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Old 04-03-2012, 12:29 PM
 
Location: Greater Austin Area
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Off-topic I know, but I have a bunch of buddies at Bioware. They love it (or seem to, anyway!). Tough industry though.
Really? Nice to know.
He always wanted to work in the gaming industry, and we finally schlepped it at enough govt jobs for him to get the experience he needed to be valuable enough.

Tough? lol Try working at the State Dept during this political climate.
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Old 04-03-2012, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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DM is on the way, mom. Phone # and hopefully a Google Map link.
Good luck!
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Old 04-04-2012, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Greater Austin Area
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Thanks Rick!
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Old 04-04-2012, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Yeah, from watching the market through Owner Finance websites and craigslist the last month, Austin's market must be reviving.
We put in an offer on a house site unseen yesterday, full price, but only 8k down ( that's all we have). They rejected it. They wanted closer to 10 down. Such a small thing, but it just tells me it is turning into a sellers market.

I hope someone takes pity on us.
Looks like you might get better deals in Williamson County.

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More than half of residential Williamson County properties see drop in value
The Williamson Central Appraisal District this week began mailing out 167,500 appraisal notices more than half of which indicate property values dropped this year.Just 36 percent of residential property values increased this year, according to a statement from the appraisal district. Another 13 percent of residential properties remained within $1,000 of their 2011 valuation, the statement said.
On average, the residential properties that dropped in value fell by 2.5 percent, the statement said.
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Old 04-05-2012, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Greater Austin Area
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Hmm, good info! Thanks!
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