Home Selling Tips

November 29, 2016

What’s the best paint color for selling a house?

When you’re selling your house, you want a neutral paint color that will appeal to just about all buyers and their individual decorating and furniture styles. If you choose too dark of a color, it will make the room feel small.  If you choose too light of a color, it will make the room feel […]
November 4, 2016

How long did the buyer view my house?

Having to leave for a 2 hour showing window especially when you have kids and pets that have to be removed is a pain.  It would be really convenient if you could some how be informed when the Realtor and buyers have finished viewing your house. New technology enhancements have made your wish a reality. […]
May 6, 2016

What does a buyer want a house to be? Light and Bright or a Cave ???

Light and Bright is what buyers want.  In the 13+ years that I have been a Spring Texas Realtor, I have had maybe, maybe 1% of my buyers request a cave. So if buyers want light and bright, then light and bright is what you need to give them.  That is if you want the […]
March 16, 2016

What you should do to prepare your house for sale

Are you getting ready to list your Spring Texas house for sale?  Before you list take the time to see, smell, and experience your house as a potential buyer. See:  Look at your house through fresh eyes. Enter your house through the front door. Does the door need to be refinished? Does the door frame […]
December 2, 2015

Should you get your Spring Texas home inspected before listing it?

Should you get your Spring Texas home inspected before putting a For Sale sign in the yard?  Yes or No ? Both answers have advantages and disadvantages.   Yes – The advantages of getting your home inspected before listing it are: 1. repairs could be made for less money.  Instead of hiring licensed technicians which is […]
November 20, 2015

8 reasons to list your house during the holidays

Here are 8 reasons why you should list your Spring Texas house during the holidays instead of waiting until after the new year. 1. Buyers who are looking during the holidays are SERIOUS buyers. You will receive fewer showings but the showings you do receive are by motivated buyers. 2. There’s fewer homes on the […]
February 23, 2013

Can the buyers make you close if you don’t want to?

The decision to sell or not to sell is not always an easy decision.  Sometimes it’s only after the you have signed the contract that remorse sets in. Maybe your situation changed or maybe your net proceeds is going to be significantly less than what you thought.  If you have changed your mind and no longer want to sell your Spring […]
December 30, 2012

Where’s the healthiest housing markets for 2013?

Number 1 on the list of the Top 10 Healthiest Housing Markets for 2013 is …..  drum roll, please ……  Houston Texas.  Based upon a city’s job growth, vacancy rates, and foreclosure rates, Trulia.com determined the healthiest housing markets. Houston and San Francisco came out on top due to their solid fundamentals. 1.  Houston, TX 2.  San Francisco, CA 3.  […]
December 3, 2012

Decorating for the Holidays – Bah humbug or Joyful Joyful

It’s December and your house is on the Spring Texas real estate market. So the question is do you decorate or not? Go ahead and decorate but do so within reason. The year that your house is on the market during the holiday season is not the year to recreate a scene from the Griswold’s […]