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Attention New Home Buyers: For a long time, builders have offered appealing financing incentives for you to use their lender such as covering title policy or $1k-$2k towards closing costs. There is a new RESPA rule that says they can no longer limit that to only their lender and they have to pay ...

14 Austin companies made "Tech Fast 50" list, Deloitte & Touche LLP (October, 2008 ) The list, which the consulting firm compiles each year, ranks companies based on 5-year revenue growth. Austin, with a population of 1.6 million, has a higher concentration of these companies than any other metro...

There is an excellent article posted on Plum Creek in Kyle as part of the "UnSprawl" case studies at Terrain.org.  This is a big honor for Plum Creek.  The focus of the journal is the meeting place between the built and natural environment, or as they describe it, "the soul of place."  Previous U...

For this Active Rain Eye Candy submission I choose a mix from my favorites.  They are a reflection of TX, the state fair, Port Aransas on the TX coast and, my favorite targets, the dogs. I use a Nikon D60 and love it ... it's not as easy to tote around as a pocket camera (have that too), but when...

We have a list of youtube videos that we typically email to our sellers to help them get their arms around staging, de-cluttering, kitchen advice, bathroom advice etc. It certainly helps for the seller to hear it from someone else or HGTV, especially the seller not sure they want to stage. We are...

Have you all seen this hilarious Heineken beer commercial? Alison Crow-Flanigan, Productivity Coach at the Keller Williams Lake Travis Market Center, just posted this on her Facebook page. How would you personalize your own closet? Keep this in mind when advising your sellers: Hope everyone enjoy...

Austin: "Safest of Big Texas Cities," CQ Press (November, 2008) CQ Press analyzed 2007 crime statistics for all U.S. cities with a population of 75,000 or more. Austin took the No.199 spot among the nation's largest cities in terms of criminal activity. For comparison, San Antonio is the 233rd sa...

There is an AR group for Family Reunion 2009:  Keller Williams Reunion 2009 in Orlando anyone? and I would like to invite anyone attending or thinking of attending to join this group so we can use this platform to develop a list of agents attending Family Reunion 2009 in Orlando (Feb 21-25) and s...

So we held the class "Shacking Up:  Tips For Non-married Persons Buying a House Together in Texas" Wednesday at the Keller Williams Lake Travis (Austin, TX) Market Center and wanted to follow up with a few notes.  It was a panel discussion including a Realtor (me), a lender (Jan Hill, WR Starkey ...

I am teaching a class tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 7 ... noon) at the Keller Williams Lake Travis market center on working with non-married clients.  It is a panel discussion that includes a lender and an attorney.  We teach this class on an ongoing basis to non-married buyers.  Here are some things ...