Archive for the 'Texas A&M University' Category
Texas A&M University Horticultural Gardens – Beautiful Flowers!
September 6th, 2008 categories: Home Improvement & Design, Texas A&M University
Have you stopped by the Texas A&M University Horticultural Gardens lately? It is beautiful! The garden features stone pathways winding through stunning flowers. Look a little further and see stunning sculptures. Interested in water gardens with (more...)| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
What’s in a name?
September 5th, 2008 categories: Kids, Family & Personal Stuff, Real Estate True Tales, Texas A&M University
I am a fan of history, especially the history of places. The history of an area is something that is important to Realtors. When I look at something as simple as a legal description for a property or as complex as a title commitment, I am reminded of the people that originally surveyed and owned the virgin wilderness and the hardships they endured to create a home, a livelihood, and a community out of the natural resources around them. Being able to trace the chain of title back to the original owners brings them back to life and gives them meaning and context. Where people settled, towns often sprung up. Sometimes these rural communities grew into mighty cities. Sometimes they faded away and disappeared. Thanks to online mapping programs like Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth, those tiny unincorporated communities that still exist and the ones that don't are more accessible and visible than ever. There are many communities in the Bryan and College Station area that barely merit a dot on the map. Others aren't even mentioned at all. Thanks to modern technology, we can look at them and wonder...why did they give it that name? (more...)| Discussion: 1 Comment »
First Female to Lead the Aggie Band!
August 29th, 2008 categories: Community Events, Texas A&M University
If 2008 has a theme so far, it would be the Year of the Woman. Several women have achieved outstanding success in their fields and made history in doing so. Everyone is familiar with the story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, including her rise to success in her own right as a U.S. Senator for the State of New York after serving in the role of wife, mother, and First Lady of Arkansas and the U.S.A., and her near-miss in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Today we were all surprised at the selection by Sen. John McCain of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, a pro-life reformer and mother of five, as his running mate for the White House on the Republican ticket. While Geraldine Ferraro was the first female to ever be a vice-presidential candidate, the selection of Gov. Palin potentially makes her the first female to serve as Vice-President of the United States. On Saturday, August 30, another female will do something that no female has ever done before. The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band will step off from the north end of Kyle Field for the first time ever with a female drum major! (more...)| Discussion: 2 Comments »
Support the A&M Consolidated High School Band & Texas A&M
August 21st, 2008 categories: Community Events, Schools, Texas A&M University
Ready to support A&M Consolidated High School Band and Texas A&M too? A&M Consolidated Band is selling Aggie Flag subscriptions! For only $40. a Consolidated Band Student will come to your home (or business) EACH morning Texas A&M plays a home football game and place an Aggie flag in your yard showing your support! And they even come and pickup the flag later in the day!!! This year there are seven home games this year where you can show your support for A&M Consolidated High School Tiger Band AND the Texas AGGIES! Ready to get your flags (more...)| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
Is Your Home’s Value Declining? Maybe Not!
August 9th, 2008 categories: Buying Real Estate, Investment Property, Market Trends, Real Estate News, Selling Real Estate, Texas A&M University
In an article dated August 6, 2008 in the San Francisco Chronicle, Chronicle staff writer James Temple wrote about the state of the housing market in the Golden State and the results of a confidence survey commissioned by real estate web site Zillow. The point of the survey is that most homeowners feel their homes have increased or held steady in value, when the reality is that the majority of homes in the survey area have lost value during the recent real estate downturn. While this article and survey focused on the San Francisco Bay area, the same loss of value in the housing market has been seen in many metropolitan areas across the nation. Texas, however, is a notable exception. (more...)| Discussion: 2 Comments »
You’re not from around here, are you?
August 4th, 2008 categories: Texas A&M University, The Realtor's Life
I am proud to tell anyone who asks that I am a citizen of the great State of Texas. We Texans have a unique outlook on our personal identity. We are proud of our state and our heritage. Whether you're from the far reaches of the Panhandle, the deserts of west Texas, the piney woods of east Texas, the coastal plains down by the Gulf of Mexico or anywhere in between, being Texan is often more important than being an American. Speaking of the Panhandle, I have a friend who always says that he's from Dalhart and always called it "God's country". We always told him that's because nobody else wanted it! In fact, Texans think we've got it made. To be not only an American, but also a citizen of the greatest state in the U.S.A., a state that was once an independent nation called the Republic of Texas...well, that's enough to make your chest swell to about the same size as Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas! If I ever travelled abroad and someone was to ask me where I was from, I would probably tell them I'm a Texan first. But I...| Discussion: 2 Comments »
