Home Buying Tips

Since I am in a holiday mood, I was looking for a fun way to combine real estate and the holidays. My idea …. create a Top 9 list of things Spring Texas homebuyers have in common with Santa Claus.  I was hoping to come up with a Top 10 list but try as I might I could only come […]

Recently I have seen new inventory homes built by Perry and Beazer that were missing a fireplace.  I say missing but to Perry and Beazer the fireplaces were not missing. Because for something to be missing it would have been intended to be there in the first place … Right? Both the Perry and Beazer sales representatives said buyers are […]

Spring Texas home buyers have lots of questions about houses and I suppose that is a good thing.  There are numerous things about a house buyers should want to know because the answers impact the market value of the house.  Questions such as “How old is the home’s water heater, roof, and HVAC system?”  A […]

I enjoy living in Spring Texas because of its close proximity to grocery stores, museums, malls, parks and the IAH Airport.  It only takes 20 minutes to drive from my house to IAH, the fourth largest airport system in the U.S. I want convenience but I don’t want any of the negatives that sometimes come with convenience.  I enjoy living close to the […]

The vast majority of buyers want a deal.  They don’t want to overpay and they don’t want to pay full list price.  I understand buyers wanting a deal because I like a deal too. But what is full list price and can paying full list price still sometimes be a deal? Paying full list price occurs when […]

With the help of the first time homebuyers tax credit, my youngest brother, Kevin and his girlfriend, Maggie closed on their first home today.  I would have loved to have been their buyers agent because I really enjoy working with first time homebuyers and they are family.  But distance got in the way because Kevin and Maggie wanted to purchase a home […]