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If you are thinking about improving you home and you are an Austin Energy customer you can get a NO INTEREST LOAN ever loan. This option lets you chose between a 3 or 5 year payback. If you like you could pay the loan back in 7 - 10 years and you would have to pay a 3.5% interest rate. This loan ...
11/28/2008
Trail of Lights Festival in Austin Texas The Trail of Lights Festival is an annual Austin holiday tradition and celebration held in Zilker Metropolitan Park, 2100 Barton Springs Rd. The festival, originally known as Yule Fest, began in 1965 by Mrs. Alden Mabel Davis and then Parks and Recreation ...
11/22/2008
Real estate has been great to me for a long time.  I am even doing okay in this down market. I decided I need more leads and I am trying growth Leader for the first time. This is a great site to get leads and keep track of them.  They help you create a steady stream of prospects which helps you g...
11/21/2008
If you are trying to lower your carbon footprint on the world check out this group http://www.greendimes.com/  They have some interesting ways to stay green and help our children's children inherit a better world.  They have a great article from "Business Week: Reducing Junk Mail (BusinessWeek)" ...
11/10/2008
Is your car or truck 10 years old or older? Do you have a car that failed the emmission test? Your vehicle must meet these conditions:  Failed an emissions test, and Registered in your participating county area for at least 12 months preceding application or At least 10 years old and gasoline pow...
11/10/2008
Austin is putting together a plan to have zero trash in the future. There are a few cities that are starting or have started the plan such as Seattle and San Francisco. Austin hired a company from California to help in this process.  They want to accomplish this by reusing and recycling everythin...
11/10/2008
Dear Austin Badgers: We won a great game against Indiana.   At this point, it will be an uphill battle to get to the Alamo Bowl, but with two games left, we must play on and keep our fingers crossed. Our next game is Saturday against Indiana at 11am CT. The game will be televised on the Big Ten N...
11/10/2008
Fun things watch when you have a minute I was recently surfing the net and was looking to watch a few episodes of my favorite shows.  I found this site.  http://www.hulu.com/.  It is pretty great.  They have a lot of different episodes of all kinds of shows.  The site gets the videos from the ori...
11/10/2008
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Seems like we are always paying our dues as Realtors. I remember starting out and looking to see what realtor.com could do for me. I found their Realtor benefits program. Over the years I have used some of these services. Especially when traveling. Here they are, if you have any others you want t...
11/10/2008
Renting a Place to Live Just a few tips while looking for rental property. Do not limit your rental housing search to classified ads or referrals from friends and acquaintances. Select buildings where you would like to live and contact their building manager or owner to see if anything is availab...
11/10/2008