Paul Perez's (pbaperez) Blog

Everywhere you turn you see another market reporting record losses from stocks to residential equity in homes.  Only Austin seems to be chugging right along.  Not to say that things have been unaffected, 30% less people qualify these days since the sub-market slow down.  Things seem to be going b...

Whenever I get a potential tenant who is looking to spend around $1400 on a rental I immediately ask them: "Why are you paying so much to rent when you could probably afford to buy?" I usually get an answer to the effect of "well my credit is bad" or "I don't want to tie myself down like that". W...

Nestled on South Lamar just north of Barton Springs and Town Lake the Treadwell Condominiums has 77 condo's consisting of 21 efficiency lofts, 30 one-bedroom/one-bath condo's, 18 one-bedroom/one-bath/study condo's, and eight two-bedroom/one-bath loft condo's with grade level surface parking for a...

A few days ago I finished my last module to become an Affordable Housing Specialist. There are all kinds of programs out there to help almost anyone get a place to call home. There is a program here in Texas that will contribute 5% of the price of the home to help pay for down payments and closin...