My business is growing and it’s time for me to take it to the next level. So I have recently formed “The Beyer Team.” We are currently looking for more agents who are self-motivated and looking for a great split. If that is you, let us know. More to come!
Now that the holidays are over you may be ready to get into a “new” home, and the timing couldn’t be better. By now many homes have been on the market longer than normal and sellers are ready to sell. And if you haven’t heard yet, the Fed really wants you to buy a new house. They have dropped interest rates to 3.5 percent. This is their first unscheduled rate cut in almost 6 years and their largest in 25 years. Many people have already started looking. So now is the time to make that move and find a great deal.
The Organization of Central East Austin Neighborhoods (OCEAN) tried to further restrict property rights for East-Austiners by removing the current 2,300-square-foot allowance for lots that are smaller than 5750 square feet. This would have affected roughly 38% of the homes in that area. Full Story
Here is a quick quote that sums up the issue of Lincoln Property building a Wal-Mart in the Northcross Mall property. I’ll be honest, I have tried to avoid this issue as much as possible. But I need to stay informed for my clients’ sake so I always scan over any articles about it. Anyway, I thought this quote was great as far as summarizing the whole problem. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on, this just goes to show the whole thing needs to be put behind us. Read the quote
Austin Energy worked with Samsung to reach the quality certification to help prevent the power outages that caused two of Samsung’s plants to go powerless in 2006. Austin Energy is the first in the country to obtain this certification.
I found these useful little items the other day. They are called Tiger Tacos and they help keep box flaps out of the way when packing/unpacking. They are a very simple idea, but I am surprised I have never seen anything like it before. I thought it might also be a useful gift for my clients.
Austin has been named one of the top 25 travel destinations by Travel & Leisure Magazine. The list was voted on by travelers. Austin was in the top five for several sub-categories, including:
Sounds like Austin has it all covered.
via ABJ
This is mainly for other Realtors. I just want let everyone know how terrible the phone service is for TREC. It is terrible because it is non-existent. Every time I call I get a busy signal. In this day and age, it is hard to even find a busy signal anymore. But not at TREC. You are not put on hold so that you can wait until someone is available. There is no voicemail. It is absolutely ridiculous. You basically have to take your chances and try over and over again throughout the day or, in my case, a week. Luckily, the TREC office is in Austin, so I can go down there to get something done. I don’t know what agents from other cities do. TREC, please step in the next millennium.
UPDATE 2009.08.26: I had to call TREC today and actually got put on hold and then someone picked up in less than a minute. Now if only they made the website a bit more useful, I wouldn’t need to call them.
CNN has an article about Austin in its America’s Favorite Cities section. It is a brief article that touches on all the great things about Austin. Great to see Austin getting more national recognition.