Austin

An article recently posted by the Austin American Statesman, shows that the Austin Real Estate market is continuing its relentless climb! As an Austin Realtor, of course I’m acutely aware of the situation, but it’s just so incredible, it’s impossible not to talk about! I’ve talked about dwindling supply in Austin Real Estate and even elaborated in a second post. I’m not talking about that right now, honestly. This is purely record breaking sales data. For instance, how about the fact that the Austin Real Estate market has seen an increase in sales now for 23 consecutive months now! Friends, that’s called a clue! Like a big, photo bombed in your face clue!! How much growth exactly? How about a 32 percent jump in sales for the...

Here’s a brand new one, hot off the presses for our awesome list of Things To Do In Austin! Beauty Pageant At Bikinis Sports Bar And Grill According to this article from Herald Online, The founder and CEO of Bikinis: Doug Guller, has announced plans to roll out an annual beauty pageant on top of his growing franchise. The first beauty pageant is set to go off in 2014! Doug Guller is something of a serial entrepreneur  founding several businesses and even buying the town of Bankersmith and renaming it Bikinis after his restaurant  He has also been busy registering some very interesting Trademarks recently which you can read more about on the official Bikinis blog here. Bikinis would have already earned a top mention among the things to do in Austin, but...

The Austin Real Estate market is, doing phenomenal and it’s a great place for property investing. However too many people jump into Real Estate without knowing much of anything, so here’s a real quick crash course on one type of investment property. The two primary ways to invest in Austin Real Estate: This is going to be an oversimplification for the more familiar out there, but this is meant to be a newbie guide, so bare with me. There are two primary ways to invest in Real Estate: one is for cashflow (which I will be talking about here) and the other is for a static asset, which is more like a savings instrument (which I’ll go into some other time). I highly suggest the former. In a previous article, I talked about PITI (principle,...

Pachanga is big party style Latino Music Festival held every year since 2008 in America’s Music Capitol and definitely one of the coolest things to do in Austin. It’s a great place to get exposed to some great music from traditional and new age artists pumping out everything from latin-inspired music to pop-inspired latin tunes. Pachanga actually translates to lively party in Spanish. Which makes sense… considering in their first year (2008) they had 2,000 people come out! Here’s a video made for last year’s festival: The party kicks off today at Fiesta Gardens and will run through tomorrow. The organizers want the event to be as comfortable for the community to enjoy and they’ve asked attendees to park West of Fiesta Gardens...

In analyzing a move to Austin, of course it’s absolutely vital to consider our educational system and the schools in Austin. This one is for you parents out there. So what does the city of Austin offer in education? Well, our own President Barack Obama just paid Austin a visit, lauding our school system’s ingenuity and ability to prepare young minds for innovative positions in the tech field. Our schools have several programs specifically designed to teach students real world, useful skills. The Austin Independent School District alone is responsible for educating 86,000 students at 124 schools in Austin. Our infrastructure is huge! And both the city and the population embrace the importance of education and work very diligently to keep quality...

President Obama is going to be making the first of several stops today on his Jobs and Opportunity Tour, in our very own city of Austin. Here’s what White House representative, Todd Park, says about it: “…we’re looking forward to showcasing the innovative spirit of Austin, as a model for the rest of the country.” So here’s the $16 trillion dollar question: is the President coming here to learn, or to preach? It’s great that President Obama recognizes Austin’s leadership in creating jobs and hosting a model economy, but it has nothing to do with anything he’s proposed so far, and in fact, most of the rhetoric coming from Washington stands in stark opposition to the philosophy of Austin and the great state of...