Fuel The FireFighters 2018 Update

Here on Richland Chambers when an unfortunate circumstance arises and you have to call 911 the first person to your door will be a Volunteer Fireman.  These volunteers give their time, energy and efforts to providing our community with first responder service.  They often work on shoestring budgets to do the critical work of keeping our community safe.  Proper equipment and training is vital to help them accomplish their mission. 
You Can Help!!

The Donations have been coming in and so far we have over $17,000.00 pledged including cash and silent auction items.

Last year's total was around $24,000, so we still have a way to go.  Our VFD's need your participation, donations and silent auction items to help keep our homes and lives safe in time of need. Together we can beat last year's total!

Help us support our local heroes Saturday September 1st by taking part in the Fuel the Firefighters Poker Run and Silent Auction!
This is the third year we are putting together a Poker Run on Richland Chambers combined with a Silent Auction with all the proceeds going to the Lakeshore Area VFD's.
A $25 donation to the VFD's gets you a Hamburger Lunch, entry into the Silent Auction, a wristband and Live entertainment by The FOG.  All the festivities are going to be at The Harbor Restaurant and Northshore Marina starting at 9am.  The Poker Run starts at The Harbor Restaurant and has 5 stops out on the Lake.  At each stop you will receive a Poker Chip.  When all your chips are collected come back to the Harbor Restaurant and trade them in for cards.  The top 4 winning hands will receive Amazon gift cards of $500, $300, two $100 prizes. 

Ya'll come out for a fun day on the lake, meet your neighbors and support our first responders!

For more information visit:

www.FueltheFireFighters.com

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The Shrimp Man Comes to Richland Chambers

There are lots of cool things about the Richland Chambers Lake Community. There are large and small happenings all over the lake. Impromptu gatherings on the water, at The Harbor Restaurant or on a friends dock all the way to the big Poker Run going on this year on September 1st. (more about that later).

One cool thing that has been going on since we've been here the last 10 years is the Shrimp Man.  Kyle Kimball from Nederland TX comes every fall and has a big freezer trailer full of  large, fresh caught, flash frozen, gulf shrimp for sale.  Every time he's here people come by land and by water from all over the lake with their coolers and line up to buy shrimp.

A gentleman by the name of Glynn Holloway used to live over in The Point on Richland Chambers.  When we first came out here it seemed like everybody knew Glynn.  Glynn came here in the early 90's when the lake was new.  He built a house and had a business building docks and walls and various other things. Glynn is quite the guy.  He knows "Kyle the Shrimp Man" and Kyle used to bring the shrimp to Glynn's house and folks all went there to get them.  Glenn has since sold his house and moved so now the shrimp man comes to Bob Capallo's house over in Fowler's Point

 The shrimp comes whole, head on and frozen solid. I usually just leave mine in the cooler overnight, (because Kyle comes on Saturdays) and Saturday afternoons in August is lake time!  Then on Sunday morning or afternoons go out to the dock, turn on the water hose, some music and clean shrimp.  I just toss the heads and anything else into the water as chum for the fish.  When you buy the shrimp they are diligent to tell you how to preserve them.  They tell you to clean them, put in freezer bags, cover in water with a tablespoon of Karo syrup mixed in.  I'm not sure how it works but the Karo syrup in the water does a great job of preserving them.  We've had them sit in the freezer for a year+ and they are always in great shape when we want them.
There is a shrimp list to let everyone know when he's coming.
If you would like to be on the shrimp list for next year, let me know!  johnteelremax@gmail.com

These shrimp are always super fresh and delicious, right out of the water! So however you like your shrimp: boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp burger, shrimp soup, shrimp gumbo, shrimp sandwich, shrimp salad.... this is a good thing!!  And by the way, this year these beauties were only $6.00 a pound!  Richland Chambers is a great place!!

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Richland Chambers Real Estate August 2018

 The Real Estate Market around Richland Chambers is in a state now that we have never seen before around the lake.  There have been as many waterfront homes sell in the last 90 days as are for sale today. Yes. 34 homes on the water have sold in the last 90 days and today 34 active listings make up the available waterfront home inventory.  Think about that for a minute.  If all things were equal and the current rate continued (perfect world kind of stuff) every available waterfront home would sell and there would be nothing for sale by November.  Wow, that is a crazy thought.  We've been out here for 10 years and the real estate home market is the best it has been in that time and probably ever.  We are a relatively young market (the lake filled in 1989) so the number of homes on the lake ten years ago compared to today on the lake was much less.  So there weren't as many homes to sell as there are today.

There have been as many waterfront homes sell in the last 90 days as are for sale on the lake today.

In 2015 we saw as many as 110 waterfront homes on the market in July of that year.  The lake had just filled that spring and the housing market in general was improving all over the country.  Since then there have been  a total of  213 waterfront homes on Richland Chambers sell through today. So if you have a home on or around Richland Chambers and are thinking about selling now may very well be best time ever.  Simple economics tell us that low supply and high demand means increased value.  

As a buyer if you have been searching for a waterfront home on any lake in Texas Richland Chambers still represents the best value for waterfront property anywhere.  The unspoiled beauty, uncrowded water plus getting in on the early stages of what is destined to be the best waterfront community in the State make this area the best waterfront investment available.

Call us for more info!!