Jem Woods' Blog

I wrote a post a week or so back about eating fudge pie with Ricki Eichler at The Bluebonnet Cafe in Marble Falls, Tx.  It brought back some fond memories of eating Buttermilk Pie at the Lost Maples Cafe in Utopia, Tx., close to where Ricki is from.  One of the people who commented asked for the ...

I opened my AR blog today for the first time since late last week and found a post from Rick Eichler that I really enjoyed.  You see, Ricki and I met for pie at the Bluebonnet Café in Marble Falls last Friday.  She chronicles the pie eating in her latest post.  I'm not sure if she mentioned that ...

Carole Provenzale recently tagged me with a challenge to find a "Hidden Gem in The Rain".   She was sweet enough to have chosen me as her "Gem", so now I'm passing the torch to someone that I feel is deserving.   If you haven't been lucky enough to have read Melissa Grant's "Hidden Gem in The Rai...

I got fingerprinted today, and I wasn't handcuffed or riding in the back of a patrol car!  The Great State of Texas now requires all people who hold a sales license and all Brokers to get their fingerprints taken before you can renew.  Although it was an inconvenience to drive from Marble Falls (...

It should be quite simple, five things shouldn't be that hard.  I've sat here and thought about it, stared at the blank screen and still I continue to wonder what to write.  Should I keep it simple, or delve into the depths of my soul, spilling out my deep-hearted philosophies that would make you...

No disrespect to the few that have topped 300,000, or those who I see on the Texas leader board in the 170k range, but I just made it to 5000 points. . .and oddly enough, I'm excited about it!  I've become somewhat addicted to AR in the month or so that I"ve been here.  I've found several groups ...

Last Sunday, a couple of days after Thanksgiving, we awoke to find my wife's miniature dachshund "Belle" having a hard time breathing and she had become quite lethargic.  She was obviously in distress, which in turn caused everybody else to be stressed.  You see, Belle was a Christmas present to ...

I answered the phone today and heard those dreaded words, "Are you kiddin' me", with that nice Texas drawl.  It was a client of mine that's looking at ranches and is ready to buy as soon as his current ranch is sold.  He informed me that he has changed listing agents and that his past agent is ch...

I'd like to take a moment and thank all of the Realtors who don't communicate with their clients.   I'm not talking about taking a listing and never calling, or having a buyer that's ready to go and not taking the gift that's being handed to you; I'm specifically talking about following up and do...

I spent the my first career as a Paramedic in Texas, calling it a career seems appropriate because I spent 23 years in the field before retiring.  Moving into real estate seemed to be daunting transition (or so I thought).  It took a while to get my business off the ground until I realized what a...