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Access Supra Lockboxes with Your iPhone
Supra has created a Supra iPhone Adapter which plugs into the iPhone’s 30 pin charging connector. It adds Infrared to the iPhone which allows it to open the Supra iBox. It is designed to hang from a key chain when not in use and when you are ready to show a house, just slide it out of its cover, and plug it into your iPhone.
Wireless Updates and Alerts
Access iBox and Obtain Listing Keys
Keep track...
With Our Deepest Sympathies
Gloria Jean Paulk Wilkins, 78, passed away on Tuesday June 29, 2010. Gloria was born on June 5, 1932 in Enid, Oklahoma to Jason C. Paulk and Launa Tribble Davison. She was married to Ronald D. Wilkins. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ronald; her daughter Susan Newell; and her parents. She is survived by three children, 14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Gloria lived life to the...
August GroundBreakers
Newsweek Cites Riverstone High Schools Among Nation’s Best
Schools serving the Riverstone master-planned community are once again making headlines as premier learning facilities, with both high schools ranked among the top 1,622 high schools in the nation, as polled by Newsweek.
According to the Newsweek list, Clements High School was ranked No. 314 and Elkins High School No. 916. The report...
It’s Ethics Time, But We Are No Longer Sponsoring the Show
It came as no surprise last fall when the annual Gallup Survey of respect for professions reflected that only 11 percent of Americans held marketing and advertising professionals in high regard. The survey had been returning this same result for a number of years. In fact, in 2007 the profession had ranked only three from the very bottom of the list.
But many within the marketing industry knew that...
Attorney General Says Limits on Transfer Fees Not Retroactive
A recent opinion by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott states that statutory restrictions on real estate transfer fees:
1. operate prospectively only, and
2. do not apply to restrictive covenants that were in existence and recorded prior to the statute’s effective date.
Texas State Senator Glenn Hegar requested the AG’s opinion as to whether the statute restricting transfer fees applied...
Recalculating Route!
We put in the street, the city and the zip and then a voice tells us the quickest route to our destination. Like driving with a GPS, buying new homes used to be fairly simple and direct. The builders advertised; we took the buyers; they made selections, a few corrections, wrote, closed and moved in. It was a matter of following tried and true directions, well traveled roads. Now, like the more advanced...
The International Program at HAR Wants to Hear From You!
Have you had a successful international transaction within the last 12 months? Then we want to feature your story in the Houston REALTOR® magazine and online at www.har.com/international.
It needs to meet the definition established by NAR: International real estate transactions – include selling a home in your local market to an immigrant, leasing a commercial property to a foreign investor,...
International 101 – Think Globally, Work Locally
You already successfully manage domestic real estate transactions. Have you considered venturing into international real estate?
International real estate offers a whole new world of opportunity for today’s REALTOR®, particularly for a gateway market like Houston, Texas, that draws homebuyers from other countries every day. Don’t miss a chance to learn the ins and outs of international...
Acres of Diamonds
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.
- Russell H. Conwell
You don’t have to travel to a distant land to become involved in international real estate. Everything you need to begin mining your fields for international real estate is right here. Have you ever wanted to work with international clients but just didn’t...
Upcoming Tempo Enhancements
Report/Functionality Changes:
Larger images allowed!!! Increase in display resolution from 640 x 480 to 1024 x 768
Agents can adjust where a listing is located on the map after saving it as active
LOT: LP/square foot (land size) added as a new column after ‘List Price’
LOT: SP/square foot (land size) added as a new column after ‘Sale Price’
LOT: ‘Land Size’ added...
