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Sam Chapman

Agent Member Since December `04

Agent Statistics

Avg Photos per Listing: 8
Blog Posts: 626
Neighborhoods: 2

Austin, TX  
United States

Phone: 512-293-2422
Cell: 512-293-2422
Fax: 512-263-0109
Business: 512-293-2422

I grew up in an Air Force family and have lived all over the country, including Alaska. Having been in Austin now for 20 years, I am thrilled to call it home. I lived in Lakeway for many years before moving to Apache Shores in 2002. I have two daughters, both of whom attended schools in the Lake Travis ISD (one still there).

My involvement in the community is something I take pride in. Being in the Lakeway – Lake Travis Rotary Club has given me many opportunities. I became the Rotary advisor to the Lake Travis High School Interact Club in 2002. Interact is a high school community service club. I have also been very active with the American Cancer Society, chairing Relay For Life several times since 2003. There is an annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fundraiser on Lake Travis that I have been involved in for since 2002.

Prior to real estate I was a substitute teacher in all of the Lake Travis ISD schools. I subbed every grade level and many subjects. My favorites, for which I got called a lot were special education and band.

Hobbies include snow skiing, reading, SEO, exploring the Hill Country and spending time with friends.
11/13/2008 4:28:00 PM

Apache Shores New Listing at $135,000

I don't usually post about listings, but I will about this one. I put 14905 Running Deer into the MLS a couple of days ago and the list price is $135,000. Anyone who knows Apache Shores knows that this is a very low price. Why? The seller was working on ...

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11/12/2008 10:37:00 AM

Lake Travis Waterfront Home Challenges

If you have been on a boat on Lake Travis and cruised by the town of Briarcliff, you know how challenging it can be to get to the water from a waterfront house. Some Lake Travis properties are gently sloping to the water and others are not. As you will see ...

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11/12/2008 10:20:00 AM

New Home Price Incentives

Are you in the market for a new home in the Austin area? I got something from Taylor Morrison about huge incentives they are offering on new construction in order to get it sold before the end of the year. Straight from a builder's rep: "As I am sure ...

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11/6/2008 8:37:00 AM

Are Home Valuation Websites Accurate?

Zillow, CyberHomes, HomeGain, House Values - are they useful? The better question is - are they accurate? "As useful and services may seem to buyers and sellers, you've probably discovered by now that the price estimates are usually far from accurate... ...

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11/2/2008 4:29:00 PM

Keller Williams Lake Travis Has Moved

Well we did move, but not far. The Keller Williams Lake Travis office is now at 1921 Lohman's Crossing. We had a building put up and just moved in on Saturday. Although the move was Saturday, we are still getting things out of boxes and getting organized. ...

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11/2/2008 4:07:00 PM

Win a Mercedes and a Trip to Germany

This coming Thursday, November 6, will be the drawing for the Mercedes C300 and a trip to Germany. The Rotary Club of Lakeway - Lake Travis has raffled a car for the last 6 years to raise money for scholarships for high school students and we're doing ...

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10/22/2008 9:57:00 AM

California Home Sales Should Help Austin Home Sales

One of the blogs I follow is inmanNEWS. There were two posts this week that looked pretty encouraging. The first was abou thomes sales in Southern California being 65% higher than a year ago in September. The second was about the San Francisco Bay area seeing ...

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10/20/2008 11:26:00 AM

Haunted Houses in Austin

My daughter spent the night at a friend's house along with three other girls last weekend. When I picked her up on Saturday, she rather animatedly told me about going to the House of Torment near Highland Mall in Friday night. She said that she screamed ...

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10/15/2008 12:42:00 PM

Another Lake Travis Floodplain Home

If you read my post from the other day, you will know that I talked about building in the floodplain of Lake Travis. I talked about elevating the first floor of the house and also about mechanical systems like the air conditioner compressor. I just found the ...

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10/15/2008 11:25:00 AM

Best Housing Value For the Dollar - Austin

OK, this didn't come from me. It came from Forbes. The article, dated 10-10-08 talks about the economy in different parts of the country, specifically about job growth and housing prices. Click here for the article. It is interesting, but not surprising, ...

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