Georgetown, Texas Real Estate Blog Your Host: Edward Lui

Well, it’s that time of year again when Williamson County Appraisal District appraises my home and makes me feel as though I’m living in California.

“What? My house went up $40,000?! Woohoo!”

Actually, that happened to my personal residence, $38,268 to be exact. Not a bad number, unless the home was appraised at $167,445 last year which would mean a 23% increase in value! They capped it at 10% so that makes it only $184,190. Fortunately, I’ve been contesting my home since the beginning and this number is actually favorable for me.

Need some help lowering your tax appraised value?

Just shoot me an email or give me a call and I’d be happy to help! I’m currently working on the following appraisals and will be posting the results soon:

Boxwood Loop - Appraised for $171,607

Westbury Lane - Appraised for $160,324

Rosebud Lane - Appraised for $214,193

Greenside Lane - Appriased for $182,535

If I have helped you lower your taxes, feel free to post the results in the comments section. I’d love to hear how it turned out for you!

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I started this Georgetown Texas Real estate blog one year ago and performed my first “upgrade” today!  Actually, it was more out of necessity than anything, I went to my blog this past weekend and noticed all of my posts were appearing in reverse chronological order!  So, an upgrade did the trick.

I tried upgrading it myself and that was a biiiig mistake!  I thought I killed my blog…fortunately I did a backup beforehand.  After poking around in some forums, I was referred to a guy named James Burton who would help.  I emailed him and all he requested was a donation to his wordpress support website.

After about an hour, I was up and running.  If you want to avoid spending hours doing something that you’re not good at and focus on your blogging, make sure you give James Burton a visit. And while he’s fixing or upgrading or getting you started…give his blog a read, it’s very heartwarming and genuine.

   I’ve closed comments on this blog for a while, thinking it would help with all of the spam. Today I checked my account after just a few days and had over 160 spam messages!

Now I have a Spam blocker plug-in that should help. Sorry if you’ve been locked out in the past. Please do comment, I love to hear what your viewpoint is and it sure makes a blog that much more interesting. This is not a personal diary, but a forum for a dialogue. So speak up!
Kevin - thanks for “forcing” your comments through to me via email, it was a reminder that I needed to fix this months ago! Check out his blog here!

After a year of launching this website and 9 months into the Blog, today www.GeorgetownCustomHomes.com has hit page 1!!!

For the search term, “Georgetown Texas Real Estate,” we’re on the first page of the 3 major search engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Thanks to all the visitors who have browsed my site! This website was created as a free resource to custom home buyers in Georgetown, Texas and I hope you have found it to be valuable.

Thanks even more to those who have put their trust in me and became my clients as a result of “meeting me” online. I value your trust and friendship and hope I can continue to be your trusted real estate advisor for you, your friends and your family.

In a “slowing real estate market” God has provided for my family, through this website, and I am grateful for the relationships that I have developed in the process…and grateful to Him, who always does exceedingly and abundantly more than I can ever ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20)!

Your Favorite Homeboy,

Edward

Over the next few weeks, I will be opening up this blog to other professionals in Georgetown, Texas: Builders, Architects, Developers, Lenders, etc.

This will give them a voice and a personality in addition to sharing their industry knowledge and how it is relevant to the Georgetown, Texas market. Readers of this Blog will be able to engage with these professionals and can use this as a resource for doing business. What do you think? If you’d like to contribute to my Blog, respond to this post, I’m open to ideas!

~Edward

I’m doing what’s called a 1031 exchange.  The tax code allows you to take the proceeds of a sale and re-invest it to avoid taxation on the gain of your real estate investment.  Well, I just sold my commercial condo and need to identify a home by mid-October.

My goal is to purchase personal property in a variety a ways so I can best help my clients.  So far I’ve purchased:

1.  New from a builder

2.  From a lender through a short-sale

3.  From an owner through assuming an existing mortgage

4.  Currently conducting a 1031 exchange

Maybe my next purchase should be through some type of auction.  Ebay anyone?

Today marks the official birthday of the Georgetown, Texas real estate blog. I will use this blog to keep my clients, friends and readers informed on all aspects of home buying in Georgetown — with a particular focus on the custom home market in Georgetown, Texas.


Some of the topics we will cover on this blog:

• New home listings in the area
• Updates on communities in Georgetown
• Real estate market trends
• Georgetown, Texas lifestyle information
• And more!

If you would like to leave a comment on this blog, you can use the “comment” link found beneath any blog post.

Enjoy!