2008
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After several months of tweaking, I finally launched my company's new website design this morning. I am working with my web guy on speeding up the load time, but overall I am very happy with the outcome. Stop by and take a look sometime. I would be interested in hearing your feedback: http://w...
05/19/2008
Over the years of my real estate career, I have grown a thicker skin, as it were. In some ways it has simply become easier to accept when things don't work out the way that I had hoped. I once lost a $213,000 commission when my buyer was snagged for money laundering. After that happened, I to...
05/18/2008
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I recently wrote about my son learning to ride a bike (My Son Can Ride a Bike Now! Way to go, Brandon!). He learned to ride on April 30th, and since then he has become a very fast study. The only time that he has fallen was when he attempted to wave at the camera on his second day. Since he is...
05/17/2008
My wife and I purchased our first home in Pflugerville in March of 1995. At the time, we had been married a little over two years, and I was 24 years old. We had no children then. One reason that we chose Pflugerville was its affordability. I was working as a restaurant manager for Souper Sa...
05/17/2008
Last night, my wife and I had a "date night" (which is really just married couple talk for "no children with us for a couple of hours"). We went to the Alamo Drafthouse on Sixth Street to see "Iron Man". I must admit that I was worried that I might not like it as much as some of my friends who...
05/15/2008
Austin was recently named the #4 city on Forbes' "Best Cities for Home Sellers", which analyzed the top 40 metropolitan areas around the country. Austin currently ranks 16th on the list of largest metro areas. Factors used to determine this year's rankings included: 2007 unsold vacancy rate How...
05/15/2008
Once again, Austin, Texas has made national news. Forbes.com has named Austin #3 on its new list of "Recession Proof" cities. The top two cities were Oklahoma City and San Antonio, TX. The top 50 largest metro areas were ranked on a scale using three major factors, namely: Unemployment rate -...
05/14/2008
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My nine-year old son Brandon has suddenly developed the ability to write haikus. Come to think of it, is haiku the plural or haikus? Is is like moose or deer? Either way, he likes this particular form of poetry. He comes by it honestly, I suppose. One of the few things I have ever had publis...
05/12/2008
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I write about humorous stories, family, things that are interesting to me, and the Austin real estate market.
