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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper REALTORS® - TX License #0566780
Wayne Johnson REALTOR in San Antonio Texas writes about buying and selling real estate in the San Antonio area.

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2010 

The Elms-A San Antonio Garden Home Community-78230 The Elms is a San Antonio garden home community located off Lockhill-Selma between George Road and Wurzbach Road. This is not a distant suburban development but one located in almost the center of north San Antonio. (Earlier this week, I wrote a ...
12/30/2010
Smooth Real Estate Transactions-The Devil Is In the DetailsSmooth real estate transactions do happen. But they happen most frequently when the real estate professionals involved pay attention to the details involved in the transaction, have procedures in place to handle the routine matters, and a...
12/29/2010
Bulverde Gardens-A San Antonio Garden Home CommunityBulverde Gardens is a San Antonio garden home community situated about one mile north of Loop 1604 off Bulverde Road. McMillan Homes is the sole builder in the community of less than fifty platted lots. Construction in Bulverde Gardens began in ...
12/26/2010
Should A Home Buyer Use the Seller's Agent? Have you ever been the third wheel joining a couple on a date? I know it's really stretching the analogy to compare a real estate transaction to a social function. But there are similarities.In a social situation, the couple are getting to know each oth...
12/22/2010
Sellers-Are You Itching For A Fight?If you are itching for a fight, there can be lots of issues or points of contention in negotiating the sale of a house. To get your house sold, you want to keep these points of potential conflict to a minimum.If there are items in the house that the Seller inte...
12/17/2010
Days On Market-Does It Matter?Days on market is a statistic or data point available on our MLS. Buyers usually ask how long a property has been on the market. I know as a negotiating strategy, we maybe a bit more aggressive in a pricing offer if the property has been on the market awhile.I encour...
12/16/2010
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Every Christmas my broker sponsors a Bear Hunt. It began as an effort to collect stuffed bears to be given as Christmas presents to children who were not likely to receive presents. Agents, clients, and vendors collect and buy the toys over the course of the year. Although it started with bears, ...
12/15/2010
ActiveRain Soon To Be 200K.  I signed up on ActiveRain in early 2009 and I think there were about 140K users at the time. I didn't blog much and looking back at my stats, I did not make full use of the incredible information available. My bad. Now, as my e-mail inbox fills each day with offers f...
12/13/2010
  Enjoy Hardberger Park on San Antonio's northside at 13203 Blanco Road. Saturday afternoon, second week of December and it was t-shirt weather. It was a little chilly in the morning but it was nice in the afternoon. Get out for a walk or run when you can. Fitness is a big deal, and all workouts ...
12/12/2010
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Repel The InvadersA post by Katerina Gassett, an ActiverRain Ambassador, titled "South Florida Nature-Invasive Exotic Wildlife Is Not Good For Florida", reminded me of a similar issue we have in Texas.In addition to several specices of animals that are causing some issues with the ecosystem, we h...
12/05/2010