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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2014
I've written nearly 1,200 posts on this blog, starting in 2007. Over the past several years, I've had dozens of sales that have resulted from referrals from my ActiveRain friends around the state and country, and from consumers finding me directly on my profile or from specific posts (my Austin T...
01/10/2014
This question is not typically one that I hear asked out loud, but I know it's important to educate our clients on the importance of obtaining a pre-approval before shopping for a house. There are multiple reasons to do this: You won't waste your time looking at properties that are too expensive...
01/10/2014
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This is a relatively common question, especially for first-time buyers that we work with here in Austin. There's a very quick answer to this, but sometimes there are underlying questions as well, so I'll try to address this as clearly and thoroughly as I can. If you're selling your home, you will...
01/09/2014
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I decided to start a new series of posts with questions suggested by clients and other agents. The question above ("What is Earnest Money?") was the first one I received when I opened this topic up on Facebook. In a nutshell, earnest money is a deposit that home buyers submit whenever a contrac...
01/09/2014
Over the past year and a half or so, my wife and I have been running a ministry for homeless and needy families (mostly single moms and their kids), Luke 6 Ministries. We've had some wonderful blessings, having helped three different homeless families to get established in their own homes (one...
01/08/2014
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I will be interested to see if the title of this post attracts people who have no idea what I'm talking about. "Must be some weird autocorrect feature." Nope. Meatball Tag is the name of a game that was invented by my 4-year-old daughter, Jenny, and her older sister, Abby, who is 7 now. Before i...
01/07/2014
This is a question I've faced many times in my career. Sometimes, the answer is a simple, "No, it really looks fine to me. I wouldn't bother." Other times, it's rather obvious that the carpet is in need of replacement before we can list the house. Maybe it's just really worn, with traffic patter...
01/07/2014
We hear the questions above with relative frequency. For close to a decade, about half of our business consisted of representing buyers for brand-new homes. We know which Austin, Texas builders are worth considering, and (frankly) which ones to avoid. First and foremost, although they are probabl...
01/05/2014
As an 11-year resident of the Meadows of Blackhawk, I like to keep an eye on the market values here in our neighborhood. Prices have been trending upward dramatically over the past year or so, and they continue to appreciate. As a fellow homeowner, this is important to me, too! Currently, ther...
01/05/2014
Right behind my office, in an unassuming strip center on Spicewood Springs, not too far west of Mopac, is one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in town, in my humble opinion. If you like pad thai, I would put theirs up against anyone in town. My other favorite is the grilled chicken with vermic...
01/02/2014
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Jason Crouch
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I write about humorous stories, family, things that are interesting to me, and the Austin real estate market.
