Results Realty Buzz: Texas: Tomball

One of the many things that I love about Tomball TX are the trees. It has amazed me at the imaginative ways the trees have been preserved. 

For instance if you notice the picture with the two large trees and the picnic tables.  This is in the Wal-mart parking lot.  This park is not built to the side of the parking lot it is in the middle of the parking lot.  There is parking on either side and you can drive in front also. 

If you also notice the tree with the building built around it.  That is the local Wood Forest Bank in Tomball.  They built their bank around this tree. I am in Tomball Business and Professional Women and when I was on the board we would have our board meeting in their Conference Room.  The Conference Room looks out at this tree.

The cougar tree was a casualty from Hurricane Ike.   I wrote an entire post around the Cougar tree if you would like more information. The artist who carved the tree is Master Wood Carver Nathan Smith, a local Tomball artist.  He carved two cougars in a rocky cliff setting out of this fallen oak tree.  Yes, the cougars are in recognition of The Tomball Cougars.

The local Tomball ball park was also built around a tree.  The tree of course provides a lot of shade to stand under and watch the game. 

You can also see how the utility company preserves the trees by cutting the branches around the line instead of chopping the tree down. 

Please realize this is just normal people doing this.  There are not any town restrictions that say you must keep your trees.  These pictures were all taken in the City Limits of Tomball.  Tomball the hometown with a heart was going green before it was popular to go green.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring Texas or Tomball TXand need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332.

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. *Preserving Trees in Tomball TX!!!!*

This beautiful home is located in the Villages of Northpointe, Tomball TX, 19010 Rocky Briar Ct. Tomball TX by Marchel Peterson Results Realty.  Listed at $244,500 with 3,311 square feet.

From the Leaded glass door to the impressive entrance ''WELCOME HOME'' Is what this home says to you! A LOT OF LIVING TO DO And lots of room for it! Home boast both formals, a roomy den, game room large enough for a pool table and a media room! Island kitchen with granite counter tops and black appliances! Light and bright with high ceilings! All of us this on a quiet cul-de-sac location!

 Convenient to State Highway 249 this home is conveniently located between the City of Tomball and the Willowbrook/1960 area!

This home is located in the acclaimed Tomball ISD.The grade school is Canyon Pointe Elementary, the Intermediate is Northpointe and the High School is Tomball.

Click the link to see the slide show video of 19010 Rocky Briar Ct.!!

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If you would like more information about this beautiful Villages of Northpointe home please contact Marchel Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332.

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved.*19010 Rocky Briar Ct. Tomball, TX 77377*

Yesterday when I attended my monthly meeting of the Tomball Business and Professional Women I found out that a young Tomball marine had been killed by an improvised explosive device while on tour in Afghanistan.  They mentioned that a motorcade would be bringing his body to Klein Funeral home that afternoon.  As I was driving home I saw everyone lined up so parked my car and with my flip mino in one hand and a flag I carry in my trunk in the other hand I waited to pay my respects.

A marine helicopter followed the hearse as it traveled from David Hook's airport down Main street to Klein Funeral Home.  The video I shot is a bit long at 7 minutes but I could not bring myself to cut any of it.  There was a 100 car/motorcycle motorcade with people lined on both sides of the street waving flags saying their goodbye to our fallen Tomball hero.

As many of you know our son just got out of the Army this last June.  He did two tours of Iraq and this is something that is always in the back of your mind.  I feel so sorry for this family.  Cpl. Jeffrey Johnson was just 21 years old and left a wife, father, mother, stepmother and three siblings.  Please keep this family in your prayers as well as all our brave soldiers who serve to protect us.  Freedom is not free and Jeffrey made the ultimate sacrifice.

To see a full story by one of our local news stations please click here.

The first thing I did when I got back in my car was to call our son; because I could.

The 10th Annual Tomball German Heritage Festival will be taking place on March 26^th through the 28^th.  The 19^thCentury saw a big influx of immigrants from Germany and Austria to the Tomball area.  They created a community and this is the time to come and celebrate the German heritage that flows through the area.  The celebration is always held the last weekend of March and has become a tradition. 

The event will take place in the historic downtown section of Tomball, near the 200 block of Main street (FM 2920) and Market Street.  The wonderful thing about his celebration is that it is FREE!!    Admission to the event and parking are both free of charge.

There will be 4 stages of live musical entertainment, a number of food booths,  street vendors, dealers of antiques, a German heritage center and of course a selection of beer.  The carnival will open on Friday evening March 26^th and remain open through Sunday. 

Performers will include Alpenfest and Chris Rybak. Alpenfest is the busiest German band in Texas.  The bands instruments include four 13-foot Swiss Alphorns, a tuned set of Austrian cowbells, a German xylophone, tuned musical handsaws, and yodeling vocalist.

