Hill Country & Kerrville Real Estate

Wildlife Management for the purpose of Tax Exemptions in Texas. The 3rd Management Practice is Predator Management/Control.   Predator Management Management is the eliminating or reducing the population of a species that is considered harmful to the wildlife you are attempting to manage. It is on...

Wildlife Management for the purpose of Tax Exemptions in Texas. The 2nd Management Practice is Erosion Control. Erosion control is activity that attempts to reduce or stop the erosion of habitat used by the wildlife. Common practices of qualifying erosion control are: 1.Pond construction and/or M...

Wildlife Management for the purpose of Tax Exemption in Texas- Part III The 1st of the 7 Wildlife Management Practices I talked about in my previous blog was Habitat Control/Habitat Management. Habitat control or habitat management is when you create or enhance the environment to benefit the wild...

Before I proceed with more information on how to go about working towards obtaining a wildlife exemption for your property, I fill it is necessary to make sure you know that there are many factors that need to be meet to make sure you meet the minimum qualifications to convert your land to wildli...

Wildlife Management for the purpose of Tax Exemption in Texas. In Texas there is a way to have your property valued at the agricultural tax rate without traditional farming or ranching practices taking place on the land. It is called Wildlife Exemption or Wildlife Valuation. This allows a qualify...

Below are some simple DO's and DON'Ts if you are planning on participating in a 1031 Tax Exchange that may save you some headaches. DO NOT miss your 45-day identification and 180-day exchange deadlines, as this will disqualify the entire exchange. Reputable Qualified Intermediaries will not act o...

The Texas Hill Country has 100's of Historical Markers scattered throughout its networks of highways and small county roads. The one below is located just a couple miles south of Fredericksburg on Hwy 16. I found it very interesting to learn that Pioneer Flour Mills was originally started by Carl...

  Since when is the shortest route to San Antonio Texas from Omaha Nebraska by way of LasVegas Nevada???? I want to see the map that airlines use to determine their routes. What took me 4 hours to get from San Antonio to Omaha is going to take me 9 hours to get back. No wonder the airlines have b...

My wife and I made a quick weekend trip to New Mexico in early December and I just now downloaded some of the pictures I took. Here are 2 photos I took at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico as the sun was setting. I spent about 45 minutes taking photos of the setting sun and these are j...

Wow- 30 years of leadership by Hosni Mubarak and ONLY 18 DAYS of protesting to strip him of all power and send him into hiding. His resignation was delivered in a 30-second statement by his vice president, Omar Suleiman. With Mubarak out the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is in full control ...