Misc

The biggest Powerball winner has been buying real estate.  Edwin Castro, who won the $2.04 billion lottery drawing in November, claimed his ...

Austin wants people to live in RVs and tiny homes.  At a city council meeting on September 14th, the council instructed staff to draft an ...

A foreclosure wave is coming!  Well, that’s been a persistent claim for a few years and I disagree big time.  Yes, the market across ...

Big zoning changes in Austin?  Not so fast!  For over 10 years, the Austin City Council has been trying to bring denser housing to the city....

We’re house rich!  That’s right, as a country, we have over $31.5 Trillion worth of equity in our homes.  That’s ...

Good luck building in Austin. Seriously, the permit process in the city has been a mess for a long time. The consulting firm McKinsey & Company ...

College kids are paying higher rents.  If you’ve got kids in college, odds are they moved off campus after the first year.  This ...

No squeaks at home!  Many years ago I had a client who worked for a chemical company and his job dealt with lubrication.  Specifically, he ...

Where do Austin’s wealthy live?  Let’s take a look at the top five zip codes.  Coming in at #5 is 78619 which is the Driftwood ...

I’m young for my industry.  The National Association of Realtors released it’s annual Member Profile last month which gives us stats ...

6th Street is Changing.  The Austin city council recently voted to allow taller buildings along part of the historic district on 6th Street....

How about a different way to pay for college?  As many kids are preparing to head off to school, I want to remind you about one way to save for ...

Do you care what an agent drives?  Real estate agents think so!  When I started in real estate in 1999, I drove a Saturn.  I quickly ...

Continuing with what’s in the Texas property tax reform bills, next up is the component I think is the least impactful. It’s a three-year ...

Squatters are a growing problem.  I’ve talked about squatters before, but here’s another story.  Just the other day in my ...

Continuing with what’s in the Texas property tax reform bills, is something I’m more excited about than I probably should be - the ...

I’ve got more information on the property tax reform bill for Texas.  First, the homestead exemption for school district property taxes ...