Archive for October, 2008
Posted on October 27, 2008. Filed under: First Time Home Buyer, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: buyers, buying, buying process, first time home buyers, fundamentals, gary keller, my first home, real estate |
Your First Home: The Proven Path to Home Ownership
A Keller Williams ® Realty Guide
By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan
The rules of real estate are always local.
The best deals are usually win-win.
Price and value are not the same.
Choose with your heart and your head.
Copyright © 2008, available at [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008. Filed under: First Time Home Buyer, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: Austin, buying, buying process, buying vs. renting, First Time Home Buyer, gary keller, realtor, should you buy |
Your First Home: The Proven Path to Home Ownership
A Keller Williams ® Realty Guide
By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan
Shelia’s $900 mortgage includes $700 of interest. Her total house payments are $10,800 annually. At the end of the year, $8,400 (12 months x $700) is tax deductible in the United States. She [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008. Filed under: FLIC - property videos, For Sale, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate, Smart Sellers | Tags: home for sale austin, property video, westlake homes for sale |
The Nelson Project @ Keller Williams Realty in Austin, TX has entered the realm of video in marketing our properties. We are experimenting with this as a tool to capture on-line attention and reach out of town buyers for our properties. We believe this will be especially helpful for prospective buyers to “get a feel” [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008. Filed under: Finance, First Time Home Buyer, In the News, Real Estate 101, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: mortgage austin |
Yes, you can. Do you have a job and a decent credit score? There’s money out there. The more you fit into the lenders specifically-defined boxes, the easier it is. There are fewer boxes. And tighter boxes, but there is money out there; plenty of it. If you are outside of the box (self-employed, own multiple [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008. Filed under: First Time Home Buyer, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: Austin, buyer, buying, First Time Home Buyer, gary keller, keller williams, real estate |
Your First Home: The Proven Path to Home Ownership
A Keller Williams ® Realty Guide
By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan
Fear #7: Buying a home seems way too complicated.
Fact: Buying a home is complicated, but that’s why you have help.
No one will ever tell you that buying a home is easy. [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008. Filed under: Austin, Core Austin, In the News | Tags: cool austin neighborhoods |
Bling (photography: KAngermann)
BusinessWeek
Real Estate News September 23, 2008
Great article from BusinessWeek … Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods: Great Buying Opportunities
Want to know where the next hot real estate markets will be? Watch where the artists are living now.
Similar trends are occurring in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami, and Austin, Tex. BusinessWeek.com selected 15 urban neighborhoods that [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2008. Filed under: Green, Smart Real Estate | Tags: austin green builders |
I met Matt Risinger today. Matt is a 5-star green builder in Austin – Risinger Homes. Matt’s new build on Matthews in Tarrytown was on the AIA tour earlier this month. Pretty darn fabulous. Of the 9 homes we toured (we missed 2), it was one of our favorites as far as layout, material choice, [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2008. Filed under: First Time Home Buyer, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: buyer, buying, First Time Home Buyer, gary keller, keller williams, real estate, Smart Real Estate, waiting to buy |
Your First Home: The Proven Path to Home Ownership
A Keller Williams ® Realty Guide
By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan
Fear #6: I should wait to buy a home until I get married.
Fact: There is no reason to wait.
When most people say they want to wait until they’re married to buy [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2008. Filed under: First Time Home Buyer, Smart Buyers, Smart Real Estate | Tags: Austin, buyers, buying, first time home buyers, gary keller, home buying, Homes, real estate |
Your First Home: The Proven Path to Home Ownership
A Keller Williams ® Realty Guide
By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan
Fear #5: I can’t afford to buy my dream home.
Fact: The best way to get closer to buying your dream home is to buy your first home.
Very few people can afford [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2008. Filed under: Austin, Core Austin, Neighborhood Navigation | Tags: austin neighborhoods, soco, SoLa, south congress, South Lamar |
So, SoCo (South Congress) has become commonspeak in Austin, TX. SoLa (South Lamar) is becoming commonspeak, kind of. The latest to surface (I really like this one) is SoSo (South South Austin).
Here are my recommendations (some existing, some new, I believe) to add to the list of Austin location cool-speak:
Midtown – already exists, runs [...]
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