Schlitterbahn comes to Cedar Park!  Awesome!
http://impactnews.com/leander-cedar-park/255-recent-news/6882-schlitterbahn-announces-plans-to-build-resort-in-cedar-park

The recycling drive was a success!  Photographic evidence:

I plan to do this every six months or so for the neighborhood.  More news on how the drop-off goes once I finesse that later this week!

I’m hosting a Batteries-Oil-Paint-Antifreeze recycling event!  Residents of the Laurel Oaks Neighborhood Association are encouraged to clear their garages of unneeded containers of oil, paint, and antifreeze, as well as old batteries. The event is limited to ONLY those kinds of materials, as the City of Austin will accept only those items from this type of neighborhood [...]

Our wonderful weird city was profiled in the New York Times recently.  Excellent story!  Nothing earth-shattering, but it’s always nice for the Violet Crown to garner some coverage.

First-time homebuyer credit extended to April 2010 ~and~ current homeowners who are selling/buying now also qualify! Plus the income limits have been increased significantly. Read the short & skinny here!

I received the Rookie of the Quarter award this morning at the JB Goodwin quarterly all-company meeting.  What an honor!

Yesterday, the Austin Business Journal reported that The Domain’s next phase of development will be open early next year.  If you’ve driven down Braker Lane lately, you’ve seen Dillard’s going up.  The new phase also includes a “438-unit second phase of apartments…. Units range in size from 526 to 1,870 square feet, with rental rates [...]

There’s nothing like a new coat of paint to make a property show well.  I just showed a condo that clearly hasn’t been painted in years.  It’s a cute space, unique and functional, but my client was put off by how dingy it was.
If you’re putting a property on the market, for sale or for [...]

Calling all property-watching junkies!  What do you want from online content, as it relates to Real Estate in Austin?  Here are the top five blogs that come up when you Google “Austin Real Estate Blog”:

Escape Somewhere
Crossland Real Estate
Austin Real Estate Guy Blog
Eric Bramlett’s Blog
Central East Austin Real Estate

Me, I’m crazy about the Crossland blog.  Their [...]

Virtually speaking, of course.  From Friday’s ABJ: “Electronic Arts Inc. has signed a lease for 50,000 square feet in the Domain 2.” As the article notes, EA hasn’t yet said how they’ll use the space.  Nevertheless, 50,000 square feet is a whole lotta room to play in! (Uh, pretty much the same square footage as a [...]