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  • Sam Chapman is a real estate agent with Private Label Realty and is licensed in the state of Texas. License # 0509637.

September 2008 - Posts

Lake Travis High School on Fox News
Fox 7 News in Austin aired a story this morning about Lake Travis High School. LTHS has been in the news a lot lately, but mainly because of the amazing football team that won state last year and that is flying high this year. This story featured the Read More...
Amazing Lake Travis Waterfront Home at 31 Water Front Ave.
I had a real treat yesterday evening. I went to an open house at a stunning home on Lake Travis in a private, gated part of Lakeway. Located at 31 Waterfront, this home is different than what one would expect in a newer home on the lake. Rather than the Read More...
Lake Travis High School Interact Club Fundraiser to benefit Victims of Hurricane Ike
The Lake Travis High School Interact Club, a community service club, is holding a coin drive to raise money to send to the American Red Cross to benefit victims of Hurricane Ike. This is being done at the high school over the next 10 days, but you can Read More...
3 Story For Sale in Leander
Awesome View Home 3,750 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 3 story "Has an elevator" - MLS® $600,000 Leander, Austin Click for Property information Read More...
Will People Leave Houston Because of Ike?
I was talking with Angie Beck this morning, who is back here in Austin because of Hurricane Ike. She is a basketball coach in Clear Lake, TX and the school has no power because of Ike. Neither does her apartment so she is back n Austiin for a while. Angie Read More...
My Stats
I was checking my website stats and noticed something that I have seen before, but I never really thought about why it is the way it is. The day with the most visits to my site is Monday. From there, the graph drops steadily through the week and the lowest Read More...
Austin Slideshow
I put together a little slideshow for people who haven't been to Austin before. This is also for people who may have visited, but who never got out of the downtown area. Although the photos are good quality, they lost somehting when the slideshow Read More...
Lake Travis Waterfront Homes May Need An LCRA Septic Inspection
Anyone looking to purchase a waterfront home on Lake Travis in a community that doesn't have a public sewer system will need to have the septic system by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). The LCRA, a private entity, manages the Central Texas Read More...
Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay
If you drive from Austin out Texas 71 you will come to Highway 281. Turn north on that and you will soon be in Marble Falls, which sits on Lake Marble Falls. Just west of Marble Falls on the south side of Lake LBJ is Horseshoe Bay. This area is generally Read More...
New Austin and Travis County Floodplain
The city of Austin has sent out letters to people who either own or rent property in a floodplain or are within 150 feet of a floodplain. If you think you may be in a floodplain, but are not sure, click www.cityofaustin.org/watershed/flood.htm and click Read More...
Need a Wide Angle Lens For Your Digital Camera?
I was at a tech tune up put on by the Williamson County Board two days ago and saw something very cool. Someone showed a wide angle lens that can be attached to a digital camera. This is a great tool for any real estate agent. Unless you have a tricked Read More...
Austin Home Prices Fall? Not So Sure...
CORRECTION on 9/8/2008: I usually just copy and paste these stats without questioning them and obviously missed something. I want to thank commenters jcn and Charlie Pitkin for pointing it out. I just got an email from Alamo Title saying that there was Read More...