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Buying Texas Rural Property – What You Need to Know
Buying Texas Rural Property – What You Need to Know Misty Morning – Iron Horse Farm There is no perfect property, whether in the city ...
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Home Inspection Surprise
It’s Not Just Your Home! If you are buying or selling a home you should have your home thoroughly inspected. Even if you are not ...
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Farm To Market Roads and Country Road Etiquette
Moving From The City? Wondering what a FM (Farm To Market) road is? Most people moving to the country don’t give that FM road sign ...
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How Home Showings Are Like A First Date
Think of every home showing as a first date. Someone is coming to your home for the first time, they don’t know if it will ...
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Home Warranties – Good or Bad?
Are you afraid of buying or selling a home and having major repair issues? I have clients who have had thousands in repairs taken care ...
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Rainy Day Home Hunting Can Pay Off
Should you go home hunting in the rain? Many people forgo rainy day home hunting and miss out on perfect opportunities to judge the home ...
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Real Estate Reality – After the signature
What happens after the contract is signed? Real estate reality shows make selling real estate look easy. Realtors show only three homes, sellers accept low offers ...
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Selling Your Home? Key Reasons Realtors Hate Your Front Door
Don’t let Realtors hate your front door! The key to selling your home starts at the front door. Many of today’s busy families come and ...
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4 Mistakes to Avoid the First Time You Buy Or Sell A Home
If it’s your first time you buying or selling real estate, you don’t know what you don’t know. There are tons of potential pitfalls and ...
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Seller’s Temporary Lease – What You Need To Know
The Seller’s Temporary Lease – When is it used, for how long and what can go wrong? The Seller’s temporary lease is used when a seller ...
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Home Buyer Info – Annexation Costs
As a rural property home buyer, you should be aware that there could be the potential of annexation and with it increased taxes and regulation. ...
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Moving to the country? Consider Liability Issues
Moving from McKinney to Van Alstyne or another rural town and getting horses, cows, chickens and other animals? Have you considered what may happen when your horse ...
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Don’t Get Dogged Selling Your Home!
10 Dog Questions to consider when you list your home for sale. How you handle these pet issues will help you sell and keep your ...
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Property Tax Madness – Six Points To Consider
Property Tax Madness – Six Points To Consider It’s that time of year when the notices of appraised value go out and the tax madness ...
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Buying A Home As Is – Ten Things To Know
Is buying a home As Is a good deal? Does it mean no repairs will be made? Like everything in real estate, it depends and ...
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Anna, Tx Home For Sale -1414 Post Oak Trail
SOLD! 1414 Post Oak Trail, Anna,TX 75409 You can own this 1388 sf. 3 bedroom home at 1414 Post Oak Trail in Anna, Tx. for ...
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Home Buyers, Interest Rates and Brexit
BREXIT: What’s the FIXIT for U.S. Home Buyers and Sellers? Now that much of the dust has settled and the panic has waned, let’s take ...
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Preapproved Home Buyer Tips
This is good common sense information and tips from top mortgage experts on how to get preapproved for a home mortgage from the Texas Association ...
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News Flash – Lake Levels Fluctuate!
If you are buying a lakefront home the Texas Legislature now requires the real estate contract to notify you that Lake Levels Fluctuate! This is ...
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Undelivered Option Fee
Van Alstyne Homes Real Estate Question of the Week Undelivered Option Fee Yes! If you have included an option period in your real estate contract (and ...
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Selling Your Home? – Two Overlooked Secrets
Know Your Real Estate Market Sweet Spot Two overlooked secrets to selling your home are knowing the real estate market sweet spot and the current area ...
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Who Pays The Closing Costs?
Who pays a home sale closing costs can be complex. Each type of loan (FHA, VA, Conventional) and cash can have the home seller and buyer ...
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Seven Things To Know About Real Estate Teams
Don’t be deceived; real estate agent teams are no better and sometimes worse than independent agents. They will have listing and buyer agents, transaction coordinators, ...
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Cancelling The Contract – Undelivered Option Fee
Van Alstyne Homes Real Estate Question of the Week Cancelling The Contract – Undelivered Option Fee If I cancel the contract, do I still owe ...
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Tell The Central Appraisal District Your Home Sales Price?
Have you recently purchased a new home? It seems like everyone wants to know if you got a good deal, including the Central Appraisal District. ...
