Home Selling Tips

It’s time to trade in your lime green kitchen appliances for new energy efficient appliances and snag a rebate courtesy of our federal government at the same time. As part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act , the state of Texas will use approximately $23 million in federal funds for a rebate program to […]

Separately the letters B, T, S, and A, don’t mean much but put them together and they become BTSA which means EXTRA money to a buyer’s agent.  A BTSA is a Bonus To the Selling Agent. It is money the sellers have agreed to pay, in addition to a commission, to the buyer’s […]

Each year a real estate magazine or a home magazine will publish a new list on what buyers want in a home. If you are thinking about remodeling or getting ready to put your home on the Spring Texas real estate market, then reviewing a list on what today’s buyers want is a […]

If the value of your house is $200,000 or less, the time to put your house on the Spring Texas real estate market is now.  Why now?  Because with the first time home buyers tax credit set to expire at the end of April, the spring selling season has arrived early. The traffic to […]

Not all real estate advertising phrases do what they are intended to do which is to attract buyers. Realtors have been using some advertising phrases way beyond their expiration date and just need to throw them out.  Here’s my list of the advertising phrases I would like to never see again on another real estate listing. […]

When was the last time you drove slowly by your house and took a really good look at it from the curb?  I would probably guess its been a while.  The last time may even have been when you were considering buying it. Before you put your house on the Spring Texas real […]

You have probably heard of the saying “Fish where the fish are”.  It means that the best way to catch a fish is to fish where the fish are.  Sounds logical.  The same principle applies to Spring Texas real estate .  If you want to sell your home you need to have […]