Lake Travis Homes

3 Things You Can Expect When Using Zillow and Trulia for Lake Travis Real Estate

Written by Todd Hower | March 24, 2016

Whether you’re looking to make a move to the Lake Travis area, or just move within the area, looking at homes online is where you’ll most likely begin to gather information.

And if you’ve started to look at homes online, it’s very likely that you’re landing on sites like Zillow and Trulia. Both of these national real estate portal sites (now owned by Zillow Group) spend a lot of money to show up when you’re searching for homes online.

So what can you expect to find when you visit the largest real estate and home-related brands to search for Lake Travis real estate on mobile and the web?

Lake Travis Area History: Mansfield Dam and Lake Travis

Written by Todd Hower | February 11, 2014

An afternoon spent boating with your family, riding the blue waters on a wake board, scuba diving down to the depths, sailing and watching the sun go down — these are all favorite pastimes of our beloved Lake Travis.

As the biggest water reservoir of the Highland Lakes, Lake Travis boasts activities for people of all lifestyles, and has served as home to thousands of Texans for the last century.

Residents are drawn to the open waters and the quieter pace of life that West Austin has to offer, but it’s easy to forget just how much our landscape has changed over the years … and just how much work went into creating our beloved Lake Travis.

The time was the turn of the century.

Austin was on the cusp of certain anticipated technological progress, and this included the use of dams to harness the area’s flooding rain waters for the purpose of hydroelectric power.

At the time, the land and lake that we call Lake Travis was but a big dream of big men. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson was at the forefront of the fight for hydroelectric power and the building of the seven dams that would eventually create the Highland Lakes of Central Texas.

4 Quick and Painless Steps to Protect Your Home Network

Written by Todd Hower | September 5, 2013

Whether you’re spending time at home on your phone, tablet, working from a home office, or ordering pay-per-view movies, more than likely you’re connecting through your home network.

Most homes in the Lake Travis area have a home network setup. Unless you live out in the middle of nowhere, it’s not surprising to see several other wireless network connections within range when you pull up the list of available connections. If you can see all your neighbors home networks, they can see yours. How can you be sure your network isn’t the one that everyone is connecting to?

The security of your home network has become increasingly critical. Here are four quick and painless steps that you can take to help minimize your home network’s vulnerabilities, and protect your privacy.

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