11/10/2008 1:53:00 PM
Stepping it it...
Let me try to reason through this…Let’s say that my wife likes to spend money and I can’t control her compulsion. I have two college-age kids in Ivy League Schools and the cash out-flow to take care of their needs is killing me. I have four ...
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9/26/2008 1:15:00 PM
Monetary Motion Sickness
I love to fish. As a consequence, I spend a certain amount of time in boats. It you have ridden the waves, you will likely have at some time experienced being sea sick Technically, the phenomenon is caused by the body i.e. your inner ears perceiving motion, ...
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8/28/2008 9:54:00 AM
Disposable Architecture
Anyone who has studied American manufacturing concepts is surely aware of the phrase “planned obsolescence”. The term came into wide spread use 1954 when American industrial designer Brooks Stevens coined it at a speech he gave in Minneapolis at ...
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8/15/2008 9:43:00 AM
Some Like It Hot
It’s summertime in Austin, and if you don’t know what that means…it’s hot! The kind of hot that can melt a massive iceberg in about twenty minutes if you could put it in a Walmart parking lot. But, you know what…I like it. When ...
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8/10/2008 3:44:00 PM
Hindsight Is Always 20/20
I think it is Warren Buffet who is credited with the investment strategy of buying stock in a company whose products you really like and use. The same kind of thinking can apply to Real Estate. For example, my wife and I have enjoyed visiting the Texas Coast ...
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7/21/2008 7:12:00 PM
Barton Creek Estates and the Creek
Here is your chance to have a piece of Austin’s most treasured asset…the Barton Creek Greenbelt. I first moved to Austin in 1976, and was amazed by the buzz that surrounded Barton Springs and Barton Creek. The Creek runs all year, and even in ...
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7/15/2008 8:18:00 AM
Use Your IRA to Buy Investment Property
In the state of Texas we Realtors are required to take a certain amount of continuing education each year. Yesterday I took a class that is geared toward Realtors who frequently work with investors...commercial and residential. The instructor, Dan Cordoba, ...
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7/12/2008 2:04:00 PM
Mid-Summer Observations
Here we are in the hot part of the year in Austin, Texas. And although I would not describe the overall market as ‘Hot”, in some segments it is pretty lively. I am assisting several buyers make purchases on Downtown Condos. In case you are not ...
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7/6/2008 1:00:00 PM
Getting Into The Blog Business
This blog thing is new to me. I am just starting it up...so watch this space! Randy
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7/4/2008 12:00:00 AM
Single Story For Sale in Williamson County
A Doll House for Grownups • 2,652 sq. ft., 2 bath, 4 bdrm single story "Designer Touches Everywhere" - $239,990 Travis County, Texas - HERE you will find a rarity...a custom designed, four bedroom single story in the Buttercup/Cypress Creek ...
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