The Austin real estate market has begun to level off and slow down a bit, but that fact is not yet fully reflected in the market statistics, other than Days on Market creeping up. Nevertheless, M...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2018/09/25/austin-real-estate-market-update-aug-2018/
Historically in Texas, homes have appreciated at 4.5% annually (according to Texas A&M Real Estate Center). This is the expected appreciation we use when making real estate investment assumptions...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2018/08/25/how-to-save-for-a-home-purchase-in-austin-tx/
What is your Austin home worth, right now? When considering a sale, it’s generally worth “market value”, defined loosely as the highest price a buyer would pay, and that a seller will accep...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2017/11/14/the-growing-acceptance-of-real-estate-value-inaccuracy/
What effect does "negative cash flow" real estate have on the growth of your Net Worth over time?
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2017/03/04/your-austin-real-estate-investment-and-wealth-building/
Update August 2018: The Austin Board of Realtors has Discontinued use of the Coming Soon Status. It caused more trouble that it was worth. Austin Realtors can now enter For Sale listings into the...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2016/09/29/the-austin-mls-now-has-a-coming-soon-status/
As the owner of a business where 100% live answer is not possible or cost effective, I do receive my fair share of angry voicemails from people wanting to talk to a human right now. It’s kind o...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2016/09/08/is-live-answer-worth-the-investment-for-businesses/
New York Times columnist Paul Sullivan recently wrote about this DJ posing as a financial advisor. It was one of those setups like you see on TV. They removed his dreadlocks and body piercings, p...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2016/06/19/be-cautious-in-picking-your-austin-realtor/
Should you enroll in a Real Estate investment seminar in Austin or your home town? Be very careful if you do. Understand the risks and what you are paying.
And the real estate journey continues … Sylvia and I started Crossland Real Estate in Jan 1993, and remained independent until we sold our property management portfolio in 2004 and “retired�...
It’s the start of 2016 and already I’ve received a few inquiries from my investor clients wondering whether they should hold on to their rental property, or sell this year. It’s a conversat...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2016/01/11/should-you-keep-your-austin-rental-home-or-sell/
In an increasingly “unaffordable” Austin, it occurs to me that many of us could live way cheaper if we could just get along and live in extended family groups or roommate groups. I’ll use ...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2015/11/20/austin-affordability-the-high-cost-of-living-apart/
I attended the Presentation in Austin this week announcing the Beta rollout of Realtor.com’s new Agent Profiles. Austin is the only city in the US with this live, though it will soon also be tu...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2015/10/03/new-realtor-com-agent-beta-profiles-now-live-in-austin/
About a year ago, Sept 2014, during a violent Austin thunder storm, a rental property I personally own in SW Austin was struck by lightening and caught fire in the attic. As the thunderous flash ...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2015/09/13/some-perspective-on-rental-property-cash-flow-disruption/
One of the more vexing and frustrating aspects of managing a Texas real estate transaction is what we agents call “clearing the Option Period”. The Option/Inspection Period is the agreed upon...
When Sylvia and I started leasing and managing rentals in Austin in the early 1990s, the business operation was phone-based. I had a phone, answering machine, and spiral pad on a desk in our kitc...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2015/08/09/leasing-a-home-in-austin-tx-then-and-now/
Both Zillow.com and Trulia.com could vanish tomorrow, completely – websites crash and stay down forever – and it would make ZERO difference, at all, in the successful sale of any home in Au...
What will the real estate market in Austin do for 2015? Most likely, more of the same. More of what we saw in 2013 and 2014 Spring/Summer selling seasons, which was strong price increases caused ...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2015/01/02/austin-real-estate-predictions-for-2015/
Have you ever woken up on a Friday morning with no intention of moving and by 5PM that day have submitted an offer on a home? That’s what Sylvia and I recently did, and it’s not the first tim...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2014/05/23/and-just-like-that-were-moving-again/
Life as an Austin Realtor requires a varied set of skills. Add to those now the ability to operate under constant Red Alert conditions if you hope to be an effective Buyer’s Agent. Here is the ...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2014/02/11/every-austin-real-estate-offer-is-an-emergency-now/
I often experience something many Austinites will never know. A quiet uncrowded Austin. No traffic. No noise. No crowds. Just peaceful serenity and bliss. There is no turning back – no solution...
https://crosslandteam.com/blog/2014/01/20/enjoying-the-quiet-uncrowded-austin/