John Veltkamp Real Real Estate

10/02/2026

Happy Retirement to my guitar playing "Mi-ya-gi", Bill Hill. At the ripe young age of 92. Sold his shop he has worked out for the last 27 years and he's going fishing. I took "gee-tar" lessons from Bill for the past couple of years and not so much to explore playing, but to hear his stories and wisdom. Bill shared many stories with me, some were better than others. He introduced me to many interesting people along the way.
Bill Hill Music you earned this retirement buddy!
(For those under 40, "Mr. Miyagi" was a fictional character in an 80's TV movie-Karate Kid-look it up. )
Happy Retirement Sir.

10/02/2026

Anybody want a finished out shed? Paneling on the inside. AC/Heater come with it with a light. 10X10 and 12X12 available. Call me 830-461-1299

09/26/2026

28 years in this business. I have heard a lot of dumb things.

This one is probably #2.

A realtor posted, "in AI" no less, that this market proves it does not take experience to sell houses.

Wait? What?
Wow. Well ok.

Any agent that posts that has alot to learn. That is like me handing a w**d eater to somebody who knows how to press the button. Works great. Until it breaks. And it will break. Then what..

Experience does not guarantee a deal goes through without a hitch. Experience doesnt mean you have someone that knows the market. Nobody can promise that. What experience does give you is better options when a deal starts heading south. Maybe seeing the deal start to head south, before it does. Prevention ofit heading south. Its not that they have poor judgement-they have none to start off with.

Something most people do not know. Texas has NO apprenticeship period for agents. You take a few classes that mostly teach you how not to get sued, and you are out the door. The rest you figure out on your own. A lot of agents just learn to blame the market or somebody else.

The agents posting stuff like this have not seen a downturn. They have not seen struggle. They cannot advise you on something they have never lived through. And most of them will be gone by the next cycle.

So here is where I land.

If you want the agent who can write an AI post about how experience does not matter, go with that person. I will not be offended.

If you can see the difference in actually winning with your transaction, call me.

Get the facts. Get them straight. Make your own decision. If you can get experience to boot, even better.

Or stick with the newly licensed "no name" agent and good luck.
Yeah, I know you will be careful. 😃😃😃

John -(I wrote this myself-with spellcheck)

09/26/2026

Interest Rates Suck.
Ask for the Concessions!

Today’s buyer’s market gives house hunters power to negotiate for closing costs, repairs and other perks. Concessions are most common in the Sun Belt.

09/26/2026

Happy Saturday! 🎉 There's no better way to spend the weekend than making memories aboard the Landa Park Train! 🚂💚

Gather friends and family, enjoy the fresh air, and take in the beautiful scenery as you ride through one of New Braunfels' favorite parks. 🌳✨

09/25/2026

'We Buy Ugly Houses' partner gets 15 years for $40M scam

09/21/2026

Be careful what you download, or think you are downloading...
(lifted from the K. Kammando newsletter).

🎣 Bait and switch
The ads run on Facebook and Instagram, wearing real logos. Disney+. Delta Air Lines. Duolingo. Google Authenticator. Even state lotteries. More than 400 brands in all, which are chosen carefully. These are companies you’d expect to have an app, so nothing feels off.

Tap one and you land on a page built to look exactly like the Google Play Store. Star rating, screenshots, review count, green Install button. Everything is right except the web address.

Here’s what you actually install.

It’s a progressive web app, which is a bookmark in a costume. It puts a real-looking icon on your home screen and subscribes you to push notifications. Because it never passed through Apple or Google, nobody reviewed it, nobody scanned it and it won’t show up in your list of installed apps when you go looking for it later.

Those notifications are the whole point. Casino offers land on your lock screen all day, forever, from something you can’t find to uninstall.

Then comes the redirect to an unlicensed casino. Unlicensed means no regulator, no complaint process and an offshore operator holding your card number. Deposits go in easily. Winnings have a habit of not coming out.

09/19/2026

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