Sam White's College Station Real Estate Blog

Dear readers,

Many times the act of doing something is worth more than the end product. I think we see this in many areas.

Yesterday I wrote a short post from the National Diving Championships being held here at Texas A&M University. In fact, I received a little flak because the blog didn't directly speak about a property for sale.

While sitting in the crowd with my Netbook on my lap, tapping away, another spectator asked what I was doing. I quickly explained I was writing a quick blog about the event and explained what Active Rain was. I also gave him a card.

If you haven't been to a diving competition, they are kind of like a golf tournament. You are expected to be very quiet and still before each dive, which doesn't lead to conversation. He took my card, nodded and we didn't speak again...until this morning.

I just received a call from the gentleman, and he'd like me to help his family find a home. The combination of supporting our school and community through attending the diving event and taking the time to write about it really impressed him. That, combined with my knowledge of the local market and Internet savvy, influenced him to trust me with his business. He never read the blog, but just the act of writing it gained me a nevw client.

Blogging may be one of the most healthy things we do for our minds and business. Once again it's not just the destination, but the act of getting there that makes the journey worth it.

Blue skies,

Sam White
979-589-4487
Search.SamWhiteRealty.com

Hi everyone,

I'm blogging live today from the National Diving Championships being held at the Texas A&M Natitorium in College Station, Texas. We have a great facility here, including:

Dive Pool
* 25 meters long 58 feet wide (eight 7-foot wide lanes)
* Two 1-meter and two 3-meter springboards and 1, 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 meter platforms with rough-tex surfaces
* One inch ceramic tile throughout (blue field with white markers)
* One underwater viewing window
* Sparger bubbler system under all platforms and three meter springboards
* Bubble and spray surface agitation systems
* Trampoline room and separate Port-A-Pit area
* Hydrolic self-operated handicap lift
* Adjacent eight person in-ground hot tub
* 16-17 feet deep 24 x 80 tri-color full matrix scoreboard/message center

The contest has been running all week and ends tomorrow (Sunday) after lunch.

Today's competition includes:

• Women's 3-Meter Finals
• Men's 10-Meter Finals
• Women's 3-Meter Synchro Finals
• Men's 10-Meter Synchro Finals

If you are here in the Brazos Valley, this will make a great Saturday or Sunda activity.

For more information see:

http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/events/2010_AT&T_nats.htm

Our thanks to USA Diving and Texas A&M for bringing this great event to our area.

Blue skies,

Sam White
9790589-4487
Search.SamWhiteRealty.com

Happy Saturday!

Bryan & College Station, Texas is preparing for the fall 2010 semester at Texas A&M University and Blinn College. Summer school is over and kids are taking a quick break before school starts.

All Texas A&M residence halls will open for check-in on Sunday, August 22, 2010, from 8:00am - 7:00pm. For more infomation on Texas A&M Residence Halls see http://reslife.tamu.edu. Blinn College does not offer on-campus housing and refers students to TAMU's Office of the Dean of Student Life at http://studentlife.tamu.edu/.

For those living off campus, Bryan & College Station have a vast assortment of rentals and apartments. Unfortunately, there isn't one central database for area rentals as there is with sales.

Although Sam White Realty handles rentals for select buyer clients, our primary business is residential sales. We do, however, have one rental on the market. It's a nice 3 bedroom 2 bath home near the Southwood Athletic Park. View the properties Website at 1100Buttercup.com.

For those who have already secured living accomadations but need to get the utilities lined-up, this link takes you to our Utility Information Website. There you will be able to link to local providers.

I have one word of advice for anyone connecting utilities this time of year. Try to do everything you can over the Internet or telephone. Connection lines are already long, and the influx of almost 50,000 students makes things much worse. Also, some connection times can take several days, especially cable and Internet. Don't wait!

Of course, if we can help you find a home or student property to purchase, we'd love to help. You search all area properties and save those searches at Search.SamWhiteRealty.com.

Have a great weekend!

Sam White
979-589-4487
Search.SamWhiteRealty.com