Articles about Buying a Home in the Fort Hood, TX Area

Why a Realtor Can’t Find Your Home

Takeaways A Realtor’s value is NOT primarily about finding you your home. If it were, buyers’ agents wouldn’t exist –

How to choose a quality Realtor®

Updated 7/1/16; originally published 8/15/15 Takeaways Purchasing a home is a major purchase; do your due diligence when choosing an

Fort Hood’s HOA Neighborhoods

Updated 6/26/16; originally published 8/21/15 Some people are looking for them. Others are trying to avoid them. Home Owners Associations.

The Home Buyer’s Ten Commandments

(Updated 6/16/16; originally published 7/30/15) Takeaways Steer clear from major purchases or moving money around when trying to buy a

Ranking the Best New Home Builders in Fort Hood, TX

Takeaways There is no way to “rank” builders – different builders and neighborhoods have different advantages depending on your needs.

6 Reasons to Fire Your Realtor

Takeaways Interview several agents and do your due diligence before hiring an agent Take the listing or representation agreement seriously

5 Tips on Choosing a Lender (Fort Hood, TX Style)

Takeaways Don’t just look at rates; Lenders can manipulate rates Get the Loan Estimates from multiple lenders to compare apples

Did you overpay for your home? I think I know why.

This isn't an idle caution. I see it every day on the Fort Hood Area MLS. Buyer's paying too much.

Don’t Forget To Do These 1,723 Things After Purchasing a Home

Takeaways Make and implement a maintenance plan now so you don’t forget and leave important maintenance unattended. Make the most

Why You Shouldn’t Use Zillow or Trulia to Search Homes near Fort Hood, TX

I explain why the homes you find on Zillow and Trulia in the Fort Hood area have already sold.

$The Tex Vet Loan for Texas Veterans$

The Texas Veterans Home Loan I Didn’t Know About Until I Became a Realtor

This loan type is worth looking into if you are a Texas resident and military veteran or service member.

Using the Seller’s Insurance to Get a New Roof

Even after the 2014 hailstorms, many Killeen and Harker Heights homeowners have not had their roofs replaced. They should if

What is Your Home Buyer Personality? Take the Test!

I have a fun, not-too-serious personality test for home buyers. Which one are you? Take the Test! Click here if

54% of Fort Hood Home Buyers Used the VA Loan in 2015

Some top producing Texas Realtors have never even touched a VA loan. Not here in the Fort Hood area. By

How to Calculate Your Debt to Income Ratio

What is your Debt to Income (DTI) Ratio and why does it matter when getting approved for a home loan?

Lennar’s Next Gen Suite – the Ultimate Mother-in-Law

Evergreen Estates in Harker Heights, TX features Lennar homes with the Next Gen Suite, an apartment attached to the home

Conventional Loan

Information on the pros and cons of the Conventional, or conforming, mortgage home loan.

How to Choose a Title Company for your Home

Information about title companies and recommendations on what to look for when choosing one for your closing, as well as

The Purchase Contract (Resale): Para. 7 – Property Condition

The Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) 1-4 Family Purchase Contract Pargraph 7: Property Condition, explained and discussed.

Fort Hood Short Term and Corporate Rentals

What to expect from a short term rental (month-to-month), when you need one, and how to find them in the

5 Tips on Choosing a Quality Mortgage Lender

Fort Hood / Killeen area recommended lenders, and criteria to use to help choose which lender or mortgage broker is

Fort Hood Area Foreclosures

You may have heard about foreclosure and what a good deal they can be. And they certainly can be exactly

The Fort Hood Area MLS

Updated 2/4/18; Originally published 9/1/15 What is the MLS? The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is a marketplace available to professional

Fort Hood Area Builders

SEARCH THE FORT HOOD AREA MLS FOR HOME BUILDERS The population of Fort Hood has exploded since 2000 due to

The REALTOR® Code of Ethics: Article 2 – Exaggerating Home Values and Agent Competency

Welcome back to part 2 in my series on the Texas Association of Realtors Code of Ethics. These are rules

Buying a Home? To Use or Not to Use a Realtor®?

In American real estate, buyers’ agents have been a fairly recent phenomenon dating to the early 1990s. Before then, homes

Fort Hood Area Single Family Home Inventory

Fort Hood Area Inventory Is Shrinking

Is it a buyer’s market or a seller’s market? Is there a way to tell other than gut feelings and

The Purchase Contract (Resale): Para. 5 – Earnest Money

Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR,

The Purchase Contract (Resale): Para. 3 and 4 – Sales Price and Financing

This information is no longer current Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the

Types of Loans

What loan types are available to you as a buyer? Here is the short and skinny of the different loan

The Purchase Contract (Resale): Para. 1 and 2 – Parties and Property

Note: The Texas Association of Realtors and TREC update promulgated forms regularly. For the most recent updates, check with TAR,

The Hood Homes Blog

Hello Central Texans! This is my first post for my new real estate blog, mainly focusing on Fort Hood, Texas,

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