Houses into Homes

Larry Gray got me laughing this morning so I thought I'd share something I saw on Facebook a while back, it's paraphrased because my memory isn't all that great.teacher: Who can come up to the map and point out Americateacher: Okay Amelia come up to the board, that's correct Amelia thank you. Now...

 So what does a recipe have to do with real estate you ask. Not much except you need a kitchen in which to cook and going meatless can save you a few bucks so you'll have more in your pocket for your down payment.Quite a stretch I know, I just really like to cook and I made a dinner last week tha...

Is your house bursting at the seams? Do you have hobbies that you just don't seem to have room for? My husband and I struggled with that for the last 8 or 9 years. The biggest issues John's drum kit and my treadmill.My solution was to build an outdoor room, complete with power. My brother and I b...

 A few weeks ago I was logged onto the NAR website looking for some publications to add to my newsletter and I stumbled onto a great benefit. Did you know that int the learning section of NAR there is a library and in that library you can borrow e-books and audio books? The library is great for s...

I recently finished reading "The One Thing" by Gary Kellar, yes I know I'm pretty far behind the times but it never came up before.I enjoyed the book, and the central question "What is the one thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will become easier or unneccessary?" is certainly w...

In addition to my job as a Realtor, I also invest in real estate to fix and flip, so I see a lot of properties and listings. In the Austin market where I am most active I see three common mistakes: Pricing Properties Too HighYes, you want the highest price for your property and yes, Austin is cur...