Why Curb Appeal Matters More
With the challenges of the pandemic, curb appeal is more important than ever. Buyers may be limiting...
REALTORS® Look Out for Your Interests
You know REALTORS® are trusted advisors to help you buy, sell, lease, and manage real estate. REALT...
Make Your Home Sparkle for Potential Buyers
Ensure your home makes the best possible first impression by giving it a thorough cleaning prior to ...
Texas Housing Markets Continue to Break Records
For the fifth consecutive year, the Texas housing market broke records in terms of the number of hom...
Take Better Listing Photos
You don’t need to be a professional photographer to take great photos. A few simple steps can elev...
Is That Estimated Home Value Worth Anything?
A simple internet search will tell you what a home is worth. Or will it? Just because a website sho...
What Form do You Use for That?
A real estate transaction can require many forms, contracts, and addenda. Even in a straightforward ...
If Your Real Estate Agent Doesn't Have This Title, Get a New Agent
Is your real estate agent a REALTOR®? Although some people mistakenly use the two terms interchange...
The Pre-Listing Plan You May Be Neglecting
If you're selling your home, you've probably thought about the work that needs to be done before lis...
'Tis the Season to Check Your Energy Usage
In Texas, summers are the season when electricity bills are typically the highest. However, that's n...
How to Live in a Show-Ready House
Your house looks beautiful. You've cleaned, decluttered, cleaned more, and followed the advice of a ...
Is Selling Your Home Without Help Worth It?
Have you ever taken on a project that looked easy until you actually did the work? Selling your home...
Why a higher offer is not always better
If you received two offers on your house that were $5,000 apart, you should take the higher one, rig...
Think You’re Experienced in Selling and Buying Property? Read This Before You Do Anything
It’s easy to assume that because you’ve purchased and sold property in the past that you know wh...
What Sellers Should Know About the Risks of Recording Buyers
If you have smart-home technology that can record video or audio, make sure you don’t run afoul of...
Did You Know You Might Be a Target for Cyber Scams?
Real estate transactions are an attractive deal for cyber criminals. One targeted, fraudulent email ...
DIY or Not: Which Projects Should You Do When Getting Ready to Sell?
The popularity of home improvement TV shows has raised buyer's expectations of what properties shoul...
A Sure Way to Kill a Potential Deal
How would you respond to a really low offer? Many sellers are offended—so offended that they refu...
Sellers, Are You Making These 4 Mistakes?
Did you put your house on the market so it would stay there for a long time? Probably not, but if yo...
What's a Seller's Disclosure?
In many residential sales, sellers are required to provide information about the condition of the pr...