South Austin Real Estate Blog - Sky Realty

This morning on the front page of the Austin American Statesman newspaper the BOLD TYPE HEADLINE says: Will We Run Dry by 2080? HUH?  well it is definitely an eye catcher.  Around here we have been in a drought for a few months, our rainfall is not as it should be and the lakes are down, a lot.  ...

Long ago I learned that in the cycle of making honey the Queen Bee gets all the Glory and the Drones do all the work.  Flying in and out of hives and bringing the pollen nectars to the Queen, then back to the flowers and shrubs and warding off other insects and birds and man made threats the dron...

This is a great post of Charlies and I want to share it because it illustrates so well the savings a buyer can make when using a knowledgeable Realtor® whether living in the Mountains of Georgia or the Hills of South Austin Texas.  A Realtor saves you money. If you are buying a home and working ...

A few folks have been following this exciting race of ours.  Tim Moncrief, Betina Foreman and myself have been battling back and forth between 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Travis County and Austin Texas area for THIRD PLACE OVERALL.   Jason Crouch is undisputably #1 and Donna Harris is #2 and I do ...

Today is a great day here in Austin Texas, the sky is blue, the sun is coming up in the east, my family is home from vacation and I have just passed (with this post) the long awaited milestone of 200,000 points here in Active Rain. I am a real fan of Active Rain, I praise it and recommend it to e...

Reading the post of my friend in Charlottesville, Charles McDonaldtoday I realized just how many different and various things we do offer the consumer...  as a Realtor® just in our daily driving we learn all the new stuff going on in a community.  Here in Austin there is always something going on...

This is a simple recipe I devised to add a bit of spice to regular fruit.  The grandkids like it, I like it and it does not add calories plus it tastes so good people ask what did you put on the fruit.I call it Dressing the Fruit and its great for a side dish at brunch, lunch, or anytime for a sn...

I have sat comfortably in the 3rd place position here in Austin and Travis County Texas on Active Rain for some time now.   Actually since Donna Harris relocated here from the Dallas area, (Donna is a good addition to our area and I love to read her post about her gorgeous little girl). So, I do ...

The statistics are out of June 2009 and when compared to June 2008 we are down a small amount.  Consider first that June 2008 the real estate market in Austin was still thriving and not peaked.  The Austin Market had not felt the downturn many other areas of the Nation has been dealing with.  Eve...

Reading the monthly issue of TEXAS REALTOR® I ran across an article that answered some questions for me, just how much does one save in some of the energy saving ideas we hear so much about.  Some of the answers were surprising to me and others not... SO here we go, according to the Texas Realtor...