Hill Country Austin TX Real Estate and Mediation

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This blog is to help educate Buyers, Sellers and even other Realtors across the country. Each market is different and the way Real Estate is done is different. Austin TX Real Estate is completely different than Dallas, California, and Florida and everywhere else in between. Some times there will be other things besides real estate as I like to rant and rave as much as the next!! Come back often!

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2008 

The BEST baby and toddler consignment sale in DFW starts tomorrow at 8am at the Plano Centre in Plano, TX. This will be my third time to attend.  I love being able to buy next-to-new for cheap cheap prices.  Babies use toys for such a short period of time, why pay retail when you don't have to? ...
08/28/2008
I got back last night from another trip to Austin.  I really feel for the buyers who have to buy a home from out of town.  It's a brain-fry!  There is so much to do and so little time.  Here's a picture of our lot.  Look at all the trees... many will be chopped down, but the back trees will remai...
08/27/2008
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Do you think about what you're trying to sell when you take pictures of the house you have listed?  I always think, "Does this picture convey what a buyer is interested in?" What is this agent or seller trying to sell?  Are you selling this treadmill?  Does it work?  How old it is?  Did you try t...
08/22/2008
Visions: The Women's Expo is this weekend, starting tonight at 5pm.  Tonight is Girls' Night Out, so only Ladies are allowed. The rest of the weekend, anyone is welcomed. This is the 19th year of the Expo. Last year had over 10,000 people in attendence.  There are many things including new produ...
08/22/2008
There is currently a man in Frisco, TX fighting with his HOA because he drives a 2007 Ford F-150.  The fight is because the Ford is not a "fancier" vehicle nor is it "plush with amenities" according to one of the HOA board members. Because it's not a Cadillac Escalade or a Lincoln Mark LT, he can...
08/19/2008
For the past few weeks, many people have blogged and blogged about the Housing Recovery Act President Bush signed in July which would put an end to the Down Payment Assistance Programs.  Almost everything I read is about how we should save these programs.  Do people understand why it's a good thi...
08/19/2008
It turns out that I'm a little spoiled being in the Dallas market verse moving to a smaller market, Austin.  In Dallas, we have a showing service called Centralized Showing Services (CSS).  I would guess 99% of agents use this service. It's very inexpensive, and it's wonderful. When I need to sho...
08/18/2008
Dang!  My poor girl... she had her 9 month appt today, and it actually went really well until the very end.  First, she has had fluid in her ears since she was about 2 months old.  We had surgery scheduled for this coming Friday to get tubes in her ears.  We wanted to wait until after this appt t...
08/18/2008
I feel so honored because of who contacted me... I'm sure many people watch the TV show The Real Estate Pros that is based in Charleston, NC and based on the investment stories of Trademark Properties.  You know, with Richard and Ginger?  Yes, they contacted ME to pass me a referral for a couple ...
08/18/2008
Boy have I been busy... busy turning off my business!  Since the move to Austin is definite, I can't keep building new business in Dallas, or I'll be throwing money down the toilet.  I like to keep as much money in my pockets as I can as I have plenty of other expenses to spend it on. This week, ...
08/15/2008
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This blog is to help educate Buyers, Sellers and even other Realtors across the country.  Each market is different and the way Real Estate is done is different.  Austin Real Estate is completely different than Dallas, California and Florida and everywhere else in between.  Some times there will be other things besides real estate as I like to rant and rave as much as the next!!  Come back often!