May 8, 2009

How do Real Estate Agents get paid?

Like most people, before I got into real estate I had absolutely NO clue how Real Estate Agents got paid. I had only known one Real Estate Agent and she was the Real Estate Agent I used to help me buy my first home and whose services I used to sell my first home two years later. What […]

May 6, 2009

Spring Texas home builders going out of business

Over the last two years, we have seen several Spring Texas home builders including Kimball Hill Homes, David Powers, Royce Homes, and Newmark Homes go out of business. Did the builders inefficiently manage their inventory and that was the cause of their demise? Or was the drying up of the credit markets the cause? Who […]

May 4, 2009

Letters of the real estate alphabet – A

The real estate alphabet has 4 primary letter(s) home buyers come in contact with when searching for Spring Texas homes for sale. They are A, OP, P, and PS. I will start by explaining what the letter A stands for in real estate because not only is it the first letter in the alphabet but it is […]

May 1, 2009

My Arch Enemy – Fire Ants

The annual battle between me and my arch enemy, the Fire Ants has begun. To the winner of the battle goes control over my Spring Texas yard and to the loser goes either death or at least immense pain followed by swelling and severe itching. Back in March I made my first move and applied Over n’ Out Fire Ant […]

April 29, 2009

How many homes are enough?

Oftentimes a first time home buyer will ask me “How many homes should I view before making a decision?” Every time I am asked this question I think of the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial where the young boy asks the wise owl “How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie […]

April 27, 2009

Spring TX weather – Blue Skies or Gray Skies?

If you live in Spring Texas you will be treated to plenty of blue skies and sunshine. Just how many days of sunshine? 207 days of sunshine which is more than 56% of the days in the year. How much rain does the Spring Texas sky deliver on the other 44% of the days in the […]

April 25, 2009

Mistakes to avoid when selling your Spring Texas home

Spring selling season is upon and the real estate market is heating up. The majority of the activity in the Spring Texas real estate market is occurring in the first time home buyers price ranges. The first time home buyers are out and wanting to take advantage of the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit […]

April 23, 2009

How to dispute your Spring Texas Property Tax Values

By now your Spring Texas property tax notice from the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) should have arrived in your mailbox. If you have not received your valuation yet the odds are in your favor that your property value will either decrease or remain the same as 2008. According to HCAD, 45% of the residential properties in Harris County received […]

April 21, 2009

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First time home buyers tax credit

I have been trying to do my part to get the word out about the first time home buyers tax credit which is why I have written numerous posts about the tax credit including … First time home buyers tax credit – what is it, how much is it, and how to get it and […]

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