TexasFlyer
Living the Dream (well at least trying to)
Good deal man...I comment often that there a few of us here in San Antonio but we rarely get together, so perhaps we can get together and enjoy ourselves. AND...since you have peeps down in ATL (my hometown), then you must be an OK dude. :laff:
One other thing, I saw that you frequent a hot dog stand...where is this? The only real HD stand that I knew about was off Marbach/410 and closed a while back.
Oh one LAST thing...I know you have mentioned perhaps selling your house. If you are interested, my wife could hook you up with a CMA and since you're a JC guy, I bet I could convince her to cut you a break on commission too. No pressure of course, but I thought I'd put it out there anyway!
I tend to make quick decisions. I already called The Barfield Group and he is going to try to sell my house and/or rent it for enough to have me cover the mortgage (I have a place I can go stay for $300/month which can help!). I was told he helps with historical homes and knows the Tobin Hills area well. He suggested a 'silent' sale since that is how to bring the most cash, but I may need more of a 'quick and reasonable' sale. He did a CMA and home sales there range from $50k to $250k it seems. It's a eclectic area since one house is in amazing condition and the one next door is falling in on itself. Lucky for me, on my street, the top and bottom of the street is real bad homes. But the houses on all sides of me are in really good condition since myself and all the immediate families next to me take pride in our historical bungalows. So the sale is already in the beginning process. I am hopeful to get in the $180's for it since that's my break even point, although I owe much less on it. I guess we'll see what happens.
The Hot Dog Stand is fabulous. It's a couple blocks from my house.
1) Take Route 281 and exit at St Mary's Street.
2) Then go toward downtown, which is South on N. St. Mary's Street (which is away from Brackenridge Park and the Zoo).
3) Go past the YMCA and Grace Coffee House for about 1 block.
4) Then on the RIGHT you will see an old building called Candlelight behind the tree line (so look hard as it's white and has lots of windows). That's another coffee house. On the LEFT you will see a salsa dance club and diagonal you will see Tycoon Flats which is a live music place and restaurant. TURN RIGHT after that Candlelight Coffee house. It's a hard right since a mild right puts you on Woodlawn Ave. You want to be on King's Court.
5) The Hotdog stand is called Frankfurter Express (sometimes us locals just call it kings court since the King of hotdogs works there). You can't miss the place. The whole front fence says hot dogs. Unless of course they painted it again. They change the look often since they keep it fresh, yet historically artistic like most of the neighborhood.
If you plan to go to the hotdog stand, PM me. I will pass along my phone number. I would be glad to meet you there. And the place is BYOB, so bring a six pack for us :beer:
The hot dog stand is one of the few places I can go since the folks there will help me get out of my truck when I pull up. So I can go there anytime. They are open from 11am to 8pm Monday thru Wednesday. And from 11am to 11pm Thursday thru Saturday. Closed on Sunday.
They know me well. My nickname there is "Airforce". I have no idea why, but that's what they call me. Just say I sent you there and you want a good deal on a special dog. Or best yet, invite me along. I will be happy to introduce you to the owner and his son and The King who are all great people!