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Margie Kaplan has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. She specializes in the luxury home market including high rise condos and exclusive gated communities. Call Margie today at (800) 240-8717.
Margie Kaplan - Broker, CRS, CLHMS, CNHS
MK Luxury Homes & Condos
 
w: 800-240-8717
o: 281-463-6365 Ext

My Website: Visit Me There
Email: Email Me Now
We're the talk of the town!
Margie Kaplan has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. She specializes in the luxury home market including high rise condos and exclusive gated communities. Call Margie today at (800) 240-8717.
Margie Kaplan - Broker, CRS, CLHMS, CNHS
MK Luxury Homes & Condos
 
w: 800-240-8717
o: 281-463-6365 Ext

My Website: Visit Me There
Email: Email Me Now
We're the talk of the town!
Margie Kaplan has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. She specializes in the luxury home market including high rise condos and exclusive gated communities. Call Margie today at (800) 240-8717.
Margie Kaplan - Broker, CRS, CLHMS, CNHS
MK Luxury Homes & Condos
 
w: 800-240-8717
o: 281-463-6365 Ext

My Website: Visit Me There
Email: Email Me Now
We're the talk of the town!

Bar For Sale Downtown Houston

Posted by 713bernier on December 28th, 2007

Productive and popular Gay Bar, Well established and centrally located in the Houston Montrose area. The sale is (as is) and includes the business, parking lot, all the furnishings. (liquor inventory will be extra and will be evaluated at time of closing) All records will be made available after signing a Confidentiality Agreement. For inquiries please call Gary Bergner with Century 21 Brooks Ballard, Tel: 713-522-7474 Ext. 252, email gary.b@brooks ballard.com. Fax: 713-522-3636

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Unnecessary Train Noise

Posted by 713bernier on December 28th, 2007

gary.jpgI am a realtor and a resident in the Cottage Grove area of the city. That would be the Washington Avenue Corridor. There has been a large amount of new construction in this area. The Houston City is collection a lot a tax revenue from these homes and unfortunately we (the residents of this area) are being bombarded by train horn noise at all hours of the day and night. The city has somehow been able to get a quite zone for West University, Bellaire, and the Galleria area I.E. (no horn blowing), But we the residents of the Washington Avenue corridor are somehow not it the loop for this same consideration. I have written to the city council starting Jan 25, 07 complaining about the unneccessary noise, inviting members of the City Council and the Mayor to come to home and experience first hand the noise levels. In April there was an article written in the Houston Chronicle by (mat.stiles@chron.com) requesting that a 16 foot wall be built along I 10 to reduce the traffic noise so that the users of Memorial Park would not be bothered by the noise. (cost as much as $ 480,000) Excuse me but the users of Memorial Park are not there all day and all night. The homeowners and high tax payers are along this route all the time. I wrote Mr. Stiles with no reply but again he is representing a special interest group. I wrote another letter to the Mayor and City council Feb, 22,07 about the unneccessary noise from the trains, again no reply. I wrote again Aug 12, 07 spelling out the problem for the homeowners along this track. I recieved a letter signed by Bill White indicating that the complaint was be sent to Terence Fontaine, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. We are still waiting for a response from this person. Since the opening of the new terminal on the ship channel we are overrun by trains and the noise that follows day and night and Sunday nights are usually the worst. But the City is making money from the new terminal on the ship channel and from the homeowner tax payers and we are putting up with the nose with apparantly no help from the city. Today the Houston Chronicle (Dec. 28, 2007) has an article by Eric Hanson (eric.hanson@chron.com) about the city of Sugar Land attacking this same problem, I can only hope that the city council members and the mayor of Houston will read it and maybe do something for us along the train route of the Washington Ave. Corridor. If other owners in this area would like to have some input please write to the following.

Terrence Fontaine
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operation
Office of the Mayor
P.O. Box 1562
Houston, Texas 77251

and send a copy to Shiela Jackson Lee, since she is on the Railroad commission perhaps something will be done in our collective lifetimes

Gary Bergner
Century 21 Brooks Ballard
4150 Westheimer Rd. Ste 120
Houston, Texas 77027

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MK Luxury Homes & Condos Brings CityBlog to Houston

Posted by Margie Kaplan on September 21st, 2007

MK Luxury Homes & CondosMargie Kaplan, Broker of MK Luxury Homes & Condos is delivering community-based blogging to the residents of Houston, Texas, the local expression of CityBlogUSA. The resident blogging network allows residents of Houston to become Authors who post information about jobs, schools, government, health care, real estate values, lifestyles and just about any other approved topic they choose.

Margie Kaplan is one of the first real estate brokers to join the rapidly expanding CityBlogUSA Resident Blogging Network, a platform the is in all 50 States and more then 25,000 cities, including 1,600 communities in the Texas Network at www.TexasBlogPage.com.

While the real estate market may have its current problems, MK Luxury Homes & Condos is moving forward creating a more transparent real estate environment when residents can tell others what living in Houston is all about. After all, who knows more about Houston than the people who live here. Get the scoop of Houston CityBlog by calling (800) 240-8717.

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Hospitals and Physicians

Posted by CityBlogTX on May 28th, 2007

When someone relocates they often seek information about physicians, specialists, hospitals and other types of health care, such as extended care. Is there a resource in Houston for health care information?

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Community Sports

Posted by CityBlogTX on May 28th, 2007

Living in Houston, Texas is a lot like living in any home town, with local sports being a big part of the lifestyle. Families look for T-Ball, Little League, soccer and of course, junior high and high school sports. What is sport organizations are in Houston, Texas? Are their sport opportunities for adults? Is there a parks and recreation department in Houston?

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City Lifestyles

Posted by CityBlogTX on May 28th, 2007

What are the lifestyle opportunities in and around Houston, Texas. Are there hiking clubs, biking trails, civic clubs, golf clubs, local arts and theater, lakes, streams, fishing, boating, camping or other types of lifestyle opportunities?

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