They’re not over yet, at least not here in Austin, where the next five days are forecast to be +100 degrees. We’re still hot! Timely to the weather, Realtor.com posted an entry of mine about how to find a home for you and your beloved Man’s Best Friend. Austin is, indeed, a dog-friendly city.  The [...]

So the gossip sites are all a-buzz over Jesse James’ purchase of a $1.9M property here in Austin. I did a little digging, and checked out the virtual tour…which I can’t link for privacy reasons. Here’s what I can tell you.  In many ways it’s just an ordinary house, and not the “mega-estate” TMZ claims [...]

Oh dear. Courtesy of my friend Ronni, I have just learned of the Baker Hotel, in Mineral Wells TX.  How it pains me to see such a beautiful building founder! Realtors love real estate.  We see the beauty in almost any distressed property.  At least…my opinion is that the GOOD Realtors do. And everyone likes [...]

Ahhh, Independence Day.  I took some time off to enjoy family, and to indulge in the age-old joy of shopping for furniture.  But I am back now, and better than ever.  Four days away from the blog refreshes a Realtor, don’t you think? Since my last update, I got tapped to contribute to Ask a Realtor on Realtor.com. [...]

Austin’s weather continues to be drizzly and gray, largely due to Hurricane Alex.  Plenty of my fellow Texans from Houston on up have griped about it on the social media sites I use, but I’ve resisted complaining.  My garden is absolutely glorious! In JULY! This is news, for me and for Austin. Dishing about our [...]

One of the things you learn as a Realtor is how to “qualify” clients.  To some, this means “What is their credit rating?” To others, it means “Do they have a letter from a lender?” A really good question for potential lease clients it “How many DOGS do they have?” (I kid you not. I [...]

During the time span when I was no longer a tech writer, but was not yet a Realtor, I took on a few extra gigs. One of them was managing arts content for Austinist. For theatre/dance/performance art, I edited other writers’ posts, wrote my own, and stayed in touch with area companies regarding comps for [...]

Forbes has published an interactive map illustrating where Americans are moving.  Black lines show incoming movers, and red lines show people fleeing the selected area. And hey, everyone is moving to Austin!  At least in 2008 they were, and all indications are the trend continues en force. Sadly, if you click LA County, you will see a [...]

Stubbornly refusing to miss my post-a-day goal for June, here I am posting from my phone. Should be educational…or something like that…to see how it displays online tomorrow. Husband John says, “Oh! You can phone it in?” Heh…yes. Yes I can. I’ve got an interesting transaction going at the moment. An offer on a condo [...]

Oh my oh my oh my.  It’s probably my background (12 years as a Technical Writer, MA in English Rhetoric w/ minors in Marketing and Philosophy), but this post is HILARIOUS!  If you find the florid (but SO funny) writing at the start off-putting, skip 1/3-way down the page to The Reconstruction to get a very [...]