October 2009
Getting Ready to Sell: Why cheetos, fly swatters and bouncy balls aren’t part of a solid marketing strategy
October 27, 2009 by BigMama · Leave a Comment
You LOVE your home, and you LIVE in it, you live in it HARD. You have a long list of projects on your to-do list that never seem to get done, but then again, who really has the time? And then one day, sometimes unexpectedly, you realize you’re going to need to sell it. You [...]
Drinking from the Firehose
October 22, 2009 by BigMama · Leave a Comment
I’ve always believed that I was a fast learner – quick on the uptake I used to say. Good thing, because “going into real estate” means drinking from the firehose. The information comes at you fast and furious, relentlessly trying to drown all but the most tenacious (voracious?). It is possible to ignore it, but [...]
New Beginnings Require Shedding the Chains of the Past
October 21, 2009 by BigMama · 1 Comment
It is time to get REAL. One day we wake up and realize, if it is going to happen, I am the one who has to do it. What did YOU want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be in Real Estate, although I didn’t know that is what it is called [...]
Mortgage Market Report for the Week Ending 10/16/2009
October 20, 2009 by BigMama · Leave a Comment
What Did Interest Rates Do This Week? The Mortgage Market Report: (Reprinted with permission from Marie Funston, Sr. Mortgage Advisor. Based on Freddie Mac weekly average survey ) 30-yr Fixed – Slightly Higher This Week: 4.92% Last Week: 4.87% 1yr Ago: 6.46% 15-yr Fixed – Slightly Higher This Week: 4.37% Last Week: 4.33% 1yr Ago: [...]
Spicewood Estates (Northwest Austin Real Estate)
October 20, 2009 by BigMama · Leave a Comment
One of Austin’s well-kept real estate secrets is a little subdivision in Northwest Austin called Spicewood Estates. This area is small (8 single-block streets) but the oak trees are big and so are the lots (typically, a quarter acre, or about 10,000 square feet). These characteristically Austin houses were built in the early-to-mid 1980s and [...]
Tanglewood Park in Northwest Austin
October 18, 2009 by Alison · 1 Comment
A compact park offers it all: playgrounds, a creek and a covered pavilion.
Nine Sixty Nine (969) in East Austin
October 16, 2009 by Alison · 4 Comments
A green development in East Austin wins rave reviews.
Everything IS Bigger in Texas
October 14, 2009 by Alison · Leave a Comment
Years ago, before we moved to Austin, we’d heard that old tired saying, “EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas”. Yeah, sure. And then we moved here, unpacked our stuff into our new (BIGGER) house, tossed the moving boxes into the new (BIGGER garage) and then went “out back” into the fabulous oasis now known as our [...]
Hi! My name is Alison Shuman and I am a licensed Texas REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker United, REALTORS®. I live, work and play in Northwest Austin. I spent years as a technical project manager. Then, to quote one of my favorite movies, I realized it was time to get busy living, or get busy dying. Join me on my journey to becoming a Real Estate Pro. Just maybe you'll find something that helps you find your own way HOME.
