Appraiser for Real Estate in Austin: Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Hays and Caldwell County
Granite Remnants Are Often Cheaper If you’ve tried to replace a small counter with a piece of granite, you probably ran into a common problem: granite fabricators don’t want to sell a little piece, they want to sell the whole slab. Or, they want to charge you an arm and a leg for the piece [...]
Austin Metal Companies Can Fabricate Stuff For Your Crazy Project Have you ever wanted to do something really cool but couldn’t find the right metal thingy at Home Depot or Lowe’s? Maybe something for your yard, like some yard art for an Austin classic funky landscaping twist, or maybe a neat cut-metal sign with the [...]
HOA rules can foil your plans for making your property unique, and that may or may not be a good thing. Tell us what you think about HOA restrictions in Austin.
Want to use architectural salvage and reclaimed materials to spiff up your backyard in Austin? Check out Backyard Salvage and Garden in Central Austin.
A House Appraisal: Find the Value of a Home How do people find the value of a home? Meaning, what a home (usually their home) is worth? Of the most common ways to find the value of a home, a formal house appraisal is the most accurate. If you REALLY want to know what a [...]
What is the Difference Between a Certified Appraiser and a Licensed Appraiser in Texas? Short answer: the amount of real estate appraiser education and training, as defined by the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB). Also: the types of properties the appraiser can appraise. The table linked in from TALCB, above, provides the best [...]
Minimize architectural perspective distortion with a Tilt+Shift lens. Watch the video and see examples, diagrams and images to help you improve your real estate photography.
South Congress Shopping: Maya Star We ran downtown this evening after dinner to Austin’s over-the-top costume store Lucy in Disguise on South Congress to get a tri-corner hat for Sam’s school performance tomorrow morning. Yeah, we hate last-minute school-stuff-for-tomorrow errands just as much as you do. Since we don’t get down to SoCo that often, [...]
The Texas Renaissance Faire in McDade TX, off 290 If you follow 290 from Austin towards Houston, eat a little BBQ in Elgin and load up on the water bottles and sun screen, you’ll be ready for the Sherwood Forest Faire in McDade Texas (Bastrop County). The faire is open for one more weekend in [...]
Shadow Inventory: Defined Shadow inventory is a real estate term that estimates: the number of properties owned by banks, PLUS the number of additional homes that have been foreclosed but are not yet on the market, PLUS properties where the owners are behind on their payments and will probably end up in foreclosure. As real [...]
Lockhart Texas BBQ is Famous, even for Texas BBQ Eating BBQ in Texas is like breathing: you just gotta do it, and do it a lot. We wrote about the town of Lockhart Texas a few weeks ago but we ran out of time for shooting the town (meaning: we ran out of sunlight and [...]
How Much is a $5000 Fence Worth? Yes, you read that right. A $5000 fence is very unlikely to be worth $5000. Fence Cost does not equal Fence Value Most home improvement projects don’t return 100% on the investment. Maybe one would if you did all of the work yourself, and used materials left over [...]
Condo Loans and Condo Financing – Tougher to Get? Yes. A condo loan requires both the buyer and the condo association to qualify. Even a highly qualified buyer may not be able to purchase a condo, if the condo development is not as financially stable as a lender requires. Some Austin Condos Won’t Qualify Austin [...]
