Top Notch Properties

10/15/2026

Buying land near Taylor? Before you make an offer, check five things:

◆ Water and sewer service
◆ Floodplain
◆ Access and frontage
◆ City limits and ETJ
◆ Ag valuation and rollback taxes

The full checklist, with links to the free public maps:
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/buying-land-near-taylor-tx-checklist/

Want to walk a tract together? Call 512-269-5278.
Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

Before you buy land in East Williamson or Milam County, check water and sewer service, floodplain, access, ETJ and ag valuation. Free public maps and what to ask.

10/14/2026

Who owns Grandpa's farm now?

When land passes to several brothers, sisters or cousins, the first step in any sale is clear title. In Texas that can mean probate, a court's determination of heirship, or a recorded affidavit of heirship. Then everyone who owns a share needs to be at the table.

If your family has inherited land and buyers are already calling, start here:
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/selling-inherited-family-land-texas/

General information, not tax or legal advice. Talk to your CPA and your attorney about your situation.
Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

Inherited the family farm with brothers, sisters or cousins? How heirship, title and co-ownership work in Texas, and the questions to answer before you sell.

10/13/2026

Is your land just outside Taylor, Hutto or Thorndale? It may be in that city's ETJ, where the city's subdivision rules can apply even though you're outside city limits.

Since Sept. 1, 2023, Texas law (SB 2038) has let many landowners petition to leave an ETJ. How the petition and election routes work, the exceptions, and what it can mean for land value:
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/texas-etj-release-sb-2038-landowners/

General information, not legal advice. Some cities have challenged the law in court, so talk with a real estate attorney first.
Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

Since 2023, Texas landowners can petition to leave a city's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). How SB 2038 petitions and elections work, and what it means for land value.

10/12/2026

A lot of the land around Taylor, Granger, Thrall and Coupland is taxed on ag valuation. If the use changes, a rollback tax can come due: the tax difference for the three years before the change, plus 5% interest a year (Texas Tax Code 23.55, as amended effective Sept. 1, 2019).

A sale alone doesn't trigger it. A change in use does. That's why it belongs in every land contract.

What Williamson County looks for, and the questions to ask before you sell:
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/ag-valuation-williamson-county-rollback-taxes/

General information, not tax or legal advice. Talk to your CPA and your attorney about your situation.
Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

How agricultural (1-d-1) valuation works in Williamson County, what it takes to qualify, and how rollback taxes work when land is sold and the use changes.

10/09/2026

"There's a sewer line right across the road." I hear it often. But a line across the road and the right to use it are two very different things.

Who holds the right to serve your land, whether there's room in the pipe, and who pays to get it there. A buyer's team checks all three before they make an offer.

New on the blog:
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/sewer-nearby-does-not-mean-you-have-sewer/

Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974 · 512-269-5278

A sewer line across the road doesn't mean your land can use it. What landowners in East Williamson and Milam County should know about CCNs, capacity and water supply.

10/08/2026

Two families own tracts that touch. Same county road, same soil, close to the same acreage. One sells for a number the other family can hardly believe.

Usually it has nothing to do with the dirt. It comes down to water, wastewater, power, access and what the land could become.

New on the blog, What the Buyer Knows™: why two tracts side by side can sell for very different prices.
https://www.topnotchproperties.com/blog/why-two-tracts-sell-for-different-prices/

Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974 · 512-269-5278

An acre is not an acre. Why two tracts of land side by side in East Williamson or Milam County can sell for very different prices: water, wastewater, power, access and entitlement.

09/19/2026

Sell, hold, or develop? A straight answer takes fifteen minutes.

Thirty years in East Williamson and Milam County. No pitch — just what your land is actually worth and what your options are.

Book a call: https://calendar.app.google/pJPVNzYNqcfVbxWo6

Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

09/18/2026

1,350 ft on US 79. 2,160 ft on Lorax Lane. One tract, two products.

Highway commercial on the frontage, employment uses on the depth — and a permitted path to advanced manufacturing or data center use under EC. $9.50/sf. All offers considered, including JV.

Offering memorandum on request: 512.269.5278.

Frontages approximate. Concepts only — nothing is platted or engineered. Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

09/17/2026

The first offer on your land is almost never the market.

Utilities, access, floodplain, zoning, rollback — the buyer already knows what your dirt can become. You should too, before you decide.

Request your free Legacy Land Value Review™ → https://texaslegacylandadvocate.com/review

The Review is a broker's opinion of value, not an appraisal. A program of Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974

09/16/2026

Four numbers that decide whether a tract is buildable — and North Star has all four.

71.39 acres, one deed. 3,510′ of frontage. EC zoning. A 24″ water main on the boundary.

Sources: Williamson CAD, City of Taylor GIS, Sep 2026. DM or call 512.269.5278 for the full memorandum.

Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC #610974