The festival resumes at 10:00 Saturday morning with the "tapping of the keg" and Willkommen ceremony for German exchange students and Tomball host families, and official opening by the Mayor of Tomball Gretchen Fagan.  Saturday evening will end with a fireworks display that will start at 9:00 PM.    This will take place at the historic and newly restored Tomball Depot; next to the railroad tracks along Elm Street.

On Sunday morning at 10:00 AM;  Brother Christian Tiews of St. Louis (formerly a Tomball resident) will conduct a German-language church service.  This will begin another day of celebration which will end at 6:00 Sunday evening.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring Texas or Tomball TX and need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332. 

If you would like information about Spring-Tomball TX please visit my websites at www.AgentwithResults.com and at www.ResultsRealtytx.com. The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about Spring and the surrounding areas of Tomball, The Woodlands and Magnolia.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved.*Tomball German Heritage Festival March 26-28 2010!! !!*

1. 80% of stroke victims had no apparent warning signs.
2. Ultrasound screening can help you avoid a stroke.
3. Stroke is a leading cause of death and permaent disability.
4. Screening are fast, painless, affordable and convenient.

Lifeline Screening is coming to your neighborhood!

• Where:  Tomball Heritage Retirement Community
• Sponsored By: Tomball Regional Medical Center
• When: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 from 8:00AM to 4:00PM
• Pre-registration is required.  Call: 1-800-779-6353

4 test for only $139 - Add an Osteoporosis screening for $10 more.

1. Stoke/Carotid Artery Screening
2. Heart Rhtyth Screening (Atrial Fibrillation)
3. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
4. Peripheral Arterial Screening
5. Osteoporosis Screening

Please watch the short video. Jackie the director of the Heritage Retirement Community gives some additional information about the screening.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring Texas or Tomball TX and need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332. 

If you would like information about Spring-Tomball TX please visit my websites at www.AgentwithResults.com and at www.ResultsRealtytx.com. The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about Spring and the surrounding areas of Tomball, The Woodlands and Magnolia.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved.*Lifeline Screening at Heritage Retirement Community - Tomball TX!!*

This morning I went to a training that Charter Title offered on the new RESPA rules and how they are going to affect our Spring-Tomball buyers and sellers.  Chuck Jacobus SVP of Charter Title and a real estate attorney with law offices in Bellaire was the guest speaker.

RESPA came in to affect in 1973 and to begin with Chuck said the restrictions were difficult to comply with. According to Chuck it is déjà vu 1973. We are going through the adaptation phase of the new RESPA rules and most don't understand them (which includes title companies, lenders etc.).

LONG story short both the seller and the buyer are going to have to be patient while we go through the process.  He felt that the days of having a loan done in 30 days or shorter are gone.  He recommended allowing 60 days for the loan process.  He said some lenders will be able to go through the process in a shorter time and he felt the smaller lenders and banks had a better handle on the changes than the big banks did.

The buyer is going to have to be proactive on their loan.  I have had buyers who started the loan process and then took a 2 week vacation. He said if the buyer goes on vacation you can just about be assured that the loan will not close on time. He also said the buyer is going to have to realize that they cannot switch loans a week before closing.

As of January 1^st2010 lenders are required to use a new good faith estimate (GFE). The new HUD 1 form and the GFE must look exactly alike. All charges must show on the HUD.  Chuck was joking and said if you throw a quarter across the closing table it will need to be on the closing statement.

If there are any changed circumstances that will affect the mortgage amount that is on the GFE the lender will have to make changes which will take time. The lender basically has to live with the GFE that they give you when you start the process. However the quoted terms and prices in the GFE are only good for 10 days. The buyer will need to give the go ahead during that 10 day period or the terms may no longer be available. Please note if you don't contact your lender to say go ahead during that 10 day period; the terms can change on the 11^th day.

Changed circumstances include:

1.  Acts of God, war, disaster or other emergency. For those of us in the Spring-Tomball area this would be something like Hurricane Ike.
2. Information particular to the borrower or transaction that was relied on in providing the GFE; which may include; information about the credit quality of the borrower (you lost your job), the amount of the loan, the estimated value of the property.
3.  New information particular to the borrower or transaction that was not relied on in providing the GFE.
4. Other circumstances that's particular to the borrower or transaction, including boundary disputes, the need for flood insurance or environmental problems.

When there is a "changed circumstance" the loan originator must issue a revised GFE within three business days of receiving the information to establish the changed circumstance.  This goes back to the buyer not going on vacation as then it will be hard for them to deal with the changed circumstance.

All of this came about to keep consumers better informed in response to the predatory lending that happened in the last few years. As always when the government gets involved it can get a bit more complex so both buyers and sellers are going to need to be patient with the process.  More than ever it is going to be important that a buyer go to a reputable lender who can get the loan done.  If you need the phone number of a good lender please give me a call.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring Texas or Tomball TX and need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332. 

