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In TV commercials, the idea is to get the point across as economically as possible. That’s why, when the theme is a thriving business, they show a graph with lines that move up (often at an angle that would worry a mountain goat). It makes for an easily grasped, direct message. Alas, graphs sho...
11/21/2014
Home buyers’ first impressions are visual, and a flawed exterior will turn them away faster than a two-hour wait time at a family restaurant. Austin curb appeal is the same as it is anywhere: when ‘curb appeal’ becomes ‘curb repel,’ the outcome to expect is at best offer numbers lower than they ...
11/19/2014
For many decades, Hollywood has made box office gold creating comic films about the hilarious possibilities that nightmarish house remodels present: from Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House to The Money Pit (and even Under the Tuscan Sun), audiences delight in the shifty tradesmen and rotting ti...
11/18/2014
The previous decade’s burst of the real estate bubble, with its plummeting Austin house prices and accompanying economic dislocations, made a lasting impression. For most homeowners the damage was strictly psychological: the majority weren’t even tempted to sell while Austin house prices were dro...
11/16/2014
It’s the perpetual ebb and flow. Sometimes the popularity of investment properties in Austin begins to rise, sending them toward the head of the pack against rival investment ideas. An Austin investment property’s basic allure has always been its unique attribute as the most “real” of real goods ...
11/14/2014
Sports divers know something that’s relevant to a first time home buyer’s decision about whether to enlist the services of an Austin real estate agent. A ‘free diver’ (one without SCUBA gear) who descends into dark, unknown waters usually finds it’s possible to dive much deeper the second time...
11/12/2014
You’re about to close a deal to become a tenant in Austin. The landlord seems like a straight shooter and the place is a joy: immaculate and welcoming. Now all that’s left is to wait for the landlord’s okay after an evaluation of you as the new Austin tenant, right? Well, not quite. Just as th...
11/11/2014
Almost every Austin neighborhood has one or two houses that go all out at Halloween. Their owners suspend sheet ghosts up in the trees, plant cardboard tombstones on the lawn, broadcast loud spooky sounds out into the street—then prepare a surprise or two to jump out at any mini-goblin who’s brav...
11/09/2014
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Selling an Austin home quickly and for a good price means attracting the broadest range of qualified home buyers. That can depend on identifying as many appeal points as possible, then showing them off through an energetic marketing program. One increasingly prominent marketing point is one that ...
11/07/2014
Regardless of whether you believe in “hauntings” or not, a frightening past can affect how potential buyers react to a home for sale in Austin. Depending on timing, an agent may or may not be obligated to explain that a death or other dramatic event took place in the house—or that the current own...
11/05/2014
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