Archive for February, 2009
San Antonio Camera Phone: Truck Parking
Getting your “ducks” in a row.
I’ve always loved that phrase and you hear it quite a lot in real estate as agents describe what they’re doing in the countdown to closing on a property. By keeping everything in a nice neat line and ready to go, an agent can quickly adapt to any unforeseen [...]
First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
What does it all mean?
Update: The amendment allowing for the extension to May 1, 2010 and expansion to include other buyers did eventually pass and was signed into law by the President. You can read up on the new rules and changes in “First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit – The New Extension And [...]
San Antonio Makes Forbes List Again – This Time For The Wrong Reasons
Usually Forbes.com loves San Antonio, TX.
Not this time. We didn’t make it onto a good list. Forbes.com has released its list of America’s Most and Least Family-Friendly Cities and San Antonio isn’t on the “most” list. Instead, we wind up at #7 on the Least Family-Friendly Cities list.
The data used to determine [...]
281 Superstreet Project – Will it help Stone Oak?
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Stone Oak traffic is so bad, they don’t even report it anymore.
It amazes me that despite the congestion on northbound 281 outside Loop 1604 out towards the Stone Oak area, you never really hear about it traffic reports. Its one of those things that residents of San Antonio talk about and just [...]
San Antonio Camera Phone: Brush Fire
Red Flag warnings should be taken seriously.
Yesterday I stopped to get a drink at the What-a-burger on I-10 and DeZevala to grab a drink. I had been out showing homes all day and was absolutely parched. As I left the store, I noticed a small fire had started on the embankment between the [...]
San Antonio Camera Phone: The Fog
A creepy start to my day.
Back on December 18, 2008, I snapped this shot in the parking lot of our office (Exit Realty North-San Antonio, 3512 Paesanos Pkwy. #103, San Antonio, TX 28231 – in the office park behind Paesanos restaurant). It was terribly foggy all day, but arriving around 7:30AM and seeing all [...]
