Home Selling Tips

March 22, 2009

Sellers Leaseback – Should you get one?

What is a sellers leaseback?  A sellers leaseback is a temporary residential lease between the sellers and buyers whereby the sellers lease back the home they sold from the buyers for a short period of time. Why would a Spring Texas home seller want a sellers leaseback? – If you need the funds from the sale of your […]
March 6, 2009

What’s the value of your Spring Texas home?

There are things that affect the value of your Spring Texas home and there are things that have no affect at all on your home’s value. The things that do impact the value of your home are: 1.  Amenities – what are the features of the home?  Does the home have granite or laminate or tile […]
February 27, 2009

Spring Texas home sellers: Tips for success

With the busy Spring selling season almost upon us, I thought it would be a great time to share some tips with potential Spring Texas home sellers on how to become a successful seller. Tips for success: 1.  Staging is essential.  Buyers do not get excited about homes that look “lived in”.  Buyers want to purchase […]
February 9, 2009

Where have all the proofreaders and spellcheckers gone?

Does no one proofread their work anymore?  And what about the spellchecker tools are they all broken?  I know I am probably being a little over dramatic but I am seeing more and more listings for Spring Texas homes with errors. Including these that I directly copied from our local MLS: Physical Property Description – Public: WOW! Custom […]
January 27, 2009

5 Real Estate Myths

Thank you AgentGenuis for sharing this video segment on the 5 Biggest Real Estate Myths that was aired on the Today Show. Ordinarily, I am not a fan of the Real Estate segments on the national broadcast stations because they present a national picture of the real estate market. And our local Spring Texas real […]
January 26, 2009

5 things that will derail your home’s closing

You have just signed the real estate contract for the sale of your Spring Texas home. Now all there is left to do is go to closing and move. Sounds simple enough. Because after all what could possibly go wrong? Oh, it is was only that easy. The time frame between contract signing and the home’s […]
November 30, 2008

Should you take your home off the market during the Holidays?

Every year around Thanksgiving, I will be asked by one of my sellers if they should take their home off the Spring Texas real estate market during the Holidays. My answer is “It depends”. If your reason for selling is because of lifestyle, your time frame is flexible, and you do not want to be inconvenienced with showings during the holidays, then my […]
November 18, 2008

Where are buyers searching for Spring Texas homes?

According to the recently released 2008 National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 87% of buyers used the Internet in searching for homes which is no small number. The survey also revealed where buyers first learned about the home they purchased. With 34% of the buyers saying real estate agent, 32% the […]