Hill Country Austin TX Real Estate and Mediation

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Real Estate Agent - Donna Homes, powered by JPAR - TexasRealEstateMediationServices.com - 0480809
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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2011 

I was on a real estate forum a couple of days ago reading people's questions and problems. I always find it hilarious to read someone asking perfect strangers for advice about their lives when they don't know them or how they live.This guy says, in summary, "My house is too small and I need anoth...
08/12/2011
Lake Travis ISD - Cavalier Varsity Football Schedule is done. The Lake Travis Cavaliers have won the State Football Championship 4 years in a row, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.  Come cheer the Red and Black Cavs on to their 5th straight Class 4A Championship.Date     Opponent                       ...
08/12/2011
New Construction homes have surprises around every corner.  You move into your brand new, beautiful home in Austin TX, and you want to take your very first bubble bath in your gorgeous and inviting new bath tub... But what you didn't realize is that it looked like this while it was under new home...
08/11/2011
Real Estate Recovery - Austin TX is well underway!  I have buyers getting rates that I am so jealous of!!  When I bought my house in the Spring of 2009, I missed the 4.5% rates that were offered by a couple of hours, and had to settle for 4.625%.  In the past week, here are the rates my buyers ha...
08/11/2011
Lake Travis ISD keeps its EXEMPLARY rating for its second year in a row!! I knew my school taxes were paying for something!!   The Exemplary rating is the highest rating offered by the Texas Education Agency. How does the TEA determine the ratings? They use several different factors such as stand...
08/10/2011
It's nearing the end of Summer and school is going to start. Many new people have relocated to Austin TX, and they might think that school starts after Labor Day, but they would be wrong... and late! School will start on August 22, 2011 for the Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD). Wha...
08/10/2011
Lake Travis - Austin TX Weather Drought - 2009 vs 2011 Look at these pictures of Lake Travis in Austin TX off Hudson Bend.  This is my in-laws "Waterfront" property.  We were there this weekend picking peaches. This is August 2011: This is July 2009: I find it odd that many people have made the c...
08/09/2011
Real Estate Recovery- Austin TX - Selling houses right and left. Last week, I contracted three houses in three days!  They are in South Austin, Steiner Ranch, and Round Rock. Yes, I was busy busy! Just because the houses are under contract, it doesn't mean my job is done. I had to coordinate insp...
08/09/2011
What happens during the new home construction process that you're not aware of? You move into your brand new Austin TX home, and you get unpacked.  You decide to make your first meal in the house, but was it the first meal in the house... I walked the house across the street from me yesterday as ...
08/08/2011
I got a very interesting email this weekend from a Broker. He tells me he's looking to hire a REALTOR® to help him write articles and "area related content" for his website. Yes, he's actually sending emails out to local agents asking them to write content for his site to help build his business!...
08/08/2011
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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!