June 6, 2012

Frugal or cheap? Houston #1

Where do the most frugal people in the U.S. live? According to a recent study by SaveEveryday.com, the nation’s leading mobile couponing site, the most frugal city in the U.S. is Houston. Rounding out the list of top 10 most frugal cities in the U.S. are Chicago, San Antonio, Columbus, Indianapolis, New York, Miami, Dallas, Jacksonville, and […]

June 3, 2012

What’s your risk?

In 2005, when Hurricane Rita headed towards Spring Texas did you stay or did you go? In 2008, when Hurricane Ike came barreling ashore did you stay or did you go? For both Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike, we waivered back and forth in our decision to stay or to go. But ultimately we decided to stay in Spring Texas […]

May 30, 2012

What about the pets?

Selling your home, whether it’s located in Spring Texas or Katmandu, is not fun. It’s a hassle, it’s stressful, and down right inconvenient. It would be so much easier if buyers would just look at the photos of your house and then submit an offer. Some day that may actually happen but until it does, buyers want to view your house in […]

May 27, 2012

Are you getting your fair share of showings?

You’ve had your house on the Spring Texas real estate market for 30 days now and in that time you’ve had only 1 showing. Are you getting your fair share of showings or is your competition averaging more showings than you? If your Spring Texas Realtor is utilizing the Centralized Showing Service to schedule your showings, then the […]

May 24, 2012

Memorial Day tax savings

If you are needing a new appliance or maybe just some energy saving light bulbs for your Spring Texas home, then this weekend is the weekend to go shopping. Numerous stores are running Memorial Day Weekend sales and if you buy an Energy Star qualified product there is no state of Texas sales tax. The majority of stores run their […]

May 21, 2012

Blackberries in Season

Last Sunday on my way home from showing homes in the Woodlands, I stopped off at Neal’s Berry Market to check on this year’s crop of blackberries. With the rain we’ve had this year I was hoping the crop was going to better than last year’s small crop. According to the Neals’, they are experiencing a bumper […]

May 15, 2012

How much did they buy the house for?

When you’re interested in buying a Spring Texas house, do you wonder how much the sellers paid for it? Or maybe you wonder how much the sellers mortgage is? This is what I call “good to know” information. But that’s all it is. How much a seller paid for his house or how much he owes on […]

May 12, 2012

what you should do after closing on your Spring Texas home

Increase showings on your house by doing this one thing

On a recent Saturday, I had scheduled showings to view 8 homes in Spring Texas. There was one home in particular my buyers were extremely anxious to view. The home was within their budget, it had been recently updated, it had a good size backyard, and it was on a greenbelt. This Spring Texas home checked all the boxes on their list […]

May 9, 2012

what stays and what goes when you are selling a home in texas

Plan for the end in the beginning

What do curtains, shelves, fireplace screens, television brackets, and garage hooks all have in common? They are all items that at one point in time in my career as a Spring Texas Realtor I had to request / beg buyers to allow sellers to take with them. In real estate all items are negotiable which includes curtains, shelves, fireplace screens, […]

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