Listing Your Home | Buyers Agent | Austin Texas Real Estate
Listing Your Home | Buyers Agent | Austin Texas Real Estate | Alison Shuman (512) 585-4758
Bathroom Before and After Got an old bathroom? Or worse, one that was "updated" but never quite finished? This bathroom was one of those - a project that never quite made it to the finish line. I'll admit - this one is mine, a project I decided I HAD to do when I was pregnant with my … [Read more...]
Playing Chicken With the Camera You see those beautiful Texas Bulls in this photo? Yeah, me neither. They were lounging in the sunshine near the road on this glorious Texas day. We zipped through an intersection, saw them and turned around to snap a few pics. This is why I sometimes … [Read more...]
Do You See it? Do You remember the last character you listened to? You know, someone with long, colorful stories to tell? Have you been tempted to rush on by, and forget that sometimes, underneath an unimposing facade, there are interesting stories to uncover? The Impatient PersonI am a … [Read more...]
I like dogs. A doggie surprise while on tour, though, is an entirely different matter. For example, the game called "Where is the Dog?" is not one to play with prospective buyers for your home, or for your client's home, if you are the listing agent. A few weeks ago, I had carefully lined up a … [Read more...]
Some Scars Don't Heal on Their Own It all began with a pan of smoking bacon grease. A few weeks earlier, my soon-to-be ex had left a pan of bacon grease on a still-hot burner and in the ensuing chaos of the smoke-filled kitchen, the pan had caught on fire. The hot pan melted a part of the … [Read more...]
Meet Frank. Frank bailed me out of one of my most stressful, and ultimately, most rewarding adventures as a homeowner. My divorce-recovery therapy was ripping out parts of my home. Sometimes I was successful at putting things back together, and sometimes, well, not so much. By now, my journey from … [Read more...]
How much image technology does one real estate agent need to know? In the case of this one, a LOT. I want this site to be a showcase of interesting places in the Austin area. Interesting places require photographs (and soon - VIDEO!), and that means I've been learning a whole bunch of image … [Read more...]
This is the time of year when we are BUSY BUSY BUSY. We have holidays to plan! Meals to prepare! Shopping that must be done! This also the time of year when the neediest among us need our help the most. As the weather turns colder and the nights become longer, many people who have no place to … [Read more...]
Austin Real Estate Is A Tough Business to Be In 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 fire hose. The information comes at you fast and furious, relentlessly trying to drown … [Read more...]
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 when I was little. When I was little, I just drew pictures of … [Read more...]
