October 17, 2010

Is your house a home or a product?

If you don’t have your house on the Spring Texas real estate market, then your house is and should be a home. A home is more than where the heart is. Home is where … the walls are painted your favorite colors. And you like dark greens and bright pinks. your dish collection, all 189 pieces, are displayed […]

October 7, 2010

The secret to getting your house to appraise for the sales price

You and the buyers have agreed to a sales price on your Spring Texas house. Granted, the price is not what you wanted to sell the house for and its probably not what you believe it’s worth but you know it’s time to move on. So you are packing boxes and planning your move. Now […]

September 30, 2010

When a buyer Googles “Spring Texas Real Estate” will they find your home?

When you want to find something, what do you do? You Google it. That is exactly what a lot of other people do to which is why there were 10.3 billion searches performed on Google in July of 2010. If you are looking for Spring Texas Real Estate, what do you do? You Google it. Your real estate agent’s […]

September 20, 2010

Neutral or Color? Seth Godin answers your painting question

Seth Godin, one of my favorite marketers, writes a thought provoking blog which I routinely read. Seth’s doesn’t specifically write about the real estate industry but his ideas can be applied to just about any industry. The other day, Seth wrote a post titled “Don’t forget about the color”. In Seth’s post, he said “You don’t […]

September 13, 2010

How your home looks to buyers, appraisers, and tax assessors

What’s the value of your Spring Texas home? Depends. Depends upon who you ask that is. If you ask a buyer, a lender, an appraiser, and the tax assessor the value of your house, you will have four different values. And none of their values will equal your value. Read also: How to increase your list price […]

September 4, 2010

Is your home’s listing on YouTube?

Have you heard of YouTube? Or the real question I should be asking is “Has your Spring Texas real estate agent heard of YouTube? YouTube is the place where people watch 2 billion videos a day. Yes, that is not a typo … people watch 2 billion videos a day on YouTube. Another astounding statistic is according to YouTube’s website, […]

August 27, 2010

The best time to trade up

Have you out grown your Spring Texas house? Do you want to trade up but the economy keeps holding you back? If you are financially secure and are comfortable with the status of your job, then now is a great time to trade up. The buy-low, sell-high approach works for the stock market and for the Spring Texas […]

August 23, 2010

Is your Facebook page sabotaging the sale of your house?

There’s a good chance that when your put your house on the Spring Texas real estate market, you shared this information with your friends on facebook. You might have even pasted a link to your home’s listing or to its virtual tour on your facebook page. Your friends probably gave you encouragement and wrote on your […]

August 21, 2010

Do you have to attend the closing?

In Spring Texas the closing on a real estate transaction is held at a title company. Since the closing is scheduled in advance, the majority of buyers and sellers are able to arrange their schedules and do attend the closing on their house. Sometimes a buyer’s or seller’s schedule does not permit them to physically attend the closing. […]

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