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Georgetown Market Report – Dec 2014
Georgetown remains the most popular subdivision within the Van Alstyne ISD with 23 MLS listed homes sold last year. One of the main reasons buyers are ...
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To Sell Fast, Get Spotted!
Van Alstyne Realtor Keith Laursen believes to get your home sold, it must be spotted! Call me at 469.233.1234 to find out ways to get ...
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Buying A Home At An Internet Auction? – Read The Fine Print
Can you save money buying a foreclosure home at an internet auction site? Is buying a Van Alstyne home or other area home for sale ...
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How Is The North Texas Real Estate Market?
Remember foreclosures, weekly price reductions and low ball offers? In case you haven’t heard, the market has changed! In Van Alstyne and other North Texas ...
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How is the Van Alstyne Real Estate Market?
This is a snapshot of the Van Alstyne real estate sales market. If you are considering buying or selling a home, these are items your ...
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Get The Lead Out – Consider Homes For Sale Built After 1978?
Why should investors and home buyers seek Van Alstyne real estate built after 1978? There are many considerations when choosing rental property, flips or your family’s ...
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Do Property Taxes Matter When Buying A Home?
Why Real Estate Tax Rates Matter – I am often asked by prospective home buyers what the property tax rates are in the North Texas ...
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First Time Acreage Buyer – What You Should Know
First Time Acreage Buyer? You’ve made the decision to buy acreage but do you know what to ask or some of the important things to ...
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Walk In Your Realtor’s Shoes!
Walk in your Realtor’s shoes! To understand the fastest way to sell you home, try on your Realtor’s shoes. Think about who the home must ...
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Pricing Your Home By Zestiment – Read The Fine Print
Should you use a Zillow Zestiment to determine the value of your home? Some real estate agents hate Zillow. Realtors spend a lot time researching sold homes, adjusting ...
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Show Me the Earnest Money – What You Need To Know
What is earnest money, how much is required, how do you get it back and are there any alternatives? Learn how it is used when purchasing ...
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Failure to Communicate – Why The Realtor Didn’t Return Your Call
Real Estate Communication Breakdowns Have you ever called a Realtor and your call was not returned promptly or at all? What we have here is the ...
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Limited Service Listing – Good Or Bad Idea?
Is a Limited Service Listing a good idea? The old adage that you get what you pay for truly applies here. Notice The Upside Down ...
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Buying Land? Don’t Get Rolled With Rollback Taxes!
Change Of Land Use Can Trigger Rollback Taxes If you change what you use land for, you could be subject to five years of rollback taxes ...
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Another Happy Van Alstyne Real Estate Client
Need a Van Alstyne Realtor that you can depend on when buying Grayson County real estate? This recent Buyer Satisfaction Survey has been added to my growing ...
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Open House Safety
I am not a big fan of open houses but some clients expect them. Normal scheduled showings are recorded by agents, showing services, lockbox key ...
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Where is my property line?
The only real way to know where your property lines are is to have a survey. Not only will a survey show your property boundaries, it ...
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Back On Market – Why Some Sales Don’t Close
Have you ever wondered why a property didn’t close and shows on MLS as back on market? There can be numerous reasons but these are ...
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Cash Is King In Van Alstyne Real Estate
Everyone likes cash and a cash offer for Van Alstyne real estate could be your key to getting your offer accepted quickly. Consider the following ...
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22 Reasons To Sell Your Home
One of the frequent questions asked is why someone is selling their home? This sign illustrates one reason, a spouse ran off with a 22-year-old! If you ...
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I Can Do That Myself!
Where is Van Alstyne? I was recently called about scheduling a showing for a Van Alstyne real estate listing. I had to inform the potential buyer ...
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We Can Always Come Down!
It is extremely important to price your home right from the beginning. Thinking you need room to negotiate or “we can always come down” is an ...
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Home Sale Negotiated Repairs – What You Need To Know
One of the fun parts about buying or selling a home is addressing needed repairs, who will do them, when will they be done, how ...
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Buying or Selling In Van Alstyne? How Is The Market?
Everyone wonders how is the market? It’s different things for different people but you can see from the chart below that the Van Alstyne real ...
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Tract Home For Sale? Make it Stand Out!
If you have a tract home for sale it’s important to make it stand out in your potential buyers mind. This is an example of ...
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