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Here you will find a wide variety of useful information and resources designed to help you buy or sell a home more effectively in the Austin areas. From information on the local community, to advice about finding a mortgage or preparing your home to sell, it's all available here on my web site.  So whether you're buying or selling, feel free to contact me and I will be happy to help you with all your real estate needs.

What is Austintatious and who are the Austinites?

Austin is made up of a diverse blend of cultures and lifestyles, and has a reputation for being an open, accepting city. The influences of minority communities can be felt in everything from our music and dining to architecture and art. Central Texas boasts a cosmopolitan atmosphere without the big-city hassle, reasonable cost of living, gorgeous scenery and friendly people. Austin gets

high marks for its lifestyle and the opportunities to pursue challenging careers. No wonder it’s been cited as the Number One destination both for relocating families and relocating singles. Our diverse business community is a mecca of creative, talented people and prizes entrepreneurial, innovative people. "Keep Austin Weird"

Regional Information

The Austin metropolitan area is the 38th largest region nationally and the City of Austin is 16th. Austin is a metropolitan region of 1.6 million people with a highly trained workforce, renowned quality of life, moderate cost environment and vast experience in technology, manufacturing and research and development.

Education

With its many area universities and colleges, its award-winning public and private schools and its penchant for churning out some of the smartest people on the planet, Austin might seem a little daunting when it comes to figuring out where you or your children are going to fit into this buzzing hive of learning.  Four of the metro's major public school systems, representing 54% of area enrollment, are included in Expansion Management magazine's latest annual education quality ratings of nearly 2,800 school districts nationwide.

Two districts—Eanes and Round Rock—are rated "gold medal", the highest of the magazine's cost-performance categories. The Austin Independent School District, the largest in the region, as well as San Marcos, were awarded the “Green Light” rating, the middle performance category. Past ratings from the magazine have included Lake Travis as “Gold Medal” and Georgetown, Leander and Pflugerville as “Blue Ribbon” districts, and Bastrop as a "Green Light" district. Fifteen regional schools made Newsweek’s “Top of the Class” list in June 2007. The schools were ranked according to percentage of advanced placement, International Baccalaureate and Cambridge tests compared with the number of students enrolled. Selected schools represented 7 districts in the area including Austin, Dripping Springs, Eanes, Lake Travis, Leander, Pflugerville, and Round Rock.

Recreation

Austin is a creative community filled with designers, painters, sculptors, dancers, filmmakers, musicians and artists of all kinds. Austin has more live music venues per capita than anywhere else in the nation. Today, our city hosts nearly 200 venues and is home to thousands of musicians. Which means you can catch a show any day of the week, at almost any time. In addition to the venues, Austin hosts many nationally recognized annual events including the three day ACL fest in Zilker Park featuring eight stages and 130 bands and South by Southwest which showcases the best in independent film, music and interactive from around the world.

Austin has its own professional symphony, ballet and opera companies, dozens of theaters, dance companies, vocal ensembles, and orchestras producing events year-round. Art museums, galleries galore and beautiful gardens replete with sculptures.

Thanks to incomparable cuisine, diverse local artists, and eclectic shopping, Austin is known as one of the most unique destinations in the country. Newcomers will find one-of-a-kind shopping finds in downtown Austin with an eclectic array of shops and boutiques. Or visit Austin's second downtown. That’s what many are calling The Domain and its 304-acre, thoughtfully planned community that’s setting new standards in urban development. The Domain is bringing the best of Austin to one single, urban location and offers impeccable restaurants and luxury shops anchored by Neiman Marcus and Macy’s. A big part of Austin's culture is the great outdoors. With Hill Country vistas outside the city and Lady Bird Lake in the center of

town, Austin has miles of hike and bike trails, more than 200 parks and around 300 days of sunshine each year.

We're host to the Austin Marathon & Half Marathon, with more than 11,000 participating runners from around the country. And Austin was recently named the nation's No. 1 golf destination by CNN.com.  Many Austinites enjoy playing a variety of sports, but others like to watch. The area has numerous opportunities to join the crowds as a spector of exciting local sporting events.The University of Texas and the Big 12 Conference offer collegiate sports with nationally ranked programs in football, basketball, baseball, swimming, track and field, volleyball and more.

The Round Rock Express, the Houston Astros' Triple A affiliate named for baseball hall-of-famer Nolan Ryan began play in Austin's neighboring city of Round Rock in the 2000 season after relocating here from Jackson, Miss. The Dell Diamond, built at a cost of $20 million, is the home of the Round Rock Express Baseball Club.With a seating capacity of 7,816 fixed seats, crowds at The Dell Diamond can easily swell to 11,000 with room for almost 3,500 additional fans on the outfield grass berm area.

The Austin Ice Bats, a CHL professional hockey team named after the world-famous free-tailed bats that live under Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge, play at the Travis County Exposition and Heritage Center. The Austin Wranglers, the Arena Football League’s 19th franchise, kicked off their Inaugural Season in February of 2004. The team plays home games at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center on The University of Texas campus.