Congress has passed the extension of the $8,000 First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit. Extention is until April 30 of 2010, with an additional two months, until June 30th to close. The new legislation increased the income limits for couples up to $225,000.
Current homeowners have been added to the credit. A$6,500 maximum credit will be available if they lived in their home for five of the prior eight years. Limited eligibility and a limit of $800,000.
Legislation will take effect December 1 and is not retroactive.
Go to www.realestateeconomywatch.com for more information.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ballot 2009 Texas Constitutional Amendment
If you are confused about a couple of the amendments that are on next week's ballot - especially those regarding property taxes. A friend of mine found the information on this link below to be very informative.
State Representative Hochberg's Guide to the 2009 Texas Constitutional Amendments Source: scotthochberg.com
http://scotthochberg.com/amends.html
State Representative Hochberg's Guide to the 2009 Texas Constitutional Amendments Source: scotthochberg.com
http://scotthochberg.com/amends.html
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Still True Today
This Poem inspires me. When I just started working a co-worker had a large poster of this poem at her desk. I would read it every time I visited her department. Oh, how true this still is!
All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten
from "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten : Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things" by Robert Fulghum
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand box at nursery school.
These are the things I learned. Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you are sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are food for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why. We are like that.
And then remember that book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK! Everything you need to know is there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology, and politics and the sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put thing back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten
from "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten : Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things" by Robert Fulghum
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand box at nursery school.
These are the things I learned. Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you are sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are food for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw some and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why. We are like that.
And then remember that book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK! Everything you need to know is there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology, and politics and the sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put thing back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
TEXAS... the Perfect Storm of Opportunity and Growth
Texas is the place to be. That is not just my opinion. Dallas / Fort Worth - Austin -Houston make up Texaplex the fastest growing area of our Country. Did you know that half of all new jobs created in the US were in Texas?
Take the time to watch the YouTube Video and visit their site at www.texaplex.com
Let me know what you think of the video. If you know of someone wanting to move to Texas please give them my name. We have relocation packages that will help them every step of the way!
Now spread the word: "TEXAS...the perfect storm of opportunity and Growth" (David Winans)
Gloria Vargo
Relocation Specialist
Take the time to watch the YouTube Video and visit their site at www.texaplex.com
Let me know what you think of the video. If you know of someone wanting to move to Texas please give them my name. We have relocation packages that will help them every step of the way!
Now spread the word: "TEXAS...the perfect storm of opportunity and Growth" (David Winans)
Gloria Vargo
Relocation Specialist
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Mark Stuart, Marketing Executive/Licensed Closer for Alamo Title Insurance Company brought this to our attention.
There is a $6.95 MERS fee collected on every transaction closed. Most people have no idea what this is for. MERS stands for “Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems” and until very recently they had no accountability to the consumer, but no longer.
There is a $6.95 MERS fee collected on every transaction closed. Most people have no idea what this is for. MERS stands for “Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems” and until very recently they had no accountability to the consumer, but no longer.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
It is that time again to plant the summer flowers.
I have been trying to decide what to make the main colors and types of flowers. So far I have purchased for the first time Lantana. I picked up yellow, purple and variegated. I plan to plant them in a bright sunny south side of my home.
Can anyone tell me their success stories with good summer heat flowers?
I have been trying to decide what to make the main colors and types of flowers. So far I have purchased for the first time Lantana. I picked up yellow, purple and variegated. I plan to plant them in a bright sunny south side of my home.
Can anyone tell me their success stories with good summer heat flowers?
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
STOP MORRISS 6
Last night I tried to attend a meeting a friend of mine made me aware of at the Fire Station in Flower Mound. The meeting was on how the Town has on the budget and plans for widening Morris Rd and Gerault Rd to 6 lanes.
I never did get inside to hear the speakers. They were turning several of us away because they were over the capacity of the room, 75 people. We did get to sign that we were there and against the concrete jungle the town calls for our benefit. I then decided to wait outside until people came out and asked them what was being said. More and more of my friends and neighbors kept coming and also being told we could not go in. The halls outside the room and now the entrance outside the building where filled with concerned Flower Mound residents. At the end when everyone was leaving a Fireman told me he counted over 250 people inside the doors. I know that did not include the people being turned away that actual did leave right away.
This was a great showing of what America is all about;” Our ability to have a voice on our future.”
While I was waiting outside I was offered a packet to bring back to my Homeowners Association that explained the Residents concerns and papers the Town provided that explained their intent. All of this information is available at Stop Morris 6’s Blog Site http://www.stopmorriss6.blogspot.com and the Town of Flower Mound's Site http://www.flower-mound.com/morriss/.
