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10 January 2025 | 1 reply
The Austin metro was among the hottest destinations in the country for where people were moving last year, according to the latest annual ranking from U-Haul International Inc.Austin ranked No. 5 among the top U.S. growth metros in 2024, and Texas was the No. 2 state for move-ins — bested from the top spot after three consecutive years by South Carolina, according to data released Jan. 2 and Jan. 3.The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area took the crown for the top growth metro in the recent list, followed by Charlotte, North Carolina (No. 2); Phoenix (No. 3); and, Lakeland, Florida (No. 4).
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9 January 2025 | 8 replies
On https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ you can also check the neighborhood crime and the percentage of people who rent compared to owning.
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2 February 2025 | 7 replies
Most people don’t want to sell a property and walk with zero dollars.
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4 January 2025 | 19 replies
Basically, it turned off our furnace and I watched until temps started hitting 56F inside, then reached out gently to educate that our AC (blower) is disabled in the winter and the furnace needs to stay on.Hang in there.
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6 January 2025 | 13 replies
(Ok I get it that its 2024 and people smoke weed).
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14 January 2025 | 2 replies
That’s the stuff people gloss over in spreadsheets but makes a real difference in how smoothly a project runs.
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5 January 2025 | 4 replies
I think seasonality is starting earlier, but if people are starting this early, ahead of inventory bottoming, we could have a pretty crazy spring.
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29 January 2025 | 18 replies
Social media is a good place to meet people, but do you really understand what they do?
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26 December 2024 | 2 replies
May see some slight reductions but we are most likely not going from say 7% to 5.5% unless of a major economic crisis which would also cause home prices to get hit.
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8 January 2025 | 34 replies
They are certainly around and people do not necessarily talk about them as often.