Luckiest Mom in all of College Station - Maybe the World.
October 12th, 2008 categories: Kids, Family & Personal Stuff, Schools
Tonight I was asked to drive my daughter and her friends for Homecoming. No, they didn’t have dates and Yes I said YES!!!
Rather than just drive… I dressed in all black, got a top hat and treated them like stars. I opened the doors for them, took pictures like paparazzi, served them non alcoholic sparling grape juice in plastic flutes and let them laugh and laugh and laugh.
I was so honored my daughter wanted me to be with her and her friends. I even overheard one of the girls saying how her mom would never do something like this - and then they asked if I would drive again for Prom even if they had dates….
It was GREAT helping making a high school memory one they will remember together! THEY are special & should be treated that way.
… and, the beautiful girl in black second from the left is MINE!
College Station Real Estate - College Station Consolidated High School Homecoming 2008
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Why Did Fannie Mae Fail?
October 10th, 2008 categories: Mortgage Help, Real Estate News
With all that is going on in the mortgage and banking world right now, don’t you wonder WHY? Why did this mess begin? What started it? Didn’t anyone see it coming?
Yes - someone saw it coming. The New York Times actually reported it coming back on September 30th in 1999. How many years ago is that? Maybe it was while Clinton was President, not George Bush….
In 1999 Steven Holmes from the New York Times wrote that Fannie Mae was under extreme pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans to low and moderate income people. In doing this “Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times…. but may run into trouble in an exonomic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980’s”.
Do you remember the 80’s when WE bailed out the savings and loan industry? Often times we forget our past, our history and with that we repeat it over and over. Bailout - something new? NO WAY! We do it over and over and over. As much as I disliked my history courses in school and as much as my husband will razz me over saying this….
Maybe we should pay more attention to our past so we do not continue to repeat it but instead make better choices for our future.
Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal
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Taking a Stand Against Foreclosures
October 9th, 2008 categories: Foreclosures
The mortgage foreclosure epidemic has been taking thousand of families who can no longer afford to pay their mortgage and putting them out on the streets. But what about the families who are still making their monthly payments, do they deserve to be thrown out too? In apartment complexes all across the country, good tenants, who have never so much as missed a payment, are being evicted from their apartments because building owners have fallen behind on their mortgage payments. Fair? Illinois sheriff Thomas J. Dart doesn’t think so, and is now refusing to evict good tenants from their homes, calling it “insane”. Get all the details here and decide for yourself whether these people deserve to be out on the streets.
If you have any question, feel free to contact me anytime at rclaylee@yahoo.com or 979-255-1839
College Station’s #1 Luxury Lifestyle & Real Estate Expert for over a Decade!
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Round Top/Warrenton Antique Festivals
October 7th, 2008 categories: The Realtor's Life
Looking for something to do around this time of year and can’t wait until Halloween? If you said yes, you are in luck because it is antique festival time in Texas. Each year, during the first full weekend of October, more than half dozen small, rural Texas communities hold Antique Weekend at a midpoint between Houston and Austin. With tents and barns occupied by thousands of vendors stretching as far as the eye can see, you would be hard pressed to run out of things to do here. I have been going to this event for years now and there are a couple places I make sure never to miss. The Round Top/Warrenton Antique Festival is a four day event with tickets costing only $10! Parking is free, as is the shuttle to take you directly to the Big Red Barn. This is the place where vendors set up shop and display one of the largest antique collections you will find anywhere, ever. To see what all the fuss is about, visit these web sites and read all about the history of what is, arguably, the biggest and best antique show in the world!
If you have any question, feel free to contact me anytime at rclaylee@yahoo.com or 979-255-1839
College Station’s #1 Luxury Lifestyle & Real Estate Expert for over a Decade!
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Vote!!! Brazos Valley!!! Vote!!!
October 6th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Don’t forget to register to vote!!
Today is the deadline to register to vote. Voting is the most patriotic duty and freedom we have so go out and take advantage of it. This year the candidates are so diverse that we need every voice to be heard, so remember that you have to register to vote before your voice can be heard. If you don’t know where or when to register or to vote click here: VOTE TEXAS.
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Where O Where O Where Can I Be?
October 5th, 2008 categories: Where Am I?
Any idea where this stands? Just got back from my trip to New Braunsfels with my daughter and 2 of her friends. No - this is not in New Braunsfels but could I have seen it on the way there?
Yes, it is within the real estate sales area of Century 21 Beal. Yes, it could be in Bryan or College Station or Caldwell or Hearne depending on which way I went to New Braunsfels. Do you know?
Be the first to post what road it is nearest to and what business or institution or home it stands in front of and be the WINNER!!! You’ll forever be known as Boxy…
Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal
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