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Well, spring is on us and it is the traditional start of the real estate selling season.  We always like to start off the spring with a huge run of open house and this year is no different. 

Our company, Coldwell Banker, is having what we call our March Madness Open House Extravaganza, Sunday, March 25 from 2-5.  You can go to www.BrownwoodRealEstate.com and get a full list.  It looks like we are going to have close to 20 of them this year which will be our biggest one that I can remember.  Lisa and I will be doing 4 or 5 of them (thanks to the help of some friends).

Open house's are great exposure for any listing, but especially those that show well on the inside.  It gives potential buyers the chance to have a low pressure time to really look a house over. 

I have done many, many open houses over the years, and sometimes you just cannot predict what kind of turnout you will have.  We are doing some good advertising on the radio & newspaper to help spread the word ahead of time. 

One of the best parts for me is getting to meet new people at an open house situation.  Many times neighbors stop by just to be curious and I always enjoy visiting with folks. 

Hope to see everyone at our open houses this Sunday!!

Ray

Its NCAA Basketball time again.  We are over half way though the first round and my bracket is looking pretty good so far.  Maybe my luck will hold up next week too!

I have not been a huge college basketball fan in years past, but over the last couple of years I find myself following it more and more. 

I found a great place to watch the games online and to get live scores at www.ncaasports.com.  You can pick a game to watch and get live score feeds on the side for the other games so you know what is going on.  The only bad thing is there are local programming blackouts so you will have to watch some of the games the old fashion way.

Enjoy!

Ray

The rain the last few days have been a welcome sight.  Looking at the radar this evening, it looks like we may have a good chance for more tonite (I hope).

Althought we got a couple of inches in town, I was showing some lake property this afternoon and the lake could still use several feet of water.  I hear its about 6 feet low right now and I could see several docks on dry land and many more getting close. 

Usually the waterfront market really starts to heat up about spring break time though summer, but if we don't get significant rain in the next few weeks to help fill the lake up some, it could effect some lake sales in the short term.  It is still to early to tell right now what the impact will be. 

So let it rain!!!

It looks like they are finally finished with Austin Ave.  They just got though painting the lines and crosswalks yesterday and were working on traffic lights today.  Being that our office was in the midst of the mess, it all looks great now.  Although, I am not quite sure why they would lay the road, tear it up, and do it again several times.

On our corner of Ave K and Austin, we usually saw some wrecks or at least near wrecks on a regular basis.  Now that the light has no left turn arrow protection or lane, I bet those increase (but I hope not). 

Well, we finally joined the millions of people putting blogs on their web sites.  Hopefully we can share our opinions of the real estate market, the Brownwood area, and other opinions and personal notes.  We love to hear feedback from our clients, customers, and whoever cares to share them. 

Thanks,

Ray