February 16, 2011

Are you landlord material?

If your house isn’t selling and your new job is waiting or if selling your house at today’s real estate prices has you bringing money to the closing table, you are probably thinking about becoming a landlord. Being a landlord can’t be all that difficult. You find a prospective tenant, check their credit, sign a lease agreement and sit back […]

February 12, 2011

Exxon Mobil moving to Spring Texas?

There is still no “official” announcement from Exxon Mobil that they are going to be moving their North American headquarters to Spring (also known as south of the Woodlands). But that hasn’t stopped everyone else from talking and speculating about Exxon Mobil’s new campus in Spring. Just ask around and you will run across someone who says she or […]

February 9, 2011

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report January 2011

What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? Sales and pending sales are up over January 2010. Not significantly up but they are still up. Considering that last year at this time the Spring Texas real estate market was being artificially stimulated by home buyers tax credits an increase albeit a small one over […]

February 7, 2011

What’s that 100 dollars for?

Your Spring Texas house is in contract that you are definitely sure of. What you’re not so clear on is why you do have a check for $100 from the buyers.The $100 is for consideration. The buyers gave you $100 as nominal consideration for the unrestricted right to terminate the contract. You and the buyers agreed to […]

February 4, 2011

Where can you recycle?

Since the majority of Spring Texas subdivisions do not have recycling services included with their trash service, it is up to you to help save our earth. The closest drop-off locations to the Spring Texas area are: Southwest Recycling Equipment & Services– 9301 Forest Lane Conroe, TX 77385 – 281.367.6444. Hours of Operation are Monday-Friday: […]

February 2, 2011

More affordable to Buy vs Rent in Houston

Trulia recently released their latest Rent vs. Buy Index for the 50 largest cities. The Rent vs. Buy Index calculates a price-to-rent ratio. The lower the ratio the more affordable it is to buy a home vs renting a home. Price-to-Rent Ratios of: 1-15: It’s better to own a home in this city as it […]

January 31, 2011

Most missed restaurants

Restaurants, we all have our favorites. What makes a restaurant our favorite may be a combination of its food, service, and prices or it may simply be because the food is just darn good. Whenever I have an opportunity to catch up with clients who moved away from Sring Texas, I like to ask them “What restaurants in Spring Texas do you miss […]

January 28, 2011

Spring Texas Real Estate Taxes – Top 3 things you need to know

Top 3 things you need to know about Spring Texas real estate taxes: 1. You did NOT file for your homestead exemption at closing. Although you signed a pile of documents when you closed on your Spring Texas house, the homestead exemption form was not one of them. You can only file for the homestead exemption between January 1st […]

January 26, 2011

Relocating to Spring Texas? iPhone APPs

Are you relocating to Spring Texas? If the answer is yes, then here’s a list of our favorite iPhone APPs that will help you during your transition. I just wish they would have been available when we relocated to Spring Texas 10 years ago. Maps– Spring Texas is pretty easy to navigate around especially once you […]

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