Jill Wente, Realtor® with BHG Gary Greene, CRS, MCNE, 11x Houston Five Star Real Estate Agent - (281) 804-8626

November 6, 2009

Home buyer tax credit extended and expanded

Its official!  The President has signed into law an extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit. Below is a summary of the home buyer tax credit provided by the National Association of REALTORS®: If you were still working on getting your credit into shape or maybe you just weren’t finding the perfect […]
November 2, 2009

Celebrities from Spring Texas

Although not enough to support a business of tours of the stars homes, we do still have have several famous people whom at one point in time called Spring Texas “Home”. See if you recognize any of the Celebrities whom have either been born, raised, or lived in Spring Texas: 1.  Lyle Lovett (musician): probably […]
October 31, 2009

Who handles the repairs? Buyers or Sellers?

You and the sellers have gone back and forth and have finally come to an agreement on the repairs. Yea!! You are one step closer to closing on your house in Spring Texas. But wait!  Who is going to do the repairs?  Is the sellers’ cousin, Jim Bob, who is a self-proclaimed […]
October 27, 2009

Must have iPhone Apps for Real Estate

Its been 2 months now since my love affair with my iPhone first began.  It started out casual and innocent enough but has grown into so much more than a Real Estate agent and her phone relationship.   My old phone was used for primarily one purpose which was to make and receive calls and […]
October 24, 2009

The house on the corner

When my husband, Rick and I were searching for what would become our first home in Spring Texas, we did our homework.  We viewed numerous houses, checked out subdivisions, and when we had narrowed our choice down to three homes I created a spreadsheet of the pluses and minuses for each of the […]
October 22, 2009

Will an Open House sell your house?

In some real estate markets the answer to “Will an Open House sell your house?”  is probably Yes.  At least it is in the market HGTV tapes their “Designed to Sell” program.  If you have never seen the program, the premise is the seller spends $2,000 for interior designers to make changes to […]