If you would like information about Spring-Tomball TX please visit my websites at www.AgentwithResults.com and at www.ResultsRealtytx.com. The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about Spring and the surrounding areas of Tomball, The Woodlands and Magnolia.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. *New RESPA Rules - How they affect Spring-Tomball TX buyers and sellers!!*

Tomball Business & Professional Women 11th Annual"Fall Food Fest"

Held at Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM  

Tomball Business & Professional Women will host their 11th annual Fall Food Fest at Tomball United Methodist Church on Tuesday, October 20th from 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. This event serves as our organization's primary fund-raising effort to secure funds for scholarships for high school graduates in Tomball & Magnolia School Districts as well as a scholarship to someone attending Tomball College. Additionally our organization's fund-raising contributes to numerous community needs. 

Local restaurants will be providing samples of their food.
Pizza
Cassaroles
Blackened catfish
Soups
Mexican food
Catfish
Cakes Pies
and More

Adult Plates are $7.00. Seniors 60 and over are $5.00 and children under 10 are $2.50. If you don't have time to stay To Go Plates are also available.

A raffle, along with a silent auction, is part of our fund-raising efforts for this event. Raffle tickets are presently

 being sold with the winners of the raffle items announced at the Food Fest. Raffle tickets are $5.00 apiece or 5 for $20. 

Last year we were able to give out 6 scholarships within our community. We are hoping to be able to do the same this year.  Please come and support our scholarships for High School seniors and others in need. 

We appreciate  Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street allowing us to use their Church for our fundraiser.  This is an easy location to get to.  If you are coming from 2920 turn north on Baker and you will curve to the church on the left.  If you are coming from SH 249 turn to the east on Baker and the Church will be on your right. 

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If you are buying or relocating to  Tomball Texas and need help from a professional REALTOR®,  Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332. 

If you would like information about Tomball please visit my websites at http://agentwithresults.com and at http://www.resultsrealtytx.com/.  The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about the area.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

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The above oak tree was a causality of Hurricane Ike.  It is on Baker Street in Tomball which I travel often.  I watched the artist sculpting the tree from my car as I traveled back and forth on Baker Street.  I figured the cougars had something to do with the cougar being the mascot of Tomball High School.

I found a youtube video that our local Tomball Potpourri News made that explains it all. The artist who carved the tree is Master Wood Carver Nathan Smith, a local Tomball artist.  He carved two cougars in a rocky cliff setting out of this fallen oak tree.  Yes, the cougars are in recognition of The Tomball Cougars.

Please click here to watch the Youtube vidoe about the Tomball Cougar art sculptor! It is a very cool video and you can even watch Nathan Smith sculpting the cougars.

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If you are buying or relocating to  Tomball Texas and need help from a professional REALTOR®,  Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332.

If you would like information about Tomball please visit my websites at http://agentwithresults.com and at http://www.resultsrealtytx.com/.  The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about the area.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

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Tomball Rental Center and Tomball Party Rental  are located off of State Hwy. Business 249 just to the south of Tomball. 

The owners Bill and Virgie Kitchens along with their son Terry opened Tomball Rental Center in 1977.  They started out with 300 pieces of equipment (mostly outdoor equipment).  They have grown to where they now have over 10,000 pieces of equipment to rent.  Through all this growth Tomball Rental Center has stayed a family owned business.  Their son Greg and his wife Beverly joined them in 1978. Every adult member of the family has worked in the business at one time or another.  They now have over 17 employees.

I'm not sure where they were located to being with but in 1984 they moved to their present location off of SH 249.  That was when they added the Tomball Party Rental shop.  As you can see from my pictures if you are planning a wedding or other special event Tomball Party Rental is the place to come to. 

I have been in a Women's group with Virgie for years and when she introduces herself she lets us know that they can rent anything from a back hoe to a silver punch bowl.   They can also rent EVERYTHING in between.

 Their philosophy is to treat people as they would want to be treated.  They place a high priority on customer satisfaction and it shows.  We moved to Spring 12.5 years ago.   We had built a new house and so of course needed all those things that go along with a new home.  We quickly learned about Tomball Rental Center and have used them ever since.  When my husband has something he needs to rent his first thought is Tomball rental.  We have always received exceptional service from Tomball Rental Center. 

If you would like more information please visit their website at Tomball Rental Center!

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If you are buying or relocating to  Tomball Texas and need help from a professional REALTOR®,  Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332. 

If you would like information about Tomball please visit my websites at http://agentwithresults.com and at http://www.resultsrealtytx.com/.  The AgentwithResults site is rich in Content about the area.  If you prefer pictures with your content then visit my ResultsRealtyTX site.

Want to find out about new Tomball TX properties immediately as they come on the market, then click here to sign up for a free automatic notification of new listings.

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