August 13, 2010

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Will paying cash get you a discount on real estate?

The majority of the time if you pay cash for Spring Texas real estate you will get a discount. The real question is not will you get a discount but how big of a discount. The answer depends on how big of an advantage cash is to the seller. The biggest discounts for cash will be on […]

August 11, 2010

Accepting property in its present condition doesn’t mean you can’t ask for repairs

In section 7 of our Spring Texas real estate contract the touchy subject of property condition is addressed. Buyers, sellers, and Realtors seem to generally understand the majority of the items in this section. That is until they reach 7.D. ACCEPTANCE OF PROPERTY CONDITION which is where confusion takes over. In section 7.D., Spring Texas home buyers have to either check […]

August 9, 2010

500 Characters

500 characters sounds like a lot but it’s not. 500 characters is the quantity of characters the Houston MLS system gives me to describe my listings. 500 characters that’s it. That is all I get to describe why you want to buy this particular house over all the other houses on the Spring Texas real estate market. It’s just not […]

July 26, 2010

My House, My Rules

I remember my parents saying “My House, My Rules” a lot when I was a kid. It was their common response to my questions of “why can’t I eat in the living room?” and “why can’t I put my feet on the coffee table?” and “why do I have to take off my boots by the back door?” The other day when […]

July 24, 2010

Do you know if your house is for sale?

About 10 years ago it was easy to know if your house was for sale. And if you weren’t 100% sure all you had to do was take a quick look oute the window. If you saw a real estate “for sale” sign in your yard, your house was for sale. But fast forward to today and it’s […]

July 10, 2010

Home size declines; buyers demand for 1 story homes increase

The National Association of Home Builders announced that builders are listening to buyers preferences and constructing smaller homes. After nearly 30 years of increases, the size of new single-family homes built experiences its first decrease. The nationwide average of 2,438 sqft for homes built in 2009 is about a 100 feet smaller than the homes built in 2007. […]

July 5, 2010

Communication

When I sit down with prospective sellers, one of the things I want to find out about are their prior home selling experiences. Were their experiences good or bad and what made them good or bad? Sometimes the sellers have had great experiences and were very satisfied with their listing agent’s performance. Other times the seller’s listing agent failed […]

June 25, 2010

REDUCED tag – value or NO value?

Recently the HAR.com real estate website made modifications to their listing price reduction feature. The modification allows buyers to search for homes with any price reduction instead of just homes that have been reduced in price by 5% or more. Now, any listing that has been reduced in price will have a reduced tag and will show the […]

June 13, 2010

When are you in contract?

Our Spring Texas real estate contracts have many dates listed in them with the most important date of them all being the date of the contract itself. The contract date (a.k.a. effective date) is the starting point for all the other actions in the contract that are specified to be done in X days. The contract […]

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