Love Selling Your Home – A Step-by-Step Series to Get Your Home Sold If you’ve been thinking about selling your home and are just not sure of the steps involved or even where to start, then this 12-week Love Selling Your Home series is a must for you. Each week, you’ll get great tips, tactics […]

6 Little-Known Strategies That Help Get Your Home Sold For The Most Money Possible Selling your home can be an overwhelming and emotional experience. You need smart, straightforward strategies that will help you maximize your profits, maintain control, and reduce the stress that comes along with this process. Although the exact strategy depends on a […]

How to Get Your Home In Show-Shape Quickly, Cheaply and Easily With a little elbow grease in just the right places, you’ll get your home looking its best when you list it.  Here is a quick and easy guide to get your home ready for buyers so that it shines both inside and out. Curb […]

What’s The Deal With Off-Market Properties?There seems to be some confusion about whether off-market properties are a good idea or a bad idea, so I wanted to clear this up for you. An off-market property is a home that is not listed on the MLS. Both buyers and sellers often think that an off-market property […]

Two Thumbs Up for Staging Your Home Staging is more popular than ever when it comes to selling a home. But, you might wonder if it’s really worth the inconvenience and upfront costs for you, especially in a seller’s market. Even with a well-maintained (and well-decorated!) home, staging can increase the price you end up […]

Should You Use 401k Money for a Down Payment? Did you know that you can borrow from yourself if you have a 401k plan? Getting a 401k loan is one way to get additional money toward a down payment.  It’s a lump sum of money that is already yours — not the bank’s! It’s understandable […]

Understanding the Flow of the Market — Successful Tactics for Buyers and Sellers Buying or selling in the Central Texas market requires an understanding of not only the seasonal shifts in market activity but also the weekly flow of the market.  This ebb and flow is not quite so simple to describe. So Iet’s take […]

Making time for home maintenance tasks can be hard, especially when everyone is so busy. And spending an afternoon watching college football or going to the pumpkin patch is a lot more fun than doing maintenance! But, as a homeowner, the consistent upkeep of your home helps to preserve its value and prevent some avoidable […]

Why the Interest Rate You See Online is NOT the One You’ll Get Did an interest rate catch your attention the last time you were looking online?  Maybe you’ve been thinking about buying a home, buying an investment property, refinancing, or getting a line of credit,  However, it’s very rare that the interest rate you […]

Say Good-bye to Your PMI When you bought your home, you might have had to get Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI).  If so, you might have been paying it for a while and it could be time to petition your lender to stop this payment requirement. For a quick recap — PMI is insurance that protects […]