After reading through the packet I was given and the Town’s Fact Sheet, I started thinking. The Town says that this has been on the books for 27 years. I ask why not wait another 27 years. I hope the next time we have to address this question again it will be in the year 2030. Maybe the residence then will want the road expansion. I know I do not and all the people at the meeting do not want the expansion.
I never did say why I was there. I have young children that go to one of the Middle Schools on Morris Road and my Children walked or rode a bike to Elementary School and Middle School on this road. I already fear the safety of my children on this neighborhood access road and cannot imagine Morris Road as a 6 lane major access road.
Let me go off topic a bit. When we moved to Texas we went out of our way to find the best city to raise our family as close to the same memories as I grew up in. We first where going to move to McKinney where we have family. We then thought better of the drive to the airport and started looking close to DFW Airport. Several of my husband’s new office workers said to go to Flower Mound. You will like the family environment and the beauty of the Town. So for several days we just drove around the city. On purpose we would take Forest Vista and Morris Road because of how pretty the streets where and it just felt like home. We decided on Donald Elementary and Sherwood Estates and then later moved to Rustic Timbers, Forest Vista Elementary, both go to Forestwood Middle School. Yes we did pick these schools and communities because of the winding, no straight line neighborhood access roads.
I never did get inside to hear the speakers. They were turning several of us away because they were over the capacity of the room, 75 people. We did get to sign that we were there and against the concrete jungle the town calls for our benefit. I then decided to wait outside until people came out and asked them what was being said. More and more of my friends and neighbors kept coming and also being told we could not go in. The halls outside the room and now the entrance outside the building where filled with concerned Flower Mound residents. At the end when everyone was leaving a Fireman told me he counted over 250 people inside the doors. I know that did not include the people being turned away that actual did leave right away.
This was a great showing of what America is all about;” Our ability to have a voice on our future.”
While I was waiting outside I was offered a packet to bring back to my Homeowners Association that explained the Residents concerns and papers the Town provided that explained their intent. All of this information is available at Stop Morris 6’s Blog Site http://www.stopmorriss6.blogspot.com and the Town of Flower Mound's Site http://www.flower-mound.com/morriss/.
After reading through the packet I was given and the Town’s Fact Sheet, I started thinking. The Town says that this has been on the books for 27 years. I ask why not wait another 27 years. I hope the next time we have to address this question again it will be in the year 2030. Maybe the residence then will want the road expansion. I know I do not and all the people at the meeting do not want the expansion.
I never did say why I was there. I have young children that go to one of the Middle Schools on Morris Road and my Children walked or rode a bike to Elementary School and Middle School on this road. I already fear the safety of my children on this neighborhood access road and cannot imagine Morris Road as a 6 lane major access road.
Let me go off topic a bit. When we moved to Texas we went out of our way to find the best city to raise our family as close to the same memories as I grew up in. We first where going to move to McKinney where we have family. We then thought better of the drive to the airport and started looking close to DFW Airport. Several of my husband’s new office workers said to go to Flower Mound. You will like the family environment and the beauty of the Town. So for several days we just drove around the city. On purpose we would take Forest Vista and Morris Road because of how pretty the streets where and it just felt like home. We decided on Donald Elementary and Sherwood Estates and then later moved to Rustic Timbers, Forest Vista Elementary, both go to Forestwood Middle School. Yes we did pick these schools and communities because of the winding, no straight line neighborhood access roads.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Home Tips - New Roof
Did you get a new Roof?
Several Texans have new roofs because of Hail and/or the age of the roof. They thought everything was wonderful, their house will stay dry and safe.
Better think twice if your Hot Water Tank is in the attic!
This pass year alone two homes with brand new roofs and attic hot water tanks were in grave danger. No one is going in the attic to make sure the exhaust flue for the hot water tank is attached.
This allows dangerous gases into the attic with the potential to enter your home.
How to solve this dilemma is to check the hot water tank right away. If you are not that handy, then have the roofer, plumber, or your best handyman check the exhaust connections.
Better safe than sorry!
Several Texans have new roofs because of Hail and/or the age of the roof. They thought everything was wonderful, their house will stay dry and safe.
Better think twice if your Hot Water Tank is in the attic!
This pass year alone two homes with brand new roofs and attic hot water tanks were in grave danger. No one is going in the attic to make sure the exhaust flue for the hot water tank is attached.
This allows dangerous gases into the attic with the potential to enter your home.
How to solve this dilemma is to check the hot water tank right away. If you are not that handy, then have the roofer, plumber, or your best handyman check the exhaust connections.
Better safe than sorry!
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