SMTX Real Estate Services

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08/28/2015

Things continue to unravel..

Several students were forced to prolong moving into The Woods of San Marcos apartment complex after the city denied their certificate of occupancy Aug. 14.

07/14/2015

Realtors taint the collective consciousness with their bs...if people only knew...stop being sheeple people. SssssssToooooooop! People perceive Realtors as the gatekeepers to Real Estate and they are nothing more than glorified Used Car salesmen who hide behind their bs of ethics and accreditations from merely taking an exam. Biggest Fraternity in the Country. Mk. Feel a lil betta..

06/16/2015

COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT: There will be a discussion Tues. night 6/16 at Council (near the end of the agenda) of the apartments at Cape's Camp and what the city is doing to determine how the long dam-like piles of dirt along River Road and the incomplete drainage system at the apartments affected the severe flooding of Blanco Gardens neighborhood (all the houses between Highway 80 and the apartments). We are also waiting to hear what GBRA and other officials determine about the elevation of this flood in the Blanco River near San Marcos. We heard that the rainfall event in the Blanco and Boerne area was about a 150-year rainfall event, and an estimation of Blanco River flows upstream of San Marcos was about 2,223 cfs. If that is true, the flood was twice the volume of 1998. But I know landowners downstream in Staples who marked flood levels for the past 100 years on their buildings, and they report that the recent flood there was only 5 inches higher than 1998. Whatever conclusions the city and GBRA come to, we are going to want to double check their calculations with photos, video and measurements that we've also made around River Road and the apartments, and our own LIDAR topo maps. If it is not raining Tuesday afternoon, there will be another 4:30 to 6 p.m.tailgate with hot dogs and chips at the city hall parking lot for those who are coming to the Council meeting again, like the gathering before the last Council meeting two weeks ago.

06/12/2015

New Micro-homes are available for under $20K now. Love this one...hot tub included! -Pete

05/31/2015

A flooded apartment complex in San Marcos, Texas, points to the broader challenge cities face in balancing urban growth with floodplain risks.

05/31/2015

Pleas from concerned citizens opposing the Development in the Watershed that diverted direct hits to the adjacent neighborhoods that flooded in San Marcos.

Worth a listen.

As far back as 2012 residents warned public officials and city staff of flooding, here is a trailer

05/27/2015

In Texas’s exurban counties, a population and building boom has outpaced efforts to cut flash-flood risks and dominates any impact so far from climate change.

05/26/2015

If ur property has been flooded, ur lease has not terminated, contact mgt company or landlord to arrange immediate repairs and damage estimates...again. the Owner is responsible for repairs but not lost personal items. Renters insurance should cover that. Thanks to Lisa Marie Coppoletta for the info.

The Austin Tenants’ Council has been a resource for tenant-landlord information in the Central Texas area for more than 25 years.

05/25/2015

After absorbing the conditions in the central texas area weather wise, I wanted to remind the rental community about renters insurance. If u r renting an apartment,duplex, mobile home, house etc. And that property is flooded, the landlord or management company is NOT responsible for replacing ur personal belongings. Obtaining renters insurance would cover u under flooding. Average cost is $15 a month. Ur car insurance provider should have this option. Gotta get it myself.

Just a thought.

05/22/2015

Such Boooooshiet...

For the third year running, San Marcos will be the nation’s fastest-growing city of at least 50,000 residents based on updated population estimates released early today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

05/02/2015

Anyone wanna buy a house in SMTX for under 10k? Holla at me. Will sell on Tuesday.