What's up with vacant and then there's obviously someone living in the house? Or kind of living in the house. We've all seen it, right? The listing says vacant / go and we go, probably even still ring the doorbell, and you open the front door and right away you think "this does not look super v
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01/23/2009
A sunny January day on the shore of Lake Austin by the 360 bridge ... an Austin gem between Northwest Hills and Westlake, near Jester, just south of 2222. It's great to take the dogs for a walk here this time of year because you don't have all the usual summer boating traffic. Austin and Boy Howd
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01/22/2009
So it is a 70 degree sunny January day in Austin, TX and we decided to take a hike into the greenbelt in our backyard, just outside our back yard. Steck Valley Park is in Northwest Hills. It starts where Steck ends and it ends at 360. No one really knows it's a park except for the neighborhood
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01/18/2009
Article in Statesman today: A closer look at what's selling in the Austin area It's only half the story ... So you may have read the story on the front of the Homes section of the Statesman this morning (http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/01/18//0118pending
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01/18/2009
Do you spend too much time on Facebook or know some professionals who do? Are you making the most of it or wasting time? Facebook can be a valuable tool for your business if you do the right things and, this is important, don't do the wrong things. Facebook is a cool tool and I have found coll
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01/16/2009
Attended an exceptional class in Austin today with Perry Henderson, WEB 2.0 for Real Estate. The class is days away from being an MCE class. Perry knocks it out of the park on this topic. Here are a few things I picked up this morning: google maps - get your name, company and address on their
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01/16/2009
- from one of our favorite mortgage voices, David Reed, CD Reed Mortgage Bankers, Austin If you know someone who is refinancing let them know there's a log jam ahead. If you're got a contract, prepare for a possible extenstion. Lenders typically let their loan officers know on a daily basis h
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01/15/2009
Fast Austin Facts: Per capita income: $36,328 Gross metropolitan product: $71.18 Billion Private-sector jobs as of mid-2008: 618,200 Unemployment rate as of mid-2008: 4.2% Private-sector trend since mid-2007: Added 11,600 jobs One-year growth rate: 1.9% 5-year Growth Rates: Population: up 17.92
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01/15/2009
HUD homes typically require a minimum 3 1/2% down payment. You can put as little as $100 down on a HUD home with the following conditions: It will be your primary residenceYou are using FHA financingYou pay full price or more What a deal. Call us for any and all HUD inquiries ... we have access
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01/14/2009
So we saw the craziest house this week. The common thought today is that we wait and prices will go down, interest rates will get even lower and you will get this great house at a steal of a price. So a steal house for $89,000 in a neighborhood selling around $130,000 will include your own green
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01/14/2009
