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iPhone 3.0 is here and better than Ever!!!

June 23rd, 2009 categories: Community Events

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

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.

Voice Memos

Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice

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Places to Eat

May 24th, 2009 categories: Community Events

BRYAN, TX -- Now that the university students are out for the summer, [caption id="attachment_40" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Shish Ka Bob"]

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try new restaurants around town without waiting in a line ;) Actually, I can't give them a hard time - the students are the reason why our local economy is so insulated from the extremes shown in the national news stories.

Back to the menu...There is one place in town that you need to visit, tucked away at 110 Dominik near Texas Avenue in College Station. It is Shiraz Shish-ka-Bob, an Iranian restaurant with various ka-bobs with rice and vegetables, humus, and flat bread. The owners finished-out a former photo store/donut store very nicely. It sits near Blue Baker and Gumby's Pizza. The restaurant is named for the city Shiraz in southwestern Iran known for poetry and arts. We've been several times - my favorite ka-bob is the lamb. In the Aggieland of chicken fingers and BBQ, Shiraz is divine. The sodas and regular beverages sit near the cash register, but I recommend asking for their hot tea. It is dark and wonderful - don't know the name. But I

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Death and Taxes

May 20th, 2009 categories: Community Events

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Biggest Real Estate News Of The Year!!!

May 14th, 2009 categories: Community Events

HUD secretary, Shaun Donovan, announced HUD approval of using the $8,000 first time homebuyer's tax credit to apply toward a down payment!!! This is huge news! Basically now all we need is lenders to implement this into loan programs. Basically its going to work thru short term bridge loans so that the lender gives you $8,000 to close on a house and at the first of next year they get your $8,000 tax return... Obviously, this is the "Condensed Version" Call or Email me for details! www. BuyAggieland.com Leatherwood@Century21.com or call 979.255.2788 Thanks, Jeffrey Leatherwood, Broker College Station Texas Real Estate.

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How’s the Market?

May 11th, 2009 categories: Community Events

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[/caption] BRYAN, TX -- The numbers don't look fabulous. But what we see in the Brazos Valley is the effect of the fear in the market- from the stock market decline and horrible national news. Bryan-College Station is in an insulated community but we still see some of the affects of the national news. By insulated, I mean that BCS has A&M University and great growth. Add to that, the state of Texas has the number one economy in our country. Plus, even when the rest of the nation had huge increases in their real estate markets, we prospered and remained in the middle, not seeing gigantic increases in values. And now when the rest of the nation's prices are adjusting and depreciating, we have remained in the middle, not seeing huge decreases in values. In fact, prices show that they are appreciating here... (more...)

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http://8428TurtleRock.info - Do You Want a Website Too?

May 9th, 2009 categories: Community Events

Does every new property listing need its own website to get it sold? No but it sure doesn't hurt!

Century 21 Beal now offers all sellers in the Bryan/College Station (and surrounding areas) their own personalized website for their property for sale. Checkout 8428 Turtle Rock Loop and tell me what you think. This is a SOON TO BE FOR SALE Foreclosure in Emerald Forest, College Station, Tx.