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VOTE FOR BEST BLOG

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Thanks to all of you who submitted your favorite Texas real estate blogs to us last month. Now for round two.

 

We’ve compiled 19 blogs and will publish them in five groups beginning today and over the next four issues. Your job: Check out each issue’s group of blogs and vote on the one you think is the most informative or useful, or the one that is simply the most entertaining. Be sure to let us know what swayed your decision.

 

The blogs that receive the most votes in their groups will face off against each other in the final round.

 

Here we go. First up:

Cast your vote with and send your comments to Associate Editor Bryan Pope.

Susan Hilton

Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal

Want to Search the Bryan/College Station Real Estate MLS? CLICK HERE!!!

979-764-2100

Selling a home in Bryan or College Station, Texas or other location in the Brazos Valley is heavily dependant on pricing your home properly and picking an agent that will create an “online market presence” for your home. As a home seller, you need to be aware that the market in Bryan College Station and many other Texas communities has changed over the last three and a half years. We are no longer in a strong seller’s market.

When selling a home in Bryan College Station, Tx, it pays to have a pro in your corner representing you.  It pays to hire a well educated, top professional at Century 21 Beal.

** 85% of all buyers are finding their homes on the Internet. Is your Bryan College Station home being advertised on the web? If you are with CENTURY 21 Beal it sure is!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Susan Hilton | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

Where Is This Pendulum?

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Do you know where this Pendulum is?

Call 979-764-2121 and enter the street number and you can HEAR information about that house. ANY PHONE - ANY TIME!

If a Bryan College Station home is available for sale in the MLS YOU CAN HEAR IT!  It doesn’t matter if Century 21 has it listed for sale or Coldwell Banker or Remax or ANYONE!

Susan Hilton

Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal

Want to Search the Bryan/College Station Real Estate MLS? CLICK HERE!!!

View Susan Hilton's LinkedIn profileView Susan Hilton’s profile

979-764-2100

Selling a home in Bryan or College Station, Texas or other location in the Brazos Valley is heavily dependant on pricing your home properly and picking an agent that will create an “online market presence” for your home. As a home seller, you need to be aware that the market in Bryan College Station and many other Texas communities has changed over the last three and a half years. We are no longer in a strong seller’s market.

When selling a home in Bryan College Station, Tx, it pays to have a pro in your corner representing you.  It pays to hire a well educated, top professional at Century 21 Beal.

** 85% of all buyers are finding their homes on the Internet. Is your Bryan College Station home being advertised on the web? If you are with CENTURY 21 Beal it sure is!

Posted by Susan Hilton | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

College Station Water - Where Does It Come From?

Do you ever wonder where the College Station water you drink comes from? glass-of-water

College Station’s water is ground water from deep wells in Simsboro Sand about 3,000 feet down.  The water is pumped from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer.

Is the water hot or cold when it comes up? Would you believe that the temperature for the water is 118 degrees Fahrenheit? The cooling towers at the Sandy Point Pump Station help reduce the temperature down to 85 degrees.

From the Sandy Point Pump Station the water travels about 13 miles to the Dowling Road Pump Station. At this Pump Station chlorine is added to disinfect and have fluoride added. The storage tanks at Dowling Road hold about 8 million Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Susan Hilton | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

Hear About Any College Station Home on Your Phone NOW!!!

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…

Have you ever been driving around a Bryan or College Station neighborhood and wanted to know how much a house is selling for but you didn’t want to “bother” the agent or they weren’t there when you called?

WE HAVE THE ANSWER!!!   

Call 979-764-2121 and enter the street number and you can HEAR information about that house.  ANY PHONE - ANY TIME!

If a Bryan College Station home is available for sale in the MLS YOU CAN HEAR IT!  It doesn’t matter if Century 21 has it listed for sale or Coldwell Banker or Remax or ANYONE!

Questions? Ideas?

Call me! 

Susan Hilton

979-764-2100

Posted by Susan Hilton | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

iPhone 3.0 is here and better than Ever!!!

Apple relaesed the new iPhone 3GS last week and with it came the new 3.0 software!  While I have not yet drank the 3GS “Kool-Aid”, I have upgraded to the 3.0 operting system and its awesome!

In Summary the changes are as follows:

MMS Spotlight Search

Cut, Copy & Paste

Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too.

Landscape Keyboard

Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.

MMS

Send MMS messages and include photos, audio, and contact info.2 Even tap to snap a picture right inside Messages.MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer.

Spotlight Search

Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.

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Voice Memos

Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset.

Calendar

Improved Calendar

Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support.

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Buy Movies, TV Shows, and Audiobooks

Download movies, TV shows, music videos, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store on your iPhone.3

Stocks

Enhanced Stocks App

Get more at-a-glance information and view charts in landscape.

Safari

Safari Improvements

Enjoy faster performance, autofill user names and passwords, and more.

Internet Tethering

Internet Tethering

Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB.44. Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability.

Stereo Bluetooth

Stereo Bluetooth

Connect compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones, car kits, or other accessories.

Auto Wi-Fi Login

Automatic Wi-Fi Login

Log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot and iPhone automatically logs you in when you connect again.

Sync Notes

Sync Notes

Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC.

Parental Controls

Parental Controls

Decide what music, videos, and apps your kids can access.

iTunes Store

iTunes Store Account

Create and log in to one or more iTunes Store accounts directly from your iPhone.5

Parental Controls

YouTube Login

Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate favorites.

Shake to Shuffle

Shake to Shuffle

Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.

Shake to Shuffle

New Languages

iPhone supports 30 languages and more than 40 keyboard layouts.

Mobile Me

MobileMe Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe

Find your iPhone if you lose it and protect your privacy with Remote Wipe.

Latest Maps

Run the Latest Apps

Run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games1 and more.

 

The iPhone is a great tool for any Real Estate Proffesional!!! 

For all of your College Station Real Estate Needs Please call Jeff Leatherwood at 979-255-2788 email Leatherwood @Century21.com or just visit www.BuyAggieland.com

Posted by Jeff Leatherwood | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

Electric Lawn Mowers - Green but Grievous

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Green Lawn Mower

BRYAN, TX — The Texas Municipal Power Agency encourages homeowners to use electric lawn mowers rather than gas to promote cleaner air.  They are offering vouchers worth $150 toward the purchase of an electric-powered machine, corded or cordless.

You’re thinking, I gotta push this reel mower or work my way around power cords?  That’s a big sacrifice for clean air.  Well, Black and Decker does have a handy 24V battery mower but it will only cut up to 1/3 of an acre at a time.  Then there’s a solar powered cordless from Solaris - that sounds neat.

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Posted by Cindy Seaton | Discussion: Your Comments Please »

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